Reported Speech (Statements) Grade 10

"I am waiting at the bus stop number ten," he told me.

He told me that   he ..........   at the bus stop number ten.

• he's been waiting

• was waiting

"We will set off tomorrow," they said on Friday.

On Friday they said .....

•  they should set off tomorrow.

• they would set off the next day.

"I invited Derek to dinner last week," Debbie told me this week.

Debbie told me this week that she had invited Derek to dinner ....... .

• the previous week

• last week

"She'd better refuse this job," insisted my father

My father insisted that she ....... that job.

• had better refuse

• would better refused

"We used to take the same medicine," she thought.

She thought that  ........  the same medicine.

• they  had used to take

• they used to take

Tom said, 'I want to visit my friends this weekend.'

• Tom said he wants to visit his friends that weekend.

• Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend.

• Tom said he wanted to visit his friends this weekend.

Jerry said, 'I'm studying English a lot at the moment.'

• Jerry said he was studying English a lot at that moment.

• Jerry said he was studying English a lot at the moment.

• Jerry said I was studying English a lot at that moment.

They said, 'We've lived here for a long time.'

• They said they have lived there for a long time.

• They said they lived here for a long time.

• They said they had lived there for a long time.

My brother said, "I went to school yesterday."

• My brother said that he had gone to school yesterday.

• My brother said that he had gone to school the day after.

• My brother said that he had gone to school the previous day.

• My brother said that he had gone to school the next day.

Nancy said, “I may leave tomorrow.”

• Nancy said that she might leave the next day.

• Nancy said that she might leave tomorrow.

• Nancy asked if she should leave the next day.

• Nancy informed me to leave tomorrow.