RICHAR TOLL HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH CELL
Upper Sixth Forms Academic 2024/2025
GRAMMAR : Reported Speech (indirect speech)
A/ In tenses
Direct speech Reported (indirect) Speech
Simple Present Preterit/ Simple past
Present continuous Past continuous
Simple past :(continuous)
Present perfect (continuous) Past perfect (continuous)
Past perfect (continuous)
Future (Will + inf. V.) Conditional (would + Inf. V.)
Imperative (affirmative)=b are infinitive TO +Infinitive
Imperative ( negative) = Don’t +Infinitive Not to +infinitive
Please Note : If it is about a question (do, have, be, can, will…. + subject + verb ….? ), think of The verbs :
Ask if ; ask whether…………………………………………….
Or and there is no inversion
Wonder if ; wonder whether………………………………
B / In time markers
Her There
This That
Now Then
Ago Before
Yesterday The day before/ the previous day
Today That day
Tomorrow The following day/ the day after
The day before yesterday Two (2) days before
The day after tomorrow Two (2) days after
Please note : Last (week, year, month,….) = the (week, month,….) before
Next (week, year, month, …..) = the (week, year, month….) after
Please note : For personal pronouns subjects think of :
I = he or she, You (singular) = I or he or she ; He or she = I or he or she
We = they ; You (plural) = we or they ; They = we or they
For personal pronouns complements think of :
Me = him or her ; You1 = me or him or her ; Him or her = me ;
Us = they ; You2 = us or them ; Them = us or them
About possessive pronouns, think of About reflexive pronouns, think of
Mine = his or hers Myself = himself or herself
Yours/ours = theirs (yours = his or hers) Yourself = himself or herself
His/hers = his or hers Ourselves = themselves
Theirs = ours or theirs Themselves = ourselves
EXERCICES
I. Turn the following sentences into the indirect speech
If you understood the grammatical structure, you would never make mistakes
The teacher told me………………………………………………………………………………
[Link] drivers don’t respect the trade lights, this is the cause of many accidents
The witness said……………………………………………………………………………………
[Link] are doing our best to win the final
The player started…………………………………………………………………………………………
4. I am not feeling good today
Moussa declared……………………………………………………………………………
5. Will you take any advantages from our partner proposal?
He asked the president………………………………………………………………………………
6. Which job has Mousa applied for?
He wanted to know…………………………………………………………………………………
7. Don’t listen to negative people; they can sap your energy so fast
The teacher advised………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. The rebel and the government have been negotiating for peace agreement for years
The reporter announced……………………………………………………………………………
9. Did you attend the meeting before you went to bed?
Mum asked me…………………………………………………………………………………………
10. You have been learning English for 6years now
The student said………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11. Where were you born?
He asked………………………………………………………………………………………………
II. Turn the following sentences into the direct speech
1. He advised his son to work harder if he wanted to succeed
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. She told me that she has seen a ghost in the room, which is not true.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. He wondered whether he would pass his oral test
……………………………………………………………………
4. The pilot announced that all the planes would be delayed until the snow had been cleared
…………………………………………………………………………………
5. He asked me if they wanted us to come earlier than we planned
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. My father ordered me to respect old men once I come across them
……………………………………………………………………………………………
7. The journalist asked him if he thought the president would win the elections in 2029.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. She declared that she said to herself that she had to take drastic treasures to overcome her problem
……………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………..
ALWAYS TRY ,DON’T BE LAZY !!!