Printable worksheet: The Direct & Indirect Speech

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REPORTING STATEMENTS
Rewrite the following sentences in indirect speech, changing the verb tenses
accordingly. Remember there is no backshift if the statement is still valid.
REPORTED AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE SENTENCES
"We'll go to the cinema when it stops raining" promised dad.
"Chocolate is my favourite dessert" says Maxwell.
"I haven't finished my homework yet" cried Greta.
"I am going to the park" said María Rosa.
"We weren't able to finish the project on time" explained Samira.
"They had already eaten when I arrived" said Morgan.
"We have visited that museum before" said Drew-.
"He won't be available for the meeting" said the secretary.
"My parents won't be travelling during the holidays" said Connor.
"I will have finished the project by Friday" promised Donna.
"If it rains, we will stay indoors" said Petros.
"He wouldn't go if you asked him" said Alexander.
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REPORTING STATEMENTS
Rewrite the following sentences in indirect speech, changing the verb tenses
accordingly. Remember there is no backshift if the statement is still valid.
REPORTED AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE SENTENCES
"We'll go to the cinema when it stops raining" promised dad.
"Chocolate is my favourite dessert" says Maxwell.
"I haven't finished my homework yet" cried Greta.
"I am going to the park" said María Rosa.
"We weren't able to finish the project on time" explained Samira.
"They had already eaten when I arrived" said Morgan.
"We have visited that museum before" said Drew-.
"He won't be available for the meeting" said the secretary.
"My parents won't be travelling during the holidays" said Connor.
"I will have finished the project by Friday" promised Donna.
"If it rains, we will stay indoors" said Petros.
"He wouldn't go if you asked him" said Alexander.
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REPORTING STATEMENTS
ANSWER KEY
REPORTED AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE SENTENCES
Dad promised that we/they would go to the cinema when it stopped raining.
Maxwell says that chocolate is his favorite dessert.
Greta cried that she hadn't finished her homework yet.
María Rosa said that she was going to the park.
Samira explained that they hadn't been able to finish the project on time.
Morgan said that they had already eaten when he/she arrived.
Drew said that they had visited that museum before.
The secretary said that he wouldn't be available for the meeting.
Connor said that his parents wouldn't be traveling during the holidays.
Donna promised that she would have finished the project by Friday.
Petros said that if it rained, they would stay indoors.
Alexander said that he wouldn't go if you asked him.
"We'll go to the cinema when it stops raining" promised dad.
"Chocolate is my favourite dessert" says Maxwell.
"I haven't finished my homework yet" cried Greta.
"I am going to the park" said María Rosa.
"We weren't able to finish the project on time" explained Samira.
"They had already eaten when I arrived" said Morgan.
"We have visited that museum before" said Drew-.
"He won't be available for the meeting" said the secretary.
"My parents won't be travelling during the holidays" said Connor.
"I will have finished the project by Friday" promised Donna.
"If it rains, we will stay indoors" said Petros.
"He wouldn't go if you asked him" said Alexander.
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