M.6 Reported Speech

Multiple Choice

Tom said ‘I’m going to London tomorrow.’

• Tom said he is going to London tomorrow.

• Tom said he was going to London tomorrow.

• Tom said he will be going to London tomorrow.

Under these conditions...

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No Chance in Tense

Multiple Choice

Direct speech: Copernicus: “The planets revolve around the sun.“

Reported speech: Copernicus stated that the planets revolve around the sun.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

Direct speech: He says, “I will come”.

Reported speech: He says that he will come.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

He said, "I can swim really fast."

• He said he could swim really fast.

• He said I could swim really fast.

• He said he can swim really fast.

Open Ended

Verb + (not) to infinitive

The students _____(refuse)______(finish)their homework.

Multiple Choice

Which one of the sentences below is correctly using the impersonal reporting structure?

• They believed the car was his.

• People claimed that nobody could build such a tall building.

• It was said that home is where the heart is.

• At first, people said that the telephone was a useless invention.

Multiple Select

Which two of the sentences below are correct?

• They claimed to have a suitable room in the hotel.

• The hotel is thought to have a suitable room inside.

• The landlord denied going into the house without the owner's permission.

• It is believed that the landlord went inside the house without the owner's permission.