Reported Speech Choose the correct variant
1. I said ,“The room looks clean and tidy.
a) I said (that) the room would look clean and tidy.
b) I said (that) the room looked clean and tidy.
c) I said (that) the room was looked clean and tidy.
2. Bobby said,” I will not go to school on Sunday.
a) Bobby said (that) I would not go to school on Sunday.
b) Bobby said (that) he would not go to school on Sunday.
c) Bobby said (that) he didn’t go to school on Sunday.
d) Bobby said (that) he won’t go to school on Sunday.
3. My brother said, “I spent my vacations very well.”
a) My brother said (that) I spent my vacations very well.
b) My brother said (that) he had spent his vacations very well.
c) My brother said (that) he had spend my vacations very well.
d) My brother said (that) he has spent his vacations very well.
4. John said ,“I am watching TV now.
a) John said (that0 I was watching TV now.
b) John said (that) he is watching TV at that time.
c) John said (that) he watched TV at that time.
d) John said (that) he was watching TV at that time.
5. I said, “We went to the Crimea two days ago.
a) I said (that) we had gone to the Crimea two days before.
b) I said (that) we had gone to the Crimea two days ago.
c) I said (that) we have gone to the Crimea two days before.
d) I said (that) we would go to the Crimea two days before.
6. Mary said ,“These dresses are beautiful.”
a) Mary said (that) these dresses were beautiful.
b) Mary said (that) those dresses have been beautiful.
c) Mary said (that) those dresses will be beautiful.
d) Mary said (that) those dresses were beautiful.
7. Mark said to Ann, “I will explain this English rule tomorrow”.
a) Mark said to Ann (that) he would explain this English rule the day after.
b) Mark said to Ann (that) he would explain that English rule the day after.
c) Mark said to Ann (that) he would explain this English rule the day before.
d) Mark said to Ann (that) he had explained that English rule the day after.
8. I said ,“I have done my homework.”
a) I said (that) I had done my homework.
b) I said (that) I did my homework.
c) I said (that) I do my homework.
d) I said (that) I was doing my homework.
9. My father said ,“I work in the garden every year.”
a) My father said (that0 he works in the garden every year.
b) My father said (that) he had worked in the garden every year.
c) My father said (that) he worked in the garden every year.
d) My father said (that) I worked in the garden every year.
10. Ann said to Mary,”I will visit Oxford next year”.
a) Ann said to Mary (that) she would visited Oxford the next year.
b) Ann said to Marry (that) she would visit Oxford the next year.
c) Ann said to Marry (that) she visited Oxford the next year.
d) Ann said to Marry (that) I will visit Oxford the next year.
11. Peter said,”I am playing rugby now”.
a) Peter said (that) he is playing rugby now.
b) Peter said (that) he was playing rugby now.
c) Peter said (that) he was playing rugby then.
d) Peter said (that) he played rugby then.
12. Sam said ,“I moved into my new flat”.
a) Sam said (that) he had moved into my new flat.
b) Sam said (that) he had moved into my new flat.
c) Sam said (that) he moved into his new flat.
d) Sam said (that) he had moved into his new flat.
