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INDIRECT SPEECH – REPORTED


SPEECH
Grammar » B1 Grammar lessons and exercises »
Indirect speech – reported speech » Page 2

Exercises Explanation Downloads

Exercises: 1 2 3

Indirect speech –
reported speech

Exercise 2

Choose the correct form for each gap


below.

You have completed this test.

Correct answers: 8/10.

Your score is 80%.

Check your answers:

1 'I need to see Sarah this

weekend.' George said that

______.

a. he needed to see Sarah


this weekend
b. he was needing to see
Sarah that weekend

c. he needed to see
Sarah that weekend

➪ Present simple (direct


speech) past simple (reported
speech).
➪ this that

2 'I'm reading now.' Sally told

me ______.

a. that she was reading


at that moment

b. that she read now


c. that she was reading now

➪ Present continuous (direct


speech) past
continuous (reported speech).
➪ now then/at that moment

3 'I haven't seen Barbara since

last year.' Brendan told me

______.

a. he didn't see Barbara


since last year

b. he hadn't seen
Barbara since the year
before

c. he hadn't seen Barbara


since last year

➪ Present perfect (direct


speech) past perfect
(reported speech).
➪ last month/year, etc.
the month/year, etc. before
or the previous month/year,
etc.

4 'Have you signed the

contract?' Suzan ______ .

a. told me if I had signed the


contract

b. asked me whether I
had signed the
contract

c. said if I signed the


contract

➪ Yes/No question (direct


speech) asked me
if/whether + subject + verb
... (reported speech).
➪ Present perfect (direct
speech) past perfect
(reported speech).

5 'Where did you eat?' Sam

asked me ______.

a. where I had eaten

b. where had I eaten

c. where did I eat

➪ Question with what, when,


where, etc. (direct speech)
asked me + what, when, etc. +
subject + verb (reported speech).
➪ Past simple (direct speech)
past perfect (reported speech).

6 'Where are you going

tomorrow?' Sandra asked me

______.

a. where was I going


tomorrow
b. where was I going the
next day

c. where I was going the


following day

➪ Question with what, when,


where, etc. (direct speech)
asked me + what, when, etc. +
subject + verb (reported speech).
➪ Present continuous (direct
speech) past continuous
(reported speech).
➪ tomorrow the next
day/the following day

7 'May I smoke in this room?'

Micky asked me ______.

a. if he may smoke in this


room

b. if he might smoke in
that room

c. whether he smoked in
that room

➪ Yes/No question (direct


speech) asked me
if/whether + subject + verb
… (reported speech).
➪ may (direct speech)
might (reported speech).
➪ This that

8 'I'm living in Australia.' Sarah

told me ______.

Choose TWO correct options

a. she is living in
Australia

b. she lived in Australia

c. she was living in


Australia

➪ If the situation has not


changed, we can change the
verb to the past, or leave it in the
present. If the situation has
changed, we must change the
verb to the past.

She said that she is living in


Australia. (=She is still living
in Australia now.)
She said that she was living
in Australia. (=Maybe she is
still living in Australia or
maybe not.)

➪ If Sarah is not living in


Australia any more, we must use
the past: She said that she was
living in Australia.

9 'Please, sit here.' She

______.

a. asked me to sit
there

b. said to sit there


c. told me to sit here

➪ Orders or requests (direct


speech) told me / asked
me + to infinitive (reported
speech).
➪ here there

10 'Can you give me a hand with

the boxes?' Peter asked me

______ with the boxes.

a. if I could give me a hand


b. whether I could give him
a hand

c. if could I give him a


hand

➪ Yes/No question (direct


speech) asked me
if/whether + subject + verb
… (reported speech).
➪ can (direct speech)
could (reported speech).

Exercises: 1 2 3

Related tests:

Reported speech – indirect


speech

Reporting verbs – admit


doing, refuse to do, etc.

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