8B Reported speech (present simple, continuous, past simple)

Change the direct speech 'I am studying for my exams' into reported speech.

• She said that she was studying for her exams.

• He said that he is studying for his exams.

• They said that they were studying for their exams.

• I said that I am studying for my exams.

Convert the direct speech 'She is reading a book' into reported speech.

• She will be reading a book

• She reads a book

• She was reading a book

• She has been reading a book

Rewrite the sentence 'I play football' into reported speech.

• He said that he is playing football.

• He said that he played football.

• He said that he plays football.

• He said that he will play football.

Transform the direct speech 'They are watching a movie' into reported speech.

• They are watching movies.

• They were watching a movie.

• They watched a movie.

• They will watch a movie.

What is the reported speech form of 'He goes to the gym regularly'?

• He said that he goes to the gym rarely.

• He said that he goes to the gym regularly.

• He said that he goes to the gym occasionally.

• He said that he goes to the gym every day.

Provide the reported speech version of 'She is cooking dinner now'.

• She was cooking dinner then.

• She cooks dinner now.

• She will cook dinner later.

• She cooked dinner then.

Change the direct speech 'I visited my grandparents last weekend' into reported speech.

• She visited her grandparents last weekend.

• I will visit my grandparents next weekend.

• She had visited her grandparents the previous weekend.

• They visited their grandparents last weekend.

Rewrite the sentence 'She is playing the piano' into reported speech.

• She said she was playing the piano.

• She said she plays the piano.

• She said she is playing the piano.

• She said she will play the piano.

Convert the direct speech 'We are going to the beach tomorrow' into reported speech.

• They are going to the beach yesterday.

• We will go to the beach tomorrow.

• They will be going to the beach the next day.

• They were going to the beach the next day.