Write the following sentences in reported speech with the verbs in the
brackets.
e.g. John said to me, ‘Please turn on the lights.’ (ask)
🡪 John asked me to turn on the lights.
Miss Chan said to Agnes, ‘Please speak up.’ (ask)
🡪 Miss Chan (1) ______________ Agnes (2) _______________________________.
Kelvin said to Raymond, ‘Don’t laugh.’ (ask)
🡪 Kelvin (3) ______________ Raymond (4) _______________________________.
Winnie said to her Mum, ‘Please buy a pack of crisps.’ (ask)
🡪 Winnie (5) ______________ her Mum (6) ______________________________ a
pack of crisps.
Dad said to Eva, ‘Don’t be late for school.’ (tell)
🡪 Dad (7) ______________ Eva (8) _____________________________ late for
school.
The Principal said to us, ‘Please be good students.’ (tell)
🡪 The Principal (9) ______________ us (10) ______________________________
good students.
Uncle Albert said to me, ‘Please turn off the TV.’ (tell)
🡪 Uncle Albert (11) ______________ me (12) _____________________________
__________ the TV. (12 marks)
Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech with the verb in
brackets.
e.g. John said to me, ‘Please turn on the lights.’ (ask)
🡪 John asked me to turn on the lights.
1 Derek said to Carol, ‘Please take a look at the file.’ (ask)
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2 Roger said to Jayden, ‘Don’t sing too loudly.’ (ask)
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3 Benny said to Robert, ‘Let’s work together.’ (ask)
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4 Tracy said to her brother, ‘Please be polite.’ (tell)
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5 Mum said to me, ‘Don’t play online games.’ (tell)
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6 The father said to the child, ‘Don’t tell lies.’ (tell)
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7 Miss Leung said to the class, ‘Work hard for the exams.’ (ask)
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8 The waiter said to Vivian, ‘Please order food.’ (ask)
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9 The policeman said to the thief, ‘Don’t move!’ (tell)
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(9 marks)
Reorder the words to form correct sentences.
1 I / the teacher / . / asked / help / me / to
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2 go out / Mum / not to / told / me / .
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3 the waitress / . / some water / asked / Mum / get us / to
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4 be / careful / . / the guard / the child / to / told
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5 show / . / the policeman / Linda / her / ID card / asked
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6 Dr Wong / drink /. / me / more water / to / told
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7 for dinner / . / Joe / his friend / to / asked / go out
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8 be worried / the King / told / . / his people / not to
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9 write / . / Grandma / me / asked / a letter / to
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10 Joanne / to / . / me / a taxi / told / take
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11 meet / to / . / at 10 am / Mum / asked / him / the manager
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12 you / not to / touch the snake / I / told / visit / .
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(12 marks)
Angela has rewritten the sentences below in reported speech. Help her
complete the sentences.
e.g. Eva said to me, ‘Please pass me the salt.’ (ask)
🡪 Eva asked me to pass her the salt.
Kenneth said to Iris, ‘Please tell me the answer.’
🡪 Kenneth asked Iris to tell (1) ___________________ the answer.
Samantha said to me, ‘Don’t talk to yourself.’
🡪 Samantha told me not to talk to (2) _________________________.
Mrs Poon said to the class monitor, ‘See me at 8 am in my office.’
🡪 Mrs Poon told the class monitor to see (3) ____________________ at 8 am in
(4) ____________________________.
Bill said to me, ‘Please lend me your book.’
🡪 Bill asked me to lend (5) _______________ (6) ___________________.
Dad said to Carly, ‘Don’t stand in front of me.’
🡪 Dad told Carly not to stand in front of (7) __________________.
Nicole said to her uncle, ‘Please let my friend join our party.’
🡪 Nicole asked her uncle to let (8) ____________________________ join
(9) _________________________________.
Mr Yuen said to him, ‘Don’t touch books which are not yours.’
🡪 Mr Yuen told him not touch books which were not
(10) ____________________.
The man said to his daughter, ‘Don’t give strangers our phone number.’
🡪 The man told his daughter not to give strangers
(11) ______________________________________________.
(11 marks)
Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech with the verb in
brackets.
e.g. Eva said to me, ‘Please pass me the salt.’ (ask)
🡪 Eva asked me to pass her the salt.
1 Mum said to me, ‘Tell me about your exam.’ (tell)
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2 Peggy said to Samuel, ‘Please get me a fork.’ (tell)
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3 Mr Chung said to Harry, ‘Please stand in front of us.’ (tell)
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4 Ben said to Ellen, ‘Let’s look at our photos.’ (ask)
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5 Dad said to me, ‘Please get my glasses.’ (tell)
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6 The children said to their teachers, ‘Don’t give us too much homework.’
(ask)
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7 Kevin and Lily said to Aunt Pat, ‘Please go to Disneyland with us.’ (ask)
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8 I said to Heidi, ‘Don’t put my things away.’ (ask)
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9 Chris said to David, ‘Don’t lose my library card.’ (ask)
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10 Eric said to Ada, ‘Please send the report to me.’ (ask)
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(9 marks)
Evan and his Mum talked on the phone this morning. Rewrite the underlined
parts of the conversation in reported speech.
Evan: Hello, Evan speaking.
Mum: Evan, it’s Mum. I’m in the office now, but I forgot to do a few things –
(1) please help me.
Evan: No problem, Mum.
Mum: First, (2) please unplug my notebook computer. I started charging it
last night but I forgot to unplug it this morning.
Evan: Wait a minute … OK, I’ve unplugged it. Where should I put the
charger?
Mum: (3) Put it on Dad’s desk, please. (4) Don’t leave it on the dining table
as I’m afraid your younger sister will play with it.
Evan: All right. The charger is now on Dad’s desk. Anything else?
Mum: Oh, one last thing – (5) get your old books from the bookshelf. After
you’ve done that, (6) call Aunt Mandy. She’ll come at around noon
to get the books for her daughter. (7) Remember to be polite!
Evan: I will, Mum. See you tonight!
Mum: Goodbye!
16 July Windy
It’s the first day of my summer holiday, so I stayed home. Mum called in the
morning. She asked me (1) ______________________________ with a few things.
First, she (2) ________________ (ask) me ____________________________________
__________________________ because she forgot about it before she went to
work. She (3) ________________ (ask) me __________________________________.
She also (4) ________________ (tell) me ____________________________________
__________________________________ because she didn’t want Emily to play
with it.
Then, Mum (5) ___________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________ (ask) and
(6) __________________________________________. Finally, Mum
(7) _________________________________________________________________ (tell)
when Aunt Mandy came.
(7 marks)
Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.
e.g. Students, please be on time.
1 Students, please line up.
2 Don’t shout, Ken!
3 Students, stay in your seats.
4 John, please see me after school.
Miss Fung 5 Karen, don’t leave your things in the room.
e.g. Miss Fung asked the students to be on time. (ask)
1 Miss Fung ______________________________________________________. (ask)
2 ________________________________________________________________ (tell)
3 ________________________________________________________________ (tell)
4 _____________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________ (ask)
5 _____________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________ (tell)
(5 marks)
Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.
e.g. Please wake up.
1 Don’t turn on the TV.
2 Please call your grandpa.
3 Please take care of your baby sister.
4 Please wash the dishes for me.
5 You two! Don’t fight with each other! Mum
e.g. Mum asked me to wake up. (ask)
1 Mum ____________________________________________________________. (tell)
2 __________________________________________________________________ (ask)
3 _______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________ (ask)
4 _______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________ (ask)
5 __________________________________________________________________ (tell)
(5 marks)
Violet has just written a diary entry. Look at underlined words. If they are
wrong, write the correct words in the blanks. If they are correct, put a tick
(✔).
14 October
We had an English test today. Miss Wong tells us to e.g. told
finish the test in 30 minutes. I didn’t revise for it. Mary 1 _______________
sits next to me and she’s smart, so I asked her to let
me see your answers. 2 _______________
When time was up, Miss Wong asked us pass 3 _______________
their test paper to the front. Before she left, she told 4 _______________
me and Mary sees her after school. I was nervous! Did 5 _______________
Miss Wong see me cheat in the test?
After school, we saw Miss Wong in the teacher’s
room. We said sorry to her. She tell me 6 _______________
not cheat any more. She also asked Mary to 7 _______________
help me in another way. I asked Mary to help 8 _______________
you with my English homework. I have to work harder 9 _______________
from now on!
(9 marks)
Tick (✔) the correct letters to complete the following article.
An interview with Mr Tang, our Principal
Mr Jonathan Tang joined our school this September as the new Principal. In
October, we had a short interview with him and asked him 1 us some
advice.
First, Mr Tang 2 us to work hard. ‘Knowledge is 3 . Keep yourselves 4
and you’ll learn more. As you grow older, you’ll become 5 .’ he says. Mr
Tang thinks joining school clubs and teams is also very important. He asked
us 6 nervous about joining a club or team – ‘I was 7 when I was in
primary school,’ he says. ‘But I later found that joining activities helped me
become more confident.’
Before the interview ended, Mr Tang asked us 8
9 last advice: be honest. He says, ‘No one should tell lies. Children should
be 10 .’ We are sure all students at our school will follow Mr Tang’s advice
and be good boys and girls!
1 2
◻ A to give ◻ A tell
◻ B give ◻ B told
◻ C gives ◻ C tells
◻ D gave ◻ D has told
3 4
◻ A as great as diamond ◻ A a curious fish
◻ B great as diamond ◻ B as curious a fish
◻ C as great diamond ◻ C as curious as a fish
◻ D great diamond ◻ D curious as a fish
5 6
◻ A as old as an owl ◻ A to be
◻ B as loud as an owl ◻ B to not be
◻ C as sick as an owl ◻ C not to be
◻ D as wise as an owl ◻ D not be
7 8
◻ A as shy as a mouse ◻ A remember
◻ B a shy mouse ◻ B to remember
◻ C shy as a mouse ◻ C remembering
◻ D as shy a mouse ◻ D remembered
9 10
◻ A my ◻ A as honest as a mirror
◻ B our ◻ B a calm as a mirror
◻ C their ◻ C as flat as a mirror
◻ D his ◻ D as cold as a mirror
(10 marks)
