Indirect speech / Reported speech – English Grammar Test for B1
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(a) She said she is tired.
(b) She said she was tired.
(c) She said she had been tired.
(d) She said she will be tired.
2 “We are studying English,” they said.
(a) They said they study English.
(b) They said they studied English.
(c) They said they were studying English.
(d) They said they have studied English.
3 “I will call you tomorrow,” he told me.
(a) He told me he will call me tomorrow.
(b) He told me he would call me the next day.
(c) He told me he would call me yesterday.
(d) He told me he will call me the next day.
4 “I saw her yesterday,” John said.
(a) John said he saw her yesterday.
(b) John said he had seen her the day before.
(c) John said he had seen her tomorrow.
(d) John said he sees her the day before.
5 “Do you like coffee?” she asked.
(a) She asked if I liked coffee.
(b) She asked if I like coffee.
(c) She asked did I like coffee.
(d) She asked I liked coffee.
6 “Where are you going?” he asked me.
(a) He asked me where I go.
(b) He asked me where I am going.
(c) He asked me where I was going.
(d) He asked me where was I going.
7 “Please help me,” she said.
(a) She said me to help her.
(b) She asked me to help her.
(c) She said I help her.
(d) She asked that I help her.
8 “Don’t be late,” my father told me.
(a) My father told me not to be late.
(b) My father said me don’t be late.
(c) My father said not be late.
(d) My father told don’t be late.
9 “Can you open the window?” he asked.
(a) He asked could I open the window.
(b) He asked me if I can open the window.
(c) He asked me if I could open the window.
(d) He asked me can I open the window.
10 “I have finished my homework,” she said.
(a) She said she has finished her homework.
(b) She said she finished her homework.
(c) She said she had finished her homework.
(d) She said she have finished her homework.
11 “We went to Paris last year,” they said.
(a) They said they go to Paris last year.
(b) They said they had gone to Paris the previous year.
(c) They said they had gone to Paris next year.
(d) They said they gone to Paris the previous year.
12 “I can swim very fast,” Tom said.
(a) Tom said he can swim very fast.
(b) Tom said he could swim very fast.
(c) Tom said he has swum very fast.
(d) Tom said he swims very fast.
13 “Will you help me?” she asked.
(a) She asked if I will help her.
(b) She asked if I would help her.
(c) She asked that I help her.
(d) She asked I will help her.
14 “What time does the train leave?” he asked.
(a) He asked what time the train leaves.
(b) He asked what time the train left.
(c) He asked what time did the train leave.
(d) He asked what time the train leaving.
15 “I must go home now,” she said.
(a) She said she must go home now.
(b) She said she had to go home then.
(c) She said she must to go home then.
(d) She said she has to go home now.
16 “Don’t touch that vase!” she warned him.
(a) She warned him don’t touch that vase.
(b) She warned him not touch that vase.
(c) She warned him not to touch that vase.
(d) She warned him to not touching that vase.
17 “I am reading a book,” he said.
(a) He said he reads a book.
(b) He said he was reading a book.
(c) He said he read a book.
(d) He said he has read a book.
18 “We will see you next week,” they said.
(a) They said they would see me the next week.
(b) They said they will see me the next week.
(c) They said they would see me the following week.
(d) They said they see me next week.
19 “Do you understand me?” she asked.
(a) She asked if I understand her.
(b) She asked if I understood her.
(c) She asked that I understand her.
(d) She asked did I understand her.
20 “I didn’t go to school yesterday,” he said.
(a) He said he didn’t go to school yesterday.
(b) He said he hadn’t gone to school the day before.
(c) He said he hadn’t went to school the day before.
(d) He said he didn’t went to school yesterday.
21 “Why are you crying?” she asked.
(a) She asked me why I was crying.
(b) She asked me why was I crying.
(c) She asked me why I cried.
(d) She asked me why crying.
22 “Close the door,” he told us.
(a) He told us we close the door.
(b) He told us to close the door.
(c) He told us close the door.
(d) He told us that close the door.
23 “I have never been to London,” she said.
(a) She said she never was in London.
(b) She said she has never been to London.
(c) She said she had never been to London.
(d) She said she never been to London.
24 “Shall we start the meeting?” he asked.
(a) He asked if they should start the meeting.
(b) He asked if they shall start the meeting.
(c) He asked if we should start the meeting.
(d) He asked shall we start the meeting.
25 “Did you see my bag?” she asked me.
(a) She asked me if I see her bag.
(b) She asked me if I had seen her bag.
(c) She asked me if I saw her bag.
(d) She asked me did I see her bag.
26 “I may visit you next month,” he said.
(a) He said he might visit me the following month.
(b) He said he may visit me next month.
(c) He said he will visit me the following month.
(d) He said he might visited me the next month.
27 “What are you doing here?” the policeman asked him.
(a) The policeman asked him what he was doing there.
(b) The policeman asked him what are you doing here.
(c) The policeman asked him what he did there.
(d) The policeman asked him what was he doing there.
28 “We didn’t eat anything,” they said.
(a) They said they haven’t eaten anything.
(b) They said they didn’t eat anything.
(c) They said they hadn’t eaten anything.
(d) They said they not eaten anything.
29 “Could you lend me some money?” she asked.
(a) She asked me could I lend her some money.
(b) She asked me to lend her some money.
(c) She asked me if I lend her some money.
(d) She asked me if could I lend her some money.
30 “Turn off your phone,” the teacher told us.
(a) The teacher told us to turn off our phone.
(b) The teacher told us turn off your phone.
(c) The teacher told us turn off our phone.
(d) The teacher told us that turn off your phone.
Answer
1 (b) She said she was tired.
→ Present simple in direct → Past simple in reported.
2 (c) They said they were studying English.
→ Present continuous → Past continuous.
3 (b) He told me he would call me the next day.
→ Will → Would; tomorrow → the next day.
4 (b) John said he had seen her the day before.
→ Past simple → Past perfect; yesterday → the day before.
5 (a) She asked if I liked coffee.
→ Yes/No question → if/whether + past tense.
6 (c) He asked me where I was going.
→ Present continuous → Past continuous.
7 (b) She asked me to help her.
→ Imperative → asked/told + object + to-infinitive.
8 (a) My father told me not to be late.
→ Negative imperative → told + object + not to + verb.
9 (c) He asked me if I could open the window.
→ Can → Could.
10 (c) She said she had finished her homework.
→ Present perfect → Past perfect.
11 (b) They said they had gone to Paris the previous year.
→ Past simple → Past perfect; last year → the previous year.
12 (b) Tom said he could swim very fast.
→ Can → Could.
13 (b) She asked if I would help her.
→ Will → Would.
14 (a) He asked what time the train leaves.
→ When reporting general truths or timetables, tense may stay the same.
15 (b) She said she had to go home then.
→ Must (obligation) → had to; now → then.
16 (c) She warned him not to touch that vase.
→ Negative imperative → not to + verb.
17 (b) He said he was reading a book.
→ Present continuous → Past continuous.
18 (c) They said they would see me the following week.
→ Will → Would; next week → the following week.
19 (b) She asked if I understood her.
→ Present → Past.
20 (b) He said he hadn’t gone to school the day before.
→ Past simple → Past perfect; yesterday → the day before.
21 (a) She asked me why I was crying.
→ Present continuous → Past continuous; keep word order.
22 (b) He told us to close the door.
→ Imperative → told + object + to + verb.
23 (c) She said she had never been to London.
→ Present perfect → Past perfect.
24 (c) He asked if we should start the meeting.
→ Shall we → if we should.
25 (b) She asked me if I had seen her bag.
→ Past simple → Past perfect.
26 (a) He said he might visit me the following month.
→ May → Might; next month → the following month.
27 (a) The policeman asked him what he was doing there.
→ Present continuous → Past continuous; here → there.
28 (c) They said they hadn’t eaten anything.
→ Past simple → Past perfect.
29 (b) She asked me to lend her some money.
→ Polite request → ask + object + to + verb.
30 (a) The teacher told us to turn off our phone.
→ Imperative → told + object + to + verb (with pronoun change).