Reporting statements

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EXTRA English 7 The Twin

Grammatik und Übungen

Reporting statements

You can use say, tell and ask to report what someone says. Note how the tense changes. Also note that after tell you need to mention who was told.

'My mother is my best friend.'

She said that her mother was her best friend.

'My mother treats me like a baby.'

She told me that her mother treated her like a baby.

'How was your flight?'

Bridget asked Chrissy how her flight was.

'Would you like a drink?'

Nick asked Chrissy if she would like a drink.

A) Read these lines from the episode and report what the characters said:

1. Bridget: My mother doesn’t understand me.

Bridget said _ ___ that her mother didn’t understand her.____________________

2. Nick: Hector, you have good reflexes.

Nick told Hector __that he had good reflexes._ ______________________________

3. Chrissy: Bridget, do you have some clothes I could borrow?

____Chrissy asked Bridget if she had any clothes Chrissy could borrow.__________

4. Annie: Nick looks so handsome in his doctor's coat.

____Annie said that Nick looked so handsome in his doctor’s coat.__________ ____

5. Hector: Annie, I have something to ask you.

____Hector told Annie that he had something to ask her.______________________

6. Annie: You are just in time to see my new magic trick.

Annie told Nick and Hector __that they were just in time to see her new magic trick._

B) What did these people actually say?

1. Bridget said that her mother was her best friend.

‘My _____mother is my best friend.’________________________

2. Bridget said that she liked doctors.

‘I _______like doctors.’__________________________________

3. Annie wondered why Nick always talked about Bridget.

‘I _______wonder why Nick always talks about Bridget.’_ _______

4. Hector said that he was confused.

‘I _______ ’m confused.’_ _________________________________

5. Nick said that he had to practise being a doctor.

‘I _______have to practise being a doctor.’___________________

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EXTRA English 7 The Twin

Grammatik und Übungen

Reporting requests and commands: asking and telling people to do things Request:

She asked me to move her bike.

Command:

She told me to put it back again.

C) Put these requests and commands into reported speech.

1. Would you move this exercise bike to give me more space?

__She asked me to move the exercise bike to give her more space. ______________

2. Move it back again!

__She told me to move it back again._______________________________________

3. Hector, think of a card.

__She told Hector to think of a card._ _______________________________________

4. Can you lend me some money?

__He asked me if I could lend him some money._______________________________

5. Could you possibly call me back?

__She asked me if I could call her back.______________________________________

6. Please wait in the queue.

__He told me to wait in the queue. _ ________________________________________