REPORTED SPEECH - FRIENDS
Name: ______________________
Date: ______________________
Exercise 1
Look at the picture and listen to the audio.
📷 Picture: Rachel Green
🎧 Audio:
“I 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
📷 Picture: Ross Geller
🎧 Audio:
“I 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
📷 Picture: Rachel Green
🎧 Audio:
“I 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
📷 Picture: Ross and Rachel
🎧 Audio:
“We 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. “I am tired.” → ______________________
2. “I will help you.” → ______________________
3. “I can swim.” → ______________________
4. “We are studying.” → ______________________
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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