Reporter Speech - PreSim and PresCon

We use reported speech to:

• talk about spontaneous situations.

• talk about something that someone has already told us.

• talk about actions in progress at a certain time in the future

Do verbs tenses change in reported speech?

• No

• Yes

• I don't know

Is optional to use "that" in reported speech?

• Yes

• No

• I don't know

Dani asked, "Did you get your passport?"

She asked ________________

• If I got my passport

• If I got your passport

• If I had gotten my passport

• If I had gotten your passport

Richard: "I am going to ride a skateboard"

Richard said that _______________

• He will going to ride a skateboard

• He is going to ride a skateboard

• He was going to ride a skateboard

'It is cold outside,' Helen said.

Helen said it _____________ cold outside.

• was cold

• is cold

• was colding

My mom: "Do your homeworks"

My mom ____________

• told me to do my homeworks

• told me do my homeworks

• told me that I did my homeworks

Peter: "I bought my plane ticket"

• Peter said he had bought his plane ticket

• Peter said he had bought my plane ticket

• Peter said he have bought his plane ticket

Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option.

"Present continuous"

• Past simple

• Past continuous

• Past perfect

• Past perfect continuous

Jhon: "My sister is studying in Australia this year"

Jhon said that ________________

• his sister was studying in Australia this year

• his sister were studying in Australia this year

• his sister was studying in Australia that year