8B: Understanding Reported Speech

Use _____ to repeat the exact words somebody says.

• reported speech

• direct speech

• past simple

• the imperative

• fake news

Use _____ to repeat what people say without using their exact words.

• reported speech

• direct speech

• quotation marks

• past perfect

• Spanish

The teacher said, "There was a quiz yesterday."

• direct speech

• reported speech

• indirect speech

• slurred speech

• the imperative

The teacher said there had been a quiz the day before.

• direct speech

• reported speech

• indirect speech

• slurred speech

• the imperative

Use _____ + object pronoun if you say who the person is talking to.

• said

• told

• gave

• subject pronoun

• "honey"

Use _____ if you don't say who the person is talking to.

• said

• told

• gave

• subject pronoun

• "honey"

Tenses _____ change in reported speech.

• sometimes

• usually

• never

• always

In reported speech, "will" becomes "_____".

• would

• did

• is

• past participle

• won't

In reported speech, past simple becomes _____.

• past perfect

• past progressive

• present perfect

• past participle

• present simple

In reported speech, "yesterday" becomes "_____".

• Taco Tuesday

• yesterday

• today

• the day before

• tomorrow