Reported Speech

Jhon: "I am so tired of this work"

Jhon said that ________________

• He will be tired of this work

• He is tired of this work

• He was tired of this work

Answer explanation

Jhon said 'I am so tired of this work' in the past, so the correct choice is 'He was tired of this work'.

Maria: I like ice cream.

Maria said (that)___ _____ ice cream.

María: "We will go to the store"

María said that _________________

• She would go to the store

• She will go to the store

• She was go to the store

Answer explanation

María said 'We will go to the store', indicating a future action, so the correct choice is 'She would go to the store'.

My parents: "you were so cute when you were a child"

My parents said that ________________

• You are so cute when you were a child.

• You will be so cute when you were a child.

• You had been so cute when you were a child.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'You had been so cute when you were a child.' because it matches the past tense of the parents' statement.

Peter: I was walking along the street.

Peter said (that) __ ___ ____ ________ along the street.

'I can't go out to the cinema today,' Noelia said.

• She said she can't go out to the cinema today.

• Noelia said she could not go out to the cinema that day.

• She said she couldn't go out to the cinema today.

• She said she can't go out to the cinema that day .

Answer explanation

The correct answer choice matches Noelia's original statement using reported speech correctly, stating 'Noelia said she could not go out to the cinema that day.'

Report the folowing sentences:

Sarah: "I haven't seen Julie at the office".

Present continuous changes to

• Past continuous

• Present simple

• Past simple

Answer explanation

Present continuous changes to Past continuous because the action is ongoing in the past, not the present or simple past.

John: Where is the Post Office, please?

He _____me where the Post Office ___.

Here changes to

• There

• That

• Then

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'There' because the word 'Here' changes to 'There' in the given context.