RS

1. Reported Speech Activity
Intermediate

2. • Present Simple -> Past Simple
• Present Continuous -> Past Continuous
• Present Perfect Simple -> Past Perfect Simple
• Present Perfect Continuous -> Past Perfect Continuous
• Past Simple -> Past Perfect Simple
• Past Continuous -> Past Perfect Continuous
• Past Perfect -> Past Perfect
• “going to” -> “was going to”
• “will” -> “would”
• “can” -> “could”
• “have to” -> “had to”

3. I’m thinking. He’s working. They sleep. You’re
waiting. We fight. They’re going to leave. I’ve won.
She hasn’t eaten. They’ve finished. I can do it. He
won’t help me. I haven’t finished. They fought. I
was sleeping. You’ll run. He’s walking. They had
eaten. I worked. She slept. She was sleeping.
They’re eating. They’ll fight. I didn’t work. He
wasn’t working. They aren’t sleeping. You won’t
leave. I’m not winning. She isn’t finished. We can’t
think. They aren’t going to wait. She hasn’t eaten.

4. Imagine a situation when someone
might say these, and you are shocked!
Write a reply using reported speech.
1. “He can’t speak English.” “What!? But … “
2. “I can’t come to your party.”
3. “I’m 25 years old.”
4. “The exam is tomorrow.”
5. “There’s no tea.”
6. “That will be 500 lira please.”
7. “I’ve decided to marry Yasemin.”

5. Contradictions – a writing activity
– A: “I’m married.”
– B: “What?! You told me you were single! You told me that
you had never dated anyone before me!”

6. Contradictions – a writing activity
– A: “I’m married.”
– B: “What?! You told
me you were single!
You swore that you
had never dated
anyone before me!”

7. Contradictions – a writing activity
– A: “I’m married.”
– B: “What?! You told
me you were single!
You swore that you
had never dated
anyone before me!”