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REPORTED SPEECH

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Kate ............that she wanted to join us for lunch.
a)
said
b)
told
c)
say
d)
tell
2.
The teacher...........us that we would write a test on reported speech next week.
a)
said
b)
say
c)
told
d)
spoke
3.
The teacher...........us that we would write a test on reported speech next week.
a)
said
b)
say
c)
told
d)
spoke
4.

now

a)

that day

b)

then

c)

the day before

5.

yesterday

a)

that day

b)

the following day

c)

the day before

6.

tomorrow

a)

the previous day

b)

the day before

c)

the following day

7.
Mary said she.... the internet very often.
a)
didn't surf
b)
surf
c)
doesn't surf
d)
don't surf
8.
Tania told me she .....a film that evening.
a)
was watching
b)
watched
c)
is watching
d)
are watching
9.

'I have to pass the English exam,' said Jack.

a)

Jack said that he has to pass the English exam.

b)

He said that he has to pass the English exam.

c)

Jack said he had pass the English exam.

d)

He said he had to pass the English exam.

10.

'I can't go out to the cinema today,' Karla said.

a)

She said she can't go out to the cinema today.

b)

She said she could not go out to the cinema that day.

c)

She said she couldn't go out to the cinema today.

d)

She said she can't go out to the cinema that day .

11.

"Why did you go out last night?"

a)

Paul asked me why I had gone out the night before.

b)

Paul asked me if I had gone out the night before.

c)

Paul asked me why I went out the night before.

d)

Paul asked me did you go out the night before.

12.

"Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.

a)

she told the boys to not play on the grass.

b)

she told the boys to play not on the grass

c)

She told the boys not to play on the grass.

d)

she told the boys don't play on the grass.

13.

Kylie said, ‘I have finished all my homework!’

a)

Kylie said that she had finished all her homework.

b)

Kylie told that she has finished all her homework.

c)

Kylie said that she has finished all his homework.

d)

Kylie told that she had finished all his homework.

14.

I asked Martha _______ to enter law school.

a)

are you planning

b)

if she is planning

c)

was she planning

d)

if she was planning

15.

She asked me where I _______ from.

a)

come

b)

coming

c)

to come

d)

came

16.

Julia said that she _______ there at noon.

a)

is going to be

b)

was going to be

c)

will be

d)

can be

17.

Mary asked me why I hadn't gone to New York____________.

a)

the following summer

b)

the summer before

c)

last summer

d)

the last summer

18.

“What have you done to my laptop, Jane?” asked Tom.

a)

Tom asked Jane what she has done to his laptop.

b)

Tom asked Jane what she had done to his laptop.

c)

Tom asked Jane what has she done to his laptop.

d)

Tom asked Jane what had she done to his laptop.

19.

“How long have you lived here, Lucy?” asked Jack.

a)

Jack asked Lucy how long she lived here.

b)

Jack asked Lucy how long had she lived there.

c)

Jack asked Lucy how long did she live here.

d)

Jack asked Lucy how long she had lived there.

20.

Charlie _______ that his father was in hospital.

a)

told me

b)

told to me

c)

said me

d)

asked me

21.

He told me _______ him up at six o'clock.

a)

please pick

b)

to pick

c)

should pick

d)

I can pick

22.

The student said that the English test_______ the most difficult.

a)

is

b)

was

c)

will be

d)

have been

23.

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

a)

before

b)

ago

c)

previous

d)

last

24.

"What are they doing?" she asked

a)

She asked what are they doing.

b)

She asked what they are doing.

c)

She asked what they were doing.

d)

She asked if they were doing it.

25.

"Are you going to the cinema or to the concert?" Robin asked me.

a)

Robin asked me if I am going to the cinema or to the concert.

b)

Robin asked me if I was going to the cinema or to the concert.

c)

Robin asked me whether I am going to the cinema or to the concert.

d)

Robin asked me whether you are going to the cinema or to the concert.

26.

The teacher asked, "Why are you crying?"

a)

The teacher asked why I was crying.

b)

The teacher asked why I am crying.

c)

The teacher asked if I was crying.

d)

The teacher asked whether I was crying.

27.

"How do you know that?" Vina asked me.

a)

Vina asked me how I knew that.

b)

Vina asked me how I know that.

c)

Vina asked me if I knew that.

d)

Vina asked me how I know this

28.

"Are you willing to travel?" she asked.

a)

She asked me am I willing to travel?

b)

She asked me if I am willing to travel

c)

She asked me was I willing to travel?

d)

She asked me if I was willing to travel

29.

The police officer said to us, "Where are you going?"

a)

The police officer asked us where we were going

b)

The police officer asked us where were we going

c)

The police officer asked us where are we going

d)

The police officer asked us where we are going

30.

Clair asked, "What time do the banks close?"

a)

Claire wanted to know what time the banks close

b)

Claire wanted to know what time do the banks close

c)

Claire wanted to know what time did the banks close

d)

Claire wanted to know what time the banks closed.

31.

"What do you do in your spare time?" she asked.

a)

She wanted to know what I do in my spare time.

b)

She wanted to know what I did in my spare time.

c)

She wanted to know what did I do in my spare time.

d)

She wanted to know what do I do in my spare time.

32.

"Do you have a driver's license?" she asked

a)

She asked me did you have a driver's license.

b)

She asked me do you have a driver's license.

c)

She asked me if I had a driver's license.

d)

She asked me if I have a driver's license.

33.

"Where did you go?".

a)

She asked me where I had gone

b)

She asked me where did you go.

c)

She asked me where did I go.

d)

She asked me where you had gone.

34.

"What are you doing now?" he asked.

a)

He asked me what I am doing now

b)

He asked me what you were doing now

c)

He asked me what was I doing then

d)

He asked me what I was doing then.

35.

They said that their house had been broken into the two days before

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

36.

Jeff wanted to know why his friends was laughing

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

37.

“If I were you, I'd tell him the truth,” she said to me.

a)

She said to me that if I were you, I'd tell him the truth

b)

She will tell him the truth if she is me.

c)

She suggested to tell him the truth if she were me.

d)

She advised me to tell him the truth.

38.

She told me whether I liked the steak she cooked

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4