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Reported speech

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the reported speech: John "I am going"

a)

John said (that) he is goes

b)

John said (that) he was going

c)

'John sais (that) he goes

2.

Carl: 'She is tall.'

a)

Carl says that she wasn't tall.'

b)

Carl sais that she is tall.'

c)

Carl said that she was tall.

3.

Sally: 'I always do my homework.'

a)

Sally said that she always does her homework.'

b)

Sally says that he always do his homework.'

c)

Sally said that she always did her homework.

4.

Homer: 'He has caught a cold.'

a)

Homer said that he had caught a cold.

b)

Homer sais that she has caught a cold.

c)

Homer said that he had a cold.

5.

Marie: 'I want a fruit salad.'

a)

Marie say that he wantes a fruit salad.’

b)

Marie said that she wants a fruit salad.’

c)

Marie said that she wanted a fruit salad.’

6.

Holly: 'I will come here again.'

a)

Holly said that she would come here again.'

b)

Holly said that she could come here again.'

c)

Holly sais that she will came here again.'

7.

Arthur: "I can play the piano"

a)

Arthur said that He can played the piano"

b)

Arthur said that He can't play the piano"

c)

Arthur said that He could play the piano"

8.

Paul: "I have houseguests for the weekend"

a)

Paul said He has houseguests for the weekend

b)

Paul said He had houseguests for the weekend

c)

Paul said He hasn't houseguests for the weekend

9.

Choose the reported speech statement

a)

I want a hotdog.

b)

I write poems

c)

Dany said that his mother did the cleaning.

10.

We use reported speech when _______________

a)

when the focus is on the action

b)

we want to repeat what someone had previously said

c)

describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths and fixed arragements.