Reported speech practice

Reported speech practice

Today's objective is to remember and recognise reported speech characteristics and use, by observing changes produced in examples, as well as answering multiple choice questions.

What do we use reported speech for?

• To give someone a message.

• To tell news we heard form another person.

• To report something that happened

Homer: "I can ride my bike real fast"

• What did Homer say?

• He said he could ride his bike very fast.

Bart: "I enjoyed my lunch"

• What did Bart say?

  He said he had enjoyed his lunch.

  
  

Skinner: "I cook hamburguejas once a week"

He said he had cooked hamburguejas.

Practice time!

Look and answer the questions for reported speech.

Multiple Choice

Mary: "I don't like apples". The correct reported speech sentence is:

• She said she doesn't like apples.

• She said she liked apples.

• She said she didn't like apples.

• She said she likes apples.

Multiple Select

Jessica: I study English everyday.

Reported speech: She said she _________ English everyday.

• studied

• studies

• was studying

• study

Multiple Select

Patty: "This girl looks confused". The reported sentence is:

• Patty said: "that girl looked confused."

• Patty said: "that girl is confused"

• Patty said: "that girl has confused

Multiple Choice

John: "My friends go skating to the park today."

Reported sentence ...

• My friends go skating in the park today.

• His friends went skate in the park yesterday".

• His friends went skating to the park that day.

Multiple Choice

Fry: "I don't know this person"

Reported speech sentence: He said he _______ that person

• don't know

• knew

• didn't know

• hadn't known

Multiple Choice

Roll Safe: "You don't suffer from insomnia if you don't sleep" ( XD)

Reported sentence: Roll safe said: You _______ from insomnia if you _______

• don't suffer/ don't sleep

• didn't suffer/ didn't sleep

• hadn't suffered/hadn't slept