Stories and reported speech
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Change into reported speech: (a) Mina said, “I like football.” (b) Dina said, “We are leaving.” (c) Tarek said, “I will call you.”
(a) Mina said that she liked football. (b) Dina said that they were leaving. (c) Tarek said that he would call me (or him / her, depending on the listener).
2
Choose said or told: (a) He ___ that he was hungry. (b) He ___ me that he was hungry. (c) She ___ us a story.
(a) said (b) told (c) told.
3
Change the time words: “I will come tomorrow,” said Mina. A week later you report: Mina said that she would come ___ .
the next day.
4
Find the four parts of a story you know (setting, characters, conflict, solution) and write them in a table.
A table with four parts and short answers from the child’s own story.
5
Write a very short story of 60 to 80 words with two animal characters, a problem and a solution, and finish with a moral.
A story of 60 to 80 words with setting, two characters, conflict, solution and a moral, with no violence.