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    This document provides an explanation and exercises on indirect or reported speech. Indirect speech is when one person reports what another person said by changing the tense and pronouns. The exercises test changing direct quotes into indirect speech by selecting the correct verb forms and pronouns. The explanation section provides guidance on how to change verbs, pronouns, time references, and question structures when moving from direct to indirect speech.

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    Indirect speech – reported

    speech

    Grammar » B1 Grammar lessons and


    exercises » Indirect speech – reported
    speech » Page 2

    Exercises Explanation

    1 2 3

    Exercise 2
    Choose the correct form for each gap below.

    You have completed this test.


    Correct answers: 9/10.
    Your score is 90%.
    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/weather + 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/weather + 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
    This question was not answered

    ➪ Yes/No question (direct speech) asked


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

    1 2 3

    Related tests:

    Reported speech – indirect speech

    Reporting verbs – admit doing, refuse to do,


    etc.

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