Reported Speech Quiz

Direct speech: She said, "I am going to the market." Reported speech: She said that ...

• she is going to the market

• she was going to the market

• she will go to the market

• she goes to the market

Direct speech: He said, "I bought a new car yesterday." Reported speech: He said that ...

• he buys a new car yesterday

• he bought a new car the day before

• he will buy a new car tomorrow

• he is buying a new car now

Direct speech: "If I had more money, I would buy a house," she said. Reported speech: She said that ...

• if she had more money, she will buy a house

• if she has more money, she would buy a house

• if she had had more money, she would have bought a house

• if she has more money, she bought a house

Direct speech: "Have you finished your homework?" she asked me. Reported speech: She asked me ...

• if I have finished my homework

• if I had finished my homework

• if I will finish my homework

• if I am finishing my homework

Direct speech: "Let's go to the cinema tonight," he suggested. Reported speech: He suggested ...

• that we go to the cinema that night

• that we went to the cinema that night

• that we will go to the cinema tonight

• that we have gone to the cinema tonight

Direct speech: "I have never been to Paris," she said. Reported speech: She said that ...

• she has never been to Paris

• she had never been to Paris

• she will never be to Paris

• she is never going to Paris

Direct speech: "Can you help me with this?" he asked. Reported speech: He asked me ...

• if I can help him with that

• if I could help him with that

• that I can help him with that

• that I could help him with that

Direct speech: "I will be here tomorrow," she said. Reported speech: She said that ...

• she will be here tomorrow

• she would be there the following day

• she is here tomorrow

• she was here yesterday

Direct speech: "Don't forget to lock the door," he said to me. Reported speech: He told me ...

• don't forget to lock the door

• not to forget to lock the door

• to not forget to lock the door

• that I don't forget to lock the door

Direct speech: "I have been studying for two hours," she said. Reported speech: She said that ...

• she has been studying for two hours

• she had been studying for two hours

• she will be studying for two hours

• she is studying for two hours