Reported Speech Quiz

1.      Which of the following correctly represents indirect reported speech in the present tense?

• She said, "I am happy."

• She said, "I was happy."

• She said that she is happy.

• She said that she was happy.

What is the correct form of indirect reported speech for the sentence: "I will finish the project by Friday"?

• He said that he would finish the project by Friday.

• He says that he will finish the project by Friday.

• He said that "I would finish the project by Friday".

• He said that he finished the project by Friday.

What is the correct form of indirect reported speech for the sentence: "I can swim very well"?

• I declare that I will swim very well.

• I declare that I swam very well.

• I declared that I could swim very well.

• I declare that I had swum very well.

Which option represents indirect reported speech using "can"?

• a) "I can swim," he said.

• b) He said, "I could swim."

• c) He said that he can swim.

• d) He said, "I can swam."

Which sentence represents indirect reported speech of the phrase "I went to the party"?

• a) He said, "I will go to the party."

• b) He said, "I go to the party."

• c) He said that he had gone to the party.

• d) He said that he went to the party.

Which sentence represents indirect reported speech using "I've gone to Paris"?

• a) "I have been to Paris," she said.

• b) She said, "I went to Paris."

• c) She said that she had gone to Paris.

• d) She said, "I have gone to Paris."

Choose the correct indirect reported speech in the present perfect tense:

• a) "I have finished my homework," she said.

• b) "I finished my homework," she said.

• c) She said that she had finished her homework.

• d) She said, "I have finished my homework."

Which option correctly shows indirect reported speech in the past simple tense? a) "I eat breakfast every morning," he said.

• a) "I eat breakfast every morning," he said.

• b) He said that he ate breakfast every morning.

• c) He said, "I eat breakfast every morning."

• d) He said, "I have eaten breakfast every morning."

Which of the following correctly represents indirect reported speech of the phrase "I am happy"?

• a) She said, "I am happy."

• b) She said, "I was happy."

• c) She said that she is happy.

• d) She said that she was happy.

Choose the correct indirect reported speech using "I can play the piano":

• a) "I can play the piano," she said.

• b) She said that she could play the piano.

• c) She said, "I can playing the piano."

• d) She said, "I can played the piano."