This document contains 15 multiple choice questions about reported speech (also known as indirect speech), where the speaker is reporting what someone else has said but not using direct quotation marks. For each question there are 3 answer choices about how to correctly convert the direct quotation into reported or indirect speech.

2. Question 1

3. They said, "This is our
book."
A They said this was our book
B They said this was their book
C They said that was their book.
D They said it was their book

4. They said, "This is our
book."
A They said this was our book
B They said this was their book
C They said that was their book.
D They said it was their book

5. Question 2

6. She said, "I went to the
cinema yesterday."
A She said that I had gone to the cinema yesterday
B She said that I had gone to the cinema the day before
C She said that she had gone to the cinema the day before

7. She said, "I went to the
cinema yesterday."
A She said that I had gone to the cinema yesterday
B She said that I had gone to the cinema the day before
C She said that she had gone to the cinema the day before

8. Question 3

9. "Close the door behind
you," he told me.
A He told me to close the door behind you
B He told me to close the door behind me
C He told me close the door behind me

10. "Close the door behind
you," he told me.
A He told me to close the door behind you
B He told me to close the door behind me
C He told me close the door behind me

11. Question 4

12. You said, "I will do this
for him."
A You said that you would do that for him
B You said that you would do this for him
C You said that I would do that for him

13. You said, "I will do this
for him."
A You said that you would do that for him
B You said that you would do this for him
C You said that I would do that for him

14. Question 5

15. They said, "We have never
been here before."
A They said that we have never been here before
B They said that we had never been here before
C They said that they had never been here before
D They said that they had never been there before

16. They said, "We have never
been here before."
A They said that we have never been here before
B They said that we had never been here before
C They said that they had never been here before

17. Question 6

18. "John, stop smoking," she
said.
A She told John to stop smoking
B She said to stop smoking
C She told John stop smoking
D She said John to stop smoking

19. "John, stop smoking," she
said.
A She told John to stop smoking
B She said to stop smoking
C She told John stop smoking
D She said John to stop smoking

20. Question 7

21. "Don't worry about us,"
they told her.
A They told her to not worry about us.
B They told her not to worry about us.
C They told her not to worry about them.
D

22. "Don't worry about us,"
they said.
A They told her to not worry about us.
B They told her not to worry about us.
C They told her not to worry about them.

23. Question 8

24. They said, "We were in
London last week."
A They said that we had been in London last week.
B They said that they had been in London the week before.
C They said that we had been in London the week before.

25. They said, "We were in
London last week."
A They said that we had been in London last week.
B They said that they had been in London the week before.
C They said that we had been in London the week before.

26. Question 9

27. He said, "I will have finished
this paper by tomorrow."
A He said that I will have finished that paper by
tomorrow
B He said that I will have finished that paper by the
next day
C He said that I would have finished that paper by
the next day

28. He said, "I will have finished
this paper by tomorrow."
A He said that I will have finished that paper by
tomorrow
B He said that I will have finished that paper by the
next day
C He said that I would have finished that paper by
the next day

29. Question 10

30. He said, "They won't
sleep."
A He said that they wouldn't sleep
B He said that they won't sleep
C He said that you wouldn't sleep
D He said that you won't sleep

31. He said, "They won't
sleep."
A He said that they wouldn't sleep
B He said that they won't sleep
C He said that you wouldn't sleep
D He said that you won't sleep

32. Question 11

33. “Meet me at the cinema."
he asked me.
A He asked me to meet me at the cinema.
B He asked me to meet at the cinema.
C He asked me to meet his at the cinema.

34. “Meet me at the cinema."
he asked me.
AHe asked me to meet me at the cinema.
B He asked me to meet at the cinema.
C He asked me to meet his at the cinema.

35. Question 12

36. She said, "It is very quiet
here."
A She said that it was very quiet here.
B She said that it was very quiet there.
C She said that it is very quiet here.
D She said that it is very quiet there.

37. She said, "It is very quiet
here."
A She said that it was very quiet here.
B She said that it was very quiet there.
C She said that it is very quiet here.
D

38. Question 13

39. They said, "We are busy."
A They said that we are busy.
B They said that they are busy.
C They said that they were busy.
D They said that we were busy.

40. They said, "We are busy."
A They said that we are busy.
B They said that they are busy.
C They said that they were busy.
D They said that we were busy.

41. Question 14

42. He said, "I know a better
restaurant."
A He said that he knew a better restaurant.
B He said that I knew a better restaurant.
C He said that he knows a better restaurant.

43. He said, "I know a better
restaurant."
A He said that he knew a better restaurant.
B He said that I knew a better restaurant.
C He said that he knows a better restaurant.

44. Question 15

45. She said, "I woke up
early."
A She said that she had woke up early.
B She said that she had woken up early.
C She said that I had woke up early.

46. She said, "I woke up
early."
A She said that she had woke up early.
B She said that she had woken up early.
C She said that I had woke up early.
D

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