REPORTED SPEECH 1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked. → She asked ___________________________________________________ _____________ 2._"How are you?" Martin asked me. → Martin asked me ___________________________________________________ ________ 3. He asked, "Do I have to it?" → He asked ___________________________________________________ ______________ 4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter. → The mother asked her daughter _______________________________________________ 5. "Which dress you like best?" she asked her boyfriend. → She asked her boyfriend ___________________________________________________ 6. "What are they doing?" she asked. → She wanted to know ___________________________________________________ ___ 7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me. → He wanted to know ___________________________________________________ ____ 8. The teacher asked, "Who can English?" → The teacher wanted to know ________________________________________________ 9. "How you know that?" she asked me. → She asked me ___________________________________________________ _______ 10. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me. → My friend asked ___________________________________________________ ______ 11. "What's the time?" he asked. → He wanted to know ___________________________________________________ ___ 12. "When will we meet again?" she asked me. → She asked me ___________________________________________________ _______ 13. "Are you crazy?" she asked him. → She asked him ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 14. "Where did they live?" he asked. → He wanted to know ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 15. "Will you be at the party?" he asked her. → He asked her ___________________________________________________ ________ 16. "Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me. → She asked me ___________________________________________________ _______ 17. "Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked. → The teacher wanted to know ______________________________________________ 18. "Why don't you help me?" she asked him. → She wanted to know ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 19. "Did you see that car?" he asked me. → He asked me________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 20. "Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins. → The mother asked the twins ______________________________________________ 21. He said, "I like this song." → He said ___________________________________________________ ___________ 22. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said. → She told the boys ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 23. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him. → She asked him ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 24. "I never make mistakes," he said. → He said ___________________________________________________ _____________ 25. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience. → The stuntman advised the audience __________________________________________ 26. "Peter, you prefer tea or coffee?" she says. → She asks Peter ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________ 27. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me. → She asked me ___________________________________________________ ________ 28. He said, "Don't go too far." → He advised her ___________________________________________________ _______ 29. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us. → He wanted to know ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 30. "Don't make so much noise," he says. → He asks us ___________________________________________________ __________ 31. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said. → The teacher told Joe ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 32. "Be patient," she said to him. → She told him ___________________________________________________ ________ 33. "Go to your room," her father said to her. → Her father told her ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 34. "Hurry up," she said to us. → She told us ___________________________________________________ _________ 35. "Don't eat in the lab," the chemistry teacher said. → The chemistry teacher told his students ______________________________________ 36. "Don't give yourself up," he advised her. → He advised her ___________________________________________________ ______ 37. "Don't hurt yourselves, boys," she said. → She told the boys ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 38. She said, "Go upstairs." → She told me ___________________________________________________ _________ 39. "Close the door behind you," he told me. → He told me ___________________________________________________ _________ 40. "Don't be late," he advised us. → He advised us ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 41. "Stop staring at me," she said. → She told him ___________________________________________________ ________ 42. "Don't be angry with me," he said. → He asked her ___________________________________________________ ________ 43. "Leave me alone," she said. → She told me ___________________________________________________ ________ 44. "Don't drink and drive," she warned us. → She warned us ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 45. "John, stop smoking," she said. → She told John ___________________________________________________ _______ 46. "Don't worry about us," they said. → They told her ___________________________________________________ ________ 47. “ Congratulations! You have passed the exam,” said the teacher. → The teacher congratulated me _________ ____________________________________ 48. You should work harder for the coming exam,” Said Tom’s father. → Tom’s father advised ____________________________________________________ 49. “ Let’s go our for a drink,” said Nam. → Nam suggested _____________________________________________________ ____ 50. “ Can I take you home?” said Tuan. → Tuan offered _____________________________________________________ __________ 51.” How beautiful the dress is!” Nam exclaimed. → Nam exclaimed _____________________________________________________ _______ 52. “ You stole my car,” the woman shouted at the man. → The woman accused _____________________________________________________ ____ 53. “ I will return the book I borrowed from you last week,” said Hoa. → Hoa promised _____________________________________________________ _________ 54 “ I’m very sorry. I didn’t come to your party last night,” said Lan. → Lan apologized _____________________________________________________ _______ 55. “You must take my pen. It’s not here,” Thanh shouted at me. → Thanh accused me _____________________________________________________ _____ 56. “Could you open the door please?” asked the girl. -> The girl _____________________________________________________ ______________ 57. “ Go to bed immediately!” Mary’s father told her. -> Mary’s mother _____________________________________________________ ________ 58. “ Don’t forget to post the letter!” Hoa said to me. -> Hoa _____________________________________________________ _________________ 59. The teacher told the children, “ Don’t play with the matches. They are dangerous!” -> The teacher _____________________________________________________ ___________ 60. “ I will go home tomorrow,” said Tom. -> Tom _____________________________________________________ _________________ REPORTED SPEECH Choose the best answer: 1. Julia said that she ___________ there at noon. A. is going to be B. was going to be C. will beD. can be 2. He _______ that he was leaving way that afternoon. A. told me B. told to me C. said me D. says to me 3. She said to me that she __________ to me the Sunday before. A. wrote B. has written C. was writing D. had written 4. I _________ him to sell that old motorbike. A. said to B. suggested C. advised D. recommended 5. My parents reminded me ________ the flowers. A. remember to plant B. plant C. to plant D. planting 6. I asked Martha ______ to enter law school. A. are you planning B. is she planning C. was she planning D. if she was planning 7. Nam wanted to know what time ________. A. does the movie begin B. did the movie begin C. the movie begins D. the movie began 8. I wondered_______ the right thing. A. whether I was doing B. if I am doing C. was I doing D. am I doing 9. The scientist said the earth ________ the sun. A. goes round B. is going around C. went around D. was going around 10. Peter said that if he ________rich, he _________ a lot. A. is – will travel B. werewould travel C. had been – would have travelledD. was – will travel 11. They said that they had been driving through the desert__________. A. the previous day B. yesterday C. the last day D. Sunday previously 12. He asked the children _________too much noise. A. not to make B. not making C. don’t make D. if they don’t make 13. The man said that money ___________ the passport to everything. A. will be B is C. was D. can be 14. The teacher said Columbus _________America in 1942. A. discovered B. had discovered C. was discovering D. would discover 15. John said he _________ her since they ________ school. A. hasn’t met – left B. hadn’t met - had left C. hadn’t met left D. didn’t meet – has left 16. The woman asked __________get lunch at school. A. can the children B. whether the children could C. if the children can D. could the children 17. Laura said that when she_________ to school, she saw an accident. A. was walking B. has walked C. had been walking D. has been walking 18. He asked, “Why didn’t she take the final exam?” - He asked why __________ the final exam. A. she took B. did she take C. she hadn’t taken D. she had taken 19. Ba said he__________ some good marks the semester before. A. gets B. got C. had gotten D. have got 20. They told their parents that they___________ their best to the test. A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would try 21. She asked me where I___________ from. A. come B. coming C. to come D. came 22. She_________ me whether I liked classical music or not. A. ask B. asks C. asked D. asking 23. He asked me who____________ the editor of that book. A. was B. were C. is D. has been 24. He wants to know whether I ___________ back tomorrow. A. come B. came C. will come D. would come 25. I wonder why he___________ love his family. A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. hasn’t 26. They asked me how many children___________. A. if I had B. had I C. I have D. have I 27. Thu said she had been___________ the day before. A. here B. there C. in this place D. where 28. The student said that the English test_______ the most difficult. A. is B. was C. will be D. have been 29. He wanted to know _______ shopping during the previous morning. A. if we had been going B. that if we had been going C. we were going D. that we were going 30. He asked me _______ Robert and I said I did not know _______. A. that did I know / who were he B. that I knew / who he had been C. if I knew/ who he was D. whether I knew / who had he been 31. The mother asked her son _______. A. where he had been B. whether I had been C. where has he been D. where had he been 32. Martin asked me _______. A. how is my father B. how my father is C. how was my father D. how my father was 33. The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee. A. whether he preferred B. that he preferred C. did he prefer D. if he prefers 34. She asked me _______ my holidays _______. A. where I spent / the previous year B. where I had spent/ the previous year C. where I spent / last year D. where did I spend / last year 35. He advised _______ too far. A. her did not go B. her not go C. her not to go D. she did not go 36. John often says he _______ boxing because it _______ a cruel sport. A. doesn’t like/ is B. did not like / were C. not liked / had been D. had not liked / was 37. Nancy asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer _______. A. before B. ago C. last D. previous 38. He asked _______ him some money. A. her to lend B. she to lend C. she has lent D. she lends 39. Andrew told me that they _______ fish two _______ days. A. have not eaten / ago B. had eaten/ previous C. did not eat / before D. would not eat / last 40. Jason told me that he _______ his best in the exam the _______ day. A. had done / following B. will / previous C. would do/ following D. was going / previous 41. John asked me _______ in English. A. what does this word mean B. what that word means C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant 42. The mother told her son _______ so impolitely. A. not behave B. not to behave C. not behaving D. did not behave 43. She said she _______ collect it for me after work. A. would B. did C. must D. had 44. She said I _______ an angel. A. am B. was C. were D. have been 45. I have ever told you he _______ unreliable. A. is B. were C. had been D. would Be 46. I told him _______ the word to Jane somehow that I _______ to reach her during the early hours. A. passing / will try B. he will pass / tried C. to pass/ would try D. he passed / have tried 47. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since _______. A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the next day 48. John asked me _______ interested in any kind of sports. A. if I were B. if were I C. if was I D. if I was 49. John asked me _______ that film the night before. A. that I saw B. had I seen C. if I had seen D. if had I seen 50. The guest told the host that _______. A. I must go now B. he must go now C. he had to go now D. he had to go then ANSWER KEY 1B 2A 3D 4C 5C 6D 7D 8A 9A 10 B 11 A 12 A 13 B 14 A 15 B 16 B 17 C 18 C 19 C 20 D 21 D 22 C 23 A 24 A 25 A 26 C 27 B 28 B 29 A 30 C 31 A 32 D 33 A 34 B 35 C 36 A 37 A 38 A 39 B 40 C 41 D 42 B 43 A 44 B 45 A 46 C 47 C 48 D 49 C 50 D . door please?” asked the girl. -& gt; The girl _____________________________________________________ ______________ 57. “ Go to bed immediately!” Mary’s father told her. -& gt; Mary’s mother _____________________________________________________ ________ 58 said to me. -& gt; Hoa _____________________________________________________ _________________ 59. The teacher told the children, “ Don’t play with the matches. They are dangerous!” -& gt; The. _____________________________________________________ ___________ 60. “ I will go home tomorrow,” said Tom. -& gt; Tom _____________________________________________________ _________________ REPORTED SPEECH Choose