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WorksheetsReported Speech Transport Quiz L1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 16mins
If we tell people what someone else has said, this is called...
Reported Speech
Direct Speech
Relative Clauses
Conditionals
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Do we use the same words with reported speech and direct speech?
Yes
No
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Do we use speech marks in reported speech?
Yes, always
Yes, sometimes
No, never
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What happens to the tense in reported speech?
It usually goes back in time.
It always stays the same.
It usually goes forward in time.
I have no idea.
What happens to the pronoun in reported speech?
It usually changes
It always stays the same
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"I'm on the bus", he told me yesterday.
What is this in reported speech?
He said he is on the bus
He said I'm on the bus.
He said he was on the bus.
He said he being on the bus.
Meena said, "I will call you when I get there."
What is this in reported speech?
Meena said I will call you when I get there.
Meena said I will call you when I got there.
Meena said she would call me when she got there.
Meena said she would call me when she get there.
"I'm busy so I won't come," she said.
What is this in reported speech?
She said she was busy so she wouldn't come.
She said she was busy so I wouldn't come.
I said I'm busy so I won't come.
I said I was busy so I wouldn't come.
He said, "I don't know if I can come."
What is this in reported speech?
He said I didn't know if he could come.
He said he didn't know if he could come.
He said he didn't know if I could come.
He said I don't know if I could come.
"I travel by train", she said.
What is this in reported speech? (Choose two answers)
I said I travelled by train.
I said I travel by train.
She said she travels by train.
She said she travelled by train.
My mother said to me, "Dad and I are waiting at the airport."
What is this in reported speech? (Choose two answers)
My mother told me they are waiting at the airport.
My mother told me they were waiting at the airport.
My mother told me we are waiting at the airport.
My mother told me we were waiting at the airport.
"I can speak perfect English", he said.
He said (a) speak perfect English.
What two words are missing in the gap above?
"We are walking to the shops", my mother told me.
My mother told me (a) to the shops.
What three words are missing in the gap above?
"I have been to Scotland on the train," she said.
Write the sentence above in reported speech. (Use correct punctuation and spelling.)
(a)
Did you like the quiz?
(You can choose more than one answer)
Yes, it was a good test of what I've learnt.
Yes, it was fun.
No, it was too difficult. (I did the homework before class!)
No, it was too difficult. (I didn't do the homework before class!)
I'm going to practise it again for homework.
