GRADE 8/9 - REPORTED SPEECH 1

Choose the correct option

Charlie said, "I'm thinking of going to live in Canada next year".

• Charlie said that I was thinking of going to live in Canada the following year.

• Charlie said that he was thinking of going to live in Canada the following year.

• Charlie said that he is thinking of going to live in Canada next year.

• Charlie said that he was thinking of going to live in Canada next year.

Choose the correct option

Trang said, "My father is in hospital".

• Trang said that my father is in hospital.  

• Trang said that her father is in hospital.  

• Trang said that her father was in hospital.  

• Trang said that my father was in hospital. 

What is the correct form of this word in the reported speech? - "You (1person)"

• You (1 person)

• I/ He/ She

• We/ They

• He/ She

Find and correct the mistake

She asked me if I would buy a computer tomorrow.

What is the correct form of this word in the reported speech? - "Your (1person)"

• your

• our/ their

• my/ his/ her

• his/ her

Choose the mistake

My younger brother asked me whether I could tell him how this digital camera worked.   

• whether

• could tell

• this digital camera

• worked

Use the word given to complete the sentence

Mary/ ask / John/ use/ laptop/ tonight/ .

Choose the mistake

Jenny said that there had been the updated version of that anti-virus program and she would be installing it on her new Macbook the after week. 

• the after week

• had been

• that

• would be installing

Choose the correct option

“Have you seen any documentary films about the most important inventions of humans up to now?” the teacher asked Lucy.

• The teacher asked Lucy if she'd seen any documentary films about the most important inventions of humans up to now.

• The teacher asked Lucy if she's seen any documentary films about the most important inventions of humans up to then.

• The teacher asked Lucy that she'd seen any documentary films about the most important inventions of humans up to then.

• The teacher asked Lucy if she'd seen any documentary films about the most important inventions of humans up to then.

Choose the correct option: She asked me if I would buy a computer ___.

• tomorrow

• the following day

• next day

• the previous day