REPORTED SPEECH and CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

REPORTED SPEECH and
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
Change the following sentences into Indirect Reported
Speech or vice-versa
1. The doctor told him that he worked too hard.
→
“You …………
2. “I’m sorry I broke the glass”, said Peter.
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Peter
apologised.…………………………
3. She asked John how he liked her new dress.
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“How…
…………
4. “Why don’t you put your luggage under the seat?”, he
asked.
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He suggested……………
5. “Keep away from this area”,said the security guard when
we approached the fence.
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The security guard told……
6. Isabel: “You can’t borrow my pen, Robert!”.
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Isabel…
……………
7. She asked John to repeat what he had said.
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Please…… …
8. “I don’t want to be criticized by non-professionals”, said

the film star.
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The film star objected…
9. “If I were you, I’d look for another job”, said one of my
friends.
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One of my friends…………
10. She wanted to know if he had studied French.
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She asked
him, “…………
11. “Bring your umbrella in case it rains”, he said to me.
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He
told……
12. “Why don’t you ask her yourself?”, I said to my brother.
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I……… …
13. “You should take science appreciation courses at school”,
she said.
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She… …
14. “If I were you, I would take more exercise”, said his
doctor.
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His doctor… ……………
15. “Don’t forget to phone me when you get to London”, said
my mom.
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My mom… ……

16. “You should have waited for us, Bill”, said the coach.
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The coach… ……………………
17. “I don’t want to be criticized by non-professionals”, said
the film star.
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The film star objected…
18. “It’s true that I broke your old vase”, she said in tears.
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She admitted ……………………
19. “Don’t move or I’ll shoot”, said the bank robber to the
clerk.
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The bank robber threatened.…
20. “Don’t forget to phone the police”, she told him.
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She
reminded ……………………………
21. “Don’t swim out too far, boys”, said the coach.
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The
coach… …………………
22. “It’s you that have parted my family”, she said angrily to
him.
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She…… … ……………
23. “How long has it been since you left this city, Bob?”,
asked Mary.

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Mary wanted to know….…
24. “Shall we walk round for a change this evening?”, she
said.
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She suggested ……………
25. “I don’t think John will come”, said Bill.
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Bill doubted
………………………
26. “Why don’t you put a better lock on the door, Barry?”,
said George.
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George suggested……
27. “Why didn’t I get a computer before?”, thought the officer
manager.
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The officer manager wondered……………………
28. “Jack, why don’t we help Old Tom?”, said Jackie.
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Jackie suggested ……………………
29. “Would you like to come to my house for a chat tonight?”,
he said.
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He………………
30. She asked me what I had been doing at three the previous
afternoon
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“What…… ………

31. “I wasn’t there at that time”, he said.
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He denied…
……………….
32. The policeman charged him with stealing that bicycle.
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“You……… ……………………
33. “Where has he been?”, she doesn’t know that.
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She
doesn’t …………………………
34. “Can I have a new bicycle?”, said Anna to her mother.
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Anna asked …………………
35. “Let’s go for a walk in the park”, said Andrew.
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Andrew…… ……………………………
36. He said, “I wish I knew the answer”.
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He said that
………………
37. “Please don’t drive so fast”, Ann begged her boyfrien
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Ann pleaded ……………………
38. “I don’t think John will come”, said Bill.
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Bill doubted
………………
39. “John, please don’t tell anyone my new address”, said
Mary.
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Mary asked …………………
40. “Where is the station car-park?”, Mrs. Smith asked.
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Mrs. wanted ……
41. His English is not good, and he got a bad mark in his test
last week
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If…… … ………
42. “I don’t love you any more”, said Eric to his girlfriend.
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Eric told… ……………
43. “I must see the manager”, she cried.
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She insisted
……………………………………
44. “You stole my best cassette, Amanda”, said William
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William….… ……….……………
45. “How old is your little boy?”, said the nurse to Mrs.
Bingley.
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The nurse… ………….

46. “Do you want to insure your luggage or not?”, said the
travel agent.
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The travel ………
47. “You are cheating me”, said Carol to June.
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Carol……
…………………
48. “Where is the nearest tube?”, she asked.
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She
enquired ……
49. “It wasn’t me who took your car”, said Bob.
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Bob.………
………
50. “If you don’t take it easy, you’ll have another heart
attack”, he said.
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He advised
51. “When it stops snowing, we must start digging ourselves
out”, he said.
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He said…… …
52. “You’d better not go out with Peter any more, Elizabeth”,
said John.
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John……… ………
53. “Less noise”, the teacher told the boys.
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The teacher
………………
54. “You caused the accident”, said the other driver.
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The
other driver….………………
55. Helen wanted to know the name of Shirley’s
hairdresser’s.
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Helen said, “Shirley, where do……
56. Paul said he was going to China the following year
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“I………… ………………………
57. The porter told us that the train had left five minutes
before.
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“I’m sorry but ……………
58. “I never used bad language”, she said.
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She denied…
59. She asked John to repeat what he had said.
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“Please…
……………………………
60. “Must you go so soon?”, I said
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I…….…….…………………………
Part III-Passive voice
I. Change into passive or active :

1. People speak English
here.

2. They don't sell stamps in
bookshops

3. Nguyen Du wrote Kieu’s
story.

4. The teacher is going to tell a
story
5. Someone was cleaning the classroom when I
came….
6. This factory is producing more and more
pollution.
7. Were the letters sent by
Tom?

8. Noone has signed the
cheque.

9. Nobody believes his
story.

10. Do they teach English in your
school?
11. This store was opened by Mr John in
1990.
12. The lessons are beinG written by the
students.

13. Someone broke into my room and took away some
pictures.
14. She will send him a gift on his
birthday.
15. They gave me that bicycle last
week.
16. We know that English is an international
language.
17. People believed that the earth stood
still.
18. They declared that he has died a natural
death.
19. It is believed that 13 is an unhappy
number.
20. The owner of the house was said to have gone
abroad.
21. It is said that she works 16 hours a
day.
22. They think that the prisoner escaped by climbing over a
wall.
23. A nurse bandaged his arm.  He had
………………………………………………………
Part IV- Conditional sentences
I/ Give the correct forms of the verbs :
1. If it costs too much , I ( buy ) a small one .
2. If you ( drive ) more carefully, you wouldn’t have so
many accidents .
3. What ( happen ) if there ( not be ) gravity ?
4. If I ( make ) that mistake again , my teacher ( get )
angry with me .

5. If I spoke English well, my job ( be ) a lot easier .
6. He ( meet ) his old friend if he ( go ) to London
yesterday .
7. Would you mind if you suddenly ( win ) haft a
million pounds ?
8. I ( lend ) them some money if they ask me .
9. If we ( know ) who he was , we ( invite ) him to speak
at our meeting .
10. If they had invited us , naturally we ( go ) to the
party .
11. If I ( be ) you, I ( tell ) her the truth.
12. I was busy. If I ( have ) free time, I ( go ) to the
cinema with you.
13. What we ( do ) if they ( not come) tomorrow ?
14. If I (have) enough time now, I ( write ) to my
parents.
15. It’s too bad Helen isn’t here. If she ( be )
here, she ( know ) what to do.
16. If I ( not eat) breakfast tomorrow morning. I
( get) hungry during class.
17. He might have understood you if you ( speak )
more slowly.
18. If the weather (be) nice today, we ( go) to the
zoo.
19. If you meet him, remember ( not tell ) him
what I ( just say ) to you.
20. Why didn’t you attend the meeting ?
_ Oh. I (not know) indeed. If I (know) I (come) there.
II/ Write conditional sentences :
1. Keep quiet or you’ll wake the baby up.

2. Because you don’t leave immediately, I call a guard.
3. I don’t her number, so I don’t ring her up.
4. Go right now or you’ll be late for the train. ( Unless )
5. Be careful or you’ll cut yourself with that knife.
6. As she is often absent from class, she can’t keep pace
with her classmates.
7. I couldn’t write to Alice because I didn’t know her
address.
8. It’s very cold, so we can’t go swimming.
9. We got lost because we didn’t have a map .
10. You drink too much coffee; that’s why you can’t sleep.
11. The farmers didn’t have enough rain , so they could not
grow rice .
12. His friends were late, so they missed the train .
13. Today isn’t Sunday , so the pupils can’t go
swimming .
14. We don’t have a big house . We can’t invite friends to
stay .
15. Unless he phones immediately , he won’t get any
information .
16. Without the sun, man would live in darkness.
17. Smoking makes him so weak.
18. Why don’t you stop smoking?
19. The church bells keeps me from sleeping.
20. This chair is too heavy for him to move.
21. The boy is so young that he can’t go to school by
himself.
22. Jane is too short , she can’t apply for the job.
23. The heavy rain prevented everybody from going out.
24. Mary will go with us unless she has to do her homework.

25. Without your help, I wouldn’t have found the way out.
26. But for Tom’s help we would have been in serious
trouble.
27. There will be a shortage of water unless it rains.
Rooney didn’t catch the ball and didn’t win the game. ( Had
Rooney ………………