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Reported Speech

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

A reported speech consist of...

a)

Two parts: a reporting clause and a reported clause

b)

Two parts: a direct clause and a indirect clause

c)

Two parts: a reported clause and a that-clause

d)

Two parts: a reported clause and a direct clause

2.

Reported Speech refers to ...

a)

How someone else said before.

b)

What you are saying.

c)

How we represent the speech of other people.

d)

When somebody else said.

3.

When we report words, we must ...

a)

move one tense back

b)

move tense towards

c)

change the auxiliary verb

d)

use only "said"

4.

There is .... in a reporting question.

a)

a modal verb

b)

do/ does/ did and inversion

c)

no do/ does / did and inversion

d)

"to be"

5.

In the reporting clause, "tell" is used with ....

a)

"that"

b)

an indirect object

c)

a direct object

d)

a subject

6.

Report this sentence

"Don't waste your money" she said.

She told the boys...

(a)  

7.

My mother told me to go home before 10 p.m.

a)

"tell" means "say"

b)

"tell" means "giving advice"

c)

"tell" refers to an instruction

d)

"tell" refers to an order

8.

Which is a reporting verb?

a)

tell

b)

go

c)

be

d)

to be

9.

Ram asked me where I worked. His original words were...

a)

"Do you work there?"

b)

"Where do I work?"

c)

"Where do you work?"

d)

"Where did you work?"

10.

Report this sentence

She always says: "Do not burn the cookies."

She asked ...

(a)