reported Speech
  • 1. Reported speech:

    Mark: "Next year I will be going out with one of these girls"

    Mark said...
A) next he would be going out with one of those girls
B) the following year he would be going out with one of these girls
C) the following year he will be going out with one of those girls
D) the following year he would be going out with one of those girls
  • 2. Reported speech:

    My teacher: "You must work harder if your want to improve your marks this year"

    My teacher...
A) said me I had to work harder if I wanted to improve my marks that year
B) told me I had to work harder if I wanted to improve my marks this year
C) told me I had to work harder if I wanted to improve my marks that year
D) said to me I had to work harder if I wanted to improve my marks that year
  • 3. Reported speech:

    Ben: "yesterday, I was working out when I saw that man"

    Ben said that...
A) the day before he had been working out when he had seen that man
B) the day after he had been working out when he had seen that man
C) the day after he has been working out when he had seen that man
D) the day before he had been working out when he had seen this man
  • 4. Reported speech:

    Lew: "Will you marry me next year?"

    Lew...
A) Lew wanted to know if she will marry him the next year
B) Lew asked her if she will marry him the next year
C) Lew said her if she would marry him the following year
D) Lew asked her if she would marry him the following year
  • 5. Reported speech:

    Tim: "I am seeing a movie tonight which I heard about yesterday"

    Tim said...
A) he will see a movie that night which he had heard about the day before
B) he was seeing a movie that night which he had heard about the day before
C) he was seen a movie tonight which he had heard about yesterday
D) a movie he had heard about the day before is being seen by him
  • 6. Reported speech:

    Mark: "Next year we will have to revise our budget"

    Mark said...
A) that the following year had revised revise their budget
B) If I had revised the budget we would have saved
C) that the following year they will have to revise their budget
D) that the following year they would have to revise their budget
  • 7. Reported speech:

    Susan: "This year I have been working in this company"

    Susan said...
A) this year she had been working in this company
B) that year she had been working in that company
C) that year she has been working in this company
D) that year she has been working in that company
  • 8. Reported speech:

    Olivia: "Have you ever been to a music festival?"

    Olivia asked...
A) if have I ever been to a music festival
B) if had I ever been to a music festival
C) if I have ever been to a music festival
D) if I had ever been to a music festival
  • 9. Reported speech:

    Bob: "When do you think you will be able to go?"

    Bob asked...
A) when I thought I would be able to go
B) when did I think I would be able to go
C) when thought I will be able to go
D) when do I thought I would be able to go
  • 10. Reported speech:

    Sam: "How old were you when you listened to this song?"

    Sam asked...
A) how old I was when I had listened to this song
B) how old was I when I had listened to that song
C) how old I was when I have listened to this song
D) how old I was when I had listened to that song
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