Reported speech

She told me, "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived. "

• She told me that she was waiting for the bus when he arrived.

• She told me that she was waiting for the bus when he had arrived.

• She told me that she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived.

• She told me that she had been waiting for the bus when he had arrived.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Brown ordered his friend to turn down the radio and let him work in peace.

• Brown said to his friend, "Turn down the radio and let I work in peace."

• Brown said to his friend, "Turn down the radio and let me work in peace."

• Brown said to his friend, "Turn down the radio and let him work in peace."

• Brown said to his friend, "Turn down the radio and let he work in peace."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

 

"Come home early!" said Miss May to her brother.

• Miss May told her brother to came home early.

• Miss May ordered her brother to come home early.

• Miss May ordered her brother came home early.

• Miss May told her brother not to come home early.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

Mr. Tom said, "It is time to leave for the meeting."

• Mr. Tom said that it is time to leave for the meeting.

• Mr. Tom said that it was time to leave for the meeting.

• Mr. Tom said that it was time to left for the meeting.

• Mr. Tom said that it is time to left for the meeting.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

They said that they couldn't go to the zoo the following week.

• My friends said, "We can't go to the zoo the following week."

• My friends said, "We can't go to the zoo next week."

• My friends said, "We couldn't go to the zoo next week."

• My friends said, "We couldn't go to the zoo the following week."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Which sentence is INCORRECT.

• He said, "I see the children quite often."

• "I stay in a hotel.", she said.

• She said that I had spoke to Jane last week

• He said that he was trying to speak English.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Which sentence is INCORRECT.

• He told Mary to sit down.

• Their mother warned them do not go near the river.

• Tim's father ordered him not to be late.

• The landlady told us not to use the telephone after eleven o'clock.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

Find the mistake: The lady say that she might go home the next day with her sister.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Find the mistake: Martha said that she had been staying in Japan last month.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Find the mistake: The doctor warned my father not to smoking.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B