F.2 Reported Speech

Which is the correct direct speech?

Jonathan said that he was very tired that day.

• Jonathan said, 'I am very tired today.'

• Jonathan said, 'I was very tired today.'

• Jonathan said, 'I am very tired that day.'

• Jonathan said, 'He was very tired today.'

Choose the reported speech statement

• I want a hotdog.

• I write poems

• Dany said that his mother did the cleaning.

Arthur said, "I can play the piano."

• Arthur said that he can played the piano.

• Arthur said that he can't play the piano.

• Arthur said that he could play the piano.

Melissa said, "I have been to India three times.”

• Melissa said that I had been to India three times.

• She said that she has been to India three times.

• She said that she had been to India three times.

Danny told the teacher, 'I'm going to be late'.

Danny told the teacher that he _______________ to be late.

• will be going

• is going

• was going

"Somebody stole my wallet", said James.

--> James said

• somebody stole my walet

• somebody stole his wallet

• somebody had stolen his wallet

"I am going to search the house", said the officer.

• The officer said that he is going to search the house.

• The officer said he was going to search the house.

• The officer said that I am going to search the house.

Peter said to me, 'You will enjoy your holiday next Monday.'

• Peter said to me that I would enjoy my holiday next Monday.

• Peter said to me that you would enjoy your holiday the next Monday.

• Peter said to me that I would enjoy my holiday the next Monday.

Rewrite the following sentence in reported speech.

Mary said, 'I put my homework on this desk yesterday.'

• Mary said she put my homework on that table the day before.

• Mary said she had put her homework on this table the day beofre.

• Mary said she had put her homework on that table the day before.

Rewrite the following sentence in reported speech.

Carol said, 'I have written a story.'

• Carol said I had written a story.

• Carol said I wrote a story.

• Carol said she had written a story.