Reported speech – English Grammar Test for A2
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Part A. Multiple Choice (1–10)
Choose the correct answer.
1 He said, “I am tired.” → He said he ___ tired.
a) is
b) was
c) were
2 She said, “I like coffee.” → She said she ___ coffee.
a) likes
b) liked
c) like
3 They said, “We are students.” → They said they ___ students.
a) were
b) are
c) was
4 Tom said, “I will call you tomorrow.” → Tom said he ___ call me the next day.
a) will
b) would
c) shall
5 Mary said, “I went to the park yesterday.” → Mary said she ___ to the park the day before.
a) had gone
b) went
c) goes
6 He said, “I can help you.” → He said he ___ help me.
a) could
b) can
c) will
7 She said, “I must finish this today.” → She said she ___ finish that that day.
a) had to
b) must
c) has to
8 John said, “I am reading a book.” → John said he ___ a book.
a) is reading
b) was reading
c) reads
9 They said, “We have finished our work.” → They said they ___ their work.
a) finished
b) had finished
c) have finished
10 She said, “I don’t like tea.” → She said she ___ like tea.
a) didn’t
b) doesn’t
c) hadn’t
Part B. Gap-fill (11–15)
Fill in the blanks with the correct reported form.
11 He said, “I saw her yesterday.” → He said he ___ her the day before.
12 They said, “We will travel to London.” → They said they ___ travel to London.
13 She said, “I am cooking now.” → She said she ___ then.
14 He said, “I can’t swim.” → He said he ___ swim.
15 They said, “We bought a new car last week.” → They said they ___ a new car the week before.
Part C. Sentence Transformation (16–20)
Rewrite in Reported Speech.
16 She said, “I am happy.”
17 He said, “I have a new car.”
18 Tom said, “I am working now.”
19 They said, “We were playing football.”
20 Mary said, “I have seen that film.”
Part D. Error Correction (21–25)
Find and correct the mistake.
21 She said that she is tired.
22 He said that he has a new car.
23 They said that they are students.
24 Tom said that he will call me the next day.
25 Mary said that she go to the park the day before.
Part E. Dialogue Completion (26–27)
Complete the dialogue.
26
A: “Where do you live?”
B: He asked me where I ___ .
27
A: “Did you finish your homework yesterday?”
B: She asked me if I ___ my homework the day before.
Part F. Short Reading (28–30)
Yesterday my teacher told us about her holiday. She said she had gone to Italy last summer. She told us that she had visited Rome and Florence. She said, “I loved the food and the people.” She also told us she had met some friendly locals and they had shown her around the city. Finally, she said, “I will go there again next year.”
28 Where had the teacher gone last summer?
a) Spain
b) Italy
c) France
29 What did she say about the food and the people?
a) She hated them.
b) She loved them.
c) She ignored them.
30 What did she say about the future?
a) She would go there again.
b) She will stay at home.
c) She might stop travelling.
Answer
1 b) was – “am” → “was”.
2 b) liked – Present simple → past simple.
3 a) were – “are” → “were”.
4 b) would – “will” → “would”.
5 a) had gone – Past simple → past perfect.
6 a) could – “can” → “could”.
7 a) had to – “must” → “had to”.
8 b) was reading – Present continuous → past continuous.
9 b) had finished – Present perfect → past perfect.
10 a) didn’t – “don’t” → “didn’t”.
11 had seen – Past simple → past perfect.
12 would – “will” → “would”.
13 was cooking – Present continuous → past continuous.
14 couldn’t – “can’t” → “couldn’t”.
15 had bought – Past simple → past perfect.
16 She said that she was happy – “am” → “was”.
17 He said that he had a new car – “have” → “had”.
18 Tom said that he was working then – “now” → “then”.
19 They said that they had been playing football – Past continuous → past perfect continuous.
20 Mary said that she had seen that film – Present perfect → past perfect.
21 Correct: She said that she was tired – “is” → “was”.
22 Correct: He said that he had a new car – “has” → “had”.
23 Correct: They said that they were students – “are” → “were”.
24 Correct: Tom said that he would call me – “will” → “would”.
25 Correct: Mary said that she had gone – “go” → “had gone”.
26 lived – “Where do you live?” → “where I lived.”
27 had finished – Past simple → past perfect.
28 b) Italy – Teacher had gone to Italy.
29 b) She loved them – Direct speech in text.
30 a) She would go there again – “will” → “would”.