Quizzes › Grammar

Reported Speech

"I am tired," she said. She said that she was tired. Change direct speech into reported speech, one step at a time.

18 questionsMultiple choiceEnglish

Plays on your class screen as Question Tiles. No account needed.

The questions

  1. 1

    "I am tired," she said.

    • She said she were tired.
    • She said that I was tired.
    • She said that she is tired yesterday.
    • She said that she was tired.

    Answer: She said that she was tired.

  2. 2

    "I like pizza," he said.

    • He said he like pizza.
    • He said that he liked pizza.
    • He said that he likes pizza yesterday.
    • He said that I liked pizza.

    Answer: He said that he liked pizza.

  3. 3

    "We are going home," they said.

    • They said that they going home.
    • They said that they were going home.
    • They said that we are going home.
    • They said they was going home.

    Answer: They said that they were going home.

  4. 4

    "I can swim," Tom said.

    • Tom said he cans swim.
    • Tom said that he can swam.
    • Tom said that he could swim.
    • Tom said that I could swim.

    Answer: Tom said that he could swim.

  5. 5

    "I will call you," she said to me.

    • She said me that she would call me.
    • She told me that she will called me.
    • She told me that she would call me.
    • She told that she would call me.

    Answer: She told me that she would call me.

  6. 6

    "I have finished," he said.

    • He said he have finished.
    • He said that he had finished.
    • He said that he has finish.
    • He said that I had finished.

    Answer: He said that he had finished.

  7. 7

    "I saw a film," Anna said.

    • Anna said she seen a film.
    • Anna said that I had seen a film.
    • Anna said that she had seen a film.
    • Anna said that she has saw a film.

    Answer: Anna said that she had seen a film.

  8. 8

    "Close the door," the teacher said.

    • The teacher said us to close the door.
    • The teacher told to us closing the door.
    • The teacher told us close the door.
    • The teacher told us to close the door.

    Answer: The teacher told us to close the door.

  9. 9

    "Don't run!" Mum said.

    • Mum said us not run.
    • Mum told us don't run.
    • Mum told us not to run.
    • Mum told us to not running.

    Answer: Mum told us not to run.

  10. 10

    "Where do you live?" he asked.

    • He asked me where lived I.
    • He asked where did I live.
    • He asked where do you live.
    • He asked where I lived.

    Answer: He asked where I lived.

  11. 11

    "Are you hungry?" she asked.

    • She asked if I was hungry.
    • She asked if was I hungry.
    • She asked that I am hungry.
    • She asked was I hungry if.

    Answer: She asked if I was hungry.

  12. 12

    "What time is it?" Ben asked.

    • Ben asked what it time was.
    • Ben asked what time is it.
    • Ben asked what time it was.
    • Ben asked what time was it.

    Answer: Ben asked what time it was.

  13. 13

    "I'm leaving tomorrow," she said.

    • She said she is leaving tomorrow ago.
    • She said she leaves the day before.
    • She said she was leaving the next day.
    • She said she was leaving yesterday.

    Answer: She said she was leaving the next day.

  14. 14

    "This is my car," he said.

    • He said that was his car.
    • He said that was my car.
    • He said this is my car.
    • He said those were his car.

    Answer: He said that was his car.

  15. 15

    What happens to "today" in reported speech?

    • It becomes "tomorrow"
    • It becomes "yesterday"
    • It never changes
    • It often becomes "that day"

    Answer: It often becomes "that day"

  16. 16

    What happens to "here" in reported speech?

    • It becomes "hear"
    • It becomes "where"
    • It never changes
    • It often becomes "there"

    Answer: It often becomes "there"

  17. 17

    Which verb do we use with an object, "said" or "told"?

    • Both: she said me
    • Neither
    • Said: she said me
    • Told: she told me

    Answer: Told: she told me

  18. 18

    Which one is correct?

    • She said me that she was busy.
    • She told me that she was busy.
    • She told that she was busy to me.
    • She told to me she busy.

    Answer: She told me that she was busy.