Unit 6 -Grammar (1): Reported statements and questions

Reported statements

​When do we use reported speech?

Sometimes someone says a sentence, for example "I'm going to the cinema tonight".

Later, maybe we want to tell someone else what the first person said: He said (that) he/she was going to the cinema that night".

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is in Reported Speech?

• Anna: "I'm hungry"

• Anna said "I'm hungry"

• I'm hungry

• Anna said that she was hungry

Multiple Choice

She said, "I did not say that."

• She said that she has not said that.

• She said that she had not said that.

Multiple Choice

He said: "I won't tell anyone."

• He said that he will not tell anyone

• He said that he would not tell anyone.

Multiple Choice

She said, "I don't know where my shoes are."

• She said that she did not know where her shoes are.

• She said that she did not know where her shoes were.

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Sandra: 'I walk to school everyday'

Sandra said that She ____ to school every day'

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Tim told his teacher, “I don’t want to do judo.”

Tim told his teacher that he …………………… to do judo.

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Alan said, “I’m painting a picture of the snow.”

Alan said that he …………………… a picture of the snow.

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She said that they were going to have a test …………………… (today).

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Joe said that it was lovely to be …………………… (here).

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They told us that they didn’t want …………………… (these) clothes.

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He said that he would travel home …………………… (tomorrow).

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I told him that it was raining …………………… (now).

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"I was very thirsty," he said.

He said ____________very thirsty.

Multiple Choice

Jack’s teacher asked him, “What have you done with your homework?”

• Jack’s teacher asked him what he had done with his homework.

• Jack’s teacher asked him what you had done with your homework.

• Jack’s teacher asked him what he has done with his homework.

• Jack’s teacher asked him what had he done with his homework?

Multiple Choice

A tourist asked me, “Where is the Sagrada Familia?”

• A tourist asked me where was the Sagrada Familia.

• A tourist asked me where is the Sagrada Familia?

• A tourist asked me where the Sagrada Familia was.

• A tourist asked me if the Sagrada Familia was.

Multiple Choice

"Do you play any sports?", asked Daniel

• Daniel asked me if I did play any sports.

• Daniel asked me if I played any sports.

• Daniel asked me if I had played any sports.

• Daniel asks me if I play any sports.

Multiple Choice

“Can I borrow your pen please, Sam?”, said Gillian.

• Gillian asked Sam whether she can borrow his pen.

• Gillian asked Sam whether she could borrow his pen.

• Gillian asked Sam she can borrow his pen.

• Gillian asked Sam she could borrow his pen.

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Jim asked her: 'Where do you live?'

Jim asked her where __________.

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The flight attendant asked us, “Do you want to buy any duty-free goods?”

The flight attendant asked us __________ any duty-free goods.

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He said: "When will they come?"

He asked _______________.

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He said: "How much might it cost?

He asked me ____________.