Inglês 11.

º ano
Direct and indirect speech

1. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.

a) “It is necessary to give more rights to our people”, said the leader of the government.
b) “When will we have a more equal and just society?”, he asked.

2. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.

a) “Order your troops to retreat immediately”, he said to the commanding officer.

b) “Volunteering was the greatest experience in my entire life”, stated the young girl.

3. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.

a) “Why does advertising have so much influence in our decisions?”, she asked.
b) “Watching too much television is making you unable to decide for yourself”, my mother said.

4. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.

a) “Yesterday, the activists of Greenpeace gathered in front of the parliament to protest against
illegal hunting”, he told me.
b) “The parties have been discussing the issue of animal testing”, he said to me.

5. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.

a) “Please help me and my family”, asked me a young refugee girl.

b) “Don’t discriminate people for the colour of their skin.”, he said.

6. Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.

a) He told me that he had applied for a job but he hadn’t been selected.
b) She asked me if I was doing any volunteering work at that moment.

7. Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.

a) The press announced that there was a new blood test in the market that measured people’s
biological age.
b) The Chinese government announced that the restrictions to the number of babies each
couple can have were over.

8. Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.

a) The experts wanted to know why the US government wasn’t respecting the Quioto protocol in
terms of gas emissions into the atmosphere.
b) Scientists said that there will be a lot more natural disasters in the future due to the increase
of pollution.

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9. Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.

a) He asked me if I was interested in belonging to an organization that defends human rights.

b) She told me not to believe in the information advertisements provide to us.

10. Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.

a) He wondered if he was entitled to the right of returning a product and receiving back his
money.
b) He stated that he had been writing an application letter the day before.

11. Choose the correct reported speech version of the following statement.

“I demand my money back because the product I received yesterday was completely destroyed”

a) He said he demanded his money back because the product he has received yesterday has
been completely destroyed.
b) He said he demanded his money back because the product he had received the previous day
has been completely destroyed.
c) He said he demanded his money back because the product he had received the day before
had been completely destroyed.

12. Choose the correct reported speech version of the following statement.

“Be careful with the money you spend on unnecessary things”

a) She advised me to be careful with the money I spend on unnecessary things.

b) She told to be careful with the money I spend on unnecessary things.
c) She advised me to be careful with the money you spend on unnecessary things.

13. Choose the correct reported speech version of the following statement.

“You don’t have to have the receipt; you just have to prove you bought the item by showing a
credit card extract, for example.”

a) He told me I don’t have to have the receipt; I just have to prove I bought the item by
showing a credit card extract, for example.
b) He told me I didn’t have to have the receipt; I just had to prove I had bought the item by
showing a credit card extract, for example.
c) He told me I haven’t to have the receipt; I just have to prove I bought the item by showing a
credit card extract, for example.

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14. Choose the correct reported speech version of the following statement.

“I believe immigration will be beneficial to our society and not a menace as most of you think
now”

a) The Prime Minister said he believed immigration would be beneficial to their society and not a
menace as most of them thought at the moment.
b) The Prime Minister said he believed immigration could be beneficial to their society and not a
menace as most of them thought now.
c) The Prime Minister said that he believed immigration will be beneficial to his society and not a
menace as most of we thought at the moment.

15. Choose the correct reported speech version of the following statement.

“In my personal opinion, the issue of overpopulation can be devastating for the environment
and to our own survival unless we do something to control it.”, said the expert.

a) The expert said that in his personal opinion, the issue of overpopulation could be devastating
for the environment and to their own survival unless they did something to control it.
b) The expert said that in his personal opinion, the issue of overpopulation will be devastating
for the environment and to their own survival unless they did something to control it.
c) The expert said that in his personal opinion, the issue of overpopulation is devastating for the
environment and to their own survival unless they do something to control it.

16. Choose the correct direct speech version of the following statement.

He said his classmates made fun of him because he was from a different origin than theirs.

a) “My classmates made fun of me because I’m from a different origin than theirs”, he said.
b) “My classmates make fun of me because I’m from a different origin than theirs”, he said.
c) “My classmates make fun of me because I was from a different origin than theirs”, he said.

17. Choose the correct direct speech version of the following statement.

She said she still hadn’t adapted to the British lifestyle because she came from a country with
very different customs.

a) “I still didn’t adapt to the British lifestyle because I came from a country with very different
customs.”
b) “I still haven’t adapted to the British lifestyle because I come from a country with very
different customs.”
c) “I haven’t adapted to the British lifestyle because I came from a country with very different
customs.

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18. Choose the correct direct speech version of the following statement.

He asked if I had learnt the British ways and forgotten my own culture.

a) “Have you learnt the British ways and forgotten your own culture?”
b) “Did you learn the British ways and forgotten your own culture?”
c) “Had you learnt the British ways and forgotten your own culture?”

19. Choose the correct direct speech version of the following statement.

He wondered when black and white South Africans would live together in harmony.

a) “When will black and white South Africans live together in harmony?”
b) “When would black and white South Africans live together in harmony?”
c) “When can black and white South Africans live together in harmony?”

20. Choose the correct direct speech version of the following statement.

The teacher ordered us not to look at our new classmate as if she was different from us.

a) “Don’t look at your new classmate as if she is different from you!”

b) “Stop looking at your new classmate as if she is different from you!”
c) “Don’t look at her as if she is different from you!”

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Direct and indirect speech Answer Key

1.
a) The leader of the government said it was necessary to give more rights to their people.
b) He asked when they would have a more equal and just society.

2.
a) He said to the commanding officer to order his troops to retreat immediately
b) The young girl stated that volunteering had been/was the greatest experience in her entire
life.

3.
a) She asked why advertising had so much influence in their decisions.
b) My mother said watching too much television was making me unable to decide for myself.

4.
a) He told me the day before/the previous day the activists of Greenpeace had
gathered/gathered in front of the parliament to protest against illegal hunting.
b) He said to me the parties had been discussing the issue of animal testing.

5.
a) A young refugee girl asked me to help her and her family.
b) He said not to discriminate people for the colour of their skin.

6.
a) “I applied for the job but I wasn’t selected.”, he told me.
b) “Are you doing any volunteer work now?”, she asked me.

7.
a) “There is a new blood test in the market that measures people’s biological age.56”, the press
announced.6
b) “The restrictions to the number of babies each couple can have are over.”, the Chinese
government announced.

8.
a) “Why isn’t the US government respecting the Quioto protocol in terms of gas emissions into
the atmosphere?”, the experts wanted to know.
b) “There will be a lot more natural disasters in the future due to the increase of pollution.”,
scientists said.

9.
a) “Are you interested in belonging to an organization that defends human rights?”, he asked
me.
b) “Don’t in the information advertisements provide to us!”, she told me.

10.
a) “Am I entitled to the right of returning a product and receiving back my money?”, he
wondered.
b) “I was writing an application letter yesterday.”, he stated.

11. c)

12. a)

13. b)

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14. a)

15. a)

16. b)

17. a)

18. a)

19. a)

20. a)

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