Reported Speech Test 3

Please wait while the activity loads.
If this activity does not load, try refreshing your browser. Also, this page requires javascript. Please visit using a browser with javascript enabled.

If loading fails, click here to try again

Start

Congratulations - you have completed Reported Speech Test 3. You scored %%SCORE%% out of %%TOTAL%%. Your performance has been rated as %%RATING%%

Your answers are highlighted below.

Question 1

"You don't have to pay for the tickets; they are present from me to you."

A	He said that I needed to pay for the tickets because they were a present for you.
B	He said that I didn't need to pay for the tickets which were your present.
C	He told me not to pay for the tickets as they were a present to me.
D	He said that I didn’t have to pay for the tickets because they were his present to me.
E	He said that you needn't have to pay for the tickets when they were a present for you.

Question 2

"Must you really leave so soon? It's only three o'clock."

A	Margo wanted to know if I would leave at only three o'clock.
B	Margo knew that I would leave at only three o'clock.
C	Margo asked if I really wanted to leave at three o'clock.
D	Margo said that I really should leave at three o'clock.
E	Margo objected to my leaving because it was only three o’clock.

Question 3

- "Can you type?"

- "Yes"

A	She would ask if they could type.
B	She was asked if she could type and she could.
C	They asked her if she could type and she said she could.
D	They asked her to type and she did.
E	She was asked to type and she typed.

Question 4

Olivia told us that she had planned to go with them to the circus but they changed their minds.

A	"They were planning to go with me to the circus but they changed their minds."
B	"I was going to the circus with them but they changed their minds."
C	"We were going to go to the circus but we changed their minds later."
D	"I planned to go with them to the circus but I have changed my plans.”
E	"I was going to go with them to the circus but I changed my mind."

Question 5

Andrew said that he had been living in New York for 10 years.

A	"I will be living in New York for 10 years, starting now."
B	"I will have been living in New York for 10 years now."
C	"He has been in New York for 10 years now."
D	"I will be in New York for 10 years."
E	"He has been living here for about 10 years now."

Question 6

Clara said that she would be coming with us if we had enough room for her in our car.

A	"She will come with you in the car if there is enough room for her."
B	"I will be coming to you f there is room in the car, enough for me."
C	"I wanted to come with you, but there was probably not enough room for me in the car."
D	"She would be coming if there was room enough for her in the car."
E	"I will be going with you if you have enough room for me in the car."

Question 7

Hazel said that the last time she had gone to the zoo was three years ago.

A	"I went to the zoo for three years the last time."
B	"The last time I went to the zoo was three."
C	"I was going to go to the zoo three years ago for the last time."
D	"It has been three years since I went to the zoo."
E	"I go to the zoo once every three years."

Question 8

"Tom will be free to sleep as late as he wants the day after tomorrow."

A	George said that Tom could sleep as late as he wanted to tomorrow.
B	George told us that Tom would sleep late after tomorrow because he wanted to.
C	George said that Tom wanted to sleep late until tomorrow.
D	George said that Tom would be able to sleep as late as he wanted in two days.
E	George told us that Tom slept as late as he wanted till tomorrow.

Question 9

Oscar felt that he should help his mother who was working in the kitchen.

A	"I feel that he should help mother with work in the kitchen."
B	"I should, be helping my mother with her work while she is in the kitchen."
C	"I ought to give mom a hand in the kitchen."
D	"Would you like a hand?"
E	"Mom is in the kitchen working by hand."

Question 10

"Doctor Jones and his wife used to live next door to us."

A	Barbara told me that Dr and Mrs Jones had been living next door.
B	Barbara told me that Dr and Mrs Jones had used to live next door to them.
C	Barbara told me that Dr and Mrs Jones were living next to them.
D	Barbara said that they would be living with them.
E	Barbara said that she would be living in the house next to Dr and Mrs Jones.

Question 11

Gary said that when they were younger they were allowed to play in the yard but not in the street.

A	"When we were young, they allowed us to play in the yard and we could also play in the street."
B	"When they were young, their mother said it was alright to play in the street and in the yard."
C	When we were younger, we could be allowed to play in the yard but also in the street."
D	"When we were younger, we could play in the yard, but we weren't allowed to play in the street."
E	"When we wanted to play in the street, my mother would tell us that we should play in the yard."

Question 12

"Could you hand me a towel?"

A	She asked me for a towel.
B	She wanted me to use the hand towel.
C	She questioned me about the towel.
D	She said she wanted the towel.
E	She asked me to use the towel.

Question 13

"Is Mia your sister?"

Susan asked _____.

A	if Mia was my sister
B	whether she would be my sister
C	who Mia was
D	if Mia wasn't my sister
E	whether Mia was going to be

Question 14

"Is this book yours?"

Jerry asked _____.

A	whose book this was
B	if it was yours book
C	if it wasn't my book
D	whose book it is
E	if it was my book

Question 15

- "Will you come with me to the supermarket?"

- "No, I haven't finished my work yet.”

A	Sophia wanted me to come with her to the supermarket to finish her homework.
B	Sophia asked me to come with her to the supermarket, but I could not go.
C	Sophia asked me to go with her to the supermarket but I could not finish my work yet.
D	Sophia asked if I would go with her to the supermarket, but I refused as I had not yet finished my work.
E	Sophia wanted me to go to the supermarket but I could

Question 16

Helen indicated that it would be appropriate for me to go in and apologise at that time.

A	"It would be appropriate for you to go in and apologise to him now."
B	"Why would you go in and apologise now?"
C	"It will be appropriate to go in now with him."
D	"It is a good time to apologise now."
E	"Why not talk to him about apologising now?"

Question 17

"Shall I look after the children while you are cleaning house?"

A	Diana said that she would look after me as they cleaned the house.
B	Diana offered to clean the house while I looked after the children.
C	Diana said that she would clean the house while I looked after the children.
D	Diana offered to look after the children while I was cleaning the house.
E	Diana wanted to look after me while I cleaned up the house after the children.

Question 18

"You ate the pie, didn't you"!

A	John was accused of eating the pie.
B	John was asked if he had eaten the pie.
C	John asked to have eaten the pie.
D	John was asked to eat the pie.
E	John was asked if he wanted to eat pie.

Question 19

He said that he had seen this movie at least 15 times on television.

A	"I have seen at least 15 movies on television."
B	"I have seen this same movie at least 15 times on television."
C	"He has seen that movie 15 times on television."
D	"He saw the 15 movies on television several times.”
E	"I had seen the 15 movies on television."

Question 20

"Let him do whatever he wants. He'll learn from his mistakes."

A	The teacher said that we should allow him to do what he wanted because he would learn from his mistakes.
B	The teacher said that to let him do what he wanted so that he could learn from his mistakes.
C	The teacher wanted us to allow him to do whatever he wanted as he could learn a lot.
D	The teacher wanted us to do whatever he wants as he could learn from our mistakes.
E	As one could learn from his mistakes, we ought to do whatever he wanted, said the teacher.

Question 21

"Yes, I will be happy to come to dinner at your house next week."

A	Janice said she would be happy if she had dinner at your house next week.
B	Janice accepted the invitation to have dinner at my house the week after.
C	Janice objected to having dinner at his house next week.
D	Janice wanted to have dinner at my house that week.
E	Janice opposed the idea of having dinner at my house the week after.

Question 22

"Would you be able to give the teenagers some advice on selecting a university?"

A	I would have been asked to give the teenagers some advice on choosing a university.
B	I was asked to be able to give advice on selecting a university.
C	You were asked to give advice to teenagers about a university.
D	I was asked if I would be able to give the teenagers advice on selecting a university.
E	You were asked to have given advice on a university to teenagers.