WorksheetsREPORTED SPEECH
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Amy said, "Polly is learning her script upstairs."
a)
Amy said that Polly is learning her script upstairs.
b)
Amy said that Polly was learning her script upstairs.
c)
Amy said Polly learnt her script upstairs.
d)
Amy said the Polly would learn her script upstairs.
2.
Tina said, "Milly's dad has worked in New York."
a)
Tina said that Milly's dad had worked in New York.
b)
Tina said that Milly's dad had had worked in New York.
c)
Tina said Milly's dad worked in New York.
d)
Tina said that Milly's dad would have worked in New York.
3.
Katie's mum said, "Katie ran very quickly."
a)
Katie's mum said that Katie had run very quickly.
b)
Katie's mum said that Katie had ran very quickly.
c)
Katie's mum said Katie ran very quickly.
d)
Katie's mum said that Katie would have ran very quickly.
4.
Olly and Max said, "We don't know the population of London."
a)
Olly and Max said that they don't know the population of London.
b)
Olly and Max said that they didn't know the population of London.
c)
Olly and Max said we didn't know the population of London.
d)
Olly and Max said that they hadn't known the population of London.
5.
Rika asked, "Why are they crying?"
a)
Rika asked why were they crying.
b)
Rika asked why we were crying.
c)
Rika asked why they were crying.
d)
Rika asked why we are crying.
6.
Which one of the examples is reported speech?
a)
She will go to school tomorrow.
b)
"I won't go to school," said Sarah.
c)
Sarah told me that she wouldn't go to school on the next day.
d)
She told me about it.
7.
Change into reported speech: "I will become an astronaut."
a)
Jane answered that she will become an astronaut.
b)
Jane answers that she would become an astronaut.
c)
Jane answered that she will had become an astronaut.
d)
Jane answered that she would become an astronaut.
8.
In reported speech you usually change "yesterday" into...
a)
one day
b)
yesterday
c)
the day before
d)
on earlier day
9.
In reported speech "now" changes into...
a)
then
b)
that day
c)
right now
d)
earlier than now
10.
Change into reported speech: "Come here tomorrow!"
a)
The neighbour told that I go there tomorrow.
b)
The neighbour told me go there that day.
c)
The neighbour told me to go there on the next day.
d)
The neighbour told me to come there on the next day.
11.
"The police are appealing for witnesses" she said.
a)
She said that the Police was appealing for witnesses.
b)
She said that the police appealed for witnesses.
c)
She said that the police are appealing for witnesses.
12.
Cloe_________she would enjoy visiting the castle.
a)
said
b)
told
13.
Max_______everyone that he had met a famous actor.
a)
said
b)
told
14.
She said she had worked at the bank 2 years before.
a)
She said: ”I work at the bank 2 years.”
b)
She said: ”She works at the bank 2 years ”
c)
She said: ”I have worked at the bank 2 years”
d)
She said: ”I worked at the bank 2 years ago.”
15.
'I'm only seventeen.' He said he ........ .
a)
have been only seventeen
b)
was only seventeen
c)
had been only seventeen
16.
Muna asked me whether I had gone to the barbeque ___________
a)
the next day
b)
yesterday
c)
the day before
17.
Saleh wanted to know _______ the height of the skyscraper was.
a)
what
b)
how
c)
if
18.
He asked her ________ she lived.
a)
where
b)
whether
c)
did
19.
he asked me if i ____________ done my homework weekly
a)
is i had
b)
i did
c)
dine
d)
does
20.
"Were they sleeping from 7p.m. to 5a.m.?"
a)
She asked me if they had been sleeping from 7 to 5.
b)
She asked me if they were sleeping from 7 to 5.
c)
She asked me if they have been sleeping from 7 to 5.
d)
She asked me did they sleep from 7 to 5.
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