Reported Speech Exercise

.Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase

.N1. He asked me what ……………………….. doing there

was I I was

.N2. He said that he ………………………….. his examination

has passed had passed

.N3. He said that he ……………………… unwell

is was has been

.N4. The boy said that he ………………………… then

slept was sleeping is sleeping

. …………………… N5. The stranger asked where

l live I lived did I live

.N6. The doctor said that the patient ……………………… in the night

has died had died

.N7. The girl exclaimed that she …………………….. very clever

was is had been

.N8. I wrote that I ………………………… him next day

visited will visit would visit

.N9. He asked me …………………………. I knew his name

if whether that

.N10. I asked the girl if she ……………………… me her pen

will lend would lend lent

.N11. He told us that he ………………………. for an hour

has waited had waited

.N12. The speaker said that it …………………… him great pleasure to be there that evening

gives has given gave

: Answers

.N1. He asked me what I was doing there .N2. He said that he had passed his examination .N3. He said that he was unwell .N4. The boy said that he was sleeping then .N5. The stranger asked where I lived .N6. The doctor said that the patient had died in the night .N7. The girl exclaimed that she was very clever .N8. I wrote that I would visit him next day .N9. He asked me whether / if I knew his name .N10. I asked the girl if she would lend me her pen .N11. He told us that he had waited for an hour .N12. The speaker said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that evening