This document contains an exercise on reported speech and questions. It provides examples of direct speech and asks the student to rewrite them in reported speech. It also contains questions with errors that must be corrected. Finally, it asks the student to write questions using prompts, question tags, and embedded questions with the best completion. The document focuses on practicing different forms of reported speech and question structures in English.

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Reported speech
1 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.
1 ‘We haven’t seen Mark for ages.’
Tom said .
2 ‘Hannah’s going to the USA.’
Amelia said .
3 ‘I’ll call you soon.’
Jamie said .
4 ‘I got two tickets in the front row.’
Peter said .
2 There is an error in each sentence. Rewrite the sentences
correctly.
1 Tim wanted to know whether we have tickets for the show.
2 Laura asked me if I am enjoying my film course.
3 Phil asked that he could help me.
4 Maria asked when does the film start.
3 Rewrite the questions and commands in reported speech.
1 ‘Can we go to see the new James Bond film?’my brother
asked.
2 ‘Be outside the cinema at 7:45,’Sonia told them.
3 ‘Where’s the best place to sit?’my grandmother asked me.
4 ‘Don’t scream so loudly,’I warned him.
5 ‘Would you like to go to the cinema on Friday?’he asked
her.
4 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.
1 ‘Why don’t we go to the cinema?’
Jane suggested .
2 ‘Why don’t you get your mum some flowers for her
birthday, Jack.’
Sarah recommended .
3 ‘I’ll definitely come to your party on Saturday, Dan.’
Brad promised .
4 ‘We only used your computer for five minutes, Eva.’
The boys admitted .
5 ‘Get out now, Lucy!’
Charles warned .
6 ‘What time is it, Ben?’
Julia asked .
Questions
5 Complete the questions with the question tags from the box.
can we don’t you shall I will you wouldn’t it
1 It would be cheaper in the sales, ?
2 You know that’s my book, ?
3 We can’t have missed the beginning, ?
4 You won’t be long, ?
5 I’ll give you a hand, ?
6 Write emphatic questions using the prompts.
1 Brian / what / bought / ?
2 spent / They / how much / the e-reader / on ?
3 took / arrive / long / It / how / to / ?
4 doing / what / She / is / ?
7 Choose the best answers to complete the embedded
questions.
1 I don’t know how you feel / how do you feel about it, but I
don’t think it’s right.
2 Could you tell / say me if there is a happy ending?
3 I’d like to know how long takes it / it takes to write a book.
4 Do you know whether are there / there are any tickets left?
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