REPORTED SPEECH I

In Reported speech sentences, the tense of the verb has to be one tense back in time from the tense in direct speech.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The simple past tense changes to........... in reported speech

• Present perfect simple

• Past perfect simple

• Future perfect

• Present simple

In reported speech present continuous changes to......

• Past perfect simple

• past simple

• past continuous

• Present pefect simple

In reported speech " yesterday " changes to........

• Tomorrow

• the day before

• then

• That day

In reported speech "now" changes to ....

• Then

• The following day

• That day

• The day before

" The council buries organic garbage to use it as fertilizer"

The mayor said the council .............

• will bury organic garbage to use it as fertilizer .

• had buried recyclable garbage to use it as fertilizer.

• buried organic garbage to use it as fertilizer.

• would bury organic garbage to use it as fertilizer.

" Put this plate on the table ", he ordered the boy

He ordered the boy.......

• that he put this plate on the table.

• to put this plate on the table.

• to put that plate on the table.

• that he had put this plate on the table.

" Lend me a pen , please", he asked Susi.

• He asked Susi that she lend him a pen.

• He asked Susi to lent him a pen.

• He asked Susi to lend him a pen.

• He asked Susi that she lent him a pen

" Does cotton decompose easily? ", the student asked

The student asked..........

• if cotton has decomposed easily

• If cotton decomposed easily

• when cotton had decomposed easily

• if cotton had decomposed easily

" Why don´t we go out tonight?", Lucas suggested.

Lucas suggested.......

• that they will go out that night.

• going out out that night.

• going out tonight.

• that we had gone out that night.