Reported Speech

Report this sentence correctly:

"I can swim really fast." he said.

• He said, "That he could swim really fast."

• He said I can swim really fast.

• He said that he could swim really fast.

• None of the above

Report this sentence correctly:

"There was an accident outside the supermarket." she said.

• She said that there had been an accident outside the supermarket.

• She said there were an accident outside the supermarket.

• She said, "There has been an accident outside the supermarket."

• None of the above

Report this sentence correctly:

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

Five days later you say...

• Tom said he is going to London the previous day.

• Tom said he was going to London the following day.

• Tom said he was going to London tomorrow.

• None of the above

Select the option that completes the sentence.

Anna apologized for not coming. She said she had been busy _________________.

• tomorrow

• that day

• everyday

• None of the above

Fill in the blank.

Paul: "I won’t be at the meeting tomorrow."

Paul said that he ________________ at the meeting the following day.

Fill in the blank.

Danny: "I’m going to be late."

Danny told me that he _______________ to be late.

Fill in the blank.

George: “I can’t chat because I’m working.”

George said that he _______________ because he was working.

In reported speech, 'will' becomes ___________.

• shall

• should

• would

• No change

In reported speech, 'could' becomes ____________.

• can

• might

• couldn't

• No change

Change this sentence to direct speech.

She told me they'd lived in China for five years.

• She said, "We lived in China for five years."

• She said, "That we lived in China for five years."

• She, "Said We lived in China for five years."

• None of the above