REPORTED SPEECH
Ex 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
1. The host asked her _______________ tea or coffee.
A. whether she liked B. that she liked C. if she likes D. whether she like
2. My friend asked me who _______________ the piano in the sitting room.
A. was playing B. plays C. is playing D. has played
3. Peter said that if he _____ rich, he _____a lot.
A. is/ will travel B. were/ would travel
C. was/would have traveled D. had been/would have traveled
4. I pointed out to the manager that we _________the bill.
A. already paid B. have already paid C. had already paid D. was already paid
5. John asked me _______________ in English.
A. what does this word mean B. what that word means
C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant
6. Someone told us _____ on the stairs.
A. don’t sit B. not sit C. not to sit D. to not sit
7. She said she _________ collect it for me after work.
A. would B. did C. will D. had
8. They said that they had come back _________.
A. the following day B. the next day
C. the day after tomorrow D. the previous day
9. I asked him whose car ______ the previous day.
A. he had borrowed B. had he borrowed C. did he borrowed D. he would borrow
10. He asked me where I ______________.
A. have studied B. study C. am studying D. studied
11. Peter said that he had lived in London four years ________.
A. then B. ago C. before D. later
12. Tom asked me ________.
A. if was I having a good time last year
B. if would I have a good time the year before
C. whether I have had a good time the year before
D. whether I had had a good time the year before
13. He reminded me that I _____ forget my credit card.
A. hadn’t to B. couldn’t C. mustn’t D. didn’t have to
14. R. Weir thinks that he ____ about 5 minutes on a typical appointment with a patient.
A. spends B. spent C. would spend D. had spent
15. The BBC announcer said the new underpass _____ the day after tomorrow.
A. is officially opening B. was being officially opened
C. officially opened D. was officially opening
16. Martin said his hair was wet because ______.
A. he’d been swimming B. he’s been swimming
C. he swam D. he swims
17. A company spokesperson said that the accusations _____completely untrue.
A. are B. be C. should be D. were
18. Mary asked me ________________.
A. whether I would watch the football match on TV the day before.
B. whether I watched the football match on TV the day before.
C. If I had watch the football match on TV the day before.
D. whether I had watched the football match on TV the day before.
19. Julia said that she ___________ there at noon.
A. is going to be B. was going to be C. will be D. can be
20. He _______ that he was leaving way that afternoon.
A. told me B. told to me C. said me D. says to me
21. She said to me that she __________ to me the Sunday before.
A. wrote B. had written C. was writing D. had writing
22. My parents reminded me ________ the flowers.
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A. remember to plant B. not to plant to plant C. to plant D. planting
23. I asked Martha ______ to enter law school.
A. are you planning B. is she planning C. was she planning D. if she was planning
24. Nam wanted to know what time ________.
A. does the movie begin B. did the movie begin
C. the movie begins D. the movie began
25. I wondered_______ the right thing.
A. whether I was doing B. if I am doing
C. was I doing D. am I doing
26. The scientist said the earth ________ the sun.
A. goes around B. is going around C. went around D. was going around
27. They said that they had been driving through the desert__________.
A. the previous day B. yesterday C. the last day D. Sunday previously
28. He asked the children _________too much noise.
A. not to make B. not making C. don’t make D. if they don’t make
29. The man said that the days _________longer in summer.
A. will be B. are C. were D. can be
30. The teacher said Columbus _________America in 1942.
A. discovered B. had discovered C. was discovering D. would discover
31. The woman asked __________get lunch at school.
A. can the children B. whether the children could
C. if the children can D. could the children
32. Laura said that when she_________ to school, she saw an accident.
A. was walking B. has walked C. had been walking D. has been walking
Ex 2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best sentence transformation to each of the given ones.
1. I said to Linda: “Where are you going?”
A. I asked Linda where was she going. B. I asked Linda where she was going.
C. I asked Linda where is she going. D. I asked Linda where she is going.
2. “Please bring me some fish soup,” he said to the waitress.
A. He asked the waitress bring him some fish soup.
B. He asked the waitress to bring her some fish soup.
C. He asked the waitress to bring him some fish soup.
D. He asked the waitress bring her some fish soup.
3. “This man spoke to me on the road,” said the woman.
A. The woman said that man had spoken to me on the road.
B. The woman said that man has spoken to her on the road.
C. The woman said that man spoke to her on the road.
D. The woman said that man had spoken to her on the road.
4. “What will you do if you have ten days off school?” he asked.
A. He asked me what will I do if I have ten days off school.
B. He asked what I will do if I have ten days off school.
C. He asked me what I would do if I had ten days off school.
D. He asked what would I do if I had ten days off school.
5. “I didn’t meet Susan last week”
A. He said he didn’t meet Susan the week before.
B. He said he hasn’t met Susan last week.
C. He said he hadn’t met Susan last week.
D. He said he hadn’t met Susan the week before.
6. “Don’t open your books,” the teacher said to the pupils.
A. The teacher told the pupils to not open their books.
B. The teacher told the pupils did not open their books.
C. The teacher told the pupils not open their books.
D. The teacher told the pupils not to open their books.
7. “Close the books, please'', said our teacher.
A. Close your book said by our teacher.
B. Our teacher asked us close our book.
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C. Our teacher said us close our book.
D. Our teacher asked us to close our book.
8. Nick said: “I like watching films on science and technology.”
A. Nick said that he would like watching films on science and technology.
B. Nick said that he likes watching films on science and technology.
C. Nick said that he liked watching films on science and technology.
D. Nick said that he had liked watching films on science and technology.
9. “Whose motorbike did you borrow last night?”, he asked.
A. He asked me whose motorbike did I borrow last night.
B. He asked me whose motorbike had I borrowed last night.
C. He asked me whose motorbike I had borrowed last night.
D. He asked me whose motorbike I had borrowed the night before.
10. “Did you close the windows when you left?”, He asked.
A. He asked me if I had closed the windows when I had left.
B. He asked me if I closed the windows when I left.
C. He asked me if had I closed the windows when I left.
D. He asked me if I closed the windows when had I left.
11. “What are you going to do this weekend?”, she asked
A. She wanted to know what I am going to do that weekend.
B. She wanted to know what I was going to do that weekend.
C. She wanted to know what I was going to do this weekend.
D. She wanted to know what I were going to do that weekend.
12. “Where did you go last night?”, she said to her boyfriend.
A. She asked her boyfriend where did he go last night.
B. She asked her boyfriend where he went the night after.
C. She asked her boyfriend where had he gone the night before.
D. She asked her boyfriend where he had gone the night before.
13. “Can I make an appointment to see the doctor?”, Jenny said.
A. Jenny asked that she could make an appointment to see the doctor.
B. Jenny asked if the doctor could make an appointment.
C. Jenny asked if she could make an appointment to see the doctor.
D. Jenny asked whether she can make an appointment the doctor.
14. “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.
15. He said, “My wife has just bought a diamond ring.”
A. He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring.
B. He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring.
C. He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring.
D. he said that his wife just bought a diamond ring.