WorksheetsReported Speech
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
We use the reported speech...
to report what another person said before.
to repeat the exact words that somebody said.
The reporting verbs are:
say and speak.
tell and speak.
say and tell.
True or False?
The reported speech is usually one tense back into the past:
Pablo, "I like oranges". Pablo said that he liked oranges.
True
False
True or False?
In the reported speech we cannot leave out the word that:
Kevin said that he was twenty. Kevin said he was twenty.
True
False
True or False?
There are three reporting verbs.
True
False
True or False?
In the reported speech the time expressions change:
Juan: “I feel sad now”. Juan said he felt sad then.
True
False
True or False?
In the reported speech the possessive adjectives change:
Juan, “I work for my company”. He said that he worked for his company.
True.
False.
Report the following situation:
Peter said, “I’m thirsty and hungry”.
Peter said that he was thirsty and hungry.
He said he is thirsty and hungry.
Peter was thirsty and hungry.
Report the following situation:
Tom said, 'I want to visit my friends this weekend.'
Tom said he wants to visit his friends that weekend.
Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend.
Tom said he wanted to visit his friends this weekend.
Report the following situation:
'I get up every morning at seven o'clock.', Peter said.
Peter said he got up every morning at seven o'clock.
Peter said I got up every morning at seven o'clock.
Peter said he had got up every morning at seven o'clock.
Report the following situation:
Susan 'I can come tonight.'
Susan told me I could come that night.
Susan told me she could come that night.
Susan told me she could come tomorrow evening.
Complete the reported sentence:
Mary "I love chocolate."
Jerry: "Mary said (that) she __________ chocolate."
loved
loves
loving
Complete the reported sentence:
Marcos: "I go camping with my family in winter."
Juan: "Marcos said (that) he __________ camping with his family in winter."
gone
went
go
Complete the reported sentence:
Patricia: "I don't like spinach."
Ariel: "Patricia said (that) she __________ like spinach."
doesn't
don't
didn't
Complete the reported sentence:
Mary: "I have a cat and three turtles."
Jill: Mary said (that) she __________ a cat and three turtles."
have
had
has
Complete the reported sentence:
Elena: "I don't like tomatoes."
Carola: Elena said (that) she ________ tomatoes.
don't
didn't
doesn't
Complete the reported sentence:
Byron: “I can’t swim.”
Byron said he __________ swim.
can't to
had not
couldn't
Complete the reported sentence:
Travel agent: “I think the train will be on time.”
The travel agent said that she __________ on time.
thought the train would be
thinks the train to be
thinks the train will be
Complete the reported sentence:
Peter: "The weather is warmer than usual."
Byron: Peter said the weather __________ warmer than usual.
was
is
were
