Name:...................... Reported Speech &Tenses Date:.........................

Class : ......IX........... Work Sheet No.: 5

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I. Choose the most appropriate option for the following:

Q1: Tom said, 'I want to visit my friends this weekend.'

a) Tom said he wants to visit his friends that weekend.

b) Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend.
c) Tom said he wanted to visit his friends this weekend.
d) Tom said he had wanted to visit his friends that weekend.

Q2: Jerry said, 'I'm studying English a lot at the moment.'

a) Jerry said he was studying English a lot at that moment.

b) Jerry said he was studying English a lot at the moment.
c) Jerry said I was studying English a lot at that moment.
d) Jerry said he has been studying English a lot at the moment.

Q3: They said, 'We've lived here for a long time.'

a) They said they have lived there for a long time.

b) They said they lived here for a long time.
c) They said they had lived there for a long time.
d) They said they had been living there for a long time.

Q4: He asked me, 'Have you finished reading the newspaper?'

a) He asked me if had I finished reading the newspaper.

b) He asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper.
c) He asked me if I finished reading the newspaper.
d) He asked me if I have finished reading the newspaper.

Q5: Susan reassured me, 'I can come tonight.'

a) Susan told me I could come that night.

b) Susan told me she could come that night.
c) Susan told me she could come tomorrow evening.
d) Susan told me she can come that night.
Q6: She said, 'I really wish I had bought that new car.'

a) She told me she really wished she bought that new car.
b) She told me she really had wished she had bought that new car.
c) She told me she really wished she had bought that new car.
d) She told me she really wished I had bought that new car.

Q7: Jack said, 'He must be guilty!'

a) Jack said he must have been guilty.

b) Jack said he must have be guilty.
c) Jack said he must has been guilty.
d) Jack said he must be guilty.

Q8: Cheryl asked her, 'How long have you lived here?'

a) Cheryl asked her how long she has lived there.

b) Cheryl asked her how long she lived there.
c) Cheryl asked her how long she had lived there.
d) Cheryl asked her how long had she lived there.

Q9: He said, 'I must get going. Otherwise, I'm going to be late.'

a) He told me he had to get going. Otherwise, he was going to be late.

b) He told me he had to get going. Otherwise, I was going to be late.
c) He told me he has to get going. Otherwise, he was going to be late.
d) He told me I had to get going. Otherwise, I was going to be late.

Q10: She said, 'I've worked here since I left my last job.'

a) She told me that she worked there since she had left her last job.
b) She told me that she had worked there since she had left her last job.
c) She told me that she had worked there since she left her last job.
d) She told me that she had worked here since she left her last job.

II. Complete the passage by choosing the correct options from those given in brackets.

Agriculture (a)________ existed from the earliest times in a more or less primitive state.
Though improvements (b_________ place, the farming of the eighteenth century was carried
on unscientific lines. (c)____ Industrial Revolution gave the final blow to the old system.
New methods were(d )_________ introduced by such men as Townshend, who(e)_______
the principle of crop-rotation. Capitalists were beginning to turn their attention (f) _________
agriculture.(g) _________ progress was being made .(h) ________, the growth of population
in countries increased demands and necessitated a greater and more rapid output.
(a) (i) is (ii) have (iii) will (iv) had
(b) (i)has taken (ii) was taken (iii) had taken (iv) taken
(c) (i) The (ii) An (iii) X (iv) Their
(d) (i) being (ii) got (iii) been (iv) going
(e) (i) invented (ii) manufactured (iii) discovered (iv) founded
(f) (i) across (ii) towards (iii) about (iv) 0ver
(g) (i) Since (ii) Moreover (iii) Although (iv) Thus
(h) (i) However (ii) Usually (iii) Besides (iv) Provided

III.Fill in the blanks using the correct form of verbs given in the bracket.

a. Look! Those bees ______ ( buzz ) round the flowers. The bees are not only ______

( collect ) honey, but they ______ ( pollinate ) the flowers as well.

b. Mary told him what ______ ( happen ) to his dog, so he ______ ( run )home to see

how it ______ ( be ).

c. He walked along the road, wondering what ______ ( happen ) and where all the

people ______ ( go ). The streets ______ ( be ) deserted, and the stalls ______

( be leave ) as they ______ ( be ), with fruit and vegetables arranged in neat rows.

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