Direct and Reported Speech Exercise
Por: Geovana Elena Moreira • 26/4/2021 • Exam • 309 Palavras (2 Páginas) • 230 Visualizações
Direct and Reported speech exercise
1. Report what people say:
He: "I am hungry."
He said that he was hungry
She “I went to the beach yesterday”
She had went to the beach the day before
They: “We are going to New York next month”
They was going to New York the following month
Mother to her children “wash your hands and eat your meal”
Mother told her children to wash their hands and ate their meal
Hellen: “Will you help me?”
She asked for help
John: “How old are you?
He asked how old I was
Paul: “Don’t enter this house without permission”
He ordered not to enter that house without permission
Gleidy: "I don't like Peter."
She said that she not liked Peter
2. Change the sentences into direct speech:
Peter asked where I lived.
Peter: “Where do you live?”
Ms. Smith told us to be quiet and to pay attention.
The teacher: “Be quiet and pay attention”
Peter promised to give me a present.
Peter: “I promise to give you a present”
She asked me if I could open the window.
She: “Can you open the window?”
My mom asked who had broken the window.
Mom: “Who broke the window?”
Gerald said he had traveled to New Zealand the week before.
Gerald: “I traveled to New Zealand last week”
Teacher ordered students not to cheat in the exam.
Teacher: “You mustn’t cheat in the exam”
They asked how many siblings I had.
They: “How many siblings do you have?”
3. Watch the video https://youtu.be/0VzDQPeHFNM and write a text telling what happened in the video and report what Peter said about his exams, his plans to get his own car and the car accident.
He met an old friend and talked about how his life is doing. He had busied with the driving classes and the week before he had had his driving exam, and he had passed. He was getting his own car the following day. He explained that he had been turning left when a car hit him
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