REPORTED SPEECH

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best to complete

each of the following sentences.
1. She asked me where I _______ from.
A. come B. coming C. to come D.
came
2. I asked Martha _______ to enter law school.
A. are you planning B. if she is planning C.
was she planning D. if she was planning
3. Nam wanted to know what time _______.
A. the movie began B.
the movie begins
C. does the movie begin D. did the movie begin
4. Julia said that she _______ there at noon.
A. is going to be B. was going to be C.
will be D. can be
5. Paul asked her, “Have you got 20 pounds?”  Paul asked
her _______ 20 pounds.
A. if she got B. if she had got C. whether she got
D. whether had she got
6. He told me _______ him up at six o'clock.
A. please pick B. to pick C. should pick D. I
can pick
7. He said that Linda and John _______ married _______.
 A. were getting / tomorrow B. are getting / the next
day
C. were getting / the next day D. will getting /
the day after
8. They asked me when _______.
A. did I arrive B. will I arrive C. I had arrived D. I
can arrive
9. The farmer said, “I didn’t see her.”  The farmer said
_______ her.
A. he had seen B. I hadn’t seen C. she didn’t see
D. he hadn’t seen
10. I wondered _______ the right thing.
A. if I am doing B. was I doing C. am I doing D.
whether I was doing
11. Charlie _______ that his father was in hospital.
A. told me B. told to me C. said me D.
asked me
12. Mr. Brown said, “I watched TV last night.”  Mr. Brown
said that he _______ TV the night before.
A. was watching B. watched C. had watched D.
has watched
13. “I'll never make that mistake again”, Robert said.  Robert
promised _______ that mistake again.
A. no making B. not made C. never to make D.
never made
14. “I'd like you to tell me the truth,” Lara said.  Lana wanted
_______ her the truth. A. I to tell B. me to tell C.
me telling D. me tell
15. “You should quit smoking and eat more vegetable”, said the
doctor.
 The doctor advised him _______ more vegetable.
A. to quit smoking and eat B. quit smoking and eat
C. to quit smoking and to eating D. quitting smoking and
eating
16. “Please come and join our party tonight”, said Lana.  Lana
invited us_______.
A. to come and join our party tonight
B. to their party that night
C. to come and join their party that night D. to
our party tonight
17. “Be aware of the dog,” said Tom.  Tom warned us
_______.
A. to be aware of the dog B. being aware of the
dog
C. we should be aware of the dog D. aware of the dog
18. He asked _______ him some money.
A. her to lend B. her lending C. she has lent D.
she lends
19. Andrew told me that they _______ fish two_______ days.
 A. have not eaten / ago B. had not eaten /
previous
C. did not eat / before D. would not eat / last
20. John often says he _______ boxing because it _______ a
cruel sport.
A. does not like / is B.
did not like / were
C. not liked / had been D. had not liked / was
21. The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee.
A. whether he preferred B. that he preferred
C. did he prefer D. if he prefers
22. The mother asked her son _______.
A. where he has been B.
where he had been
C. where has he been D.
where had he been
23. “Please don't tell anyone what happened," Ann said to me.
A. Ann said to me please don't tell anyone what happened.
B. Ann told me didn't tell anyone what had happened.
C. Ann said me not to tell anyone what happened.
D. Ann told me not to tell anyone what had happened.
24. “Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?” he
said.
A. He invited me to go to the cinema with him that night.
B. He offered me to go to the cinema with him tonight.
 C. He asked me if I'd like to go to the cinema with him
tonight.
D. He would like me to go to the cinema with him this
night.
25. “Remember to pick me up at 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon”
she said.
A. She told me to remember to pick her up at 6 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
B. She reminded me to pick her up at 6 o'clock the following
afternoon.
C. She reminded me to remember to pick her up at 6 o'clock
the next afternoon.
D. She told me to pick her up at 6 o'clock the next day
afternoon.
26. “If I were you, I'd tell him the truth,” she said to me.
A. She said to me that if I were you, I'd tell him the truth.
B. She will tell him the truth if she is me.
C. She suggested to tell him the truth if she were me.
D. She advised me to tell him the truth.
27. “I'm really sorry for being late again,” said Ann.
A. I felt sorry for Ann's being late again.
B. Ann was sorry for my being late again.
C. Ann excused for my being late again.
D. Ann apologized for being late again.
28. “How beautiful the dress you have just bought is!” Peter said
to Mary.
A. Peter promised to buy Mary a beautiful dress.
B. Peter said thanks to Mary for her beautiful dress.
C. Peter complimented Mary on her beautiful dress.
D. Peter asked Mary how she had just bought her beautiful dress.
29. “Can I bring a friend to the party?” Nancy wanted to know.
A. Nancy asked me if she could bring a friend to the party.

B. Nancy wanted to ask someone to bring her friend to the

party.
C. Nancy knew that bring a friend to the party was good.
D. Nancy wanted to invite her friend out and to the party.
30. She asked me, "How high is the church?"
A. She asked me how high the church was.
B. She asked me how high is the church.
C. She asked me how high the church had been.
D. She asked me how high the church is.

II. Choose the word or phrase in each of the following

sentences that needs correcting.
31. I asked him how far was it to the station if I went there by
taxi.
A B C D
32. They asked me that I could do the shopping for them.
 A B C D
33. Her mother ordered her do not go out with him the night
before.
A B C
D
34. She said that the books in the library would be available
tomorrow.
A B C
D
35. He advised her thinking about that example again because it
needed correcting.
A B C
D

III. Change each of the following sentences into reported

speech.
36. John said, “I want to attend a famous university.”
 John said
________________________________________________
37. “I’m looking for the book you gave me last week,” Mary
said to Peter.
 Mary told
Peter_____________________________________________
38. Janet said to John, “I did not promise to send you a
telegram.”
  Janet
___________________________________________________
__
39. “I will get myself a drink,” she said.
 She said
___________________________________________________
40. “I cannot drive them home,” he said.
 He said
___________________________________________________
__
41. “Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?” she said.
 She
___________________________________________________
____
42. “The film began at seven o'clock,” he said.
 He said
___________________________________________________
_
43. The father said, “I was on a business trip the whole day
yesterday.”
 The father
___________________________________________________
44. “My brother will get married next month,” James said.
  James
___________________________________________________
___
45. Henry said to his mother, “Come and spend a week with us.”
 Henry told
__________________________________________________
46. He said to me, “Keep a seat for me in the lecture hall.”
 He
___________________________________________________
______
47. Mike said to Henry, “Give me my book back, please.”
 Mike
___________________________________________________
___
48. “Don't play on the grass, boys,” she said.
 She
___________________________________________________
______
49. “Don't make so much noise,” he said.
 He
___________________________________________________
________
50. Jane said to Mary, “Will you be free tomorrow?”
  Jane asked
___________________________________________________
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KEY TO REPORTED SPEECH

1. D 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. D 10.
D
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
A C C B A C A A B A
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
A B D A B D D C A A
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
B A B D B

36. John said he wanted to attend a famous university.

37. Mary told Peter she was looking for the book he had given
her the week before.
38. Janet told John she hadn’t promised to send him a telegram.
39. She said she would get herself a drink.
40. He said he couldn’t drive them home.
41. She asked Peter if he preferred tea or coffee.
42. He said the film had begun at seven o’clock.
43. The father said he had been on a business trip the whole day
the previous day.
44. James said her brother would get married the following
month.
45. Henry told his brother to come and spend a week with them.
46. He told me to keep a seat for him in the lecture hall.
47. Mike told Henry to give him his book back.
48. She asked the boys not to play on the grass.
49. He asked me not to make so much noise.
50. Janet asked Mary if she would be free the following day.