Use of English Test Reported Speech_9th grade

Convert to reported speech: She said, 'I am going to the market.'

• She said, 'I am going to the market.'

• She said that she is going to the market.

• She said that she was going to the market.

• She said that she was going to a store.

Change the verb tense: He said, 'I will finish my homework.'

• He said, 'I will be finishing my homework.'

• He said, 'I finished my homework.'

• He said, 'I had finished my homework.'

• He says, 'I will finish my homework.'

Use a reporting verb: 'I can't believe it,' she said.

• She exclaimed that she couldn't believe it.

• She mentioned that it was unbelievable.

• She remarked that she was surprised.

• She stated that she couldn't believe it.

Convert to reported speech: They said, 'We have seen that movie.'

• They said they saw that movie.

• They said that they have seen that movie.

• They said that they will see that movie.

• They said that they had seen that movie.

Change the verb tense: He said, 'I was playing football.'

• He said that he had been playing football.

• He said that he plays football.

• He said that he had played football.

• He said that he was playing football.

Use a reporting verb: 'Please help me,' he said.

• He requested my help.

• He told me to assist him.

• He asked me to help him.

• He begged me for assistance.

Convert to reported speech: John said, 'I can swim very well.'

• John said that he could swim very well.

• John said he could swim.

• John said that he swims very well.

• John said that he can swim very well.

Change the verb tense: She said, 'I am studying for the exam.'

• She said, 'I had studied for the exam.'

• She said, 'I am studying for the exam.'

• She said, 'I will study for the exam.'

• She said, 'I was studying for the exam.'

Use a reporting verb: 'I will call you later,' she said.

• She said that she called you later.

• She said that she would call you later.

• She said that she will call you later.

• She said that she would have called you later.

Convert to reported speech: They said, 'We are going to the concert.'

• They said they are going to the concert.

• They said they were going to a movie.

• They said that they were going to the concert.

• They said that they will go to the concert.