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Reported Speech

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"I am happy". She told me that she ________ happy.

a)

has been

b)

is

c)

was

2.
Amy said, "Polly is learning her script upstairs."
a)
Amy said that Polly is learning her script upstairs.
b)
Amy said that Polly was learning her script upstairs.
c)
Amy said Polly learnt her script upstairs.
d)
Amy said the Polly would learn her script upstairs.
3.

The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"

a)

The teacher wanted to know who speaks English.

b)

The teacher wanted to know who spoke English.

c)

The teacher wanted to know who had spoken English.

d)

The teacher wanted to know who speaked English.

4.

"How are you?" Martin asked us.

a)

Martin asked us how are you?

b)

Martin asked us how are you.

c)

Martin asked us are how you.

d)

Martin asked us how we were.

5.

"Where is my umbrella?" she asked

a)

she asked where is my umbrella.

b)

She asked me where is my umbrella.

c)

She asked where her umbrella was.

d)

She asked me if I had her umbrella.

6.

'Don't touch my mobile phone.'

a)

Statement

b)

Question

c)

Order

d)

Suggestion

7.

DS: Our English teacher asks, "how old are you?"

The indirect speech of the sentence is ...

a)

Our English teacher asks how old I was

b)

Our English teacher asks how old I am

c)

Our English teacher asks how old am I

d)

Our English teacher asks how old was I

8.

"Can you open your bag, please?" the policeman said to her

a)

The policeman told her to open her bag, please

b)

The policeman told her to open his bag.

c)

The policeman told him to open his bag, please

d)

The policeman told her to open her bag.

9.

"Don't be late" the teacher said to Joe

a)

The teacher told Joe not to be late.

b)

The teacher told Joe to be late.

c)

The teacher told Joe not being late.

10.

"Will you come back next weekend?" the host said to the visitor.

a)

The host asked the visitor if she would come back next weekend.

b)

The host asked the visitor if she would come back the following weekend.

c)

The host asked the visitor if she will come back the following weekend.

d)

The host asked the visitor she would come back the following weekend.

11.

Jane said to me, "Where have you been all this time?"

a)

Jane asked me where she had been all that time.

b)

Jane asked me where I had been all this time.

c)

Jane asked me where I have been all that time.

d)

Jane asked me where I had been all that time.

12.

Mr Brown said to his wife, "I don't feel like going out this evening.”

a)

Mr Brown told his wife he didn’t feel like going out that evening

b)

Mr Brown told his wife she didn’t feel like going out that evening

c)

Mr Brown told his wife he didn’t feel like going out this evening

d)

Mr Brown told his wife he doesn't feel like going out that evening

13.

He said to her "Why are you so late? "

a)

He asked her why she is so late

b)

He asked her why he was so late

c)

He asked her why she was so late.

d)

He asked her why was she so late.

14.

Helen said, "I think I'll have to find a better job. I can't make both ends meet."

a)

Helen said that she thought she will have to find a better job because she couldn’t make both ends meet

b)

Helen said that she thought she would have to find a better job because she couldn’t make both ends meet

c)

Helen said that she thought she would have to find a better job because she can't make both ends meet

d)

Helen said that she think she would have to find a better job because she couldn’t make both ends meet