Daily Olympiad: English - Reported Speech [20260521] – 8 Practice Problems & Printable PDF

1. Change the statement: 'She said, "I am tired."' to reported speech.

A. She said that she had been tired. B. She said that she is tired. C. She said that she was tired. D. She said that she will be tired.

Solution

Correct: C

In reported speech, the present continuous 'am tired' changes to past continuous 'was tired'. The sentence structure becomes 'She said that she was tired.'

2. Convert the question: 'He asked, "Where do you live?"' to reported speech.

A. He asked where did you live. B. He asked where I live. C. He asked where I had lived. D. He asked where I lived.

Solution

Correct: D

Reported questions use 'if' or 'whether' for yes/no questions. For wh-questions, the pronoun is moved. 'Where do you live?' becomes 'He asked where I lived.'

3. Convert the imperative: 'She said to him, "Wait for me."' to reported speech.

A. She told him to waits for her. B. She told him to wait for her. C. She told him to wait for me. D. She told him that she waited for her.

Solution

Correct: B

In reported speech, imperatives use 'to + base verb'. The object 'me' becomes 'her'. Correct structure: 'She told him to wait for her.'

4. Convert: 'They said, "We had finished our homework."' to reported speech.

A. They said they had finished their homework. B. They said they have finished their homework. C. They said that they has finished our homework. D. They said they finished their homework.

Solution

Correct: A

Past perfect 'had finished' remains same in reported speech when the meaning is still valid. Correct: 'They said they had finished their homework.'

5. Which is correct: 'He told me, "I saw her yesterday."' in reported speech?

A. He told me that he had seen her the day before. B. He told me that he sees her yesterday. C. He told me that he saw her yesterday. D. He told me he will see her the next day.

Solution

Correct: A

Past simple 'saw' changes to past perfect 'had seen' when reporting a past event after another past event. Time adverb 'yesterday' becomes 'the day before'.

6. Convert: 'She said, "Let us begin the meeting."' to reported speech.

A. She suggested that they should begin the meeting. B. She asked to begin the meeting. C. She requested that she would begin the meeting. D. She said that let them begin the meeting.

Solution

Correct: A

The phrase 'Let us' in reported speech becomes 'suggest that + subject + should + verb' or 'proposed that ... should'. Correct structure: 'She suggested that they should begin the meeting.'

7. Change: 'He asked, "Have you finished your work?"' to reported speech.

A. He asked whether I have finished my work. B. He asked whether I had finished my work. C. He asked if I do finished my work. D. He asked if I was finished my work.

Solution

Correct: B

Reported yes/no questions require using 'whether' or 'if' with past tense. 'Have you finished' becomes 'whether I had finished'.

8. Convert: 'They said, "We will go to the park today."' to reported speech.

A. They said they would go to the park the previous day. B. They said they are going to the park today. C. They said they will go to the park that day. D. They said they would go to the park that day.

Solution

Correct: D

Future in past becomes 'would go' instead of 'will go'. Time reference 'today' becomes 'that day'. Correct: 'They said they would go to the park that day.'

Daily Olympiad: English - Reported Speech [20260521]

1. Change the statement: 'She said, "I am tired."' to reported speech.

2. Convert the question: 'He asked, "Where do you live?"' to reported speech.

3. Convert the imperative: 'She said to him, "Wait for me."' to reported speech.

4. Convert: 'They said, "We had finished our homework."' to reported speech.

5. Which is correct: 'He told me, "I saw her yesterday."' in reported speech?

6. Convert: 'She said, "Let us begin the meeting."' to reported speech.

7. Change: 'He asked, "Have you finished your work?"' to reported speech.

8. Convert: 'They said, "We will go to the park today."' to reported speech.

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