REPORTED SPEECH_E12

Laura said she would catch the first train to London............

                     

• A. the following day

• B. yesterday 

• C. tomorrow

• D. the previous day

They wanted to know............to the swimming pool.

                    

• A. how often do we go 

• B. how often did we go

• C. how often we went 

• D. how often we go

He wanted to know whose car I had borrowed ...........

                     

• A. last night

• B. yesterday evening

• C. the last evening 

• D. the previous night

She asked him why............. her questions.

           

• A. you didn’t answer 

• B. didn’t you answer

• C. he didn’t answer

• D. didn’t he asnwer

“ I’m going away tomorrow, mother.”

Indirect: “ Leo told his mother that ................ away the .................

                 

                              

• A. he was going/ following day    

• B. I’m going/ day after

• C. I was going/ day after 

• D. he’s going/ following day.

1. Barbara said: “I saw them at my parents’ house last year”

• 1. Barbara said that I had seen them at my parents’ house the previous year.

• 1. Barbara said that she saw them at her parents’ house last year.

• 1. Barbara said that she had seen them at her parents’ house the previous year.

• 1. Barbara said that they had seen her at her parents’ house the previous year.

. “I can’t explain this rule to you,” said the woman.

• A. The woman told me that she can’t explain that rule to me.

• B. The woman said that I couldn’t explain this rule to you. 

• C. The woman told me that she couldn’t explain that rule to me.

• D. The woman said that she can’t explain that rule to you.

“I’m going to visit my grandparents tomorrow,” said Henry.

• A. Henry said that he is going to visit my grandparents tomorrow.

• B. Henry said that he was going to visit my grandparents tomorrow.

• C. Henry said that he is going to visit his grandparents the next day.

• D. Henry said that he was going to visit his grandparents the following day.

“Don’t forget to tidy up the final draft before submission,” the team leader told us.

• A. The team leader reminded us to tidy up the final draft before submission

• B. The team leader asked us to tidy up the final draft before submission.

• C. The team leader ordered us to tidy up the final draft before submission.

• D. The team leader simply wanted us to tidy up the final draft before submission.

She said, “John, I’ll show you around my city when you’re here.”

                   

• A. She planned to show John around her city. 

• B. She organized a trip around her city for John.

• C. She made a trip round her city for John.     

• D. She promised to show John round her city.