Download reported speech exercises for class 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 and college and university level students in pdf format. If the indirect object of the active voice sentence is a. The shop is said to be offering huge discounts the company is expected to close next month the structure here is. In direct speech we repeat exactly what someone said.
Reported and impersonal passive with opinion verbs such as allege, believe, consider, estimate, expect, know, report, say, think, understand a passive construction is used when reporting peoples generalized opinions. The active voice puts more emphasis on the person who performs the action. You will find the solution at the end of the worksheet. Reported speech and passive voice kindle edition by smutek, leszek. It is great for consolidating passive voice or active voice and reported speech indirect speech in english. Here you will find many reported speech exercises at all levels so you can practice and improve your knowledge of reported speech in english. People believe that english is the most widely spoken language it is believed that english is the most widely spoken language. With the icon we mark tests that you have already done.
In order to do this, you can use the grammar structure named indirect or reported speech. Tenses printable pdf worksheets for english language learners intermediate level b1. Students must do different exercises rewrite the sentences in reported speech, rewtire the senteces in passive voice, rewrite the senteces using passive causative, put the. Practice online or download in pdf these easy, beginners, advanced level reported speech exercises.
The passive voice is useful in academic writing because it allows the writer or speaker to emphasize a subject by rearranging a sentence. When the reporting verb is in the past tense, we use a past tense in the reported speech to refer to past time. The passive voice puts more emphasis on the action or the result. Lots of reported speech exercises practise using free interactive quizzes. This intermediate level exercise is meant for college students. Mind the introductory sentences and backshift of tenses. When the reporting verb is in the past tense, we use a past tense in the reported speech as well. Police have reported that it was peter who caused the. Explanations and examples along with tests and exercises online to practise english reported speech.
Mixed tense reported statement exercise intermediate in pdf. We use the verb have and the past participle to form the passive. Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original. You must be logged in while solving the tests so that they can be marked with such an icon. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. This happens because the action referred to is more important than the subject who is. Revision reported speech, passive voice, passive causative, verb. You will notice that when verb in the reported speech is changed to the passive voice, the object of the transitive verb in the active voice becomes the subject of the verb in the passive voice. English is believed to be the most widely spoken language. Reported speech or indirect speech is used to report something that someone said in the past. Simple present tense simple past tense present perfect past perfect future 1 future perfect goingtofuture active and passive voice if. Reported speech the policeman told me not to park there. Passive voice, reported speech, grammar, english grammar. Exercises using pictures encourage students to use critical thinking skills and help illustrate the passive voice in a memorable way.
When the indirect object is alone after the verb in the passive voice sentence, it needs the preposition to. In general, the active voice is more common than the passive voice when an agent is mentioned. In business the passive voice is often used to describe processes. English tests of grammar, vocabulary and word formation at different levels for beginners and advanced. Reported speech pdf worksheets english vocabulary and. Tenses in reported speech tenses in reported speech are more past because were not talking at the same time as the speake. Learn all about reported speech or indirect speech. Compare active voice and passive voice in different tenses. Reported speech exercises introductions simple present. Rs004 reported speech indirect commands intermediate. Note whether the sentence is a request, a statement or a question and whether you have to change the tenses or not.
A shark has eaten the prime minister the prime minister. Reported speech exercise 9 perfect english grammar. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about reported, speech, reported sp. Transform the following questions into the questions in reported speech. Study and assess yourself by solving following given direct and indirect speech exercise for grade 11. Reported speech and passive voice reported speech if we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speakers exact words direct speech, but reported indirect spee. Reported speech in different english tenses exercise. Reported speech indirect speech examples and sentences. Introducing the passive voice 1 basic rules for upper elementary and intermediate students. English esl reported speech worksheets most downloaded. Heres a list of all the reported speech exercises on this site. The passive voice exercise doer action victim active a shark has eaten the prime minister victim to be in appropriate tense past participle of main verb by the doer passive the prime minister has been eaten by a shark change the sentences from the active to the passive.
Modal verbs in reported speech exercises modals exercises pdf. Passive voice vs reported speech by juan baquero on prezi. For exercises, you can reveal the answers first submit worksheet and print the page to have the exercise and the answers. A professional photographer will take all my wedding photographs. All direct and indirect speech exercises free and with help function, teaching materials and grammar rules. Quoted and reported speech san jose state university. Reported commands and requests english grammar exercises. Reported speech passive active voice english exercises passive voice exercises. Explanations and examples along with tests and exercises online to learn everything about reported speech in english. Active to passive to change a sentence from the active voice to the passive voice. The present downloadable worksheet is best suited for at intermediate b1, preintermediate a2 and upperintermediate b2 level. Reported speech exercises pdf download for all class students and the students of all levels. Grammar revision for c class in reported speech, conditional clauses and the passive voice exercise 1 complete each sentence with two to five words including the word in bold. Please contact me if you have any questions or ntact me if you have any questions or comments.
Present simple reported statement exercise quite easy in pdf here. When the subject is active in the sentence and is the doer of the action. I said to my neighbor, lets sit together to find a good solution of this issue i asked my neighbor that we should sit together to find a good. In passive voice the subject is not important and sometimes it it not necessary to mention it. When there is a modal verb in the original statement, suggestion, etc. Direct and indirect exercises with answers quoted and. Click here to read the explanations about reported speech reported statements. Everybody knows that my grandfather likes red wine. To sort the tests, click one of the captions of the table. Students will become familiar with verb tense changes required for formal reported speech. People expect that rodrigo rato will resign due to the bbva scandal. Pa006 passive voice make sentences using the tenses in brackets. In reported questions, the auxiliary verb goes after the. Reported speech change the following sentences into reported or direct speech.
Pv008 make passive sentences with the tenses given elementary. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading english grammar in use practice exercises. We use the passive when we dont want or need to specify who did the action. All downloads are in pdf format and consist of a worksheet and answer sheet to check your results. Passive voice vs reported speech passive voice is used when the action is the most important thing in the sentence, when we want to emphasize the object and not the subject. Using the examples above, we can also use this passive structure.
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