Using Past Tense Reporting Verbs
QUESTION 1
Complete the sentence using the correct reporting verb.
Jaber: Saeed told ✓ me that he loved reading my blog about our country's history.
Mom: That's wonderful! I would like to read it too.
QUESTION 2
Complete the sentence using the correct reporting verb.
Will: One of the football fans shouted ✓ that the match wasn't over yet.
Had he not been so loud, no one would have heard him.
[whispered - ordered - told]
QUESTION 3
Choose the sentence that uses a reporting verb.
1. Ashton: My grandfather and I spent time together.
2. Ashton: My grandfather said that going to school was fun! ✓
3. Finley: I would like to meet your grandfather one day and listen to his stories.
4. Finley: My grandfather is a very nice man.
QUESTION 4
Choose the correct statements based on the text.
Finley: What did your grandparents tell you about their lives as teenagers?
Ashton: My grandmother said it was hard for her to go to school. She whispered that she wishes she could have gone to school more.
Finley: What about your grandfather? Did he attend school?
Ashton: Yes. He told me that he enjoyed going to school.
1. Ashton's grandmother never missed a day of school.
2. Ashton's grandmother could not attend school as much as she wanted. ✓
3. Ashton's grandfather didn't like going to school.
4. Ashton's grandfather attended school as a teenager. ✓
QUESTION 5
Choose the sentence that uses reported speech.
1. I was playing with my younger brother when my mother came home.
2. My father said he used to swim every day when he was my age. ✓
3. My father swims every day because he believes it is good exercise.
4. The football match had begun before I reached the stadium.