Reported speech exercises with answers

Reported speech exercises with answers. ESL game on learning how to make sentences in English language based on fundamental rules of reported speech. Useful resource for homeschool and classrooms. For teachers and students. Have fun with this ESL catapult game.

Some reported speech exercises are found below.
1.    Reported speech is used when we want to say what other people….
a.    Think
b.    Say
c.    Believe
d.    All of the above
2.    When reporting something in the future, present perfect or present the tense is not changed.
a.    True
b.    False
3.    When reporting something that has happened in the past, but is still true…
a.    The tense must be changed to past
b.    The tense must not be changed to the past
c.    The tense can be kept in the present or switched to the best
4.    When reporting what someone else has said, it is necessary to change the pronoun.
a.    True
b.    False
5.    When reporting something that was said in the past, the tense is made
a.    Present
b.    Future
c.    Past
d.    Present perfect
6.    Report the following statement, “The dishwasher has not been fixed.”
a.    She said the dishwasher has not been fixed.
b.    She said the dishwasher is not fixed.
c.    Both are correct
d.    Neither is correct.
7.    Report the following statement, “I think that I will go to Paris this summer.”
a.    Steve said he thinks he will go to Paris this summer.
b.    Steve said he thought about going to Paris this summer
c.    Steve said he is thinking about going to Paris this summer
d.    None of the above are correct
8.    Report the following statement, “I like to run on the team.”
a.    Mark said that he likes to run on the team
b.    Mark said that he liked to run on the team
c.    Both are correct
d.    Neither are correct
9.    Report the following statement, “You seem happy here.”
a.    I told her that she seemed happy
b.    I told her that she is happy
c.    Both are correct
d.    Neither are correct
10.    When reporting a statement or question, you should never change any of the words from the original statement.
a.    True
b.    False
11.    It is sometimes necessary to change the pronouns or times in the reported statement.
a.    True
b.    False
12.    Report the following statement that Alex said. “I want to eat at the restaurant tonight.”
a.    I said that I don’t want to eat at the restaurant
b.    I said that I do not to eat at the restaurant
c.    Alex said that he doesn’t want to eat at the restaurant
d.    Alex said that he does want to eat at the restaurant.
13.    Report on the following statement assuming a day as passed since it was said, “I will play tennis in the afternoon.”
a.    He said he will play tennis this afternoon
b.    He said he will play tennis yesterday afternoon.
c.    He said he will play tennis tomorrow afternoon
d.    None of the above
14.    Report on the following sentence, “Rebecca told you that I don’t want to go?”
a.    Yes, Rebecca told me that you do not want to go?
b.    She told you that I don’t want to go
c.    I told her that Rebecca doesn’t want to go.
d.    Rebecca told you that I don’t want to go.
15.    Report on the following sentence, “The coffee is good here.”
a.    He thinks that the coffee is bad here.
b.    He thinks that there is no coffee here
c.    He thinks that the coffee is good here.
d.    The coffee is good here.