Choose the correct reported speech for the sentence: He said, "I am tired."
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. He said that he was tired.
- Step 1: In reported speech the verb moves one tense back and the pronouns change. Step 2. The correct sentence is: He said that he was tired. Answer: He said that he was tired. Why not the others: He said that he is tired.: The tense and pronouns must shift in reported speech. He said that I was tired.: The tense and pronouns must shift in reported speech. He says that he was tired.: The tense and pronouns must shift in reported speech.
Practise more Grammar, Vocabulary and Usage.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed Tawjihi (Palestinian General Secondary Examination), Literary Stream mock tests.
More Grammar, Vocabulary and Usage questions
- Which sentence uses the present simple tense correctly?
- Which sentence uses the past simple correctly?
- Choose the sentence with the correct plural noun.
- Which word correctly completes the sentence: 'She is taller ___ her sister.'
- The sentence 'If I had more time, I would read more novels' is a second conditional. Which sentence follows the same pattern?
- Choose the correct form: 'By the time the bus arrived, we ___ for an hour.'