Reported speech 1
I – Choose the correct answer
1. Mary: “I love chocolate.”
- “Mary said that she ___ chocolate.”
a. loved
b. loves
c. loving
2. Mary: “I went skiing.”
- “ Mary said that she ___skiing.”
a. went
b. had gone
c. have gone
3. Mary: “I have never been to London.”
- “Mary said that she ____ never been
to London.”
a. had
b. has
c. have
4. Mary: “I was swimming.”
- “Mary said that she ___ swimming.
a. has been
b. had been
c. have been
5. Mary: “I will eat steak for dinner.”
- “Mary said that she ___ eat steak for
dinner.”
a. willing
b. will
c. would
6. Mary: “I had a cat.”
- “Mary said that she had ___ a cat.”
a. have
b. has
c. had
7. Mary: “I have been to Sydney.”
- “Mary said that she ___ to Sydney.”
a. had been
b. has been
c. was being
8. Mary: “I can’t swim.”
- Mary said that she ___ swim.
a. can’t
b. coudn’t
c. can not
9. Mary: “I have had three cars.”
- Mary said that she ____ three cars.
a. has
b. has had
c. had had
10. Mary: “I won’t buy a new car.”
- Mary said that she ___ buy a new car.
a. won’t
b. will
c. wouldn’t
11. Mary: “I’m going to go to My Khe
Beach.”
- Mary said that she ___ going to go to
My Khe Beach.
a. is
b. was
c. went
12. Mary: “I have to do my laundry.”
- Mary said that she ___ to do her laundry.
a. had
b. has
c. have
13. Mary: “I don’t like spinach.”
- Mary said that she ___ like spinach.”
a. doesn’t
b. don’t
c. didn’t
14. Michel: “I’m from Poland.”
- He told me that ____
a. I’m from Poland.
b. he is from Poland.
c. he was from Poland.
