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DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH

Quiz by MARY STEPHENSON

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  • Q1

    Transform the following into reported speech:

    Olly and Max said, "We don't know the population of London."

    Olly and Max said we didn’t know the population of London.

    Olly and Max said that they don’t know the population of London.

    Olly and Max said that they didn’t know the population of London.

    Olly and Max said that they hadn’t known the population of London.

    30s
  • Q2

    Transform the following into reported speech:

    "Run as soon as you can".

    He told me to run as soon as I can.

    He told me to run as soon as I could.

    He said me to run as soon as I could.

    He told me that I must run as soon as I could.

    30s
  • Q3

    Sam said: "I want to go to Cambridge".

    Sam said that he wants to go to Cambridge.

    Sam said that he wanted to go Cambridge.

    Sam said that he had wanted to go to Cambridge

    Sam said that he would want to go Cambridge.

    30s
  • Q4

    "Have they finished the test?"

    She asked if they have finished the test.

    She asked if they had finished the test.

    She asked if they finished the test.

    She asked had they finished the test.

    30s
  • Q5

    Change into reported speech: "I will become an astronaut."

    Jane answers that she would become an astronaut.

    Jane answered that she will become an astronaut.

    Jane answered that she would become an astronaut.

    Jane answered that she will had become an astronaut.

    30s
  • Q6

    Change into reported speech: "I haven't eaten yet."

    Mike complained that he wouldn't have eaten yet.

    Mike complained that he hasn't eaten yet.

    Mike complained that he didn't eat yet.

    Mike complained that he hadn't eaten yet.

    30s
  • Q7

    "I don't like fast food."

    He said he hadn't liked fast food.

    He said that he doesn't like fast food.

    He said he don't like fast food.

    He said that he didn't like fast food.

    30s
  • Q8

    Katie's mum said, "Katie ran very quickly."

    Katie's mum said that Katie had run very quickly.

    Katie's mum said Katie ran very quickly.

    Katie's mum said that Katie had ran very quickly.

    Katie's mum said that Katie would have ran very quickly.

    30s
  • Q9

     Tina said, "Milly's dad has worked in New York."

    Tina said that Milly's dad would have worked in New York.

    Tina said that Milly's dad had worked in New York.

    Tina said Milly's dad worked in New York.

    Tina said that Milly's dad had had worked in New York.

    30s
  • Q10

    Amy said, "Polly is learning her script upstairs."

    Amy said that Polly was learning her script upstairs.

    Amy said that Polly is learning her script upstairs.

    Amy said Polly learnt her script upstairs.

    Amy said the Polly would learn her script upstairs.

    30s
  • Q11

    Change the direct speech into reported speech. Choose the past simple of 'ask', 'say' or 'tell'. Start your sentence with She. Always use "me" in your response, as if the statement or question was directed at you. For example: "Don't do it!" Answer: She told me not to do it.

     

    "Be quick!"

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    120s
  • Q12

    Change the direct speech into reported speech. Choose the past simple of 'ask', 'say' or 'tell'. Start your sentence with She. 

    "Where do you live?"

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    120s
  • Q13

    Change the direct speech into reported speech. Choose the past simple of 'ask', 'say' or 'tell'. Start your sentence with She.  

    "I"ll come and help you at twelve."

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    120s
  • Q14

    Change the direct speech into reported speech. Choose the past simple of 'ask', 'say' or 'tell'. Start your sentence with She. 

    "Do you work in London?"

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    120s
  • Q15

    Change the direct speech into reported speech. Choose the past simple of 'ask', 'say' or 'tell'. Start your sentence with She. 

    "Have you ever seen 'The Lord of the Rings'? "

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    120s

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