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WorksheetsReported Speech
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which is a reporting verb?
tell
go
be
He said that it was cold outside. Which word is optional?
said
that
was
"Where is it?" said Mary. She_____________
said where it is
asked where it was
asked if it was there
Ram asked me where I worked. His original words were
"Do you work there?"
"Where do I work?"
"Where do you work?"
"Don't yell!" is a
direct order
direct request
reported order
He says, "They will hurt you".
He said to me that they will hurt me.
He said to me that he would be hurt me.
He said to me that they would hurt me.
He said to me that they would hurt you.
"Did you come from France"?, said Sara to the boy.
Sara asked the boy if he had come from France.
Sara asked the boy if he come from France.
Sara asked the boy if he came from France.
Sara said the boy did he come from France.
“Where is he?” She asked me ___________
where he was.
where he had been.
where was he .
that where was he.
“Can you help me?” My friend asked me _____________
if I can help him / her.
that if I could help him / her.
if I could help him / her.
that he could help him / her.
Mary said, “I will play a card game tomorrow.” Mary informed me that ____________
she will play a card game tomorrow
she would play a card game the following day.
she played a card game the following day.
she would play a card game.
I told him, "I will punish you if you don't behave!" Correct reported command of this is-
I threatened to punish him if he did not behave.
I told to punish him if he did not behave.
I asked to punish him if he did not behave.
I punished him if he did not behave.
Occasionally, we don't change the present tense into the past if the information in direct speech is still true , is a universal truth or a habitual fact.
True
false
He said, " I found the money in the garden yesterday." He said that _____________
he had found the money in the garden yesterday.
he found the money in the garden the day before.
he had found the money in the garden the day before.
he had found the money.
Mary said to the teacher, "Please , give me another chance !" choose the correct reported statement-
Mary begged the teacher gave her another chance.
Mary told the teacher to give her another chance.
Mary asked the teacher to give her another chance.
Mary begged the teacher to give her another chance.
"How are you getting to the party?"
She wanted to know how I had gotten to the party.
The two sentences have the same meaning-
True
False
If what the speaker has said is still true or relevant, it's not always necessary to change the tense.
TRUE
FALSE
'I love this restaurant!' →
Chetana said she loved ___ restaurant!
this
that
there
'When can I start?'
He wanted to know ____________.
that when he could start?
when he can start.
when he could start.
that he could start when.
"Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.→ The stuntman advised the audience-
to try this at home
to try that at home
not to try this at home
not to try that at home
"Why did he say that?" Choose the appropriate indirect statement-
I would like to know why he said that.
I would like to know why did he say that.
