1. Rewrite the sentences in the reported speech, as in the example.

E.g.: She said, “It's cold.” She said it was cold.

1. She said, “I'm teaching English online.”

2. He said, “I've been on the web since 1999.”

3. Susan said, “I've been teaching English for seven years.”

4. Tom said, “I taught online yesterday.”

5. My aunt said, “I was teaching earlier.”

6. He said, “The lesson had already started when he arrived.”

7. Helen said, “I'd already been teaching for five minutes.”

8. George said, “I'll teach English online tomorrow.”

9. My sister said, “I can teach English online.”

10. John said, “I must have a computer to teach English online.”

11. He said, “What shall we learn today?”

12. She said, “May I open a new browser?”

13. “I might go to the cinema,” he said.

14. “My name is Lynne,” she said.

15. “Today's lesson is on presentations,” she said.

2. Report the following:

Direct speech	Reported speech
1)	that
2)	those
3)	that night
4)	the next day/the following day
5)	two days before
6)	that (week)
7)	two days before
8)	take
ago	9)
come	10)
here	11)
last (month)	12)
next (year)	13)
now	14)
the day after tomorrow	15)
today	16)
yesterday	17)

3. Turn the following sentences from reported into direct speech, as in the example. E.G. She told me that she had a headache.“I have a headache,” she said to me.

1. John said that he would give me a pen.

2. He said that he worked in a factory.  

3. They said that they were going to the cinema.     

4. He said that he wrote a letter.

5. She said that she had eaten the meal.

6. He said that she was washing her clothes.

7. She said that it had been raining for three days.

8. He said that he had made a table.

9. I said that it had been raining.

10. They said they had not gone to New York.

11. I said that I would not take the exam.

12. She said that he would not be flying kites.

13. He said that he would have gone.

14. He said that mathematics is a science.

15. He said that the sun rises in the east.

Reported questions

4. Turn the following sentences from direct into reported speech, as in the example.

E.g.: “Who broke the window?” the teacher asked the students. The teacher asked the students who had broken the window.

1. He said to me, “Do you like music?”

2. She said, “Will he participate in the quiz competition?”

3. I said to him, “Are you feeling well?”

4. He asked me, “Do you speak English?”

5. She asked me, “Are you British or American?”

6. He asked me, “Is it raining?”

7. They asked me, “Have you got a computer?”

8. My teacher asked me, “Can you type?”

9. He asked me, “Did you come by train?”

10. “What is your name?” he asked me.

11. “How old is your mother?” he asked.

12. The policeman said to the boy, “Where do you live?”

13. “What time does the train arrive?” she asked.

14. “When can we have dinner?” she asked.

15. Peter said to John, “Why are you so late?”

5. Turn the questions from the direct speech into reported speech.

E.g.: “What time does the train leave?” What time the train left?

1. “Do you like working in teams?”

2. “Did you enjoy the party?”

3. “Who did you see?”

4. “When did you go to school?”

5. “Why are you crying?”

6. Rewrite the direct questions into indirect questions.

E.g.: What time does the train leave? Can you tell me what time the train leaves?

1. What did he say to her?

   1. I’d love to know ___________?

2. How tall is this sculpture?

   1. Do you know ___________?

3. What time does the last film start?

   1. Could you tell me ___________?

4. How much does it cost?

   1. Could you tell me ___________?

5. Why was the flight delayed?

   1. I’d like to know ___________?

Listening

1. Watch the cartoon “Modes of transport” and try to remember all kinds of transport.

2. Do this exercise while you listen. Complete the gaps with the correct word.

Listening A The train to Cambridge leaves at ___________.

Listening B The passenger bought a ___________ ticket.

Listening C The train goes to ___________.

Listening D The train arrives at Exeter St David’s at ___________.

Listening E The train leaves from platform ___________.

3. Do this exercise while you listen. Write the correct answer to these questions.

1. What platform does the passenger A leave from? ___________

2. How much the passenger B pay for ticket? ___________

3. Is the ticket of the passenger in conversation C for Oxford? ___________

4. Which platform does the train arrive at Exeter? ___________

5. What time does the train to London leave? ___________

4. Fill the gaps with the correct word to complete the directions.

A. Go straight on. Then 1) ____ the first 2) ____ on to Green Street. 3) ____ past the library and it’s the building next to the library on the left. 

B. Go straight on. Go past the traffic lights. You will see a shop on the right. Go past that and it’s on the right 4) ____ to the shop. 

C. Go straight on. Go past the traffic lights and go straight on 5) ____ you get to the roundabout. At the roundabout 6) ____ left. Go past the theatre. It’s the building next to the theatre, 7) ____ the hospital. 

D. Go straight on. Go past the traffic lights and take the second 8) ____ on to King’s Road. Go past the 9) ____. It’s the building next to the bookshop opposite the 10) ____.