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Reported Speech (Gold Experience B2 - Unit 7)
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Delimiter between question and answer:

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  • Each line maps to a question.
  • If the delimiter is used in a question, the question should be surrounded by double quotes: "My, question","My, answer"
  • The first answer in the multiple choice question must be the correct answer.

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Which structure is NOT correct?
 
He said me to do the homework.
 
He told me to do the homework.
 
He asked me to do the homework.
 
He asked me if I could do the homework.
"Where did you go on holiday last year?" John asked us. (Report this question.)
... asked us where we had gone on holiday the pervious year.
"Practice as often as you can!" the teacher told the students. (told) The teacher .... .
 
told the students to practice as often as they could
 
told to the students to practice as often as they could
 
told the students to practice as often as they can
 
told to the students to practice as often as they can
"I'll stop the film if you're not quiet!" (said) Their dad ..... quiet.
 
said he would stop the film if they weren't
 
said he will stop the film if they aren't
 
said I would stop the film if you weren't
 
said he stopped the film if they weren't
When using reported speech, statements with the past perfect, would, could and might...
 
there is no change.
 
you go back one tense.
 
you can change the tense if you want to.
"Are you good at doing illustrations?" He asked me .... illustrations.
 
if I was good at doing
 
if I am good at doing
 
was I good at doing
 
whether was I good at doing
"Why do you want to read them?" (asked) They recently asked me ... to read them.
 
why I wanted
 
why did I want
 
why I did want
What generally happens to the original verb in reported speech? Name one exception.
Go back one tense. Exceptions: past perfect, some modals
She said she hadn't enjoyed writing her first novel. (What is the correct direct speech?)
 
"I didn't enjoy writing my first novel."
 
"I haven't enjoyed writing my first novel."
 
"I don't enjoy writing my first novel."
 
"I am not enjoying writing my first novel."
For what type of questions do you use if/whether when reporting questions?
yes/no questions (or) closed questions
"I've written my first short story," said David. (Report this sentence correctly.)
David said that he had written his first story.
"Are you going to watch the film next week?" Sara asked me.
...if I was going to watch the film the following week.
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