Reported Speech (Practice Questions)

1. Direct Speech: “I love playing the guitar.”

a) He loves playing the guitar.
b) I love playing the guitar.
c) He loved playing the guitar.
d) I loved playing the guitar.

2. Direct Speech: “We are going to the park tomorrow.”

a) They are going to the park tomorrow.
b) We were going to the park tomorrow.
c) They were going to the park tomorrow.
d) We go to the park tomorrow.

3. Direct Speech: “She said, ‘I have already finished my homework.'”

a) She said that she already finished her homework.
b) She said that she had already finished her homework.
c) She says that she finished her homework already.
d) She said that she has already finished her homework.

4. Direct Speech: “The teacher exclaimed, ‘What a wonderful painting!'”

a) The teacher exclaimed that it was a wonderful painting.
b) The teacher exclaimed what a wonderful painting it was.
c) The teacher exclaimed that what a wonderful painting.
d) The teacher exclaimed a wonderful painting.

5. Direct Speech: “I will call you later.”

a) He said that he will call you later.
b) He said that he would call you later.
c) He says that he will call you later.
d) He says that he would call you later.

6. Direct Speech: “They said, ‘We haven’t received the email.'”

a) They said that they haven’t received the email.
b) They said that they didn’t receive the email.
c) They said that they hadn’t received the email.
d) They say that they haven’t received the email.

7. Direct Speech: “Tom said, ‘I can swim.'”

a) Tom said that he could swim.
b) Tom says that he could swim.
c) Tom said that he can swim.
d) Tom says that he can swim.

Answers:

b) I love playing the guitar.
a) They are going to the park tomorrow.
b) She said that she had already finished her homework.
b) The teacher exclaimed what a wonderful painting it was.
b) He said that he would call you later.
c) They said that they hadn’t received the email.
a) Tom said that he could swim.