Reported Speech - English Grammar Series

Reported speech workbook for English learners: rule explanations with worked examples, then ten activities on turning direct speech into reported speech after past-tense verbs such as said and told.
Pages
10
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA
Topic
Reported Speech, Indirect Speech
Resource types
Activities, Worksheets & Printables
Answer key
Included

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About this resource

Reported Speech, also known as Indirect Speech, is an important part of conversational English because it requires repeating someone else's words.
English language students need to learn and practice the Reported Speech, since it is used in various situations to convey information or repeat someone else's words. This ebook will focus only on instances where the reporting verb is in past tense (such as said, told, etc.), necessitating a shift to past tense in the reported clause for practical reasons. For example: 'I am going to the super market' becomes 'He said that he was going to the super market'. It is also possible to report someone's words in the present without any tense change. For example: 'He says he is going to the super market'.
This ebook can help students learn how to use Reported Speech, understand its purpose, and practice through various interactive exercises. The solutions are given towards the conclusion of the book.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Convert direct statements into reported speech with the correct tense shift

  • Report questions, commands and requests accurately

  • Adjust pronouns and time and place expressions in reported sentences

Skills covered

  • Tense backshift — rewriting quoted statements in reported form

  • Reporting questions — changing yes/no and WH- questions into reported word order

  • Error correction — finding and fixing mistakes in reported sentences

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Core concepts

  • Reported speech

  • Direct speech

  • Tense shifts

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