Indirect speech / Reported speech – English Grammar Test for B1
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2 They said, “We are watching TV.” → They said ___
3 He said, “I will help you.” → He said ___
4 “I met her yesterday,” John said. → John said ___
5 “Do you like pizza?” she asked me. → She asked me ___
6 “Where are you going?” he asked her. → He asked her ___
7 “Please open the window,” she said. → She asked me ___
8 “Don’t run in the hall,” the teacher told us. → The teacher told us ___
9 “Can you swim?” he asked. → He asked me ___
10 “I have lost my keys,” she said. → She said ___
11 “We visited London last summer,” they said. → They said ___
12 “I can ride a bike,” Peter said. → Peter said ___
13 “Will you come with me?” she asked. → She asked me ___
14 “What time does the shop close?” he asked. → He asked ___
15 “I must finish my work now,” she said. → She said ___
16 “Don’t touch that button,” the man warned me. → The man warned me ___
17 “I am doing my homework,” Tom said. → Tom said ___
18 “We will meet you next Friday,” they said. → They said ___
19 “Do you understand the question?” she asked. → She asked me ___
20 “I didn’t like the film,” he said. → He said ___
21 “Why are you late?” she asked me. → She asked me ___
22 “Close the door,” he told her. → He told her ___
23 “I have never seen that movie,” she said. → She said ___
24 “Shall we have lunch together?” he asked. → He asked if ___
25 “Did you finish the test?” she asked me. → She asked me ___
26 “I may go abroad next year,” he said. → He said ___
27 “What are you doing here?” the policeman asked him. → The policeman asked him ___
28 “We didn’t buy anything,” they said. → They said ___
29 “Could you carry this bag for me?” she asked. → She asked me ___
30 “Turn off the lights,” my father told me. → My father told me ___
Answer
1 She said she was tired.
→ Present simple → Past simple.
2 They said they were watching TV.
→ Present continuous → Past continuous.
3 He said he would help me.
→ Will → Would.
4 John said he had met her the day before.
→ Past simple → Past perfect; yesterday → the day before.
5 She asked me if I liked pizza.
→ Yes/No question → if/whether + past tense.
6 He asked her where she was going.
→ Present continuous → Past continuous.
7 She asked me to open the window.
→ Imperative → asked + object + to + verb.
8 The teacher told us not to run in the hall.
→ Negative imperative → told + object + not to + verb.
9 He asked me if I could swim.
→ Can → Could.
10 She said she had lost her keys.
→ Present perfect → Past perfect.
11 They said they had visited London the previous summer.
→ Past simple → Past perfect.
12 Peter said he could ride a bike.
→ Can → Could.
13 She asked me if I would come with her.
→ Will → Would.
14 He asked what time the shop closed.
→ Present simple → Past simple in reported questions.
15 She said she had to finish her work then.
→ Must → Had to; now → then.
16 The man warned me not to touch that button.
→ Imperative → warned + object + not to + verb.
17 Tom said he was doing his homework.
→ Present continuous → Past continuous.
18 They said they would meet me the following Friday.
→ Will → Would; next → following.
19 She asked me if I understood the question.
→ Present → Past.
20 He said he hadn’t liked the film.
→ Past simple → Past perfect.
21 She asked me why I was late.
→ Present continuous → Past continuous.
22 He told her to close the door.
→ Imperative → told + object + to + verb.
23 She said she had never seen that movie.
→ Present perfect → Past perfect.
24 He asked if they should have lunch together.
→ Shall we → if we should.
25 She asked me if I had finished the test.
→ Past simple → Past perfect.
26 He said he might go abroad the following year.
→ May → Might; next year → the following year.
27 The policeman asked him what he was doing there.
→ Present continuous → Past continuous; here → there.
28 They said they hadn’t bought anything.
→ Past simple → Past perfect.
29 She asked me to carry that bag for her.
→ Could you…? → asked + object + to + verb.
30 My father told me to turn off the lights.
→ Imperative → told + object + to + verb.