Exercise: Direct to Indirect Speech / Reported Speech

Choose the best indirect/reported speech for each of the following direct speeches. If you choose a wrong answer, you can still choose another to find the correct one. However, there will be a score penalty every time you choose a wrong answer. Your overall score will be based on the percentage of your correct or incorrect answers.

 

1. He said, "I want to go home."
   1.   He said that I want to go home.
   2.   He said that he wants to go home.
   3.   He said that I wanted to go home.
   4.   He said that he wanted to go home.
2. "I have finished the report," Jim said.
   1.   Jim said that I had finished the report.
   2.   Jim said that he had finished the report.
   3.   Jim said that I have finished the report.
   4.   Jim said that he finishes the report.
3. Mary asked me, "Can you speak Spanish?"
   1.   Mary asked me I could speak Spanish.
   2.   Mary asked me could you speak Spanish.
   3.   Mary asked me if you could speak Spanish.
   4.   Mary asked me whether I could speak Spanish.
4. I told him, "Please show me your ID card."
   1.   I told him please show me his ID card.
   2.   I asked him to show me your ID card.
   3.   I asked him to show me his ID card.
   4.   I told him to show me your ID card.
5. She said, "I am making a new dress."
   1.   She said that I was making a new dress.
   2.   She said that she is making a new dress.
   3.   She said that I am making a new dress.
   4.   She said that she was making a new dress.
6. "Where did you find the information?" I asked her.
   1.   I asked her where did you find the information.
   2.   I asked her where she had found the information.
   3.   I asked her where did she find the information.
   4.   I asked her where you had found the information.
7. He told her, "Please finish the story."
   1.   He asked her to finish the story.
   2.   He told her please finish the story.
   3.   He asked her to please finish the story.
   4.   He told her finish the story.
8. "Can you find the documents?" she asked.
   1.   She asked you could find the documents.
   2.   She asked if you could find the documents.
   3.   She asked me to find the documents.
   4.   She asked whether I could find the documents.
9. Dad said, "You should knock at the door before coming in."
   1.   Dad said that you should knock at the door before coming in.
   2.   Dad told me that I knocked at the door before coming in.
   3.   Dad suggested that he knock at the door before coming in.
   4.   Dad suggested that I knock at the door before coming in.
10. "Don't shout!" said the teacher.
    1.   The teacher said don't shout.
    2.   The teacher told us not to shout.
    3.   The teacher told us did not shout.
    4.   The teacher told us to not shout.
11. "Do you remember the number?" the policeman asked
    1.   The policeman asked me if you remember the number.
    2.   The policeman asked you whether to remember the number.
    3.   The policeman asked me to remember the number.
    4.   The policeman asked me if I remembered the number.
12. She said, "Would you like some coffee?"
    1.   She asked if you liked some coffee.
    2.   She said that you would like some coffee.
    3.   She offered me some coffee.
    4.   She asked whether I liked coffee.
13. "Don't use too much paint on the front gate," he said to the boy.
    1.   He asked the boy not to use too much paint on the front gate.
    2.   He said the boy did not use too much paint on the front gate.
    3.   He said to the boy do not to use too much paint on the front gate.
    4.   He told the boy did not use too much paint on the front gate.
14. She asked the gardener, "How often do you water the flowers?"
    1.   She asked the gardener how often do you water the flowers.
    2.   She asked the gardener whether he often waters the flowers.
    3.   She asked the gardener how often you watered the flowers.
    4.   She asked the gardener how often he watered the flowers.
15. "Let's wash these clothes," they said.
    1.   They said let's wash these clothes.
    2.   They suggested washing those clothes.
    3.   They asked me to wash those clothes.
    4.   They let me wash those clothes.
16. "Do you play badminton?" he asked her.
    1.   He asked her if you play badminton.
    2.   He asked her whether she played badminton.
    3.   He asked her whether he played badminton.
    4.   He asked her to play badminton.
17. He said, "I don't intend to go to town today."
    1.   He said that I don't intend to go to town today.
    2.   He said that you didn't intend to go to town that day.
    3.   He told them not to intend to go to town that day.
    4.   He said that he didn't intend to go to town that day.
18. "Where did the accident happen?" she asked him.
    1.   She asked him where did the accident happen.
    2.   She asked him the accident had happened where.
    3.   She asked him where the accident had happened.
    4.   She asked him where had the accident happened.
19. The teacher told the students, "We will announce the exam result soon."
    1.   The teacher informed the students that they would announce the exam result soon.
    2.   The teacher told the students to announce the exam result soon.
    3.   The teacher suggested the students that they announce the exam result soon.
    4.   The teacher asked the students if they would announce the exam result soon.
20. He explained to me, "They are going to discuss the proposal at the next meeting."
    1.   He explained to me that they are going to discuss the proposal at the next meeting.
    2.   He explained to me that we are going to discuss the proposal at the next meeting.
    3.   He explained to me that they were going to discuss the proposal at the next meeting.
    4.   He explained to me that we were going to discuss the proposal at the next meeting.

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