B1 English Grammar Test – Reported Speech Consolidation multiple-choice questions

1.“I get up every morning at seven o’clock”, Peter said.

2.Tom said, “I want to visit my friends this weekend”.

3.She asked me, “When are we going to leave”?

4.They said, “We’ve lived here for a long time”.

5.Peter said, “I may bring someone with me to the party”.

6.Jack said, “He must be guilty!”

7.He asked me, “Have you finished reading the newspaper”?

8.You said, “I will help you”!

9.Jerry said, “I’m studying English a lot at the moment”!

10.She asked her, “How long have you lived here”?

11.Susan reassured me, “I can come tonight”.

12.She said, “I’ve worked here since I left my last job”.

13.Mark asked me, “Why do you want to study Russian”?

14.He said, “I must get going. Otherwise, I’m going to be late“.

15.She said, “I really wish I had bought that new car”.

16.Tom said, “I travel to exotic places”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Tom said he … to exotic places.

17.Susan said, “I am going to the store”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Susan said that she … to the store.

18.Linda told me, “I owned a flower shop”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Linda told me that she … a flower shop.

19.He said, “I will take my mom to the airport”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He said that he … his mother to the airport.

20.“I was swimming in the pool since 9 am”, he said. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He said he … in the pool since 9am.

21.Sam said he was going to Europe after graduation.

22.Sharon told me that she would be entering the talent show.

23.Frank said that the phone had been ringing all day.

24.Jenny said she would help me with my homework.

25.Nancy said that she had played basketball in college.

26.She said, “I will meet her tomorrow”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: She said that she would meet her … .

27.He said, “I have a business trip to Boston next week”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He said that he had a business trip to Boston … .

28.“I got a new car last month”, he told me. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He told me that he had gotten a new car … .

29.Susie said, “I was sick yesterday”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Susie said that she had been sick … .

30.“I quit my job today”, he told me. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He told me that he had quit his job … .