Reported Speech

"The pygmy marmoset is the smallest monkey in the world."

He said the pygmy marmoset ___ the smallest monkey in the world.

• was

• would be

• were

• is being

"Adult male pygmy marmosets take care of the babies."

He said that adult male pygmy marmosets ___.

• take care of the babies.

• took care of the babies.

• will take care of the babies.

• can take care of the babies.

"I don't know how many babies the females have."

He said that he ___ know how many babies the females ___.

• doesn't - have

• didn't - have

• doesn't - had

• didn't - had

Eva: "Some bats are smaller than our hands!"

Eva said that some bats ___ smaller than our hands.

• are

• was

• were

• be

Camilo: "Hummingbirds live near flowers, but they can't smell them."

Camilo said that hummingbirds ___ near flowers, but they ___ smell them."

• live - can't

• lives - can't

• lived - couldn't

• lived - can't

Sara: "Flying fish don't actually fly. They jump in the air."

Sara told us that Flying fish ___ . They ___ in the air."

• don't actually fly/ jumped

• didn't actually fly/ jump

• didn't actually fly/ jumped

• didn't actually fly/ jumped