This document provides a series of reported speech exercises for students to practice converting statements from direct to indirect speech based on different verb tenses, including: simple present, present continuous, simple past, present perfect, simple future, and mixed tenses. For each exercise, a direct statement is given in quotation marks followed by a prompt asking the student to rewrite it in indirect or reported speech. There are 5 examples for each verb tense category.

1. Reported Speech Exercises_1
Prepared by: DKR

2. INSTRUCTION
BASED ON THE LESSON OF REPORTED SPEECH
SOLVE THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES
ACCORDINGLY

3. QUESTIONS ON SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
• 1. “I live in New York”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 2. “He worksin a bank”
• She told me _____________________________________________________
• 3. “Julie doesn’t like going out much”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 4. “I don’t have a computer”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 5. “They never arrive on time”
• She said ________________________________________________________

4. QUESTIONS ON PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
• 1. “I'm sleeping”
• She told me _____________________________________________________
• 2. “We’re working”
• She told me _____________________________________________________
• 3. “She's coming to the party”
• She told me _____________________________________________________
• 4. “He’s talking on the telephone”
• She told me _____________________________________________________
• 5. “Lucy is reading a book in front of the fire”
• She told me _____________________________________________________

5. QUESTIONS ON SIMPLE PAST TENSE
• 1. “I went to the cinema yesterday.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 2. “Jane left the party early.”
• She told me _____________________________________________________
• 3. “I didn't go out at the weekend.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 4. “He didn't like chocolate as a child.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 5. “They visited Japan.”
• She said ________________________________________________________

6. QUESTIONS ON PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
• 1. “I've never been to Brazil.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 2. “She has visited Paristhree times.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 3. “He has read ‘War and Peace’.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 4. “I haven't seen Julie for ages.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 5. “He hasn't been to school this week.”
• She said ________________________________________________________

7. QUESTIONS ON SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
• 1. “I'll go to the cinema later.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 2. “We'll meet the children at six.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 3. “She’ll be late.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 4. “Lucy will definitely come.”
• She said ________________________________________________________
• 5. “I will stop smokingon Tuesday.”
• She told us _____________________________________________________

8. QUESTIONS ON MIXED TENSE
• 1. “He works in a bank”
• She said
___________________________________________________________
• 2. “We went out last night”
• She told me
________________________________________________________
• 3. “I’m coming!”
• She said
___________________________________________________________
• 4. “I was waiting for the bus when he arrived”
• She told me
________________________________________________________
• 5. “ I’d never been there before”
• She said
___________________________________________________________