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Echoes of speech a 10 question reported speech expedition

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1. She said, ____ to the party.

A. “I’m going”

B. “I go”

C. “I will go”

The original tense should be considered when reporting speech. 'I’m going' (present continuous) is reported as 'She said she was going' (past continuous).

2. He told me, ____ a new car.

A. “I bought”

B. “I have bought”

C. “I had bought”

Past Perfect is used to show an action completed before another action in the past. The reporting verb is in the past tense, thus requiring a shift to the past perfect in the reported clause.

3. Which is the correct reported speech version of: 'I will help you tomorrow,' he said?

A. He said he will help me tomorrow.

B. He said he would help me tomorrow.

C. He said he helps me tomorrow.

D. He said he is helping me tomorrow.

'Will' changes to 'would' in reported speech to reflect the shift in time.

4. They exclaimed, ____ the match!

A. “We won”

B. “We win”

C. “We have won”

Simple past tense remains simple past in reported speech unless the context requires a tense shift.

5. Choose the correctly reported sentence for: 'I am studying English,' she said.

A. She said she is studying English.

B. She said she was studying English.

C. She said she studies English.

D. She said she studied English.

Present continuous ('am studying') changes to past continuous ('was studying') in reported speech.

6. He asked me, ____ to the library.

A. “Did you go”

B. “Have you gone”

C. “Were you going”

Yes/No questions are reported using 'if' or 'whether'.

7. She wondered, ____ the film.

A. “if I liked”

B. “if I like”

C. “if did I like”

The tense of the verb changes in reported questions.

8. What's the correct reported form of: 'Where is the station?' he asked.

A. He asked where is the station.

B. He asked where the station is.

C. He asked where was the station.

D. He asked where the station was.

Wh-questions maintain the wh-word, but the verb tense changes.

9. The teacher announced, ____ the exam.

A. “The results of”

B. “The results are”

C. “The results were”

The context determines the appropriate form; in this case, a noun phrase is needed.

10. He said to her, ____ a good time.

A. “Have a”

B. “To have”

C. “Having a”

Imperatives are reported using 'to' + infinitive verb.

Topics:

Present tenses

Past tenses 1

Present perfect

Present tenses 2

Future 1

Future 2

Countable and uncountable nouns

Referring to nouns

Pronouns and referencing

Adjectives and adverbs

Comparing things

The noun pharse

Modals 1

Modals 2

Reported speech

Verb + verb patterns

Likelihood based on conditions 1

Likelihood based on conditions 2

Presositions

Relative clauses

Ways of organising texts

The passive

Linking ideas

Showing your position in a text

Nominalisation in written English