1 Match the direct speech (1–6) to the reported statements (A–G). There is one extra option.
1 ‘I don’t play much.’ …C…
2 ‘We’re playing well.’
3 ‘I can win.’
4 ‘We must play well.’
5 ‘We’ll win.’
6 ‘I haven’t won yet.’
A She said they had to play well.
B He said he hadn’t won yet.
C He said he didn’t play much.
D She said they played well.
E She said they were playing well.
F She said they would win.
G He said he could win.
Answer
2 E
3 G
4 A
5 F
6 B
not needed: D
2 Look at the reported sentences and complete the direct speech.
1 Hannah told me she was going to join the volleyball club.
Hannah: ‘I ……’m going to join the volleyball club.’……
2 Alexander said he didn’t have a racket.
Alexander: ‘I ……………………………….. .’
3 Kiara promised she would come and watch me play.
Kiara: ‘I ……………………………….. .’
4 Joe told me he hadn’t been to a football stadium before.
Joe: ‘I ……………………………….. .’
5 Lara said she couldn’t play because she was injured.
Lara: ‘I ……………………………….. .’
Answer
2 don’t have a racket
3 ’ll/will come and watch you play
4 haven’t been to a football stadium before
5 can’t play because I’m injured
3 Read the direct speech. Then complete the reported statements.
1 ‘I’ve never seen him play so well.’
She said she ……had never seen…… him play so well.
2 ‘I love doing sport in the rain.’
He told me that he ……………………………. doing sport in the rain.
3 ‘I trained really hard before the tournament.’
She told us that she ……………………………. really hard before the tournament.
4 ‘I’m going to take a break from sport for a while.’
He announced that he ……………………………. a break from sport for a while.
5 ‘We’re building a new stadium.’
The club said they ……………………………. a new stadium.
Answer
2 loved
3 had trained
4 was going to take
5 were building
4 Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.
1 I told the referee what the other player says earlier.
……I told the referee what the other player had said earlier. ……
2 She said me that it would be a tough match.
………………………………………………….
3 The runner admitted that he was taken a banned substance before the race.
………………………………………………….
4 She explained that it is always her dream to win the tournament.
………………………………………………….
5 My coach just told me to don’t worry about the score.
………………………………………………….
Answer
2 She said that it would be a tough match. / She told me that it would be a tough match.
3 The runner admitted that he had taken a banned substance before the race.
4 She explained that it had always been her dream to win the tournament.
5 My coach just told me not to worry about the score.
5 Complete Natasha’s speech with the words in the box. Then complete the reported speech in the news report about her below.
|
becoming can’t going had love want will |
A
‘Although I 1……love…… playing tennis, I 2……………. continue playing forever. I have 3……………. a lot of injuries in the last two years and it is 4……………. too difficult to play pain-free. This tournament 5……………. be my last one. I 6……………. to thank my coach and my fans. I’m 7……………. to give my all, one last time!’
B
Former Grand-slam champion Natasha Babikova has just announced that she will retire after next week’s Miami Open. In a press conference, she said that although she 1……loved…… playing tennis, she 2……………. playing forever. Explaining her decision, she told reporters that she 3……………. a lot of injuries in the past two years and that it 4……………. too difficult for her to play pain-free. She stated that the Miami Open 5……………. her last one, and she finished by saying that she 6……………. to thank 7……………. coach and fans and promised that she 8……………. to give 9……………. all, one last time.
Answer
A
2 can’t
3 had
4 becoming
5 will
6 want
7 going
B
2 couldn’t continue
3 had had
4 was becoming
5 would be
6 wanted
7 her
8 was going
9 her
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