Grammar worksheets
Mixed ability grammar worksheets
Worksheet
Reported speech
1 Circle the appropriate form of the verb in reported speech.
a. “I’m going to Spain this month.”
He said he will go / was going / goes to Spain that month.
b. “I wrote an email to my friend Charles.”
She told me she was writing / write / had written an email to her friend Charles.
c. “We are planning to travel this year.”
They said they planned / were planning / had planned to travel that year.
d. “I prepared a surprise party, but nobody came.”
John explained that he had prepared / is preparing / was preparing a surprise party and that
nobody had come.
e. “I’ve rung that number several times this week.”
She explained she was ringing / had been ringing / had rung that number several times that
week.
2 Discover what Jim’s exact words were after his operation. Complete the gaps in the
gapped paragraph below by transforming the original paragraph into direct speech.
He told his friend Mike that he was feeling well, and that his doctor had been great. He said that the
food was not too bad and that the nurses were caring and friendly. He added that he hoped to be
discharged in a week or two as he expected to recover quickly. He also said his girlfriend was visiting
him that afternoon and that he
was going to propose to her. He explained that he had been thinking about this for a
long time.
Jim said: “I ´m feeling well well, the doctor was great. The food is not too
bad and the nurses are caring and friendly. I hope to be discharge
in a week or two as I expect to recover quickly. Susan is visiting
me this afternoon and I ´m going to propose to her. I was thinking
about this for a long time.”
