Mixed Reported Speech exercises — Set 4: Advanced Mixed Practice (Worksheet)
Worksheet • 20 questions • 15 min
"I've been waiting for over an hour!" → She complained that she for over an hour.
"Which platform does the train to Oxford leave from?" → He asked which platform the train to Oxford from.
"You should take an umbrella — it looks like rain." → She me to take an umbrella.
"Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius." → The teacher said that water at 100 degrees Celsius.
"I won't tell you again — clean your room!" → Mum me to clean my room.
"Do you know whether the shop is still open?" → She asked me the shop was still open.
"I used to live in Berlin when I was young." → He told me he in Berlin when he was young.
"Could you possibly lend me your car this weekend?" → He asked me I could lend him my car that weekend.
"Yes, it was me — I broke the window." → He confessed breaking the window.
"I might not be able to come to the party." → She said she not be able to come to the party.
"How often do you exercise?" → The doctor asked me how often I .
"I'll never speak to him again!" → She that she would never speak to him again.
"The meeting has been postponed until next week." → He informed us that the meeting until the following week.
"Please don't park in front of the garage." → He asked us in front of the garage.
"I live in Tokyo." (She still lives there.) → She says she in Tokyo.
"We were having dinner when the lights went out." → They said they dinner when the lights had gone out.
"You'd better not be late again." → The boss me not to be late again.
"What would you do if you won the lottery?" → He asked me what I if I won the lottery.
"I'm the new manager here." → She us that she was the new manager there.
"Shall I make you a cup of tea?" → She to make me a cup of tea.
Mixed Reported Speech exercises online (Worksheet)
This advanced set tests everything: tense backshift across all tenses, modal verb changes (will → would, can → could, must → had to), pronoun and time/place shifts, no-backshift exceptions for general truths, all sentence types (statements, questions, commands, requests), and a wide range of reporting verbs including advanced introductory verbs. Some questions include tricky edge cases — read carefully and apply the correct rules.