Reported Speech

Question 1

Sue asked me where I ____ bought the dress that I ____ the night before.

Accepted Answer

had bought / was wearing

Question 2

"I don’t want to eat this vegetable!" The boy said that he ____ to eat that vegetable.

Accepted Answer

didn't want

Question 3

"Is there anything I can do to help?". The nurse asked if there ____ anything ____ could do to help.

Accepted Answer

was / she

Question 4

"Come and see me today." The doctor ____ him to come and see him that day.

Accepted Answer

told

Question 5

He told that he was at school the day before.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

"Do you know this man?" The teacher asked the child ______ he knew that man.

Accepted Answer

if

Question 7

Susie said, “I’ll wash the dishes”. She said she ____ the dishes.

Accepted Answer

would wash

Question 8

Sandra ____ Bob that she didn’t see the Taj Mahal.

Accepted Answer

told

Question 9

“The people who I looked after are very well.” She said that the people who she _____ after _____ very well.

Accepted Answer

had looked / were

Question 10

‘Don’t talk, please!’ The teacher ____ us not to talk.

Accepted Answer

warned

Question 11

“It’s a quite flat, and the neighbors are nice.” Mrs. Deon said it ____ a quite flat, and the neighbors ____ nice.

Accepted Answer

was / were

Question 12

"I will go home early tomorrow" She said that she ____ home early ____.

Accepted Answer

would go / the next day

Question 13

“You’ll have to make up your mind soon.” She told me I _____ make up my mind soon.

Accepted Answer

would have to

Question 14

Emmy said that her father ____ him a new car next year.

Accepted Answer

would buy

Question 15

After the meeting, the accountant asked me who _______ the schedules.

Accepted Answer

had planned

Question 16

“You can move in immediately.” She told me I _____ immediately.

Accepted Answer

could move in

Question 17

"What are you doing here?" The policeman asked the boys what they ____ there.

Accepted Answer

were doing

Questions 17