Unit 6: Reported Speech

Which one of the sentences below is a reported speech?

• He was asking me what I wanted

• He asked me what I wanted

• He had asked me what I wanted

• He asked me what I wanted

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

• They believed the car was his

• Af first, people said that the telephone was a useless inventon

• People claimed that nobody could build such a tall building

• It was said that home is where the heart is

She said "I know a better restaurant"

• She said that she knew a better restaurant

• She said that there was a better restaurant

• She said that she knew a best restaurant

Which one of the sentences below is the correct one?

• They acussed me of stealing the laptop

• The police wated to know what had the group of teenagers been doing in the street

• Ed had suggested me to play the guitar

• Ben apologised that he had woken everybody up

Which two of the sentences below are correct?

• They claimed to have a suitable room in the area

• They promised to visit

• The landlord denied going into the house without our permission

• My parents suggested that I should look for someone to share the boat

He said "I wont tell anyone"

• He said that he won't tell to anyone

• He said that he was not going to tell anyone

• He said that he would not tell anyone

WHich one of the sentences below isn't a reported speech?

• James said that he read a book per moth

• The children said that they didn't want ice-cream

• Lucia wants to play

• Maria said that the teachers didn't like noise

They said "We've liked here for a long time"

• They said they lived here for a long time

• They said they had lived here for a long time

• They said they have liked there for a long time

Which of the sentences below using the imperial structures is correct?

• Dolphins are said to be able to communicate

• The president claimed to know about it

• It is said that elephants can't speak

• It is said that parents are crazy

Choose the correct structure (impersonal):

• Verb + gerund

• It + be + past participle + that

• Verb + (that) + object + (should) infinitive

• Verb + (that) + sentence in reported speech