B1 GRAMMAR - REPORTED SPEECH QUIZ

Choose the correct REPORTED SPEECH for the below directed speech:

He asked me, 'Can I take a photo?'

• He wondered if I can take a photo.

• He wondered if he can take a photo.

• He wondered if he could take a photo.

Choose the correct REPORTED SPEECH for the below directed speech.

Joanne asked me, 'Where did you buy that dress?'

• Joanne asked me where did I buy that dress.

• Joanne asked me where I had bought that dress.

• Joanne asked me if he had bought that dress.

Choose the correct REPORTED SPEECH for the below directed speech.

She said, 'I'm sorry but I have to go now.'

• She said that she was sorry she had to go then.

• She said me that she was sorry she had to go then.

• She said that she is sorry she has to go now.

Choose the correct REPORTED SPEECH for the below directed speech.

My mum complained, 'I have been trying to phone you all day!'

• My mum complained that she has been trying to phone you all day.

• My mum complained that she had been trying to phone me all day.

• My mum complained to me I had been trying to call her all day.

Choose the correct REPORTED SPEECH for the below directed speech.

I was wondering, 'Why does the earth move around the sun?'

• I was wondering why the earth moves around the sun.

• I was wondering why the earth moved around the sun.

• I was wondering whether the earth moves around the sun.

Choose the correct REPORTED SPEECH for the below directed speech.

My friend told me, "I'll have to go to the party without you."

• My friend told me that she would have to go to the party without me.

• My friend told to me she will have to go to the party without me.

• My friend told me that I would have to go to the party without her.

Choose the correct REPORTED SPEECH for the below directed speech.

I asked my Dad, 'Are you going to the U.S.?'

• I wanted to know where Dad was going to the U.S.

• I wanted to know whether Dad was going to the U.S.

• I wanted to know if Dad will go to the U.S.

Choose the correct REPORTED SPEECH for the below directed speech.

Tessa asked me, 'Have you ever driven a motor scooter?'

• Tessa asked me if she had ever driven a motor scooter.

• Tessa asked me how I had ever driven a motor scooter.

• Tessa asked me if I had ever driven a motor scooter.

Choose the correct REPORTED SPEECH for the below directed speech.

Linda asked her teacher, 'When will you give us the results?'

• Linda asked her teacher when would she/he give them the results.

• Linda asked her teacher when she/he will give us the results.

• Linda asked her teacher when she/he would give them the results.

Choose the correct REPORTED SPEECH for the below directed speech.

The neighbour said, 'Don't make so much noise.'

• The neighbor told us not to make so much noise.

• The neighbor told me that we made so much noise.

• The neighbor told us to make so much noise.