TEST PAPER

NAME AND SURNAME: 30 minutes

CLASS: 9 ROW 1
DATE:
REPORTED SPEECH

1. Fill in the gaps with the correct information: 30 points

1. In Reported Speech, yesterday changes into___________________________ in an out-of-date
reporting.
2. If we report a simple question, after the reporting verbs:_____________ or_________________ we
use:____________________/__________________+ S+vb.
3. The modal verb must, changes into ____________________________
(in_________________________) or ____________________________ (in_________________________).
4. In this reported sentence: She said that the food is awful. the tense does not change
because:_________________________________________________.
5. In Reported Speech, Past Tense _____________________________________________.
6. The modal verb should ___________________________________________in Reported Speech.
7. Sarah said it was the best birthday present she had ever received. Which is the correct sentence in Direct
Speech:
a. "This is the best birthday present I've ever received." or
b. "This was the best birthday present I've ever received."?
8. Is the following sentence correctly reported? She said she wished he were/was there with her then.?
9. If you have to report a Conditional Clause Type 1, the tenses change. True/False?

2. Complete the sentences using the words in bold. Use two to five words. 40points
1. "Please, please stop playing the music so loudly," mum said to me.
begged Mum _____________________________________________________ the music so loudly.
2. "I'm sorry I forgot your birthday," he told me.
apologised He ____________________________________________________________ my birthday.
3. The coach told the team that he was disappointed with their performance.
complained The ________________________________________________________ their performance.
4. I got better marks in the test than you did, she said.
about She________________________________________in the test than I did.
5. How about going to the Caribbean for our honeymoon? she asked.
suggested She__________________________________________ to the Caribbean for their
honeymoon.
6. First you turn right and then left to get to the shop, he said.
how He___________________________________________________________ to get to the
shop.
7. You neednt come tomorrow, said Grandma to me.
have Grandma said_______________________________________to go the next day.
8. OK, Ill wait a little longer, she said.
to She____________________________________________________ a little longer.
3. Correct the following sentences: 20points
1. He wanted to know if I did went to that party.
2. She denied that she had been taken any money from them.
3. My mother said that I had better to leave early.
4. He wondered what had to do to set the situation right.
5. Celia asked him what time was he leaving for the airport.
6. He insisted on that we should tell the truth about the incident.
7. They told me that that was a photo of their family.
8. Sara asked if he has finished.
9. He says that she would visit her relatives more often if she has more time.
10. She explained him how to fix the printer.