This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Questions – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Questions Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "WHAT WILL BE THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING?-SUSAN A) SUSAN ASKED WHAT THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING WOULD BE. B) SUSAN ASKED IF WOULD BE THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING. C) SUSAN ASKED WHAT WOULD BE THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING. D) SUSAN ASKED WHAT WOULD BE THE MEETING OF THE TOPIC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SUSAN ASKED WHAT THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING WOULD BE. 2. Change the direct question 'Did she call you yesterday?' into a reported question. A) She questioned if you had called her yesterday. B) She asked if you had called her the day before. C) She inquired if you had called her yesterday. D) She wondered if you called her yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked if you had called her the day before. 3. Where did you go to on holiday last year? A) Mary asked Joe where you had gone to on holiday last year. B) Mary asked Joe if he had gone to on holiday last year. C) Mary asked Joe where he had gone to on holiday last year. D) Mary asked Joe where he went to on holiday last year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary asked Joe where he had gone to on holiday last year. 4. Sue asked me how long I had lived in Madrid. A) How long I had lived in Madrid?. B) How long have you lived in Madrid?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How long have you lived in Madrid?. 5. Frank: "How much money does Lisa get?" A) Frank wanted to know how much money do Lisa get. B) Frank wanted to know how much money Lisa get. C) Frank wanted to know how many Lisa gets. D) Frank wanted to know how much money Lisa got. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frank wanted to know how much money Lisa got. 6. 'Can Melanie drive?'She ..... A) Said that Malanie had driven. B) Asked if Malanie could drive. C) Said that Malanie could drive. D) Asked if Malanie drives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked if Malanie could drive. 7. Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago, Holly?" A) Linda asked me if Max had flown to London two weeks before. B) Linda asked Holly if Max had flown to London two weeks before. C) Linda asked Holly if had Max flown to London two weeks before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linda asked Holly if Max had flown to London two weeks before. 8. They asked me when ..... A) Did I arrive. B) I can arrive. C) I had arrived. D) Will I arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had arrived. 9. Can you put away your clean clothes? A) Tyler asked Harry to put away your clothes. B) Tyler asked Harry can to put away his clean clothes. C) Tyler asked Harry to put away his clean clothes. D) Tyler asked Harry put away his clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tyler asked Harry to put away his clean clothes. 10. Has Dan been to China? A) Do you know has Dan been to China. B) Can you tell me if Dan has been to China. C) Do you know if has Dan been to China. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can you tell me if Dan has been to China. 11. Tina asked me" Who did you meet?"Tina asked me ..... A) Who I met. B) Who I have met. C) Who I had met. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who I had met. 12. Put your hands up or I'll shoot!The robber threatened ..... A) To shoot us if we didn't put our hands up. B) To put our hands up if we didn't shoot him. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To shoot us if we didn't put our hands up. 13. Can Tom play the quitar? A) Can you tell me can Tom play the quitar. B) Can you tell me if can Tom play the quitar. C) Can you tell me if Tom can play the quitar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can you tell me if Tom can play the quitar. 14. 'Are you the one who broke the vase?' Roger asked Jimmy. A) Roger asked Jimmy if he was the one who had broken the vase. B) Roger asked Jimmy if he is the one who broke the vase. C) Roger asked Jimmy if he was the one who has broken the vase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roger asked Jimmy if he was the one who had broken the vase. 15. The teacher asks the boy, "Where is your homework?" A) The teacher asks the boy where your homework is. B) The teacher asks the boy where is his homework. C) The teacher asks the boy where his homework is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher asks the boy where his homework is. 16. Katie, what is the cat doing? Katie wanted to know ..... A) What the cat would do. B) What the cat had been doing. C) What the cat could do. D) What the cat was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What the cat was doing. 17. Were you at the party?My father asked me ..... A) I was at the party. B) If I had been at the party. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If I had been at the party. 18. Czy zdanie 'She told him turn off the computer.' jest poprawne? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 19. What is the original question of this sentence:He asked what they were doing. A) What they were doing?. B) What are they doing?. C) What were they doing?. D) What are they do?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What are they doing?. 20. "Where are you going?" he asked. A) He asked me where I am going. B) He asked me where I was going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me where I was going. 21. The stranger asked, "Where is the police station?" A) The stranger asked where the police station was?. B) The starnger asked where the police station is. C) The stanger asked where the police station was. D) The stranger asked where is the police station. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stranger asked where the police station was?. 22. Andrew: "Will Mandy have lunch with Sue?" A) Andrew asked me whether Mandy would had lunch with Sue. B) Andrew asked me whether Mandy would have lunch with Sue. C) Andrew asked me whether Mandy will have had lunch with Sue. D) Andrew asked me whether Mandy could have lunch with Sue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andrew asked me whether Mandy would have lunch with Sue. 23. Direct speech: "Why is Julie sad?"Reported speech: ..... ? A) She asked me why Julie was sad. B) She asked me why Julie had been sad. C) She asked me why Julie were sad. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me why Julie was sad. 24. "How much will it cost to send the package to Japan?" asked Julie. Julie asked the cashier how much ..... to send the package to Japan. A) Will it cost. B) It would cost. C) Would it cost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It would cost. 25. He asked Tom '' Have you seen the dog?"He asked Tom ..... A) If he had seen the dog. B) Had he seen the dog. C) If he saw the dog. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If he had seen the dog. 26. 'Have you met Angela?'She asked us ..... Angela. A) If we had met. B) Had we met. C) If you have met. D) If I had met. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If we had met. 27. Report the following statement: "What time is the flight?" A) Do you know what time is the flight?. B) Do you know what time the flight is?. C) Do you know the time was the flight?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do you know what time the flight is?. 28. Why are they laughing? A) John asked why they were laughing. B) John asked why were they laughing. C) John asked why they had laughed. D) John asked why did they laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John asked why they were laughing. 29. "What do the children study on Fridays?"We ask ..... A) What do they study on Fridays. B) What they studied on Fridays. C) What did they study on Fridays. D) What they study on Fridays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What they study on Fridays. 30. Tom asked '' How will they find the book?"Tom asked ..... A) How will they find the book. B) How they will find the book. C) How they would find the book. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How they would find the book. 31. 'What have archaeologists found out about early humans?' A) I asked what archaeologists have found out about early humans. B) I asked what archaeologists had found out about early humans. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I asked what archaeologists had found out about early humans. 32. "Is there anything I can do for you?" asked George A) George asked if there was anything he could do for me. B) George asked if there is anything he can do for me. C) George asked if there was anything he could do for me?. D) George asked if there was anything he can do for me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George asked if there was anything he could do for me. 33. "Where do you play football today?Jeniffer asked me ..... football yesterday. A) Where you played. B) Where you play. C) Where did you play. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where you played. 34. Can the secretary see the salaries of the workers? A) She wondered whether the secretary could saw the salaries of the workers. B) She wondered whether the secretary can see the salaries of the workers. C) She wondered whether the secretary could see the salaries of the workers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wondered whether the secretary could see the salaries of the workers. 35. Maria:'Is Annie going to be the next group leader?' A) Maria asked when Annie is going to be the next group leader. B) Maria wants to know if Annie is going to be the next group leader. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maria wants to know if Annie is going to be the next group leader. 36. Maria, when will you come? Maria asked me ..... A) When I could come. B) When I had come. C) When I would come. D) When I was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I would come. 37. Rose asked me '' Are you busy tonight?" A) Rose asked me if I were busy that night. B) Rose asked me are you busy tonight. C) Rose asked me if I was busy that night. D) Rose asked me if I was busy tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rose asked me if I was busy that night. 38. 'I won't buy this car' he said. A) He refused for buying this car,. B) He refused to buy that car. C) He refuses that he buy that car. D) He refused to buying that car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He refused to buy that car. 39. The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"Teacher asked ..... A) Who spoke English. B) Who did speak English. C) Who is spoken English. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who spoke English. 40. "Are you going to cash the check today, Paul" asked Ashley. Ashley asked Paul ..... cash the check that day. A) If he would. B) Whether he was to. C) If he was going to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If he was going to. 41. "WHY ARE THE CUSTOMERS MORE INTERESTED IN THE LUXURY LINE?-THE SALES MANAGER A) THE SALES MANAGER ASKED WHY THE CUSTOMERS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN THE LUXURY LINE. B) THE SALES MANAGER ASKED WHY THE CUSTOMERS WERE MORE INTERESTED IN THE LUXURY LINE. C) THE SALES MANAGER ASKED WHY ARE THE CUSTOMERS MORE INTERESTED IN THE LUXURY LINE. D) THE SALES MANAGER ASKED WHY WERE THE CUSTOMERS MORE INTERESTED IN THE LUXURY LINE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THE SALES MANAGER ASKED WHY THE CUSTOMERS WERE MORE INTERESTED IN THE LUXURY LINE. 42. He asked me "Are you going to the cinema?" A) He asked me if I am going to the cinema. B) He asked me if you were going to the cinema. C) He asked me if I was going to the cinema. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked me if I was going to the cinema. 43. Lucy asked, "Who is your favorite character?" A) Lucy asked who my favorite character was. B) Lucy asked who my favorite character is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lucy asked who my favorite character is. 44. This sentence is wrong: "Maria asked Julia how old was she" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. Tim asked Eric, "What time did you leave?" A) Tim asked Eric what time he had left. B) Tim asked Eric if he left on time. C) Tim asked Eric what time he was leaving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tim asked Eric what time he had left. 46. Jason asked, "Why did you leave so early, Pete?" A) Jason asked Pete why had he left so early. B) Jason asked Pete why he had left so early. C) Jason asked Pete why he left so early. D) Jason asked Pete why did he leave so early. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jason asked Pete why he had left so early. 47. Have you fed the dog? A) She asked me I had fed the dog. B) She asked me if I had been fed the dog. C) She asked me whether had I fed the dog. D) She asked me whether I had fed the dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked me whether I had fed the dog. 48. Pam, "How was your journey? Pam wanted to know ..... A) How my journey had been. B) How my journey could be. C) How my journey was being. D) How my journey would be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How my journey had been. 49. Dad asked me, "Do you like rap?" A) Dad asked me did I like rap?. B) Dad asked did I like rap. C) Dad asked if I liked rap. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dad asked if I liked rap. 50. Marta asked me:(what time is the movie?) A) Marta asked me what time was the movie. B) Marta asked me what time the movie was. C) Marta asked me what time is the movie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marta asked me what time the movie was. 51. 'Have you read this book?'He ..... I had read the book. A) Asks me if. B) Asked me if. C) Said that. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked me if. 52. He said to me, ''What are you doing now?"He asked me ..... A) What I was doing then. B) What were you doing now. C) What was I doing then. D) What are you doing now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I was doing then. 53. Mark: "Has John arrived?" A) Mark asked me whether John had arrived or not. B) Mark asked me whether John has arrived or not. C) Mark asked me if John has arrived. D) Mark asked me whether John arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mark asked me whether John had arrived or not. 54. Where do you play football? A) Messi asked me where I play football. B) Messi asked me where I played football. C) Messi asked me where I was playing football. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Messi asked me where I played football. 55. "How long will it take?" said Lorena. A) Lorena said how long it will take. B) Lorena asked how long it would take. C) Lorena said how long it will take?. D) Lorena asked how long it would take?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lorena asked how long it would take. 56. "Were you watching a movie?"Patty wanted to know ..... A) Whether I had been watching a movie. B) Whether I had watched a movie. C) Whether I was watching a movie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whether I had been watching a movie. 57. Jack:'Michael, can I borrow your pen please?' A) Jack asked if he could borrow Michael's pen. B) Michael wants to know can Jack borrow his pen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack asked if he could borrow Michael's pen. 58. Ronald: "Where does Maria park her car?" A) Ronald asked me where Maria parked her car. B) Ronald asked me if Maria parks her car here. C) Ronald told me where Maria parks her car. D) Ronald asked me whether Maria parked her car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ronald asked me where Maria parked her car. 59. We use Indirect Questions, when: A) We are bored. B) We want to humilliate a non english speaker. C) To sound more polite or formal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To sound more polite or formal. 60. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.She asked ..... A) Where the umbrella is. B) Where the umbrella was. C) Where was the umbrella. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where the umbrella was. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesReported Questions Quiz 2Reported Questions Quiz 3Reported Questions Quiz 4Reported Questions Quiz 5Reported Questions Quiz 6Reported Questions Quiz 7Reported Questions Quiz 8Reported Questions Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books