Grammar Unit 10: REPORTED SPEECH

Report this sentence 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. 

Report this sentence correctly.
‘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?

• Karen said she was going to be late.

• James said he will help me. 

• Lisa said she didn’t have a map.

Which words complete the sentence?
Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ......... .

• that day

• the following day

• previous day

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

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

• isn't

• wouldn't have been

• won't be

• wouldn't be

Me: ‘I’ve done it!’
I told you that I ......... .

• had been done

• have done it

• had done it

• did it

Danny: ‘I’m going to be late’.
Danny told me that he ......... to be late.

• were going

• was going

• would go

• would be

George: “I can’t chat because I’m working”.
George said that he ......... because he was working.

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 ......... enough money.

• wants / doesn't have

• wants / didn't have

• wanted / doesn't have

• wanted / didn’t have