Reported Speech Challenge

Convert the direct speech 'I am studying' to reported speech.

• He said that he will be studying.

• He said that he has been studying.

• He said that he was studying.

• He said that he is studying.

Answer explanation

Đáp án đúng là 'He said that he was studying.' vì trong câu gián tiếp 'reported speech', thì hiện tại tiếp diễn(present continuos) chuyển thành thì quá khứ tiếp diễn (the past continous) 'to be' chuyển từ 'am' thành 'was' V-ing giữ nguyên.

Change the pronoun in the reported speech 'She said, 'I will come tomorrow'.'

• She said that she comes tomorrow.

• She said that she will come tomorrow.

• She said that she is coming tomorrow.

• She said that she would come tomorrow.

Answer explanation

đáp án đúng là 'She said that she would come tomorrow' vì trong câu gián tiếp reported speech thì tương lai luôn chuyển 'will' trở thành 'would'.

Rewrite the sentence in reported speech: 'He said, 'I have finished my homework'.'

• He said that he had finished his homework.

• He said that he finished his homework.

• He said that he has finished his homework.

• He said that he will finish his homework.

Answer explanation

Câu trả lời đúng là 'He said that he had finished his homework.' vì trong câu tường thuật, hiện tại hoàn thành chuyển thành thì quá khứ hoàn thành nên 'have' chuyển thành 'had'.

Convert the direct speech 'Are you coming with us?' to reported speech.

• They asked if I was coming with them.

• They asked if I am coming with them.

• They asked if I will come with them.

• They asked if I come with them.

Answer explanation

Câu trả lời đúng là 'They asked if I was coming with them.' vì câu tường thuật làm thay đổi thì của động từ từ hiện tại tiếp diễn sang quá khứ tiếp diễn.

Change to the reported speech 'They said, 'We are going to the park'.'

• They said, 'It is going to the park'.

• They said, 'He is going to the park'.

• They said, 'They were going to the park'.

• They said, 'She is going to the park'.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'They said, 'They were going to the park'.' In reported speech, the pronouns change to match the subject of the reported speech.

Rewrite the sentence in reported speech: 'She said, 'I am watching a movie'.'

• She said that she is watching a movie.

• She said that she watched a movie.

• She said that she was watching a movie.

• She said that she will watch a movie.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'She said that she was watching a movie.' because reported speech requires changing the tense to match the original speaker's tense.

Convert the direct speech 'Did you see the movie?' to reported speech.

• He asked if you will see the movie.

• He asked if you had seen the movie.

• He asked if you see the movie.

• He asked if you have seen the movie.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'He asked if you had seen the movie.' because in reported speech, the past simple tense changes to past perfect tense.

Change the pronoun in the reported speech 'He said, 'I can help you'.'

• He said, 'They can help you'.

• He said, 'We can help you'.

• He said, 'She can help you'.

• He said, 'He can help you'.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'He said, 'He can help you'.' because the pronoun 'he' remains the same in reported speech.

Rewrite the sentence in reported speech: 'She said, 'I will call you later'.'

• She said that she would call you later.

• She said that she will call you later.

• She said she will call you later.

• She said she would calling you later.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'She said that she would call you later.' because in reported speech, the verb tense usually changes, and 'will' changes to 'would'.

Convert the direct speech 'Have you finished your work?' to reported speech.

• She asked if you finish your work.

• She asked if you have finished your work.

• She asked if you will finish your work.

• She asked if you had finished your work.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'She asked if you had finished your work.' because the reported speech changes 'have' to 'had' when the reporting verb is in the past tense.