Reported Speech

You: Are you going to work today, Paul?

Paul: No, I'm feeling ill.

Paul didn't go to work today. He said _______ ill.

• I am feeling

• he was feeling

• you were feeling

• he is feeling

You: Shall we walk to the station?

Tom: No, it is too far. Let's get a taxi.

I wanted to walk to the station but Tom said ____________.

• it is too far

• it wasn't too far

• it isn't too far

• it was too far

You: Have you been invited to the party?

Anna: Yes, I don't want to go.

Anna has been invited to the party she told me she ____________ to go.

• doesn't want

• don't want

• didn't want

• wanted

You: When are going away, Dan?

Dan: I'll let you know next week.

I asked Dan about his travel plans. He said ___________ next week.

• he would let me know

• he will let me know

• he lets me know

• he would let me knew

You: Do you ever see Rachel these days?

Ben: I haven't seen her for a while.

I asked Ben about Rachel and he told me ___________ for a while.

• he haven't seen her

• he was not able to see her

• he hadn't seen her

• he couldn't see her

You: Where can I borrow a guitar?

Kate: You can borrow mine.

I needed to borrow a guitar and Kate said ___________.

• I could borrow hers

• I can borrow her guitar

• I could borrowed her guitar

• I could borrow she guitar

You: How's your job, Sue?

Sue: I'm not enjoying it very much.

I asked Sue about her job. She said she ____________ very much.

• hadn't enjoying it

• hasn't enjoyed it

• wasn't enjoying it

• isn't enjoying it

You: Do you still have your car?

James: No, I sold it a few months ago.

I asked James about his car. He told me _____________ few months ago.

• he sold it

• he had sold it

• he has sold it

• he had been selling it

You: What's the name of the cage we went to?

Sarah: I don't know.

I asked Sarah the name of the cafe we went to but she said _____________.

• she didn't know

• she doesn't know

• she forgot

• she hadn't known

You: How many students are there in your class, Amy?

Amy: There are twenty.

I asked Amy about her school and she told me _____________ in her class.

• there are twenty students

• there has been twenty students

• there was twenty students

• there were twenty students