Grammar review U1-2-3

The manager said, "You will have been working here for five years next month." What is the correct reported speech?

• The manager said I would be working there for five years the following month.

• The manager said I would have been working there for five years the next month.

• The manager said I had been working there for five years the following month.

"Can you explain the process to us?" the client asked. What is the correct reported question?

• The client asked if we can explain the process to them.

• The client asked whether we could explain the process to them.

• The client asked us to explain the process.

"You must hand in the assignment by midnight," the professor ordered. What is the correct reported speech?

• The professor ordered that we must hand in the assignment by midnight.

• The professor ordered us to hand in the assignment by midnight.

• The professor said we had to hand in the assignment before midnight.

The officer commanded, "Stay where you are and don’t move!" What is the correct reported command?

• The officer ordered them to stay where they were and not to move.

• The officer commanded them staying where they were and didn’t move.

• The officer said to them that stay where they are and don’t move.

She asked, "What would you have done if you had been in my position?" What is the correct reported question?

• She asked what I would have done if I had been in her position.

• She asked what I would do if I was in her position.

• She asked what would I do if I were in her position.

"Don’t open the door under any circumstances," he insisted. What is the correct reported speech?

• He insisted that we not open the door under any circumstances.

• He insisted us not to open the door under any circumstances.

• He insisted to not open the door under any circumstances.

He said, "I might have forgotten to send the documents yesterday." What is the correct reported speech?

• He said he might forget to send the documents the day before.

• He said he might have forgotten to send the documents the previous day.

• He said he may have forgotten to send the documents yesterday.

"Why haven’t they completed the report yet?" she asked. What is the correct reported question?

• She asked why they hadn’t completed the report yet.

• She asked why they hadn’t completed the report already.

• She asked why they hadn’t completed the report by then.

"Shall we postpone the meeting to next week?" they suggested. What is the correct reported speech?

• They suggested postponing the meeting to the following week.

• They suggested we postpone the meeting to the following week.

• Both are correct.

"Be quiet and listen to me carefully," the teacher told the students. What is the correct reported command?

• The teacher told the students to be quiet and listen to her carefully.

• The teacher said to the students to be quiet and listen to her carefully.

• The teacher told to the students be quiet and listen carefully.