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Reported Speech ( Part 1)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He said to me he ________ at ULIS in 2012

a)

A. have studied

b)

B. study

c)

C. am studying

d)

D. studied

2.

He told me that she lived_______ with her parents.

a)

A. here

b)

B. there

c)

C. now

d)

D. in there

3.

Victor said he_________ very busy.

a)

A. is

b)

B. will be

c)

C. was

d)

D. may be

4.

The students asked if I was going to teach them physics____

a)

A. the next day

b)

B. next day

c)

C. day next

d)

D. the day next

5.

She said she______ come to the party on Friday.

a)

A. won’t

b)

B. can’t

c)

C. doesn’t

d)

D. couldn’t

6.

My friend asked me who_____ the piano in the sitting room.

a)

A. plays

b)

B. was playing

c)

C. is playing

d)

D. has played

7.

He said he_______ at the “Ritz” Hotel

a)

A. is staying

b)

B. has stayed

c)

C. was staying

d)

D. will stay

8.

I thought that I ________ my work at that time.

a)

A. shall finish

b)

B. will finish

c)

C. would finish

d)

D. will have finished

9.

They wondered_______ she would come if it rained.

a)

A. what

b)

B. who

c)

C. whether

d)

D. then

10.

I asked Hoa if she________ Chinese.

a)

A. could speak

b)

B. speaks

c)

C. can speak

d)

D. has spoken

11.

Tina asked me how long I_______ a teacher.

a)

A. have been

b)

B. had been

c)

C. am

d)

D. will be

12.

She asked me_______ I liked pop music.

a)

A. if

b)

B. whether

c)

C. that

d)

D. A&B

13.

Mr Jim said that he_______ happy with his new assistant.

a)

A. weren’t

b)

B. isn’t

c)

C. wasn’t

d)

D. aren’t

14.

Mr Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the______ day

a)

A. previous

b)

B. following

c)

C. before

d)

D. last

15.

She______ him whether he liked the steak she cooked

a)

A. asks

b)

B. wondered

c)

C. wanted to know

d)

D. asked

16.

James______ him up when the bus reached the square

a)

A. told me wake

b)

B. asked me to wake

c)

C. said me to wake

d)

D. requested me waking

17.

Walter: "Don’t ring Tony on Sunday”

a)

A. Walter told me don’t ring Tony on Sunday

b)

B. Walter told not to ring Tony on Sunday

c)

C. Walter told me not ring Tony on Sunday

d)

D. Walter told me not to ring Tony on Sunday

18.

He told me that that girl got married ________

a)

A. last year

b)

B. the previous year

c)

C. yesterday

d)

D. previous year

19.

He___________ that he was leaving way that afternoon.

a)

A. told me

b)

B. told to me

c)

C. said me

d)

D. says to me

20.

“John left here an hour ago,” said Jane.

a)

A. Jane told me that John had left there an hour before

b)

B. Jane said John left there an hour before

c)

C. Jane told John to have left there an hour before

d)

D. Jane told me that John to leave there an hour before

21.

They said that they had been driving through the desert__________.

a)

A. the previous day

b)

B. yesterday

c)

C. the last day

d)

D. Sunday previously

22.

He asked the children _________too much noise.

a)

A. not to make

b)

B. not making

c)

C. don’t make

d)

D. if they don’t make

23.

Ba said he______________ some good marks last semester.

a)

A. gets

b)

B. got

c)

C. getting

d)

D. have got

24.

She asked me where I_______________ from.

a)

A. come

b)

B. coming

c)

C. to come

d)

D. came

25.

He asked me who_______________ the editor of that book.

a)

A. was

b)

B. were

c)

C. is

d)

D. are

26.

They asked me how many children____________.

a)

A. I had

b)

B. had I

c)

C. I have

d)

D. have I

27.

Thu said she had been_______________ the day before.

a)

A. here

b)

B. there

c)

C. in this place

d)

D. where

28.

Nancy asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer__________.

a)

A. before

b)

B. ago

c)

C. last

d)

D. previous

29.

She said she___________ collect it for me after work.

a)

A. would

b)

B. did

c)

C. must

d)

D. had

30.

He wanted to know whether I would come back _______.

a)

A. tomorrow

b)

B. the day after

c)

C. the day before

d)

D. next week