1. REPORTED SPEECH: SPECIFYING VERBS.
a) Match the direct speech with the specifying verbs and b) complete the reported speech sentences.
a. Alice agreed …
1. -’You should wear your red dress’
2.- b. Alice refused…
’Well, yes, I robbed the bank..’
3.- ‘But I didn’t shoot anyone’ c. Danny invited…
4.- ‘Don’t say anything or I’ll kill you’ d. He apologised…
5.- ‘Please, please, give me a cigarette’. e. He begged…
6.- ’I’m sorry I forgot to take out the f. He explained that…
rubbish yesterday evening’
7.-‘ You forgot to turn off the TV last night.’ g. He threatened …
8.- ‘Why don’t you find a job?’ h. He told us…
9.- ‘When will I be able to leave home?’ i. He warned us …
10.- ‘Remember to tidy up your room before j. She advised me…
leaving.’
11.- ‘I’ll tidy up my room tomorrow’ k. She asked to borrow…
12.- ‘Go and clean up your room right now!’ l. She offered…
13.- ‘All right, I’ll do it now.’ m. Sue introduced…
14.- ‘But I won’t do the washing-up.’ n. Sue suggested…
15.- ’Danny, this is Alice.’ o. The check-in attendant informed us…
16.- ‘Would you like to play computer games at p. The mother accused …
my place this evening?’
17.- ‘No, I’m tired of playing computer games.’ q. The mother ordered …
18.- ‘Why don’t we go to the cinema?’ r. The mother reminded…
19.- ‘That’s a good idea.’ s. The mother suggested…
20.- ‘Your plane has been delayed.’ t. The son agreed…
21.- ‘There is a strike at Gatwick airport.’ u. The son apologised…
22.- ‘Wait in the Departure Lounge until your v. The son promised…
flight is called.’
23.- ‘Don’t leave your hand luggage w. The son refused…
unattended.’
24.- ‘We are sorry about the inconvenience.’ x. The son wondered…
25.- ’We’ve got too many exams.’ y. The students complained that they had…
26.- ‘We haven’t got any free time.’ z. The students complained…
27.- ‘I’ll help you with your maths homework.’ z1.- The thug admitted that…
28.- Can you lend me your English dictionary?’ z2. The thug denied…

2. KEY
REPORTED SPEECH: SPECIFYING VERBS.
a) Match the direct speech with the specifying verbs and b) complete the reported speech sentences.
1.-’You should wear your red dress’. 19a. Alice agreed and said it was a good idea.
2.-’Well, yes, I robbed the bank’ 17b. Alice refused and said she was tired of
playing computer games
3.- ‘But I didn’t shoot anyone’ 16c. Danny invited the girls to play computer
games at his place
4.- ‘Don’t say anything or I’ll kill you’ 24d. He apologised about the inconvenience.
5.- ‘Please, please, give me a cigarette’. 5e. He begged me to give him a cigarette.
6.- ’I’m sorry I forgot to take out the rubbish 21f. He explained that there was a strike at
yesterday evening’ Gatwick airport.
7.-‘ You forgot to turn off the TV last night.’ 4g. He threatened to kill me if I said anything
8.- ‘Why don’t you find a job?’ 22h. He told us to wait in the departure lounge
until our flight was called…
9.- ‘When will I be able to leave home?’ 23i. He warned us not to leave our hand
luggage unattended.
10.- ‘Remember to tidy up your room before 1j. She advised me…to wear my red dress.
leaving.’
11.- ‘I’ll tidy up my room tomorrow’ 28k. She asked to borrow his English dictionary
12.- ‘Go and clean up your room right now!’ 27l. She offered to help him with his maths
homework.
13.- ‘All right, I’ll do it now.’ 15m. Sue introduced Alice to Danny
14.- ‘But I won’t do the washing-up.’ 18n. Sue suggested going to the cinema
20o. The check-in attendant informed us that
15.- ’Danny, this is Alice.’ our flight had been delayed.
16.- ‘Would you like to play computer games at 7p. The mother accused him of forgetting to
my place this evening?’ turn off the TV the night before.
17.- ‘No, I’m tired of playing computer games.’ 12q. The mother ordered him to clean up his
room right then.
18.- ‘Why don’t we go to the cinema?’ 10r. The mother reminded him to tidy up his
room before leaving
19.- ‘That’s a good idea.’ 8s. The mother suggested that he should find a
job
20.- ‘Your plane has been delayed.’ 13t. The son agreed to do it then.
21.- ‘There is a strike at Gatwick airport.’ 6u. The son apologised for not taking out the
rubbish the previous evening
22.- ‘Wait in the Departure Lounge until your 11v. The son promised to tidy up his room the
flight is called.’ following day
23.- ‘Don’t leave your hand luggage 14w. The son refused to do the washing up
unattended.’
24.- ‘We are sorry about the inconvenience.’ 9x. The son wondered when he would be able to
leave home
25.- ’We’ve got too many exams.’ 25y. The students complained that they had too
many exams
26.- ‘We haven’t got any free time.’ 26z. The students complained that they didn’t
have any free time
27.- ‘I’ll help you with your maths homework.’ 2z1.- The thug admitted that he had robbed the
bank.
28.- Can you lend me your English dictionary?’ 3z2. The thug denied shooting/having shot
anyone…