REPORTED SPEECH QUIZVersion en ligne This is a quiz to practice with different tenses and time expressions related to reporting something someone has said to another person. par JOSE NORMAN ABREU AVELLANEDA 1 Laura said this two weeks ago: "I don't want to go to school today" a Laura said she don't wanted to go to school today b Laura said that she wanted to go to school that day c Laura said she didn't want to go to school today d Laura said that she didn't want to go to school that day 2 Mateo called me and asked me this a few minutes ago: "Can you tell the teacher I'm going to be late for class?" a He said that could you tell the teacher that he was late for class? b He said that he is going to be late for class. c He says that he was going to be late for class. d He said that he was going to be late for class. 3 My parents said this to me yesterday: "You have to do you homework now" a My parents asked me to did my homework immediately. b My parents asked me that did my homework now. c My parents asked me to do my homework immediately. d My parents said me to do my homework now. e He said to them this 4 He said to them this today morning: Wake up, it's time to go. a He asked them to wake up. That it was time to go. b He told them to wake up, it was time to go. c He asked them wake up, it's time to go. d He told them that wake up, it's time to go. 5 Liz said this last Friday: "Oh, no. Kate took my book" a Liz said that Oh, no. kate had took my book b Liz said that kate took my book c Liz said that kate had taken her book d Liz said that kate was taken her book 6 Pablo is telling me now that he has lost his keys. a Pablo just told me that he has lost his keys. b Pablo had told me that he had lost his keys. c Pablo told me that he had lost his keys. d Pablo just told me that he was losing his keys. 7 Marissa told her friends this a month ago: "Please, don't tell anybody about this." a Marissa told them that please don't tell anybody about this. b Marissa told them that please didn't tell anybody about this. c Marissa told them that not to tell anybody about that. d Marissa told them not to tell anybody about that. 8 Tim said to me back in september: "I was in the hospital two months ago" a Tim told me that he was being the hospital two months ago. b Tim told me back in september that he had been in the hospital two months before. c Tim told me back in september that he had been in the hospital two months ago. d Tim told me that was in the hospital for two months. 9 Paul said this to me last night: "I'm writing a letter to my girlfriend" a Paul told me to was writing a letter to my girlfriend. b Paul told me that he was writing a latter to my girlfriend. c Paul told me that he was writing a letter to his girlfriend. d Paul told me that I was writing a letter to my girlfriend. 10 I remember I said: "I will go to the party tonight" a I said I won't go to the party at night. b I said I would go to the party this night. c I said I would go to the party that night. d I said that I would go to the party the night. Feedback 1 We report information from the past in the "simple past form" so we use "did not" to report in the negative form. 2 When the reported information is still relevant or recent we report it in the same tense it was stated as in this case, as the teacher is still wating for him to arrive to class. 3 Because "now" was said with the same meaning as "immediately", this last word is a good alternative to replace now. To say now in the present for something that was said in the past would be incoherent. 4 Because we are reporting two different clauses, sometimes it's better to separate them into two different sentences, the second what starting with "that". 5 We report past information expressed in the Simple Past with the Past Perfect tense.
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