This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She asked: "Will you be so kind to help me? " She ..... A) Asked me if would I so kind to help her. B) Asked me if I will be so kind to help her. C) Asked me if I am so kind to help her. D) Asked me if will I help her. E) Asked me if I would be so kind to help her. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Asked me if I would be so kind to help her. 2. What do we use for Indirect Speech? A) Speech marks. B) 'is'. C) 'that'. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'that'. 3. "Is this the road to the station? " A) She asked me if is this the road to the station. B) She asked me if this was the road to the station. C) She asked me if was this the road to the station. D) She asked me if this is the road to the station. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me if this was the road to the station. 4. "Does she speak Greek? " $\rightarrow$ I'd like to know ..... A) If she speaks Greek. B) If she spoke Greek. C) She speaks Greek. D) Does she speak Greek?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If she speaks Greek. 5. Jhon: "My sister is studying in Australia this year"Jhon said that ..... A) His sister was studying in Australia this year. B) His sister were studying in Australia this year. C) His sister was studying in Australia that year. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His sister was studying in Australia that year. 6. He said "I arrived at Dubai airport" . Change to indirect speech. A) I arrived at Dubai airport. B) He said that he arrived at Dubai airport. C) "He said that he arrived at the Dubai airport.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he arrived at Dubai airport. 7. "Is he all right? " -$\rightarrow$ I wonder ..... all right. A) He was. B) If he is. C) If he was. D) He is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If he is. 8. Alice: "I may have to babysit my nephew. "Alice said she ..... to babysit her nephew. A) Had. B) Might had. C) May have. D) Might have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might have. 9. Change the following to Direct SpeechJohn told Jenny that he was busy and so he couldn't pick her up. A) John said to Jenny, "John is busy and so he can't pick her up.". B) John said to Jenny, "I'm busy and so I can't pick you up.". C) John said to Jenny, "I am busy and so I couldn't pick you up.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John said to Jenny, "I'm busy and so I can't pick you up.". 10. Change direct speech into reported speech "They would help if they could" .She said ..... A) They would help if they could. B) They will help if they can. C) She would help if she could. D) They would help if they can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They would help if they could. 11. Michael says: "I will be finishing tomorrow" A) He said he would be finishing tomorrow. B) He said he will finish tomorrow. C) He said he would finish tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said he would be finishing tomorrow. 12. "I can't help you, Maggie." She told ..... A) Maggie she couldn't help her. B) Maggie I can't help you. C) Maggie I can't help her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maggie she couldn't help her. 13. Change into reported speech:Gerry and Jess said, "We went to Spain." A) Billy and Theo said they gone to Spain. B) Billy and Theo said they had went to Spain. C) Billy and Theo said they had gone to Spain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Billy and Theo said they had gone to Spain. 14. "Look up these words in the dictionary. "My teacher said. A) The teacher asked us if we'd looked up the words in the dictionary. B) The teacher wanted to know how to look up the words in the dictionary. C) The teacher told us to look up the words in the dictionary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher told us to look up the words in the dictionary. 15. Alisson: "Pass me the salt, please"Alisson asked me ..... the salt A) To pass her. B) To pass him. C) To passed her. D) Pass she. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To pass her. 16. Marta: "I don't like tomatoes. "Laura:Marta said (that) she ..... tomatoes. A) Don't. B) Didn't. C) Doesn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't. 17. Consider the quoted speech below:He said, "Don't take the bus" .The reported speech is: A) He asked me not go take the bus. B) He told me not to take the bus. C) He suggested to me being not taking the bus. D) He said to me:don't take the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me not to take the bus. 18. The sister told me, "My daughters were helping me" A) My sister told me that her daughters had been helping me. B) My sister said to me that her daughters had been helping her. C) My sister told that her daughters had been helping her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My sister said to me that her daughters had been helping her. 19. She said: "I will not give you my vocabulary" .She ..... A) Said she would not give me her vocab. B) Asked if I would give her my vocab. C) Said she will not give me her vocab. D) Said she would give me her vocab. E) Said she will give me her vocab. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said she would not give me her vocab. 20. '' I passed my driving licence exam last week' A) Kasia told us she had passed her driving exam last week. B) Kasia told us she had passed her driving exam the week before. C) Kasia said us she had passed her driving exam last week. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kasia told us she had passed her driving exam the week before. 21. Complete the reported speech with the correct verb forms.I left it at home, ' said Jock.Jock said he ..... at home A) Was leaving it. B) Leaves it. C) Had left it. D) Left it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left it. 22. Andrea: "I don't like spinach. "Jose Manuel: "Patricia said (that) she ..... like spinach." A) Doesn't. B) Don't. C) Didn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't. 23. Where can we go tonight? if you passed the question to reported speech, it would be correct A) She asked when they could going that night. B) She asked when they could go that night. C) She ask where they could you go that nigth. D) She asked where they could go that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked where they could go that night. 24. The correct sentence in Reported speech A) Mike said that I look tired. B) Mark said that he will tell Chris he saw you. C) Jackie asked me not to tell anybody about her. D) Ann said that she can't drive. E) I told Jim don't shout in the class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jackie asked me not to tell anybody about her. 25. "I sing with the teacher" A) She said she sang with the teacher. B) She said she sing with the teacher. C) She said she was sing with the teacher. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she sang with the teacher. 26. "They hadn't eaten breakfast before school"She told me that they ..... breakfast before school. A) Hadn't been eating. B) Didn't eat. C) Hadn't eaten. D) Haven't eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't eaten. 27. Mark the INCORRECT option considering the correct structure of reported speech: A) "Do not park here" . The policeman said me not to park there. B) "I won't tell anybody" . He promised not to tell anybody. C) "I'll see you tomorrow" . She said she would see me the next day. D) "When is the new manager coming? " I asked when the new manager was coming. E) D "I overslept this morning" . She told him she'd overslept that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Do not park here" . The policeman said me not to park there. 28. Direct Speech: "We saw James at the football match"Indirect Speech:They mentioned that ..... at the football match. A) They had seen James. B) We have seen James. C) We had seen James. D) They has seen James. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had seen James. 29. "I don't like chocolate. "Juan told me that ..... A) He doesn' t like chocolate. B) He didn't like chocolate. C) He don't like chocolate. D) He didn't liked chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He didn't like chocolate. 30. Tick the correct option(s).We can identify that the sentence is in "Direct Speech" by looking at: A) Question Mark (? ). B) Quotation Mark ( " ). C) Exclamation Mark ( ! ). D) Point/Period/Dot ( . ). E) Brackets ( ). 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