Choose the correct answer.
1 He said: “I don’t care about it”.
a) He said that he didn’t care about it.
b) He said that I didn’t care about it.
c) He said that he doesn’t care about it.
2 He said: “He always tries to lead”.
a) He said that he always tried to lead.
b) He said that he always tries to lead.
c) He said that he had always tried to lead.
3 He said: “I really hate it”.
a) He said that I really hate it.
b) He said that he really hated it.
c) He said that he had really hated it.
4 He said: “They often reduce the staff”.
a) He said that they often reduce the staff.
b) He said that they have often reduced the staff.
c) He said that they often reduced the staff.
5 He said: “The method doesn’t work”.
a) He said that the method doesn’t work.
b) He said that the method didn’t work.
c) He said that the method hasn’t worked.
6 He said: “She never helps us”.
a) He said that she never helped us.
b) He said that she never helps us.
c) He said that she has never helped us.
7 He said: “It doesn’t exist”.
a) He said that it didn’t exist.
b) He said that it doesn’t exist.
c) He said that it hasn’t existed.
8 He said: “I don’t teach English”.
a) He said that he doesn’t teach English.
b) He said that he didn’t teach English.
c) He said that he hasn’t taught English.
9 She told me: ‘’I want to achieve this aim”.
a) She told me that she wanted to achieve this aim.
b) She told me that she wants to achieve that aim.
c) She told me that she wanted to achieve that aim.
10 She said: “I tell him everything”.
a) She said that she told him everything.
b) She said that she has told him everything.
c) She said that she tells him everything.
11 He said: “I’m having a rest”.
a) He said that he is having a rest.
b) He said that he was having a rest.
c) He said that he has having a rest.
12 He said: ‘’I’m choosing the second answer”.
a) He said that he was choosing the second answer.
b) He said that he is choosing the second answer.
c) He said that he chooses the second answer.
13 He said: “The baby is crying”.
a) He said that the baby is crying.
b) He said that the baby has crying.
c) He said that the baby was crying.
14 He said: “The teacher is explaining these rules”.
a) He said that the teacher is explaining those rules.
b) He said that the teacher was explaining those rules.
c) He said that the teacher was explaining these rules.
15 He said: “I’m paying him now”.
a) He said that he was paying him then.
b) He said that he is paying him now.
c) He said that he was paying him now.
16 She told me: “I’m thinking about my marriage”.
a) She told me that she is thinking about my marriage.
b) She told me that she was thinking about my marriage.
c) She told me that she was thinking about her marriage.
17 She said: “He isn’t lying”.
a) She said that he isn’t lying.
b) She said that he wasn’t lying.
c) She said that he hasn’t been lying.
18 He said: “I’m experiencing a strange feeling”.
a) He said that he is experiencing a strange feeling.
b) He said that he was experiencing a strange feeling.
c) He said that he has experienced a strange feeling.
19 He said: “The situation isn’t getting better”.
a) He said that the situation isn’t getting better.
b) He said that the situation won’t get better.
c) He said that the situation wasn’t getting better.
20 He said: “I’m talking on the phone”.
a) He said that he was talking on the phone.
b) He said that he is talking on the phone.
c) He said that he will talk on the phone.
21 He said: “I have already seen her”.
a) He said he already saw her.
b) He said he had already seen her.
c) He said I have already seen her.
22 He said: “She has remembered it at last”.
a) He said that she has remembered it at last.
b) He said that she remembered it at last.
c) He said that she had remembered it at last.
23 He said: “I have never been there”.
a) He said that he had never been there.
b) He said that he have never been there.
c) He said that he wasn’t there.
24 She told me: “I have been extremely busy this week”.
a) She told me that she has been extremely busy that week.
b) She told me that she was extremely busy that week.
c) She told me that she had been extremely busy this week.
25 He said: “They have trained professionally”.
a) He said that they had trained professionally.
b) He said that they trained professionally.
c) He said that they have trained professionally.
26 He said: “I haven’t visited this place yet”.
a) He said that he hasn’t visited this place yet.
b) He said that he hadn’t visited that place yet.
c) He said that he didn’t visit that place yet.
27 She told me: “I have won”.
a) She told me that she won.
b) She told me that she has won.
c) She told me that she had won.
28 She said: “They have already notified him”.
a) She said that they have already notified him.
b) She said that they had already notified him.
c) She said that they notified him.
29 He said: “She has failed her last exam”.
a) He said that she has failed her last exam.
b) He said that she had failed her last exam.
c) He said that she failed her last exam.
30 He said: “She has sung such a beautiful song”.
a) He said that she had sung such a beautiful song.
b) He said that she sung such a beautiful song.
c) He said that she has sung such a beautiful song.
Answer
1 a 2 a 3 b 4 c 5 b 6 a 7 a 8 b 9 c 10 a
11 b 12 a 13 c 14 b 15 a 16 c 17 b 18 b 19 c 20 a
21 b 22 c 23 a 24 c 25 a 26 b 27 c 28 b 29 b 30 a