Reported speech (exercises)

Reported speech: exercise 1

Change the direct speech into reported speech.

Example: "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 and grammar rules.

For intermediate and advanced learners of English as a second language.