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Updated September 2025
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Choose the correct option to complete the Reported Speech Exercises below.
1
She said, "I am reading a book."
a.
She said that she reads a book.
b.
She said that she had read a book.
c.
She said that she was reading a book.
2
He said, "I visited Paris last summer."
a.
He said that he visits Paris last summer.
b.
He said that he had visited Paris last summer.
c.
He said that he had visited Paris the previous summer.
3
"Where do you live?" she asked me.
a.
She asked me where I lived.
b.
She asked me where I had lived.
c.
She asked me where did I live.
4
"Can you help me?" he asked.
a.
He asked if I can help him.
b.
He asked that I could help him.
c.
He asked if I could help him.
5
"I will call you tomorrow," she said.
a.
She said that she will call me tomorrow.
b.
She said that she would call me the next day.
c.
She said that she would call me tomorrow.
6
"Don't touch that!" he warned me.
a.
He warned me not touching that.
b.
He warned me not to touch that.
c.
He warned me to not touch that.
7
"Why didn't you come?" she asked.
a.
She asked why I hadn’t come.
b.
She asked why I didn't come.
c.
She asked why hadn't I come.
8
"I have never been to London," he said.
a.
He said he had never been to London.
b.
He said he has never been to London.
c.
He said he never had been to London.
9
"We were watching TV," they said.
a.
They said they had been watching TV.
b.
They said they were watching TV.
c.
They said they had watched TV.
10
"She might be late," he said.
a.
He said she could be late.
b.
He said she might be late.
c.
He said she may be late.
