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E8 Global - Unit 11 - Reported speech - present and future

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"I can't find my umbrella"

a)

She said that I couldn't find my umbrella

b)

She said that she can't find her umbrella

c)

She said that she couldn't find her umbrella

d)

She said that she couldn't find my umbrella

2.

"We are learning English now."

a)

They said that they were learning English then

b)

They said that they are learning English then

c)

They said that they were learning English now

d)

They said that we were learning English then

3.

"My friend is coming next week."

a)

Tom said that his friend was coming next week

b)

Tom said that my friend was coming the following week

c)

Tom said that his friend is coming the following week

d)

Tom said that his friend was coming the following week

4.

"I will help my mum with housework this weekend."

a)

She said that she would help my mum with housework that weekend

b)

She said that she would help her mum with housework that weekend

c)

She said that I would help her mum with housework that weekend

d)

She said that she will help her mum with housework that weekend

5.

"My father is a doctor here."

a)

My friend said that his father is a doctor there

b)

My friend said that his father was a doctor there

c)

My friend said that his father was a doctor here

d)

My friend said that my father was a doctor there

6.

"I will never see you again."

a)

The girl said to the boy that I would never see you again

b)

The girl said to the boy that she will never see him again

c)

The girl said to the boy that she would never see him again

d)

The girl said to the boy that she would never see you again

7.

"You are my friend."

a)

He said to her that she was his friend

b)

He said to her that she is his friend

c)

He said to her that she was my friend

d)

He said to her that she is my friend

8.

" I don't know how to do this exercise."

a)

Johnny said to his mum that I didn't know how to do that exercise

b)

Johnny said to his mum that he doesn't know how to do that exercise

c)

Johnny said to his mum that he wasn't know how to do that exercise

d)

Johnny said to his mum that he didn't know how to do that exercise

9.

"We are waiting for the school bus."

a)

The children said that we are waiting for the school bus

b)

The children said that they are waiting for the school bus

c)

The children said that they were waiting for the school bus

d)

The children said that we were waiting for the school bus

10.

"I can not go to the movies with you."

a)

Mary said to John that she could not go to the movies with him

b)

Mary said to John that she can not go to the movies with him

c)

Mary said to John that she could not go to the movies with you

d)

Mary said to John that I can not go to the movies with him

11.

“You work very hard.”, my mother said to me.

     

a)

My mother told me that I work very hard.      

b)

  My mother told me that I worked very hard.

c)

My mother told me that I had worked very hard. 

d)

    My mother told me that I have worked very hard.

12.

“We have a lift very often but it doesn’t work.”, he said.

     

  

a)

He said we have a lift very often but it doesn’t work.

b)

He said they had a lift very often but it doesn’t work.

c)

He said they had a lift very often but it didn’t work.   

d)

He said we had a lift very often but it didn’t work.

13.

“We have to go now.” Susan said.

               

           

a)

Susan said that they had to go then.     

b)

Susan said that we had to go then.

c)

Susan said that they have to go now.        

d)

Susan said that we have to go now.

14.

“I am going away tomorrow, mom.”, the son said.

 

a)

A. The son said that he was going away the next day, mom.  

b)

B. The son told his mom that he was going away the next day.

c)

C. The son asked his mom if he was going away tomorrow.  

d)

   D. The son said to his mom he was going away the next day.

15.

“I’ll wait for you until you come”, she said to Nam.

      

   

a)

She told Nam she’ll wait for you until he comes.   

b)

She told Nam she would wait for him until you came.

c)

She told Nam she would wait for you until he came. 

d)

She told Nam she would wait for him until he came.

16.

“I must write some letters now.” my brother said.

      

a)

My brother said he must write some letters now. 

b)

My brother said he had to write some letters now.

c)

My brother said he had to write some letters then.     

d)

   My brother said he must to write some letters then.

17.

“I have just seen your mother this morning”.

a)

Laura told Lewis I have just seen your mother this morning.

b)

Laura told Lewis she had just seen his mother that morning.

c)

Laura told Lewis she has just seen his mother that morning.

d)

Laura told Lewis he had just seen her mother that morning.

18.

“We are ready to come with our friends”

a)

They told us they are ready to come with their friends.

b)

They told us they were ready to come with our friends.

c)

They told us we were ready to come with our friends.     

d)

They told us they were ready to come with their friends.

19.

“I’ll tell you about this tomorrow, Mary. ” said Tom.

a)

Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about that the next day

b)

Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that the next day.

c)

Tom told Mary that he would tell her about that the next day.

d)

Tom told Mary that she would tell him about that the next day.