Reported speech

What is the main purpose of reported speech?

• To repeat someone's exact words

• To communicate someone else's message in your own words.

• To talk about the past

• To talk about future events

In reported speech, what usually happens to the verb in the original statement?

• Stays the same

• It changes to the present tense

• It only changes if the sentence is a question

• It shifts back one tense.

Rewrite the following sentence using reported speech "I am going to the party tonight," he said.

• He said he is going to the party tonight

• He said he was going to the party tonight

• He says he was going to the party tonight

• He told me he is going to the party tonight

Which of these words often changes in reported speech?

• Hello

• Now

• Although

• Really

Rewrite the following sentence using reported speech: "What are you doing this weekend?" Sarah asked

If the original sentence is in the present perfect tense, which tense is used in reported speech?

• Present simple

• Past simple

• Past perfect

• Past continuous

Rewrite using reported speech: "We went to the theater with Paul yesterday," Mark said.

When the original sentence begins with a question word (when, how, why, etc), what changes need to be made in the sentence?

• The question word is used as usual

• Start with "if" and change the sentence structure

• Use the question word directly followed by the verb

• Start with the question word and follow normal sentence structure

"Can you help me?" he asked

• He asked if I could help him

• He asked can you help him

• He asks if I can help him

• He asked that I help him

Rewrite using reported speech: "Did you finish the homework?” the teacher asked."

• The teacher asked if I finished the homework

• The teacher asked if I had finished the homework

• The teacher asked that I had finished the homework

• The teacher asked whether did I finish the homework