1-10. Which is the correct way of transforming direct speech into reported speech? Choose the best variant.
1. He suggested: ''Let's go to the jazz concert.''
a) He suggested let's go to the jazz concert.
b) He suggested go to the jazz concert.
c) He suggested to go to the jazz concert.
2. He said: ''My life is full of music.''
a) He said that my life is full of music.
b) He said that his life is full of music.
c) He said that his life was full of music.
3. She said: ''Alexander Rybak won the Eurovision song contest 7 years ago.''
a) She said that Alexander Rybak had won the Eurovision song contest 7
years before.
b) She said that Alexander Rybak had won the Eurovision song contest 7
years ago.
c) She said that Alexander Rybak won the Eurovision song contest 7
years ago.
4. He exclaimed: ''Don't touch my discs!''
a) He exclaimed didn't touch his discs.
b) He exclaimed not to touch his discs.
c) He exclaimed don't touch his discs.
5. He asked: ''Do you prefer going to the concerts or watching them on TV?''
a) He asked if I preferred going to the concerts or watching them on TV.
b) He asked did I prefer going to the concerts or watching them on TV,
c) He asked if i had preferred going to the concerts or watching them on
TV.
6. I asked: ''When did "The Beatles" make their first record?"
a) I asked when "The Beatles" made their first record.
b) I asked when "The Beatles" had made their first record.
c) I asked when had "The Beatles" made their first record.
7. She said: "My friend can play the flute."
a) She said that her friend can play the flute.
b) She said that her friend could play the flute.
c) She said that my friend could play flute.
8. They asked: "How many concerts have you been to in your life?"
a) They asked how many concerts had you been to in your life.
b) They asked how many concerts we have been in our life.
c) They asked how many concerts we had been in our life.
9. She wondered: "What are your plans for future?"
a) She wondered what was your plans for future.
b) She wondered what were our plans for future.
c) She wondered what our plans for future were.
10. He said: "Rock music fills me with energy."
a) He said that rock music filled me with energy.
b) He said that rock music filled him with energy.
c) He said that rock music fill him with energy.
In reported speech, we usually use the verb 'suggest' followed by the verb 'should' or the imperative form of the verb. Therefore, the correct way of transforming the statement into reported speech is "He suggested let's go to the jazz concert."
2. b) He said that his life is full of music.
When reporting a statement, we need to change the pronouns and verb tenses according to the context. In this case, the speaker is talking about their own life, so the pronoun 'my' is changed to 'his' in reported speech. The present tense 'is' remains unchanged because the statement is still true. Therefore, the correct transformation is "He said that his life is full of music."
3. c) She said that Alexander Rybak won the Eurovision song contest 7 years ago.
When reporting a past event, we need to change the verb tense. In this case, the past simple tense 'won' remains the same in reported speech because the event happened in the past. Therefore, the correct transformation is "She said that Alexander Rybak won the Eurovision song contest 7 years ago."
4. c) He exclaimed don't touch his discs.
When reporting an exclamation, we usually keep the same verb form. Therefore, the correct transformation is "He exclaimed don't touch his discs."
5. a) He asked if I preferred going to the concerts or watching them on TV.
When reporting a question, we need to use the reporting verb 'asked' followed by the conjunction 'if' or 'whether'. The pronoun 'you' is changed to 'I' to match the person being reported. Therefore, the correct transformation is "He asked if I preferred going to the concerts or watching them on TV."
6. a) I asked when "The Beatles" made their first record.
When reporting a question, we use the reporting verb 'asked' followed by the question word or the conjunction 'if' or 'whether'. In this case, we use the question word 'when' to report the question. Therefore, the correct transformation is "I asked when 'The Beatles' made their first record."
7. b) She said that her friend could play the flute.
When reporting an ability, we need to change the verb 'can' to 'could'. Therefore, the correct transformation is "She said that her friend could play the flute."
8. c) They asked how many concerts we had been in our life.
When reporting a question, we use the reporting verb 'asked' followed by the question word or the conjunction 'if' or 'whether'. In this case, the correct question word is 'how many'. The pronoun 'you' is changed to 'we' to match the person being reported. Additionally, we use the past perfect tense 'had been' to report the past action. Therefore, the correct transformation is "They asked how many concerts we had been to in our life."
9. c) She wondered what our plans for the future were.
When reporting a sentence with the verb 'wonder', we usually use the question word or the question word order. In this case, the correct question word is 'what'. Additionally, the phrase 'for future' should be changed to 'for the future' to maintain proper grammar. Therefore, the correct transformation is "She wondered what our plans for the future were."
10. b) He said that rock music filled him with energy.
When reporting a statement, we need to change the pronouns and verb tenses according to the context. In this case, the pronoun 'me' is changed to 'him' in reported speech. The verb 'fill' is changed to 'filled' to match the past tense. Therefore, the correct transformation is "He said that rock music filled him with energy."