Reported speech (exercises)

Reported speech: exercise 1

Change the direct speech into reported speech.

"I admire you." - She said she admired me.
"I will do it for you." - She said she would do it for me.

"It is too late." - I said it too late.

"I have replied." - He claimed that .

"I met you yesterday." - Sam told me he had met me .

"I cannot come." - Mary explained that .

"I could fall down." - He was afraid down.

"I will pay tomorrow." - He said he would pay .

"The Himalayas are the highest." - He knew that the Himalayas the highest.

"I may lend you some money." - Bill promised some money.

"I have been watching a film." - He replied that a film.

"Claire must rest." - The doctor said Claire .

"I have not done it today." - I explained that I had not done it .

"If I was younger, I would accept it." - He thought that if younger, he would accept it.

"I was with him last week." - Jill admitted that with him the previous week.

"You needn't change your shoes in our house." - She reminded me that I my shoes in their house.

"I am calling my mum." - She said she her mum.

"I will finish this picture tomorrow." - Diana supposed that she would finish picture the next day.

"I would buy it." - She said it.

"Greg used to be my friend." - He told us Greg his friend.

Reported speech exercises with answers, PDF worksheets + grammar rules.

Direct speech to reported speech:

Reported speech - exercise 2 Report a dialogue.

Indirect speech to reported speech:

Indirect to reported speech - exercise 5 Rewrite sentences.

Reported questions, commands and requests:

All exercises are for intermediate and advanced learners of English as a second language.