E Reported Speech

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that as closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

"I'm going back to work next week," said Harry.

• A. Harry said that he was going back to work the following week.

• B. Harry said that I am going back to work next week.

• C. Harry said that I was going back to work the following week.

• D. Harry said that he was going back to work next week.

“How long have you lived here, Lucy?” asked Jack.

• A. Jack asked Lucy how long did she live here.

• B. Jack asked Lucy how long she lived here.

• C. Jack asked Lucy how long had she lived there.

• D. Jack asked Lucy how long she had lived there.

"Your application must be submitted before the end of the month," said the secretary to applicants.

• A. The secretary told the applicants not to submit their application before the end of the month.

• B. The secretary said that the application had to be submitted before the end of the month.

• C. The secretary asked that the applicants submit their application before the end of the month.

• D. The secretary reminded the applicants to submit their applications before the end of the month.

"Which cities have the worst waste problem?" the student asked the teacher.

• A. The student asked the teacher for which cities had the worst waste problem.

• B. The student asked the teacher to tell him which cities had the worst waste problem.

• C. The student asked the teacher which cities had the worst waste problem.

• D. The student asked the teacher which cities had had the worst waste problem.

"Why don't we go camping at the weekend?" he said.

• A. He denied going camping at the weekend.

• B. He suggested going camping at the weekend.

• C. He objected to going camping at the weekend.

• D. He apologized for going camping at the weekend.

"No, I won't go to work at the weekend," said Sally.

• A. Sally refused to go to work at the weekend.

• B. Sally promised to go to work at the weekend.

• C. Sally apologized for not going to work at the weekend.

• D. Sally regretted not going to work at the weekend.

"I'm sorry I haven't finished the assignment," Fiona said.

• A. Fiona denied having finished the assignment.

• B. Fiona regretted having finished the assignment.

• C. Fiona refused to finish the assignment.

• D. Fiona apologised for not finishing the assignment.

“When did you start practising yoga?” asked Tom.

• A. Tom wanted to know when I was starting to practice yoga.

• B. Tom wanted to know when I had started practising yoga.

• C. Tom wanted to know when did I start practising yoga.

• D. Tom wanted to know when had I started practising yoga.

“Everyone treated me unfairly”, maintains she.

• A. She maintains to have been treated unfairly.

• B. She maintains to be treating unfairly.

• C. She maintains that she had been treated unfairly.

• D. She maintains she was treated unfairly.

"Good luck in your new job. It will work out well for you," said his mother.

• A. His mother wished him good luck and said his new job would work out well for him.

• B. His mother wanted him to get good luck in his new job as it would work out well for him.

• C. His mother wondered whether he got luck in his job or it would work out well for him.

• D. His mother ascertained that his new job would work out well for him and bring him luck.