Reported Speech 3 d) She just told me that she couldn’t have given
me a helping hand that night because she had
1. “Water boils at 100 Celsius degrees.”
a) The teacher told the pupils that water will boil
at 100 Celsius degrees.
b) The teacher told the pupils that water is
boiling at 100 Celsius degrees.
c) The teacher told the pupils that water boiled at
100 Celsius degrees.
d) The teacher told the pupils that water boils at
100 Celsius degrees.
2. “Cami will help us with the spring cleaning
because we are very busy,” they said.
a) They said that Cami would help them with
the spring cleaning because they are very busy.
b) They said that Cami will help them with the
spring cleaning because they are very busy.
c) They said that Cami would help them with the
spring cleaning because they were very busy.
d) They’ve said that Cami would help them with
the spring cleaning because they were very busy.
3. “I used to go for long walks in the park when
I was younger,” he told us.
a) He told us that he’s used to going for long
walks in the park when he had been younger.
b) He told us that he used to go for long walks in
the park when he was younger.
c) He told us that he used to go for long walks in
the park when he was being younger.
d) He told us that he had used to go for long
walks in the park when he was younger.
4. “My sister hasn’t driven her new car so far,”
he told me.
a) He told me that his sister hadn’t been driving
her new car until then.
b) He told me that his sister hasn’t driven her
new car so far.
c) He’s told me that his sister hadn’t driven her
new car so far.
d) He told me that his sister hadn’t driven her
new car until then.
5. “I can’t give you a helping hand tonight
because I have guests,” she’s just told me.
a) She’s just told me that she can’t give me a
helping hand tonight because she has guests.
b) She’s just told me that she couldn’t give me a
helping hand that night because she had guests.
c) She just told me that she can’t give me a
helping hand that night because she has guests.
had guests.
6. “What a beautiful house you have!”
a) She admired my house.
b) She exclaimed that I have a beautiful house.
c) She says what a beautiful house I had.
d) She said what a beautiful house I have.
7. “If your little brother hadn’t broken the vase,
he wouldn’t have been punished,” said Mother.
a) Mother said that if my little brother hasn’t
broken the vase, he wouldn’t be punished.
b) Mother said that if my little brother hadn’t
broken the vase, he wouldn’t be punished.
c) Mother said that if my little brother didn’t
break the vase, he wouldn’t been punished.
d) Mother said that if my little brother hadn’t
broken the vase, he wouldn’t have been
punished.
8. “Can I borrow your pencil?” she said to him.
“I need to write a letter.”
a) She asked if could she borrow his pen
because she would need to write a letter.
b) She asked whether she can borrow his pen
because she needs to write a letter.
c) She asked if she could borrow his pen because
she needed to write a letter.
d) She asked whether can she borrow his pen
because she did need to write a letter.
9. “I wish I had more time for myself,” he
confessed.
a) He confessed that he wished he had had more
time for himself.
b) He confessed that he wishes he had more time
for himself.
c) He confessed that he wished he had more time
for himself.
d) He confessed that he had wished he had had
more time for himself.
10. “I’d sooner they didn’t tell me so many lies,”
she confessed.
a) She’s confessed that she’d sooner they
haven’t told her so many lies.
b) She confessed that she’d sooner they didn’t
tell her so many lies.
c) She confessed that she’d sooner they hadn’t
told her so many lies.
d) She confesses that she’d sooner they don’t tell
her so many lies.
11. “If they gave me the money back, I would
buy a new cooker,” he said.
a) He said that if they gave him the money
back, he would have bought a new cooker.
b) He said that if they gave him the money back,
he would buy a new cooker.
c) He said that if they had given him the money
back, he would have bought a new cooker.
d) He said that if they had given him the money
back, he would buy a new cooker.
12. Alexa said, “I’ll meet you here again
tomorrow.”
a) Alexa said she would meet us there again
tomorrow .
b) Alexa said she would meet us there again the
next day.
c) Alexa said she will meet us here again
tomorrow.
d) Alexa said she will meet us there again the
next day.
13. “Why did you pay them a visit last week?”
a) My sister asked me why I paid them a visit
the previous week.
b) My sister asked me why did I pay them a visit
last week.
c) My sister asked me why I had paid them a
visit the previous week.
d) My sister asked me why had I paid them a
visit the previous week.
14. “I’m sorry I didn’t call you last night but I
had to visit my uncle,” said Cloe.
a) Cloe said she was sorry she hadn’t called me
last night but she had had to visit her uncle.
b) Cloe said she was sorry she hadn’t called me
the previous night but she had had to visit her
uncle.
c) Cloe said she was sorry she didn’t call me last
night but she had to visit her uncle.
d) Cloe said she had been sorry she hadn’t called
me the previous night but she had to visit her
uncle.
15. “He is taking care of her cat while she is on
holiday,” he told me.
a) He told me that he was taking care of her cat
while she is on holiday.
b) He told me that he took care of her cat while
she was on holiday.
c) He told me that he was taking care of her cat
while she was on holiday.
d) He told me that he is taking care of her cat
while she is on holiday.
16. “If I meet her at the party, I will talk with her
about your problem,” he promised.
a) He promised that if he meets her at the party,
he would talk with her about my problem.
b) He promised that if he met her at the party, he
will talk with her about my problem.
c) He promised that if he met her at the party, he
would talk with her about my problem.
d) He promised that if he meets her at the party,
he will talk with her about my problem.
17. “Why do you keep making the same
mistakes?” he asked her.
a) He asked her why does she keep making the
same mistakes.
b) He asked her why did she keep making the
same mistakes.
c) He asked her why she kept making the same
mistakes.
d) He asked her why she had kept making the
same mistakes.
18. “The baby should be asleep,” she said. “It’s
ten o’clock.”
a) She explained that the baby should been
asleep as it’s ten o’clock.
b) She explained that the baby should be asleep
as it was ten o’clock.
c) She explained that the baby should have been
asleep as it was ten o’clock.
d) She explained that the baby should be asleep
as it is ten o’clock.
19. “Don’t ask a girl how to use a computer
because they don’t know a thing about them,” he
said.
a) He told me don’t ask a girl how to use a
computer because they don’t know a thing about
them.
b) He told me not to ask a girl how to use a
computer because they didn’t know a thing
about them.
c) He told me not to be asking a girl how to use
a computer because they didn’t knew a thing
about them.
d) He told me to not ask a girl how to use a
computer because they didn’t know a thing
about them.
20. “I was working in the garden when I heard
the noise,” said Father.
a) Father said that he had been working in the
garden when he’d heard the noise.
b) Father said that he was working in the garden
when he’s heard the noise.
c) Father said that he has been working in the
garden when he heard the noise.
d) Father said that he had been working in the
garden when he heard the noise.
21. “I’m learning German because I’m going to
Berlin for my holidays,” said Tom.
a) Tom said that he was learning German
because he’s going to Berlin for his holidays.
b) Tom said that he was learning German
because he was going to Berlin for his holidays.
c) Tom said that he learned German because he
went to Berlin for his holidays.
d) Tom said that he’s learning German because
he was going to Berlin for his holidays.
22. “We are very happy to have you here,” they
said to us.
a) They said they were being very happy to
have us there.
b) They said they had been very happy to have
us there.
c) They said they were very happy to have us
there.
d) They said they were very happy to have us
here.
23. “Why don’t we try another restaurant next
week?” he suggested.
a) He suggested trying another restaurant next
week.
b) He suggested that we should try another
restaurant the following week.
c) He suggested that we would try another
restaurant the following week.
d) He suggested to try another restaurant the
following week.
24. “My parents taught me how to behave
properly when I was a child,” she said.
a) She said that her parents were teaching her
how to behave properly when she was a child.
b) She said that her parents had been teaching
her how to behave properly when she had been a
child.
c) She said that her parents had taught her how
to behave properly when she was a child.
d) She said that her parents had taught her how
to behave properly when she hadn’t been a child.
25. “She’d like to have this house because she’s
lived here for a long time,” he said.
a) He said that she’d have liked to have that
house because she’d lived there for a long time.
b) He said that she’d like to have that house
because she’d lived there for a long time.
c) He said that she’d like to have that house
because she’s lived there for a long time.
d) He said that she’d like to have this house
because she’s lived here for a long time.
26. “How much money has she won?” he
wondered.
a) He wondered how much money she had won.
b) He wandered how much money she had won.
c) He wondered how much money had she won.
d) He wondered how much money she has won.
27. “Go away or I’ll get annoyed,” he said to
me.
a) He told me to go away or he would get
annoyed.
b) He told me that I should go away or he’d be
getting annoyed.
c) He told me to going away or he’d get
annoyed.
d) He told me to go away or he’ll get annoyed.
28. “Dad’s really ill and I wish I didn’t live so
far away from him.”
a) Sharon was upset last night and she told me
that her dad’s been really ill and she wishes
she... >>>
b) Sharon was upset last night and she told me
that her dad was really ill and she wished she
didn’... >>>
c) Sharon was upset last night and she told me
that her dad was really ill and she wished she
hadn’... >>>
d) Sharon was upset last night and she told me
that her dad’s really ill and she wishes she
didn’t... >>>
29. “There is no such thing as life after death.”
a) The scientist maintains that there was no
such thing as life after death.
b) The scientist maintained that there is no such
thing as life after death.
c) The scientist maintained that there was no
such thing as life after death.
d) The scientist maintained that there’s been no
such thing as life after death.
30. “My mother is cooking dinner at the moment
so she can’t help me,” said the little girl.
a) The little girl said that her mother was
cooking dinner in that moment so she couldn’t
help her.
b) The little girl said that her mother was
cooking dinner at the moment so she couldn’t
help her.
c) The little girl said that her mother was 5. “Where is your mother?” he asked. “She is
cooking dinner in that moment so she can’t help cooking in the kitchen at the moment.”
her. a) He asked me where my mother had been and
d) The little girl said that her mother is cooking I answered that she was cooking in the kitchen
dinner at the moment so she can’t help her. in that moment.
b) He asked me where is my mother and I
Reported Speech 1 answered that she is cooking in the kitchen at
the moment.
c) He asked me where my mother was and I
1. “Shall I get a new car or a new pullover?” he
answered that she was cooking in the kitchen in
asked himself
that moment.
a) He asked himself whether he should buy a
d) He asked me where was my mother and I
new car or a new pullover.
answered that she is cooking in the kitchen in
b) He asked himself whether he would buy a
that moment.
new car or a new pullover.
6. “How about going to the cinema tonight?”
c) He asked himself weather he should buy a
a) He ordered us to go to the cinema that night.
new car or a new pullover.
b) He suggested going to the cinema tonight.
d) He asked himself whether he could buy a new
c) He suggested to go to the cinema tonight.
car or a new pullover.
d) He suggested that we go to the cimena that
2. “I was there and I saw the whole accident” he
night.
confessed.
7. “We are all going to the party soon” she says.
a) He confessed that he had been there and he
a) She said they are all coming to the party in
had seen the whole accident.
the following time.
b) He confessed that he had been there and he
b) She says they are all going to the party soon.
saw the whole accident.
c) She says we are all coming to the party the
c) He confessed that he was there and he saw the
following week.
whole accident.
d) She says they were all going to the party
d) He confessed that he has been there and he
soon.
has seen the whole accident.
8. “My sister was there when the boy stole the
3. “If I had a million Euros, I’d buy a mansion in
money” Martin told the judge.
Los Angeles” she said.
a) Martin told the judge that her sister was there
a) She said that if she had a million Euros, she
when the boy stole the money.
would buy a mansion in Los Angeles.
b) Martin told the judge that his sister had been
b) She said that if she had had a million Euros,
there when the boy had stolen the money.
she would buy a mansion in Los Angeles.
c) Martin told the judge that his sister had been
c) She said that if he had a million Euros, he
there when the boy stole the money.
would buy a mansion in Los Angeles.
d) Martin told the judge that her sister had been
d) She said that if she had had a million Euros,
there when the boy stole the money.
she would have bought a mansion in Los
9. “Did he give you a lot of presents last week?”
Angeles.
she asked her sister.
4. “If I had known the truth, I wouldn’t have
a) She asked her sister whether he had given her
married him anymore” she said.
a lot of presents the previous week.
a) She said that were she to know the truth, she
b) She asked her sister if he gave her a lot of
wouldn’t have married him anymore.
presents last week.
b) She said that if she knew the truth, she
c) She asked her sister whether he had given her
wouldn’t have married him anymore.
a lot of presents last week.
c) She said that if she had known the truth, she
d) She asked her sister if had he given her a lot
wouldn’t marry him anymire.
of presents the previous week.
d) She said that if she had known the truth, she
10. “Sit down and listen to me” he ordered.
wouldn’t have married him anymore.
a) He ordered me to sit down and listen to him.
b) He ordered me I sat down and listened to him.
c) He ordered me to be sitting down and listen to
him.
d) He ordered me sit down and listen to him.
11. “If you want to succeed in life you must
always try again” he advised me.
a) He advised me that if I wanted to succed in
life I must always try again.
b) He advised me that if I want to succed in life I
had to always try again.
c) He advised me that if I wanted to succed in
life I always had to try again.
d) He advised me that if I have wanted to succed
in life I always had to try again.
12. “I’ll help you tomorrow if I have time” he
promised.
a) He promised to help me tomorrow if he had
time.
b) He promised that he would help me the next
day if he had time.
c) He promised that he would help me tomorrow
if he had time.
d) He promised that he will help me the
following day if he has time.
13. “I shall buy a new TV-set next week” she
said.
a) She said that she would be buying a new TV-
set the following week.
b) She said that she would buy a new TV-set the
following week.
c) She said that she should be buying a new TV-
set next week.
d) She said she should buy a new TV-set the
following week.
14. “She may be your sister but this doesn’t
mean she can do whatever she wishes” he said.
a) He said that she might be my sister but this
didn’t mean she could do whatever she wishes.
b) He said that she might be my sister but that
doesn’t mean she could do whatever she wished.
c) He said that she may be my sister but this
didn’t mean she can do whatever she wished.
d) He said that she might be my sister but that
didn’t mean she could do whatever she wished.
15. “As I was driving home, a big branch fell in
the middle of the road” the man said.
a) The man said that as I was driving home a
big branch fell in the middle of the road.
b) The man said that as he had been driving
home a big branch had fallen in the middle of
the road.
c) The man said that as he was driving home a
big branch had fallen in the middle of the road.
d) The man said that as he was driving home a
big branch had fell in the middle of the road.
16. “Where have you been all day?” asked my
mother.
a) My mother asked where had I been all day.
b) My mother asked where I have been all day.
c) My mother asked where I had been all day.
d) My mother asked where I was all day.
17. “I wish I were a billionaire but I am not” he
man said.
a) The man said he wishes he were a billionaire
but he was not.
b) The man said he wished he were a billionaire
but he is not.
c) The man said he wished he were a billionaire
but he was not.
d) The man said he wished he had been a
billionaire but he was not.
18. “When did you two meet?” the father
inquired.
a) The father asked when had they two met.
b) The father asked when did they two meet.
c) The father asked when they two met.
d) The father asked when they two had met.
19. “Let’s go out and make a snowman!” he
suggested.
a) He suggested that we should go out and make
a snowman.
b) He suggested that we had gone out and would
make a snowman.
c) He suggested that we going out and making a
snowman.
d) He suggested to go out and make a snowman.
20. He said that he could help because he would
be there when everything happened.
a) “I could help because I’ll have been there
when everything happened.”
b) “I can help because I’ll be there when
everything has happened.”
c) “I can help because I’ll be there when
everything happens.”
d) “I can help because I’d be there when
everything will happen.”
21. “We will be meeting the day after tomorrow
as usual” he told her.
a) He told her they will be meeting the day after
tomorrow as usual.
b) He told her they would be meeting after two
days as usual.
c) He told her they would be meeting the day
after tomorrow as usual.
d) He told her they would meet two days later as
usual.
22. Where have you been so far?” the wife
asked.
a) The wife asked where he had been until then.
b) The wife asked where he had been so far.
c) The wife asked where he has been so far.
d) The wife asked where had he been until then.
23. “Handsome is as handsome does” my
mother used to say.
a) My mother used to say that handsome is as
handsome does.
b) My mother used to say that handsome has
been as handsome did.
c) My mother used to say that handsome was as
handsome did.
d) My mother used to say that handsome was as
handsome does.
24. “What are you going to do tomorrow when
they arrive from work?” she asked me.
a) She asked me what am I going to do
tomorrow when they arrive from work.
b) She asked me what I am going to do
tomorrow when they arrived from work.
c) She asked me what was I going to do the next
day when they arrived from work.
d) She asked me what I was going to do the
following day when they arrived from work.
25. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
asked the girl.
a) The girl asked why he was looking at her like
that.
b) The girl asked had he been looking at her like
that.
c) He girl asked why was he looking at her like
that.
d) The girl asked why he is looking at her like
that.
26. “You ought to study more or you will flop
the exam”
a) The teacher said I ought to study more or I
would flop the exam.
b) The teacher said I ought study more or I
would be flopping the exam.
c) The teacher said I must study more or I would
flop the exam.
d) The teacher said I should study more or I was
going to flop the exam.
27. “You needn’t come to the meeting
tomorrow” the teacher told me.
a) The teacher told me I didn’t need to go to the
meeting the next day.
b) The teacher told me that I wouldn’t have to
come to the meeting the following day.
c) The teacher told me I wouldn’t have to go to
the meeting the following day.
d) The teacher told me I needn’t come to the
meeting the next day.
28. “OMG this dress is amazing!” she exclamed.
a) She showed enthusiasm about the dress.
b) She said OMG and that the dress is amazing.
c) She said OMG that dress was amazing.
d) She expressed her OMG about the dress.
29. “Do you enjoy watching TV series?” I asked
them.
a) I asked them if did they enjoy watching TV
series.
b) I asked them weather they enjoyed watching
TV series.
c) I asked them whether they enjoyed watching
TV series.
d) I asked them if they had enjoyed watching TV
series.
30. “It’s high time we all went to bed now” he
said.
a) He said it is hight time they all went to bed
now.
b) He said it was high time they all had gone to
bed then.
c) He said it was high time they all went to bed
at that time.
d) He said it was high time they all had gone to
bed at that time.