Граматичні вправи на тему "Reported Speech and Passive Voice"

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1. Turn the sentences into reported speech:

1. Tom said, “This meal is delicious”.
2. “We’ve decided to spend our holidays in Jordan”, they told us.
3. “They’ve gone out for the evening”, Jessie said to me.
4. They said, “We may visit Joe tonight”.
5. He said, “I’d like to buy this jumper”.
6. Jane said, “I haven’t finished me homework yet”.
7. I’m going to bed early tonight’, Caroline said.
8. She said to him, “We have been invited to the party” .

 

9. “What do you want to know?’ she asked me.
10. “Do you like playing football?’ John asked us.
11. “Have you visited Buckingham Palace?” Marion asked them.
12. “Where is the tourist information centre?” we asked.

 

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense:

  

 

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1. Turn the sentences into reported speech:

1. He said, “I’m going to the station”.
2. They said. “We had booked the room before we left”.
3. “I’ve written you a letter”, she said to her friend.
4. Kate said, “I’ll go to the bank tomorrow”.
5. “We won’t be visiting Tom this evening”, Sam told us.
6. “They aren’t going on holiday this year”, he said.
7. “My mother is coming to visit us”, I said.
8. “We don’t want to watch a film tonight”, the children said.

 

9. “Have you seen this man before?” he asked me.
10. “Where is your umbrella?” she asked her daughter.
11. “When will you decorate the kitchen?” Mary asked.
12. “Can you speak a foreign language?” she asked her.

 

2.  Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense:

Key:

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1. Turn the sentences into reported speech:

1. Tom said (that) the meal was delicious.
2. They said to us (told us) they had decided to spend their holidays in Jordan.
3. Jessie said to me (told me) (that) they had gone out for the evening.
4. They said (that) they might visit Joe that night.
5. He said (that) he would like to buy the jumper.
6. Jane said (that) she hadn’t finished her homework yet.
7. Caroline said (that) she was going to bed early that night.
8. She said to him (told him) (that) they had been invited to the party.

 

9. She asked me what I wanted to know.
10. John asked if/whether we liked playing football.
11. Marion asked them if/whether they had visited Buckingham Palace.
12. We asked where the tourist information centre was.

 

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense:

 

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1. Turn the sentences into reported speech:

1. He said (that) he was going to the station.
2. They said they had booked the room before they (had) left.
3. She said to her friend (that) she had written her a letter.
4. Kate said (that) she would go to the bank the next day/the following day.
5. Sam said to us (told us) (that) we/they wouldn’t be visiting Tom that evening.
6. He said (that) they weren’t going on holiday this year.
7. I said (that) my mother was coming to visit us.
8. The children said (that) they didn’t want to watch a film that night.

 

9. He asked me if/whether I had seen the man before.
10. She asked her daughter where her umbrella was.
11. Mary asked when I would decorate the kitchen.
12. She asked her if/whether she could speak a foreign language.

 

2.      ut the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense: