This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Direct Speech:Ana is having fun at six flags.Reported Speech: ..... A) She said she is having fun at six flags. B) She said she was having fun at six flags. C) She said she had fun at six flags. D) She said: "I have fun at six flags". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said she was having fun at six flags. 2. Which of these is usually required with reported YES/NO questions? A) If. B) Do. C) Why. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If. 3. Change direct speech into reported speechThe woman said: "When I was walking on the pavement, a strange man stopped to ask me the way to the nearest bank. "$\rightarrow$ ..... A) The woman said that when she had been walking on the pavement, a strange man had stopped to ask her the way to the nearest bank. B) The woman wondered when she had been walking on the pavement, a strange man had stopped to ask her the way to the nearest bank. C) The woman said that when she has been walking on the pavement, a strange man had stopped to ask her the way to the nearest bank. D) The woman said that when she had been walking on the pavement, a strange man had stopped to ask me the way to the nearest bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The woman said that when she had been walking on the pavement, a strange man had stopped to ask her the way to the nearest bank. 4. The child said, "What a beautiful sight!" can be reported as ..... (delight / wonder / joy) A) The child exclaimed with joy that it was a very beautiful sight. B) The child exclaimed with wonder that it was a very beautiful sight. C) The child exclaimed with delight that the sight was very beautiful. D) The child exclaimed with wonder that the sight was very beautiful. E) The child exclaimed with delight that it was a very beautiful sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The child exclaimed with delight that it was a very beautiful sight. 5. She thanked me for my help. This can be the reported speech of ..... A) She said to me, " I'd like to hank you for your help.". B) She said to you, " Thanks for your help !". C) She said to me, " Thanks for your help !". D) She said to me, " Thanks for helping me.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said to me, " Thanks for your help !". 6. 'I can't go out to the cinema today, ' Karla said. A) She said she can't go out to the cinema that day . B) She said she can't go out to the cinema today. C) She said she could not go out to the cinema that day. D) She said she couldn't go out to the cinema today. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she could not go out to the cinema that day. 7. Your brother says: "I love you" A) He said he loved you. B) He said he loves you. C) He said he loves me. D) He said he loved me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said he loved me. 8. "It's been raining since this afternoon." Change to indirect speech. A) He said that it's been raining since that afternoon. B) It was raining that afternoon. C) "He said it was raining that afternoon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that it's been raining since that afternoon. 9. How we report this sentence: "I've swallowed my chewing gum." A) He said he had swalloed his chew gum. B) He say he had swalloed his chewing gum. C) He said he had swalloed his chewing gum. D) He said he have swalloed his chewing gum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he had swalloed his chewing gum. 10. "Can you swim? " A) He asked me if I'd swim. B) He asked me to swim. C) He asked if I could swim. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked if I could swim. 11. Direct speech:I buy many candies.Reported speech: ..... A) She said she had many candies. B) She said she ate many candies. C) She said she bought many candies. D) She said she buyed many candies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she bought many candies. 12. "Don't play here." A) The guard asked the boys to not play here. B) The guard told the boys not to play there. C) The guard asked the boys not to play here. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The guard told the boys not to play there. 13. Change the sentence to REPORTED SPEECH.Jimmy said to his wife, "I lost the watch" A) Jimmy told her that he has lost the watch. B) Jimmy said her he had lost the watch. C) Jimmy said he had lost the watch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jimmy said he had lost the watch. 14. "You haven't written the essay." The teacher thought that ..... A) The teacher thought that I hadn't written the essay. B) The principal thought that I hadn't written the essay. C) The teacher thought that we hadn't written the essay. D) The teacher thinks that I hadn't written the essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher thought that I hadn't written the essay. 15. We will come earlier. A) They remember to come earlier. B) They promised to come earlier. C) They wanrned to come earlier. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They promised to come earlier. 16. 'Oh, hi, Ethan! I'm just leaving, unfortunately.'$\rightarrow$ When I got there I saw him, but he said he ..... A) Is just leaving. B) Was just leaving. C) Had just left. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was just leaving. 17. "When will this exercise end? " A) He asked if this exercise will end. B) He asked when that exercise would end. C) He asked if this exercise would end. D) He asked when this exercise will end. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked when that exercise would end. 18. Complete the reported sentence: A) Gone. B) Went. C) Go. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 19. Ben asked: "Where did you find the book? "Ben asked me ..... A) Where I finded the book. B) Where had I found the book. C) Where I had found the book. D) Where I had find the book. E) Where I found the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where I had found the book. 20. Aziz asked ..... I lived far from Aktau A) And. B) When. C) As. D) If. E) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If. 21. "I saw you at the station." Kim told me ..... A) Kim told me she had seen me at the station. B) Kim tells me she had seen me at the station. C) Kim told me she saw me at the station. D) Kim told me she was seeing me at the station. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kim told me she had seen me at the station. 22. Mario: "I'm going to play tomorrow"Mario said he ..... the next day. A) Was going playing. B) Was going to play. C) Is going to play. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going to play. 23. Change direct speech into reported speech "I'II do the washing-up later" .She told me ..... A) She would do the washing-up the following later. B) She would do the washing-up later. C) She will do the washing-up later. D) I would do the washing-up later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She would do the washing-up later. 24. Read the conversations. Then complete Maria's diary entry with the things they said. A) Play. B) Plays. C) Playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Played. 25. Correct sentence in Reported speech A) My aunt asked me where did I buy my dress. B) Father told his son don't take that newspaper away. C) Jane asked Sarah if there was anything to eat. D) The police officer stopped us and asked us where we are going. E) Sue said that she will take the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jane asked Sarah if there was anything to eat. 26. She knew they ..... and active part in sports competitions. A) Are taking. B) Will take. C) Take. D) Taken. E) Had taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had taken. 27. Change direct speech into reported speechHelen said, " I'm watching the late night show." $\rightarrow$ Helen said ..... the late night show. A) You watched. B) They were watching. C) She was watching. D) Helen is watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was watching. 28. The girl said, 'How beautiful the rainbow is!' (delight / happiness / pleasure / joy / excitement) A) The girl exclaimed with joy that the rainbow was very beautiful. B) The girl exclaimed with delight that the rainbow was very beautiful. C) The girl exclaimed with pleasure that the rainbow was very beautiful. D) The girl exclaimed with excitement that the rainbow was very beautiful. E) The girl exclaimed with happiness that the rainbow was very beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl exclaimed with delight that the rainbow was very beautiful. 29. 'I love this restaurant!' said Chloe.$\rightarrow$ Chloe said she loved ..... restaurant! A) This. B) That. C) There. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 30. Report this sentences correctlythere was and accident outside the supermarket A) He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket. B) He said there were an accident outside the supermarket. C) He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket. 31. Change to the correct reported speech form: "She is my sister" A) She said me that she was her sister. B) She told me that she was her sister. C) She asked me if she was her sister. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told me that she was her sister. 32. My parents: "you were so cute when you were a child"My parents said that ..... A) You are so cute when you were a child. B) You will be so cute when you were a child. C) You had been so cute when you were a child. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You had been so cute when you were a child. 33. Change the following to Direct SpeechTeacher asked me where my father had lived. A) Teacher asked, "Where had your father live? ". B) Teacher asked, "Where did your father live? ". C) Teacher asked, "Where does your father live? ". D) Teacher asked, "Where is your father live? ". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teacher asked, "Where did your father live? ". 34. "When is your birthday? " $\rightarrow$ They wanted to know ..... A) When my birthday was. B) Their birthday was when. C) When was my birthday. D) When their birthday was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When my birthday was. 35. Peter:I have to study for a huge exam on Monday. "Peter said he ..... for a huge exam on Monday. A) Had to study. B) Has to study. C) Have to study. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had to study. 36. "She got married last year" A) She told me that she had gotten married yesterday. B) She said that I had gotten married the previous year. C) She told that she had gotten married the previous year. D) She said that she got married the previous year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She told that she had gotten married the previous year. 37. Change into reported speech: "Come here tomorrow!" A) The neighbour told me go there that day. B) The neighbour told that I go there tomorrow. C) The neighbour told me to go there on the next day. D) The neighbour told me to come there on the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The neighbour told me to go there on the next day. 38. He said, "I will help him." A) He said that I would help him. B) He said that he would help him. C) He said that I would help him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he would help him. 39. He told us, "Don't forget to do your homework tonight." A) He told us not to forget to do our homework that night. B) He told us not to forget to do my homework the night before. C) He told us to not forget to do my homework that night. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told us not to forget to do our homework that night. 40. In what time do we report a sentence that is in past perfect? A) Present perfect. B) Present perfect continuous. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect. 41. "Last week" in Indirect Speech A) Then. B) The previous week. C) The next week. D) That week. E) The following week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The previous week. 42. The mayor: "We are working to keep safe everyone"The mayor said that ..... A) They is working to keep safe everyone. B) They were working to keep safe everyone. C) They are working to keep safe everyone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were working to keep safe everyone. 43. In reported speech "now" changes into ..... A) Earlier than now. B) Then. C) Right now. D) That day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Then. 44. Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option. "Imperative " A) Present simple. B) Infinitive. C) The same tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive. 45. He ..... London ..... the capital of Great Britain A) Is saying / will. B) Said / is. C) Says / has being. D) Says / were. E) Said / were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said / is. 46. What are the past simple of the verbs:sing, understand, listen, give A) Sang, understood, listened, gived. B) Sang, understand, listen, gave. C) Sang, understood, listened, gave. D) Sang, understot, listened, gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sang, understood, listened, gave. 47. Change the following to Direct SpeechEliza asked me if I was looking at her. A) Eliza asked, "Are you looking at me? ". B) Eliza asked, "if you are looking at me? ". C) Eliza asked, "Were you looking at me". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eliza asked, "Are you looking at me? ". 48. 'I haven't been to the cinema for a long time.' Tom said he ..... to the cinema for a long time. A) Wasn't been. B) Wasn't. C) Hadn't been. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't been. 49. Direct Speech: "Do we have a test tomorrow? "Indirect Speech: ..... A) I've forgotten do we have a test tomorrow?. B) I've forgotten if we have a test tomorrow. C) I've forgotten have we a test tomorrow? John said me. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I've forgotten if we have a test tomorrow. 50. Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option. "Past simple" A) Past perfect. B) Past perfect continuous. C) Past simple. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect. 51. Natalia: "I have a cat and three turtles. "Aitana:Mary said (that) she ..... a cat and three turtles." A) Have. B) Had. C) Has. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 52. Direct speech:'Open the door!'Reported speech:Jackson ..... me to open the door. A) Asked. B) Told. C) Tells. D) Asks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 53. "Are you hungry? " A) Mom asked whether I am hungry. B) Mom asked that are you hungry?. C) Mom asked if I was hungry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mom asked if I was hungry. 54. Change direct speech into reported speech"The Earth moves around the Sun" , my teacher said.$\rightarrow$ ..... A) My teacher said the Earth moves around the Sun. B) My teacher said with us the Earth moved around the Sun. C) My teacher asked us if the Earth moves around the Sun. D) My teacher said the Sun doesn't move around the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My teacher said the Earth moves around the Sun. 55. Change direct speech into reported speechHoa said "I may visit my parents in the summer" $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Hoa said she might visit my parents in the summer. B) Hoa said she may visit her parents in the summer. C) Hoa said she had to visit her parents in the summer. D) Hoa said she might visit her parents in the summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hoa said she might visit her parents in the summer. 56. "I'm doing my homework a the moment. "He said that he ..... at the moment. A) Done his homework. B) Was doing his homework. C) Has been doing his homework. D) Did his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing his homework. 57. "It is so sad. "I said ..... A) I said it was so sad. B) You said it was so sad. C) I said it is so sad. D) We said it was so sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I said it was so sad. 58. Your girlfriend says: "You don't understand me" A) She said you didn't understand her. B) She said you didn't understand him. C) He said he didn't understand he. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said you didn't understand her. 59. He said Martha hadn't studied English beforewhat is the direct speech? A) "Martha hadn't studied English before" he said. B) "Martha hadn't study English before" he said. C) "Martha had studied English before" he said. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Martha hadn't studied English before" he said. 60. My sister ..... that she always had too much work to do. A) Denied. B) Complained. C) Refused. D) Convinced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complained. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesReported Speech Quiz 2Reported Speech Quiz 3Reported Speech Quiz 4Reported Speech Quiz 5Reported Speech Quiz 6Reported Speech Quiz 7Direct And Indirect Speech QuizDirect Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books