Direct and Indirect Speech

Report the following sentences correctly.

'I can swim really fast.'

• He said me that he could swim really fast.

• He told that he could swim really fast.

• He said that he could swim really fast.

‘There was an accident outside the supermarket’.

• He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket.  

• He said there were an accident outside the supermarket.  

• He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket. 

Tom said ‘I’m going to London tomorrow.’

Five days later you say...

• Tom said he is going to London the following day.  

• Tom said he was going to London the following day.  

• Tom said he was going to London tomorrow.  

Which sentence is NOT correct?

• Lisa said she didn’t have a map.  

• Karen said she was going to be late.  

• James said he will help me. 

Paul: ‘I won’t be at the meeting tomorrow.’

Paul said that he -----------------------     at the meeting the following day.

• won't be

• wouldn't be

• may be

Me: ‘I’ve done it!’

I told you that I  ------------------.

• have done it

• did it

• had done it

Hannah: “I want to go to the football match, but I don’t have enough money”.

Hannah said that she ............................     to go to the football match, but she didn’t have enough money.

• wants

• wanted

• had wanted

'Did you meet each other at school?'

He asked them …..........

• if they had met at school.

• if did they meet at school.

• had they met at school.

'Why are you wearing sunglasses?'

She wondered …..............

• why he was wearing sunglasses.

• why was he wearing sunglasses.

• if he was wearing sunglasses.

'How will you get to France?'

I asked them …........

• how will they get to France.

• how would they get to France.

• how they would get to France.