Reported Speech 1

What is reported speech?

• Reported speech is a type of written communication.

• Reported speech involves quoting someone’s exact words.

• Reported speech is the same as direct speech.

• Reported speech is the act of conveying what someone has said without quoting their exact words.

Convert the following to reported speech: He said, 'I am going to the store.'

• He said he was going to the shop.

• He said that he will go to the store.

• He said that he is going to the store.

• He said that he was going to the store.

Identify the reporting verb in this sentence: She told me that she was tired.

• told

• mentioned

• said

• explained

Change the following to reported speech: 'I will call you tomorrow.'

• He said he will call you tomorrow.

• He/She said that he/she would call you the next day.

• She said she would call you today.

• They said they would call you next week.

What tense change occurs when converting present simple to reported speech?

• The tense changes from present simple to present continuous.

• The tense remains in present simple.

• The tense changes from present simple to past simple.

• The tense changes from present simple to future simple.

Convert to reported speech: 'They are playing football,' he said.

• He mentioned that they play football.

• He said that they are playing football.

• He said they were playing soccer.

• He said that they were playing football.

Adjust the pronouns in this sentence: 'I love this book,' she said.

• I love this book.

• He loves this book.

• They love this book.

• She loves this book.

Punctuate the following reported speech correctly: he said that he would help us

• he said he would help us.

• he said that he will help us.

• he said that he would help us

• he said that he helped us.

What is the past tense of 'speak' when used as a reporting verb?

• speaked

• spaken

• spoked

• spoke

Convert the direct speech to reported speech: 'We have finished our homework.'

• They said that they had finished their homework.

• They said that they have finished their homework.

• They said that they will finish their homework.

• They said that they had finished their assignments.