Friends

Listening - ESL

REPORTED SPEECH - FRIENDS

Name: ______________________

Date: ______________________

Exercise 1

Look at the picture and listen to the audio.

πŸ“· Picture: Rachel Green

🎧 Audio:
β€œI am very busy today.”

Write the sentence in Reported Speech:

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Answer:
Rachel said that she was very busy that day.

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Exercise 2

πŸ“· Picture: Ross Geller

🎧 Audio:
β€œI will call you tomorrow.”

Write the sentence in Reported Speech:

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Answer:
Ross said that he would call her the next day.

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Exercise 3

πŸ“· Picture: Rachel Green

🎧 Audio:
β€œI can’t go to the party tonight.”

Write the sentence in Reported Speech:

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Answer:
Rachel said that she couldn’t go to the party that night.

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Exercise 4

πŸ“· Picture: Ross and Rachel

🎧 Audio:
β€œWe are watching a movie.”

Write the sentence in Reported Speech:

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Answer:
Ross said that they were watching a movie.

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Match the Direct Speech with the Reported Speech

1. β€œI am tired.” β†’ ______________________
2. β€œI will help you.” β†’ ______________________
3. β€œI can swim.” β†’ ______________________
4. β€œWe are studying.” β†’ ______________________

Options:

a) He said that he could swim.

b) They said that they were studying.

c) She said that she was tired.

d) He said that he would help me.

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Grammar Box

Direct Speech    Reported Speech
am/is    was
are    were
will    would
can    could
today    that day
tomorrow    the next day
tonight    that night

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