REPORTED SPEECH - REVIEW

Which is the correct option to complete the sentence?

Peter: I saw Jane yesterday.

Peter____________________ .

• said Jane that he saw her yesterday

• told he saw Jane the previous day

• says he had seen Jane the following day

• told Jane that he has seen her the next day

• said that he had seen Jane the day before

Tony said to Ann: Do you need my computer? The previous sentence in the Reported Speech is:

• Tony asked Ann whether she needs his computer

• Tony asks Ann whether she needed her computer

• Tony ask Ann whether she needs his computer

• Tony asked Ann if she needed his computer

The mother said to the son:

– Do not watch TV after midnight!

• The mother told her son to does not watch TV after midnight.

• The mother told her son do not to watch TV after midnight

• The mother told her son to not watch TV after midnight

• The mother told her son not to watch TV after midnight

The indirect speech for “I was challenged by the language barrier, he said.” is

• He said he is being challenged by the language barrier.

• He said that he had been challenged by the language barrier

• He told us that he has been challenged by the language barrier

• He asked us if he was being challenged by the language barrier

Which alternative is correct ?

• The teacher said the student do not eat in class.

• The teacher told the student not to eat in class.

• The teacher said to the student to not to eat in class.

• The teacher told to the student not to eat in class

• The teacher told the student to do not eat in class

Susan: What did George ask you yesterday?

Sandy: He asked me ______________________ .

• do I need a ride home.

• did I need a ride home.

• if I needed a ride home

• I needed a ride home

• would I need a ride home

On July 2nd , 2009, Peter asked Jane: "What time are we meeting tomorrow"?

Peter wanted to know what time...

• they are meeting tomorrow

• are they meeting tomorrow?

• they were meting the day after

• were they meeting the next day?

• they are meeting the next day

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence:

I arrived home on foot and my husband asked me where ________________

• is my car

• was my car

• my car was

• is your car

The reported speech for the passage "Can I have my stake very rare?” asked one of the men’ is:

• One of the men told the waitress that he wanted his stake very rare

• One of the men asked if he could have his stake very rare

• One of the men asked if he can have his stake very rare

• One of the men demanded that his stake should be very rare

The indirect form to the sentence below is:

“This has been a wonderful trip.”

• She said it was a wonderful trip

• She said me that it had been a wonderful trip

• She told me that it had been a wonderful trip

• She said me it would be a wonderful trip