ReadingWriting Department: The Academic Assistance Department
Class: English for 4th Year Sec. Edu.
  Lesson:  Personal achievements Unit: Society
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Language activity: Reported speech
 
Know more about the reported speech and then do the multiple choice exercise. Click the play button to begin.
1. Look at the following sentences and study the changes.
 
 
For more information about the reported speech, click here
 
2. Practice: Tick the correct alternative.

a. “I have realized so many people helped me through this problem,” Katie said.
Katie said she has realized so many people helped her through this problem.
 Katie said she had realized so many people had helped her through that problem.
b. “another press conference will be held here at ten o’clock tomorrow morning,” the Minister said.
The Minister announced that another press conference would be held there at ten o’clock the
following morning..
 The Minister announced that another press conference would be held here at ten o’clock
tomorrow morning.
c. “Why do you read to Henry?” the mother asked her daughter.
The mother asked her daughter why did she read to Henry.
 The mother asked her daughter why she read to Henry.
d. “Can these young people give up their time for us?” the old man asked.
The old man asked if these young people can give up their time for them.
 The old man asked if those young people could give up their time for them.