Reported speech quiz

Direct speech: “Will you marry me?” he asked.

Reported speech:

• He asked me if I would marry me.

• He asked me if I could marry him.

• He asked me if I would marry him.

• He asked me if I might marry him.

We use reported speech to explain something that:

• someone has said

• I said

• I think

• I believe

Direct speech: "I know what to do", she said.

Reported speech:

• I said I know what to do

• She said she knew what to does

• She said I know what to do

• She said she knew what to do

Direct speech: "I can swim really fast", she said.

Reported speech:

• She said that she could swim really fast

• She told that she could swim really fast

• She said me that she could swim really fast

• I said me that I coud swin really fast

Commonly, do we change the tense of the verb in reported speech?:

• True

• False

What happens when we report a speech that was said in the present simple?

• When we backshift, the present simple changes to the past simple

• Nothing

• When we backshift, the present simple changes to the future simple

• We can use the present simple again if the action hasn't finished

"I love you"

"I love you"

"I love you"

...

"I love you"

Reported speech: "He says he loves me".

Is this reported speech correct?

• Yes

• No

Which one of the following examples is reported speech?

• He will go to school tomorrow

• "I won't go to school", said David

• David told me that he wouldn´t go to school on the next day.

• David told me about it.

Direct speech: "I’m working on it right now", he said.

Reported speech:

• I said I’m working on it at that moment

• He said I’m working on it at that moment

• He said he was working on it at that moment

• He said he are working on it at that moment

Direct speech: "I’ve finished my lunch", she said.

Reported speech:

• I said I’ve finished my lunch

• She said she had finished her lunch

• I say I’ve finished my lunch

• She said she have finished her lunch