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Rewrite the sentences as reported speech. If necessary, change the pronouns, possessive adjectives and references to time and place.

*Question:

John to Sue: ‘I left a message for you yesterday.’

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Mark: ‘I’ll top up my phone this evening.’

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Jenny to Dave: ‘I can’t hear you.’

*Question:

Ann: ‘I’ve checked my balance three times this week.’

*Question:

Jo to Si: ‘You should turn off data roaming.’

*Question:

Kate: ‘I had already texted Harry at the weekend.’

*Question:

Fran to Fred: ‘I called Tom two days ago.’

Rewrite the sentences as reported speech. Use subject and object pronouns.

*Question:

‘I didn’t rob the bank last week,’ (the suspect / the policewoman).

*Question:

‘I was on holiday until yesterday,’ (the suspect).

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‘You’ll have to stay in jail tonight,’ (the policewoman / the suspect).

*Question:

‘I want to speak to my lawyer,’ (the suspect / the policewoman).

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‘You can see him tomorrow,’ (the policewoman).

*Question:

‘I’m not staying in jail without seeing my lawyer,’ (the suspect).

Order the words to make reported questions. Then write the questions as direct speech.

*Question:

I / me / old / she asked / was / how

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what / he asked / were / them / they / doing

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afraid / you / you / were / I asked / if

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was / her / mum / why / she / her / we asked / angry

*Question:

happening / I asked / what / him / was

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where / would / me / stay / he asked / I

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if / they asked / help / I / could / them

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if / been / had / me / they asked / I / skiing / ever

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how / we asked / spent / money / him / he’d / much

Rewrite the direct speech as reported questions.

*Question:

‘What are you doing?’ Jake asked his sister.

*Question:

‘Have you washed my jeans?’ Poppy asked her mum.

*Question:

‘When did you finish your homework?’ my friend asked me.

*Question:

‘Is it still raining?’ Freddie asked Luke.

*Question:

‘Can you play the saxophone?’ Nadia asked me.

*Question:

‘When will you give me back my laptop?’ my dad asked my sister.

Put the words in the correct order to make reported questions.

*Question:

me / been / John / had / where / asked / I

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they / asked / come / them / if / could / We / for lunch

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asked / be / when / my car / I / ready / him / would

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I / the way / You / if / asked / knew / me

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going / her / asked / she / They / was / where

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he / a drink / him / wanted / asked / if / She

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Rewrite the sentences as reported speech. If necessary, change the pronouns, possessive adjectives and references to time and place.

*Question:

John to Sue: ‘I left a message for you yesterday.’

John told Sue (that) he had left a message for her the day before.

*Question:

Mark: ‘I’ll top up my phone this evening.’

Mark said (that) he would top up his phone that evening.

*Question:

Jenny to Dave: ‘I can’t hear you.’

Jenny told Dave (that) she couldn’t hear him.

*Question:

Ann: ‘I’ve checked my balance three times this week.’

Ann said (that) she had checked her balance three times that week.

*Question:

Jo to Si: ‘You should turn off data roaming.’

Jo told Si (that) he should turn off data roaming.

*Question:

Kate: ‘I had already texted Harry at the weekend.’

Kate said (that) she had already texted Harry the weekend before.

*Question:

Fran to Fred: ‘I called Tom two days ago.’

Fran told Fred (that) she had called Tom two days earlier.

Rewrite the sentences as reported speech. Use subject and object pronouns.

*Question:

‘I didn’t rob the bank last week,’ (the suspect / the policewoman).

He told her that he hadn’t robbed the bank the week before.

*Question:

‘I was on holiday until yesterday,’ (the suspect).

He said that he had been on holiday until /the day before / the previous day/.

*Question:

‘You’ll have to stay in jail tonight,’ (the policewoman / the suspect).

She told him that he /would/’d/ have to stay in jail that night.

*Question:

‘I want to speak to my lawyer,’ (the suspect / the policewoman).

He told her that he wanted to speak to his lawyer.

*Question:

‘You can see him tomorrow,’ (the policewoman).

She said that he could see him the next day.

*Question:

‘I’m not staying in jail without seeing my lawyer,’ (the suspect).

He said that he /wasn’t/was not/ staying in jail without seeing his lawyer.

Order the words to make reported questions. Then write the questions as direct speech.

*Question:

I / me / old / she asked / was / how

She asked me how old I was. ‘How old are you?’

*Question:

what / he asked / were / them / they / doing

He asked them what they were doing. –’What are you doing?’

*Question:

afraid / you / you / were / I asked / if

I asked you if you were afraid. – ‘Are you afraid?’

*Question:

was / her / mum / why / she / her / we asked / angry

We asked her why her mum was angry. – ‘Why is your mum angry?’

*Question:

happening / I asked / what / him / was

I asked him what was happening. – ‘What is happening?’

*Question:

where / would / me / stay / he asked / I

He asked me where I would stay. – ‘Where will you stay?’

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if / they asked / help / I / could / them

They asked if I could help them. – ‘Can you help us?’

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if / been / had / me / they asked / I / skiing / ever

They asked me if I had ever been skiing. – ‘Have you ever been skiing?’

*Question:

how / we asked / spent / money / him / he’d / much

We asked him how much money he’d spent. – ‘How much money did you spend?’

Rewrite the direct speech as reported questions.

*Question:

‘What are you doing?’ Jake asked his sister.

Jake asked his sister what she was doing.

*Question:

‘Have you washed my jeans?’ Poppy asked her mum.

Poppy asked her mum if she /had/’d/ washed her jeans.

*Question:

‘When did you finish your homework?’ my friend asked me.

My friend asked me when I /had/’d/ finished my homework.

*Question:

‘Is it still raining?’ Freddie asked Luke.

Freddie asked Luke if it was still raining.

*Question:

‘Can you play the saxophone?’ Nadia asked me.

Nadia asked me if I could play the saxophone.

*Question:

‘When will you give me back my laptop?’ my dad asked my sister.

My dad asked my sister when she /would/’d/ give him back his laptop.

Put the words in the correct order to make reported questions.

*Question:

me / been / John / had / where / asked / I

John asked me where I had been.

*Question:

they / asked / come / them / if / could / We / for lunch

We asked them if they could come for lunch.

*Question:

asked / be / when / my car / I / ready / him / would

I asked him when my car would be ready.

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I / the way / You / if / asked / knew / me

You asked me if I knew the way.

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going / her / asked / she / They / was / where

They asked her where she was going.

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he / a drink / him / wanted / asked / if / She

She asked him if he wanted a drink.

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