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WorksheetsReported Speech (Mixed Bag)
Total questions: 137
Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins
Peter said: "Arthur likes to read science fiction books."
Peter said that ................. to read science fiction books.
Arthur likes
Arthur liked
Arthur didn't like
Michael: " I usually go to school on foot."
Michael said that ...................... to school on foot.
he usually goes
he usually went
he usually gone
Mellissa:"I am writing an essay for school".
Mellissa said that ............. an essay for school.
she is writing
she was writing
she wrote
Mr and Mrs Smith: "We have been to London twice."
Mr and Mrs Smith said that............... to London twice.
they had been
they were
they hadn't been
Alanis:" I went to the museum and I saw the exhibition.
Alanis said that .......... to the museum and that ....... the exhibition.
she had gone....... she had seen...
she has gone....she has seen...
she didn't go..... didn't see...
Steven: " I will go to Paris in the summer."
Steven said that .................. to Paris in the summer.
he goes
he won't go
he would go
Mary:" We can meet now".
Mary said that ..............
they could meet now.
they could meet then.
thay can't meet at the time.
Someone said:" We must stop here."
Someone said that ..............
they have to stop here.
they had to stop there.
They didn't stop there.
We use reported speech to:
talk about spontaneous situations.
talk about something that someone has already told us.
talk about actions in progress at a certain time in the future
Richard: "I am going to ride a skateboard"
Richard said that _______________
He will going to ride a skateboard
He is going to ride a skateboard
He was going to ride a skateboard
'It is cold outside,' Helen said.
Helen said it _____________ cold outside.
was cold
is cold
was colding
My mom: "Do your homeworks"
My mom ____________
told me to do my homeworks
told me do my homeworks
told me that I did my homeworks
Peter: "I bought my plane ticket"
Peter said he had bought his plane ticket
Peter said he had bought my plane ticket
Peter said he have bought his plane ticket
Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option.
"Past simple"
Past simple
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option.
"Present simple "
Past simple
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option.
"Present continuous"
Past simple
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Changing tense
Henry said, "Sue was walking to the library."
Henry said that Sue ______ walking to the library.
was
have
had been
has been
Change of tense and pronoun
Alvin said, "I can help you with the project."
Alvin said that he _______ help ______ with the project.
can, you
could, you
could, me
can, me
Changing time
Rebecca said, "Mum is very happy to receive the flowers today."
Rebecca said that Mum _____ very happy to receive the flowers _________.
is, then
was, then
had been, that day
was, that day
Change pronoun and time
May said, "We are going to Disneyland next week!"
May said that _________ were going to Disneyland _________.
we, next week
they, next week
they, the following week
we, the following week
Change tense and place
Mr Rahim said, "The cones will be placed here."
Mr Rahim said that the cones _____ be placed ______.
will, here
will, then
would, here
would, there
Change tense, pronoun, time, place
Mrs Ong said, "You can look for me tomorrow at this table."
Mrs Ong said that _____ ______ look for ______ ______ at ______ table.
I, could, me, the previous day, this
you, could, me, the next day, this
I, could, her, the next day, that
you, can, me, the next day, that
Direct Speech is..
the reporting of speech by using similar words to the speaker.
the reporting of speech by rephrasing what the speaker said.
the reporting of speech by repeating the exact words of the speaker.
the reporting of speech at the exact time it was said.
Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?
Max shouted, "I'll eat you up!"
"Max shouted I'll eat you up!"
Max shouted I'll eat you up.
"Max shouted" I'll eat you up.
He said, "I like this song."
He said that I liked this song.
He said that he likes this song.
He said that he liked that song.
He said that he likes that song.
Sandra said that she could play guitar.
Sandra said, "She can play guitar."
Sandra said, "I could play guitar."
Sandra said, "I can play guitar."
Sandra said, "She could play guitar."
She told me to take the 34 bus to the city centre.
Diret speech
reported speech
"It's not far"- the man said.
Diret speech
reported speech
Sara said: "I am watching a movie now "
Sara said I am watching a movie now.
Sara said that she was watching a movie then.
Adam said : " I will visit Agadir next week."
Adam said that he would visit Agadir the following week.
Adam said that he will visit Agadir next week.
Sara said : " I can swim under water."
Sara said that I could swim under water."
Sara said I can swim under water.
Sara said that she can swim under water.
Sara said that she could swim under water.
Bob said :" My son was sick yesterday."
Bob said that his son had been sick the day before .
Bob said that his son was sick yesterday.
"I have an appointment next week", she said.
She said that she had an appointment the following week.
She said I have an appointment the following week.
"I'll see you tomorrow", he said
He said that I see you tomorrow.
He said that he would see me the next day.
She said : " I am tired."
She said I am tired.
She said that she is tired.
She said that she was tired.
"Where is my umbrella?" she asked
she asked where is my umbrella.
She asked me where is my umbrella.
She asked where her umbrella was.
She asked me if I had her umbrella.
"How are you?" Martin asked us.
Martin asked us how are you?
Martin asked us how are you.
Martin asked us are how you.
Martin asked us how we were.
He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
"Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.
The daughter asked her mother where she had been.
The mother asked her daughter where she had been.
The mother asked her daughter where had she been.
The mother asked her daughter where she have been.
"Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.
She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best
She asked her boyfriend which dress he like best
She asked her boyfriend which dress did he liked best
She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best
"What are they doing?" she asked.
She ask what they were doing.
She wanted to know what were they doing.
She wanted to know they were doing.
She wanted to know what they were doing.
"Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
He wanted to know if I was go to the cinema
He asked if I am going to the cinema
He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema
He wanted to know if am I going to the cinema
The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"
The teacher wanted to know who speaks English.
The teacher wanted to know who spoke English.
The teacher wanted to know who had spoken English.
The teacher wanted to know who speaked English.
"How do you know that?" she asked me.
She asked me how I knew that
She asked me I how knew there
She asked me if I knew that
She asked me how I had know that
"Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
My friend asked if Caron had talk to Kevin
My friend ask me if Caron had talked to Kevin
My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin
My friend asked me if had Caron talked to Kevin
"How long have you been working at your present job?" she asked
She asked me how long I had been working at my present job.
She asked me how long had I been working at my present job.
She asked me how long I have been working at my present job
She asked me how long have you been working at your present job.
"Can you use a computer?" she asked
She wanted to know whether I can use a computer.
She wanted to know whether I could use a computer.
She wanted to know could I use a computer.
She wanted to know can I use a computer.
"Where have you been?" he asked
He asked me where had I been.
He asked me where have you been.
He asked me where I had been
He asked me where you had been
"Are you glad to be back?" he asked.
He asked me if I was glad to be back.
He asked me was I glad to be back.
He asked me if I am glad to be back.
He asked me are you glad to be back.
"Can you lend me some money?"
He asked me can you lend him some money.
He asked me could you lend him some money.
He asked me if I can lend him some money.
He asked me if I could lend him some money.
"Where can I buy a phone card in this city?" he asked
He asked me where could he buy a phone card in that city.
He asked me where he could buy a phone card in that city.
He asked me where I could buy a phone card in that city.
He asked me where he can buy a phone card in that city.
He asked me, "Do you understand the rules of the game?"
He asked me if I had understood the rules of the game.
He asked me if I understood the rules of the game.
He asked me if I understand the rules of the game.
He asked me if he understood the rules of the game.
He asked, "Did you break the glass?"
He asked if I broke the glass.
He asked if I had broken the glass.
Mr. Bean: Why is the bus late?
Mr. Bean asked...
why the bus was late
if the bus was late
why was late the bus
"Where have you spent your money?" Julia asked her son.
Julia asked her son where he had spent his money.
Julia asked her son where she had spent her money.
Julia asked her son where had he spent his money.
Erick asked Cecil, "What is your favourite food?"
Erick asked Cecil what is her favourite food.
Erick asked Cecil what her favourite food was.
Erick asked Cecil what her favourite food is.
Mother asked Ben, "Are you going to marry her?"
Mother asked Ben if he was going to marry her.
Mother asked Ben if he is going to marry her.
Mother asks Ben if he is going to marry her.
Mother asks Ben if he was going to marry her.
Mum said to Karen, 'Are you doing homework in your bedroom?'
Mum asked Karen if he did homework in his bedroom.
Mum asked Karen if she was doing homework in her bedroom.
Mum asked Karen if she did homework in her bedroom.
Mum asked Karen if she is doing homework in her bedroom.
Mike said to Grandpa, 'Could you tie your shoelaces when you were three?'
Mike said to Grandpa if he could tie his shoelaces when he was three.
Mike said to Grandpa if he can tie his shoelaces when he is three.
Mike asked Grandpa if he can tie his shoelaces when he is three.
Mike asked Grandpa if he could tie his shoelaces when he was three.
Mr Poon asked Carson, 'Have you turned off the iPad?'
Mr Poon asked Carson whether he had turned off the iPad.
Mr Poon asked Carson wheather he had turn off the iPad.
Mr Poon said to Carson weather he has turned off the iPad?
Mr Poon said to Carson weather he had turned off the iPad.
Laura said to me, "Be honest with your parents."
Laura said to be honest with your parents.
Laura said be honest with your parents.
Laura advised me to be honest with my parents.
The teacher told her, " Work with your classmates."
The teacher instructed her to work with her classmates.
The teacher told her to work with your classmates.
The teacher told her to work with my classmates.
She said, "Take the test next year instead"
She advise them to take the test next year instead
She advised them to took the test next year instead
She advised them to take the test next year instead
She advised them take the test next year instead
During the tour our guide __________ to us how all the machines worked.
told
explained
complained
instructed
He _____ how to fix the car.
complained
said
wondered
insisted on
Sarah __________ to pay for the holidays in Africa.
refused
denied
insisted on
forbade
The police officer __________ us not to visit that neighbourhood late in the evening.
admitted
suggested
warned
denied
I __________ Jill that she should take warm clothes for the trip.
apologised
accused
reminded
said
“Don’t shout in the library,” said the teacher.
The teacher told the students ……………………….
The teacher told the students to not shout in the library.
The teacher told the students not to shout in the library.
The teacher told the students not to shouting in the library
“Help your brother,” said the mother.
The mother asked her son ……………………….
The mother asked her son to help his brother.
The mother asked her son to help my brother.
The mother asked her son not to help his brother.
Choose the correct reporting verb from this list and finish the reported speech for each example.
"Where do you usually go swimming?
She asked where I usually went swimming.
She asked me where do I usually go swimming.
She asked me where I usually went swimming.
‘Don’t enter this building,’ he said to us.
He warned us to not enter this building
He warned me no to enter that building
He warned us not to enter that building
"Please, please help me with the homework". She asked her brother.
She complained to her brother about her homework.
She begged her brother to help her with the homework.
She begged his brother to help him with the homework.
She complained to his brother about his homework.
The indirect speech of the statement ( They said, "Hurrah! we won the game.") is: ---------------------------------
(joy / happiness / pleasure / excitement)
(a)
The indirect speech of He said, "Alas! I failed the test!" is -------------------- (sorrow / grief)
(a)
She said, "Hurrah! I've bought a nice shirt." is reported as -------- (joy / pleasure / happiness)
(a)
She said, "Oh! I lost my purse." (sorrow / sadness)
(a)
David said to me, "How intelligent you are!" That can be reported as ---------------(wonder / surprise)
(a)
The child said, '‘What a beautiful sight!’' can be reported as ----------- (delight / wonder / joy)
(a)
The girl said, ‘How beautiful the rainbow is!’ (delight / happiness / pleasure / joy / excitement)
(a)
Direct: The candidate said, ‘How difficult the problem is!’
Its indirect speech is: ---------------------(disapproval / disgust / contempt)
(a)
The students said to the teacher, ‘Good morning, Teacher!’
This statement can be reported as ----------------- [respectfully (wished / offered)]
(a)
‘How glad I am,’ said Alice, ‘to meet my friend here.’ is reported as :------------- (delight / pleasure / happiness / joy / excitement)
(a)
The Emperor said, ‘Alas! Our foes are too strong!’ can be reported as: ---------------- (sorrow / contempt /disapproval)
(a)
‘Hurrah!’ cried the boy, ‘I have won a prize.’ this statement can be reported as : ------------------- (delight / joy / pleasure / excitement / happiness)
(a)
Ralph said, " Alas! I've fallen again." This can be reported as: ----------- (sorrow / agony / pain)
(a)
Sandra said," Ah! My cat is dead." this can be reported as: --------------- (sorrow / melancholy / tragedy
(a)
The teacher said, " Nonsense !" that is to say: ------------------ (disgust / anger / contempt / temper)
(a)
Gyanu said," Hurrah! I have passed ultimately." that can be reported as: ------------------(delight / happiness / joy / pleasure / excitement)
(a)
Emma said, "What a beautiful house it is !"
This is to say : ------------------ (wonder/ joy / pleasure / surprise / surprise)
(a)
She said to you, " My God ! You have injured your leg. " in other words ---------------------------- (shock / sorrow)
(a)
The girl said," Help! Help !"
that is to say :----------------- (shouted / screamed / cried)
(a)
John said," Oh dear ! I have spoiled your work."
'What did John say to me?' --------------------- (sorrow / regret)
(a)
We said to him," Congratulations !" its indirect speech is: ----
We congratulated him.
We told him congratulations.
We exclaimed in excitement congratulations.
We uttered congratulations in excitement.
She exclaimed with disgust that it was very hot that day.
In direct speech -----------------------------------------------
She said," Ugh ! It's very hot today ."
She said, " It's very hot today ."
She said," I feel very hot today ."
She said," Yes ! It's pretty hot today ."
The indirect speech of -------------------------------------------------- is She exclaimed with joy that she was very happy.
She said, " How happy I am !"
She said, " How happy am I !"
She said, " How happy are you !"
She said, " How happy is she?"
The indirect speech of ------------------------------------------------ is
I bade him good bye. or I bade goodbye to him.
I said to him," Good bye !"
I said to him," God bless you !"
I said," Good bye !"
I said," Good bye to him !"
They wished me happy Dashain.
The direct speech of this report is --------------------------------
They said to me," Merry Christmas !"
They said to me, "Happy Dashain !"
They said,"Happy Dashain to you !"
They exclaimed, "Happy Dashain !"
She thanked me for my help.
This can be the reported speech of -------------------------
She said to me," Thanks for your help !"
She said to you," Thanks for your help !"
She said to me," Thanks for helping me."
She said to me," I'd like to hank you for your help."
I greeted him and asked how he was.
What is the appropriate direct speech? ----------------------------
I said to him," Hello ! How are you?"
I said to him," Namaste ! How are you?"
I said to him," Hi ! How are you?"
I said to him,"How are you?"
He said, "I like this song."
He said that I liked this song.
He said that he likes this song.
He said that he liked that song.
He said that he likes that song.
Sandra said that she could play guitar.
Sandra said, "She can play guitar."
Sandra said, "I could play guitar."
Sandra said, "I can play guitar."
Sandra said, "She could play guitar."
"Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
The stuntman told the audience not to try that at home.
The stuntman told the audience not to try this at home.
The stuntman told the audience to try that at home.
The stuntman told the audience to try this at home.
In transforming direct to indirect speech, simple past tense changes to _______________________ tense.
simple past tense
simple present tense
past perfect
past continuous
What word connects the reported and reporting speech in imperative sentences?
if
wh-questions
to
that
Direct Speech is..
the reporting of speech by using similar words to the speaker.
the reporting of speech by rephrasing what the speaker said.
the reporting of speech by repeating the exact words of the speaker.
the reporting of speech at the exact time it was said.
Indirect speech is also known as what?
Repeated speech
Repeated statements
Reported speech
Reported statements
Convert the followiing statement into direct speech: She asked the teacher when they could eat their snacks.
The teacher was asked when the girl could eat her snacks.
When can we eat our snacks?
"When can we eat our snacks? She asked"
She asked the teacher, "When can we eat our snacks?"
We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us?"
We asks them whether they will go to the movie with us.
We asks them whether they would go to the movie with us.
We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us.
We asked them whether they will go to the movie with us.
She said, "I saw him."
She said that she has seen him.
She said she saw him.
She said that she had seen him.
She said, “I am going to London tomorrow.”
She said that she was going to go to London the next day.
She said that she is going to London the next day.
She said that she was going to London the next day.
My parents asked me, “Why are you crying?”
My parents asked me why I was crying.
My parents asked me why I am crying.
My parents asked me why I had been crying.
My parents asked me why was I crying.
Indirect speech is...
expresses what was said without using the exact words.
expresses what was said using the exact words.
where someone else expresses what was said.
where someone expresses their own words.
We use inverted commas in the
Direct speech
Indirect speech
My brother says “I met Tom at the party last night”
My brother says that he met Tom at the party last night.
My brother said that he had met Tom at the party last night.
My brother says that he met Tom at the party the night before.
My brother says that he meets Tom at the party last night”
"next week" in indirect speech changes to:
a week before
the following week
that week
then
"Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
she told the boys to not play on the grass.
she told the boys to play not on the grass
She told the boys not to play on the grass.
she told the boys don't play on the grass.
She said, "Can Tom dance?"
She asked can Tom dance.
She asked if Tom can dance.
She asked if Tom could dance.
They advised us to leave our passports at the hotel safe.
Direct speech
Reported speech
"It's not far", the man said.
Direct speech
reported speech
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb "say" or "tell"
Annie ______ she was a bit scared.
said
told
tell
say
She __________me that she was going for a pary this evening.
told
said
tell
say
"tomorrow" changes to.......(select options)
the next day
the other day
the day after tomorrow
the following day
Report this sentence
"Don't waste your money" she said to the boys.
She told the boys (a)
Ram asked me where I worked. His original words were...
"Do you work there?"
"Where do I work?"
"Where do you work?"
"Where did you work?"
