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REPORTED SPEECH

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT IS THE LAST GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE EXPLAINED IN OUR ONLINE ENGLISH LESSON?

a)

PASSIVE VOICE

b)

REPORTED SPEECH

c)

TENSES

2.

REPORTED SPEECH IS WHEN ......

a)

WE FOCUS ON THE OBJECT AND NOT IN THE DOER OF THE ACTION.

b)

WE CHANGE THE NORMAL WORD ORDER OF MANY ACTIVE SENTENCES.

c)

WE TELL SOMEONE WHAT ANOTHER PERSON SAID.

3.

IN INDIRECT SPEECH WE OFTEN USE A TENSE WHICH IS ......

a)

DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL ONE

b)

FURTHER BACK

c)

THE SAME AS IN THE DIRECT SPEECH

4.

WHEN WE BACKSHIFT, PRESENT SIMPLE CHANGES TO...

a)

PAST SIMPLE

b)

PRESENT PERFECT

c)

PAST PERFECT

5.

IF WHAT THE SPEAKER HAS SAID IS STILL TRUE OR RELEVANT ... IS IT NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE TENSE?

a)

YES

b)

IT´S NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE TENSE.

6.
a)

EINSTEIN SAID THAT A PERSON WHO HAD NEVER MADE A MISTAKE HAD NEVER TRIED ANYTHING NEW.

b)

EINSTEIN SAID THAT A PERSON WHO NEVER MADE A MISTAKE NEVER TRIED ANYTHING NEW.

c)

EINSTEIN SAID THAT A PERSON WHO WOULD NEVER MADE A MISTAKE NEVER TRIED ANYTHING NEW.

7.

a)

M.JORDAN SAID THAT HE HAD FAILED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN HIS LIFE AND THAT HAD BEEN WHY HE SUCCEEDED.

b)

M.JORDAN SAID THAT HE HAD FAILED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN HIS LIFE AND THAT WAS WHY HE SUCCEEDED.

c)

M.JORDAN SAID THAT HE FAILED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN HIS LIFE AND THAT WAS WHY HE SUCCEEDED.

8.

a)

BOB MARLEY TELL US TO GET UP, TO STAND UP, TO STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS AND NOT TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT.

b)

BOB MARLEY TOLD US TO GET UP, TO STAND UP, TO STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS AND TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT.

c)

BOB MARLEY TOLD US TO GET UP, TO STAND UP, TO STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS AND NOT TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT.

9.

MARK PROMISED .................. IT FOR ME.

a)

DOING

b)

TO DO

c)

DO

10.

JULY REMINDED ...................... A VISA.

a)

ME THAT I NEEDED

b)

ME THAT I NEED

c)

ME THAT I HAD NEEDED

11.

JANET ASKED ME IF I ................................ANYTHING.

a)

NEEDED

b)

HAD NEEDED

c)

NEEDS