GRAMMAR - Reported Speech

Task 1: Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech

1. 1. My boss said that she ________ there at noon.

• A. is going to be

• B. was going to be

• C. will be

• D. can be

Task 1: Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech

1. 2. They asked me when _________.

• A. did I arrive

• B. will I arrive

• C. I had arrived

• D. I can arrive

Task 1: Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech

1. 3. The man said, “ I didn’t see her.” => The man said ____ her.

• A. he had seen

• B. I hadn’t seen

• C. she didn’t see

• D. he hadn’t seen

Task 1: Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech

1. 4. My dad said, “I watched TV last night.” => My dad said that he _______ TV the night before.

• A. was watching

• B. watched

• C. had watched

• D. has watched

Task 1: Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech

1. 5. The teacher told us that Columbus ________ America in 1492.

• A. discovered

• B. had discovered

• C. was discovering

• D. would discover

Task 2: Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech

1. 1. Julia said, “I may leave tomorrow.”

• A. Julia said that she might leave the next day.

• B. Julia said that she might leave tomorrow.

• C. Julia asked if she should leave the next day.

• D. Julia informed me to leave tomorrow.

Task 2: Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech

1. 2. He said, “Katherine is busy right now.”

• A. He said Katherine was busy.

• B. He informed that Katherine was busy then.

• C. He said Katherine had been busy.

• D. He informed me that Katherine is busy.

Task 2: Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech

1. 3. My teacher told me, “You are suspended!.”

• A. My teacher exclaimed that I am suspended.

• B. My teacher exclaimed to me to suspend.

• C. My teacher informed me that I was suspended.

• D. My teacher exclaimed that I was suspended.

Task 2: Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech

1. 4. He said, “I have been a great tutor.”

• A. He said that he had been a great tutor.

• B. He said that he was a great tutor.

• C. He exclaimed that he was a great tutor.

• D. He said that he has been a great tutor.

Task 2: Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech

1. 5. Mr. Smith said, “We went for a trip to Japan.”

• A. Mr. Smith said that they went for a trip to Japan.

• B. Mr. Smith said that they were on a trip to Japan.

• C. Mr. Smith said that they had gone for a trip to Japan.

• D. Mr. Smith said they went for a trip to Japan.