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REPORTED SPEECH

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I wish.............. eat vegetables, he said.

a)

A. my children will

b)

B. my children would

c)

C. whether my children would

d)

D. my children must

2.

He wants to know whether I_____________ back tomorrow.

a)

A. come

b)

B. came

c)

C. will come

d)

D. would come

3.

I wonder why he______________ love his family.

a)

A. doesn‟t

b)

B. don‘t

c)

C. didn‘t

d)

D. hasn‘t

4.

He begged them --------------.

a)

A. help him

b)

B. should help him

c)

C. to help him

d)

D. help to him

5.

Peter asked Jane why -------------- the film on T. V the previous night.

a)

A. didn‘t she watch

b)

B. hadn‘t she watched

c)

C. she doesn‘t watch

d)

D. she hadn't watched

6.

He advised them -------------- in class.

a)

A. to not talk

b)

B. not to talk

c)

C. to talk not

d)

D. don‘t talk

7.

Some one was wondering if the taxi -------------- yet.

a)

A. had arrived

b)

B. arrived

c)

C. arrives

d)

D. has arrived

8.

The government has announced that taxes --------------.

a)

A. would be raised

b)

B. had been raised

c)

C. were raised

d)

D. will be raised

9.

He proved that the earth -------------- round the Sun.

a)

A. had gone

b)

B. was going

c)

C. goes

d)

D. would go

10.

Claire wanted to know what time --------------.

a)

A. do the banks close

b)

B. the banks closed

c)

C. did the banks close

d)

D. the banks would close

11.

Julia said that she ___________ there at noon.

a)

A. is going to be

b)

B. was going to be

c)

C. will be

d)

D. can be

12.

He _______ that he was leaving that afternoon.

a)

A. told me

b)

B. told to me

c)

C. said me

d)

D. says to me

13.

She said to me that she __________ to me the Sunday before.

a)

A. wrote

b)

B. had written

c)

C. was writing

d)

D. has written

14.

Nam wanted to know what time ________.

a)

A. does the movie begin

b)

B. did the movie begin

c)

C. the movie begins

d)

D. the movie began

15.

He asked me _______ Robert and I said I did not know _______.

a)

A. that did I know / who were he

b)

B. that I knew / who he had been

c)

C. if I knew/ who he was

d)

D. whether I knew / who had he been

16.

I asked Martha ______ to enter law school.

a)

A. was she planning

b)

B. is she planning

c)

C. if she was planning

d)

D. are you planning

17.

I wondered_______ the right thing.

a)

A. whether I was doing

b)

B. if I am doing

c)

C. was I doing

d)

D. am I doing

18.

Thu said she had been___________ the day before.

a)

A. here

b)

B. there

c)

C. in this place

d)

D. where

19.

Peter said that if he ________rich, he _________ a lot.

a)

A. is – will travel

b)

B. were- would travel

c)

C. was – will travel

d)

C. been–would travel

20.

They said that they had been driving through the desert__________.

a)

A. the previous day

b)

B. yesterday

c)

C. the last day

d)

D. Sunday previously

21.

She asked him if he ___________ to the party later.

a)

A. is going

b)

B. was going

c)

D. goes

d)

C. will go

22.

They wondered why he ___________ the meeting yesterday.

a)

D. isn't attending

b)

A. didn't attend

c)

B. doesn't attend

d)

C. hadn't attended

23.

She said that she ___________ her homework before dinner.

a)

C. was finishing

b)

D. finishes

c)

A. finished

d)

B. had finished