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Activities: Reported Speech

Published 26/07/2015 In Blog

 

Activity 1

Complete the verb phrase in the reported speech sentences below:

  1. “I am a pilot”

He said (that) he _____ a pilot.

  1. “Ronaldo is the best footballer in the world”

She said (that) Ronaldo ______ the best footballer in the world.

  1. “I am going on holiday next month”

He said (that) he ___________ on holiday the following month.

  1. “I will probably move to Spain next year”

She said (that) she _____ probably _______ to Spain the following year

  1. “I saw Martin yesterday

He said (that) he _______ Martin the day before.

  1. “I have been working hard this weekend”

He said (that) he ______________ hard that weekend.

 

 

Activity 2

Write the reported speech for the following sentences:

  1. “I am going to Japan next month”

He said (that) ____________________________________

  1. “We went to the cinema yesterday”

She said (that) ___________________________________

  1. “They have been travelling the world since last year”

He said (that) ____________________________________

  1. “I will definitely play football next weekend”

She said (that) ___________________________________

  1. “You have to read Shadow of the wind”

He said (that) ____________________________________

  1. “We need to do our homework for next week” (we refers to the speaker and the reporter)

She said (that) ___________________________________

 

 

Hopefully these exercises together with the grammar point on this topic will have helped you to understand how we construct reported speech in Spanish, but if it isn't so don't hesitate to send me an email with your questions at info@keelyalgarlanguages.com

I will be more than happy to answer!

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