Reported Speech

Choose the correct option:
Adam: ‘I have an old rocking chair in my bedroom.’ 

• Adam said he had an old rocking chair in his bedroom.

• Adam said he had an old rocking chair in my bedroom.

• Adam said he has an old rocking chair in his bedroom.

Choose the correct option: Petra: ‘I promise I won’t tell you what happened until tomorrow.’ 

• Petra promised not to tell me what had happened until the next day.

• Petra said that she wouldn’t tell me what had happened until the next day.

• Petra said she wouldn’t tell you what has happened until the next day.

Choose the correct option:
Lola: ‘We want to see the Eiffel Tower today.’ 

• Lola said they wanted to see the Eiffel Tower that day.

• Lola said they wanted to see the Eiffel Tower this day.

• Lola said they have wanted to see the Eiffel Tower that day.

Choose the correct option:
Reporter: ‘The police are questioning the suspect this morning.’ 

• The reporter said  the police were questioning the suspect that morning.
• The reporter said  the police questioned the suspect that morning.
• The reporter said  the police had questioned the suspect that morning.

Choose the correct option: Teacher: ‘Tidy up all of your things because today we're doing an exam’ 

• The teacher told the students to tidy up all of their things because that day they were doing an exam.

• The teacher said the children that they tidy up all of their things because that day they were doing an exam.

• The teacher asked the students to tidy up because that day they were doing an exam.

• The teacher told the students to tidy up all of their things because that day we were doing an exam.

Change the reported speech to direct speech: 
I said that I wouldn’t go swimming that day.

• ‘I won’t go swimming today.’
• ‘I won’t go swimming this day.’
• ‘I won’t swim today.’

Change the reported speech to direct speech:
Lily told him that she hoped they would get married the following year.

• ‘I hope we’ll get married next year.’
• 'I hoped we’ll get married next year.’
• 'I hope they’ll get married next year.’

Change the reported speech to direct speech:
Mrs Segal said that the police had searched her house the week before.

• ‘The police searched my house last week.’
• ‘The police are searching my house last week.’
• ‘The police searched her house last week.’
• ‘The police search my house last week.’

Change the reported speech to direct speech:
He said that they were waiting at the train station and they would be leaving soon.

• ‘We’re waiting at the train station and we’ll be leaving soon.’
• ‘We wait at the train station and we’ll be leaving soon.’
• ‘We wait at the train station and we’re leaving soon.’

Change the reported speech to direct speech:
I told them that I couldn’t see them that evening because I was feeling ill.

• 'I can’t see you this evening because I’m feeling ill'.
• 'I can’t see you this evening because I feel ill'.
• 'I can’t see you today evening because I’m feeling ill'.