FORMATIVE WORKSHEET

10TH FORM

REPORTED SPEECH / QUESTIONS (REVISION)

REPORTING STATEMENTS:
Report what other people said or using the so called reported speech is what we do everyday.
When the reporting verb is in the past (said, told, declared, exclaimed…), there are some changes you must do:

D IRECT S PEECH R EPORTED S PEECH

P RONOUNS
1st /2nd person 3rd person
Personal
I / you / we He /she / they
Me / you / us Him / her / them

Possessive
My / your / our His / her / their

Reflexive
Myself /yourself / ourselves Himself / herself/ themselves
V ERBS
Present simple Past simple
Present continuous Past continuous
Past simple Past perfect
Present perfect Past perfect
Future Conditional
Imperative Infinitive (with to)

Modal Verbs

Can Could
May Might
Should Should
Ought to Ought to
Must Must (regulations/prohibitions/probability)
Have to (present necessity or obligation)

T IME / P LACE EXPRESSIONS AND OTHER WORDS

Now Then
Today That day
Tonight That night
Tomorrow The next day / the following day
Yesterday The day before
Next week/month/year The following/month/year
Ago Before
Here There
This That
These Those

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 FORMATIVE WORKSHEET
10TH FORM

A. Complete the sentences using the reported speech structure/rules.

1. “I went to the theatre with my parents yesterday night.”,
He said ____________________________________________________________________________.
2. “You must eat the vegetables.”
He told his son ______________________________________________________________________.
3. “They are going to meet me at four and then we are going to the Shopping Centre.”
Suzy told me ________________________________________________________________________.
4. “I’m having a party next week.”
She told the boys ____________________________________________________________________.

REPORTING QUESTIONS:
There are different rules and there are three types of questions:

YES/NO ANSWERS:
 use the word if or whether (which is the equivalent to if);
 change the word order.

E.g. “Are you enjoying yourself?”, Susan asked Patty. (Verb + subject + object)
Susan wanted to know if (=whether) Patty (she) was enjoying herself. (subject + verb +
object)

“WH” QUESTIONS:
 change the word order.

E.g. “Why are you so late?”, she asked Michael. (QW + verb + subject + time expression)
She asked Michael why he was so late. ( QW + subject + verb + time expression)
“POLITE” QUESTIONS:
 use the structure of the reported questions, but maintain the verb tense used in the question:
Can you tell me/ Do you know/ Do you remember/ Do you have any idea +
question word or if/whether (for yes/no answers) + subject + verb + object.

E.g. “Why do people turn into shopaholics?”(QW + aux. verb + subject + main verb + object)
Michael, do you have any idea why people turn into shopaholics?
( QW + subject + verb + object)

B. Report the following questions.

1. “Did you see Martin last week?”, Jason wondered.
_________________________________________________________________________________.
2. “Isn’t she the most beautiful girl you’ve ever seen?”, he asked me.
__________________________________________________________________________________.
3. “Do they understand the language well?”, she wanted to know.
__________________________________________________________________________________.

C. Ask for information using the phrases: can/could you tell me…?/ Do you know…?/ Do you
have any idea…?
1. “How old is your PC?”
__________________________________________________________________________________.

2. “What did he buy at the computer shop?”

__________________________________________________________________________________.

3. “How much was the software?”

__________________________________________________________________________________.
GD WRK!!!!

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