Reported Speech

Multiple Choice

Direct speech: “I study English every day.”

Choose the correct reported speech:

• He said he studies English every day.

• He said he studied English every day.

• He said he had studied English every day.

• He said he is studying English every day.

Multiple Choice

Direct speech: “I am reading a book now.”

Choose the correct reported speech:

• She said she read a book then.

• She said she was reading a book then.

• She said she had read a book then.

• She said she is reading a book now.

Multiple Choice

Direct speech: “I cooked dinner yesterday.”

Choose the correct reported speech:

• He said he cooks dinner yesterday.

• He said he cooked dinner yesterday.

• He said he had cooked dinner the day before.

• He said he was cooking dinner yesterday.

Match

Match direct speech with reported speech.

• “I am studying.”

• “I cooked lunch.”

• “I have been working.”

• “I was sleeping.”

• “I had studied.”

She said she was studying.

He said he had cooked lunch.

She said she had been working.

He said he had been sleeping.

She said she had studied.

• She said she was studying.

• He said he had cooked lunch.

• She said she had been working.

• He said he had been sleeping.

• She said she had studied.

Reorder

Direct: “I studied hard.”
Reorder to form reported speech:

• He

• said

• that

• he

• had studied hard.

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Reorder

Direct: “I was playing football.”
Reorder:

• She

• said

• she

• had

• been playing football.

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• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Direct: “I had finished my work.”
Reorder:

• He

• said

• he

• had

• finished his work.

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• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Drag and Drop

Complete the reported speech:
Direct: “I am watching TV.”

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TV.

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is

was

had

had been

watching

watched

Drag and Drop

Complete the reported speech:

Direct: “I have done my homework.”

Reported: She said she

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her homework.

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has

was

were

had

done

did

Drag and Drop

Complete the reported speech:

Direct: “I was running in the park.”

Reported: He said he

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in the park.

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had been

is

had

was

running

runned

Dropdown

Complete the reported speech:

Direct: “I study English.”

He said he

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English.

Dropdown

Complete the reported speech:

Direct: “I am learning French.”

She said she

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French.

Dropdown

Complete the reported speech:

Direct: “I have been waiting here.”

Reported: He said he

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there.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of reported speech with correct verb tense change?

• She said that she was tired.

• She say that she is tired.

• She said that she is tired.

• She says that she was tired.

Open Ended

Write 3 sentences in reported speech, changing the verb tense correctly.
Example: Direct: “I am eating.” → Reported: He said he was eating.

Audio Response

Say the direct speech of:
She said she was watching TV.

Open Audio Recorder

Audio Response

Say the direct speech of:
He said he had finished his homework.

Open Audio Recorder

Audio Response

Say the direct speech of:
They said they had been waiting for hours.

Open Audio Recorder

Multiple Choice

Direct: “I will travel tomorrow.”
Which is correct in reported speech?

• She said she travels tomorrow.

• She said she will travel tomorrow.

• She said she would travel the next day.

• She said she was going to travel the next day.

Multiple Choice

Direct: “I can help you.”

Which is correct in reported speech?

• He said he could help me.

• He said he can help me.

• He said he was able help me.

• He said he would help me.

Multiple Choice

Reported: They said they might be late.
Which is the correct direct speech?

• “We may be late.”

• “We might be late.”

• “We should be late.”

• “We must be late.”

Match

Match the following

• “I must leave now.”

• “I can swim very well.”

• “I will visit my grandma.”

• “I may come to the party.”

• “I am going to move to Spain.”

He said he had to leave then.

She said she could swim very well.

He said he would visit his grandma.

She said she might come to the party.

He said he was going to move to Spain.

• He said he had to leave then.

• She said she could swim very well.

• He said he would visit his grandma.

• She said she might come to the party.

• He said he was going to move to Spain.

Categorize

Options (12)

Will

Be going to

Must

May

Can

Shall

Would

Could

Had to

Might

Was/were going to

Should

Organize these (modal) verbs into the right categories

Direct Speech

Reported Speech

Multiple Choice

Direct: “I love chocolate,” she said.
Which is correct?

• She said they loved chocolate.

• She said her loved chocolate.

• She said I loved chocolate.

• She said she loved chocolate.

Reorder

Direct: “We are ready,” he said.
Reorder:

• He

• said

• they

• were

• ready.

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• 5

Drag and Drop

Direct: “​

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am tired” she said.
Reported: She said she was tired.

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I

She

We

He

Match

Match the following

• I

• You

• We

• Me

• Us

He/she

I/She/He/It/They

We/They

Him/Her

Us/Them

• He/she

• I/She/He/It/They

• We/They

• Him/Her

• Us/Them

Drag and Drop

Direct: “This house is ours,” they said.
Reported: They said the house was ​

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theirs

his

hers

Dropdown

Direct: “You are my best friend,” he said (to me).
Reported: He said I was ​

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best friend.

Match

Match the following

• My

• Mine

• Your

• Yours

• Our

His/Her

His/Hers

My/His/Her/Their

Mine/His/Hers/Theirs

Our/Their

• His/Her

• His/Hers

• My/His/Her/Their

• Mine/His/Hers/Theirs

• Our/Their

Multiple Choice

Direct: “I will finish my work today.”
Reported: He said he would finish his work ___ .

• tomorrow
• next week
• yesterday
• that day

Multiple Choice

Direct: “We met here.”
Reported: They said they had met ___ .

• somewhere else.
• over there.
• there.
• here.

Multiple Choice

Direct: “I saw him yesterday.”
Reported: She said she had seen him ___ .

• the next day
• the day before
• yesterday

• last week

Reorder

Direct: “We are meeting tonight.”
Reorder into reported speech:

• They said

• they

• were

• meeting

• that night.

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Drag and Drop

Direct: “I met him yesterday.”
Reported: She said she had met him ​

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Direct: “I will call you tomorrow.”
Reported: He said he would call me ​

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Direct: “I am busy now.”
Reported: She said she was busy ​

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Direct: “I finished it last month.”
Reported: He said he had finished it ​

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Direct: “We are working tonight.”
Reported: They said they were working ​

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the day before

the following day

then

last month

that night

next week

yesterday

this morning

Dropdown

Direct: “I am staying here now.”
Reported: He said he was staying ​

Select answer

​

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.

Dropdown

Direct: “I will travel next month.”
Reported: She said she would travel the ​

Select answer

​

Select answer

.

Dropdown

Direct: “I am studying this week.”
Reported: He said he was studying ​

Select answer

week.

Match

Match the following

• today

• yesterday

• tomorrow

• now

• last week

that day

the day before

the next day

then

the week before

• that day

• the day before

• the next day

• then

• the week before

Drag and Drop

Direct: “I will come tomorrow.”
Reported: She ​

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that she would come the next day.

Direct: “Don’t touch the wires.”
Reported: He ​

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me not to touch the wires.

Direct: “Do you like pizza?”
Reported: He ​

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a me if I liked pizza.

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said

told

asked

Reorder

Direct: “Don’t be late.”
Reorder:

• She

• told

• me

• not

• to be late.

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Dropdown

Direct: “I’m learning English.”
Reported: She ​

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she was learning English.

Direct: “It’s raining today.”
Reported: He ​

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me what time it was.

Direct: “Close the window, please.”
Reported: She ​

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me to close the window.

Direct: “Don’t forget your umbrella.”
Reported: He ​

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me not to forget my umbrella.

Direct: “It’s raining today.”
Reported: He​

Select answer

that it was raining that day.