This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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 is your father live? ". C) Teacher asked, "Where did your father live? ". D) Teacher asked, "Where does your father live? ". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teacher asked, "Where did your father live? ". 4. "When is your birthday? " $\rightarrow$ They wanted to know ..... A) When their birthday was. B) When my birthday was. C) When was my birthday. D) Their birthday was when. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When my birthday was. 5. 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) Have to study. C) Has to study. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had to study. 6. "She got married last year" A) She said that she got married the previous year. B) She told that she had gotten married the previous year. C) She told me that she had gotten married yesterday. D) She said that I had gotten married the previous year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told that she had gotten married the previous year. 7. Change into reported speech: "Come here tomorrow!" A) The neighbour told me to go there on the next day. B) The neighbour told that I go there tomorrow. C) The neighbour told me go there that day. D) The neighbour told me to come there on the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The neighbour told me to go there on the next day. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. In what time do we report a sentence that is in past perfect? A) Past perfect continuous. B) Present perfect. C) Present perfect continuous. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect. 11. "Last week" in Indirect Speech A) Then. B) The next week. C) The following week. D) That week. E) The previous week. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The previous week. 12. 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. 13. In reported speech "now" changes into ..... A) That day. B) Right now. C) Earlier than now. D) Then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Then. 14. 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. 15. He ..... London ..... the capital of Great Britain A) Said / were. B) Said / is. C) Is saying / will. D) Says / were. E) Says / has being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said / is. 16. 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. 17. 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? ". 18. '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. 19. 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. 20. Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option. "Past simple" A) Past perfect continuous. B) Past simple. C) Past perfect. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect. 21. 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. 22. In reported speech:Questions become A) Affirmations. B) Negative sentences. C) Questions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affirmations. 23. Direct speech:'Open the door!'Reported speech:Jackson ..... me to open the door. A) Asked. B) Told. C) Asks. D) Tells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 24. "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. 25. Change direct speech into reported speech"The Earth moves around the Sun" , my teacher said.$\rightarrow$ ..... A) My teacher said with us the Earth moved around the Sun. B) My teacher said the Sun doesn't move around the Earth. C) My teacher said the Earth moves around the Sun. D) My teacher asked us if the Earth moves around the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My teacher said the Earth moves around the Sun. 26. Change direct speech into reported speechHoa said "I may visit my parents in the summer" $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Hoa said she may visit her parents in the summer. B) Hoa said she had to visit her parents in the summer. C) Hoa said she might visit her parents in the summer. D) Hoa said she might visit my parents in the summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hoa said she might visit her parents in the summer. 27. "I'm doing my homework a the moment. "He said that he ..... at the moment. A) Has been doing his homework. B) Did his homework. C) Was doing his homework. D) Done his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing his homework. 28. 'I have lived in four countries by the age of ten.'$\rightarrow$ She said that she ..... in four countries by the age of ten. A) Lived. B) Was living. C) Had lived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had lived. 29. "I'll do it tomorrow." He said that he ..... A) Will do it the next day. B) Is going to do it the next day. C) Would do it the next day. D) Could do it the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would do it the next day. 30. "It is so sad. "I said ..... A) I said it is so sad. B) I said it was so sad. C) We said it was so sad. D) You said it was so sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I said it was so sad. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesReported Speech Quiz 1Reported Speech Quiz 3Reported Speech Quiz 4Reported Speech Quiz 5Reported Speech Quiz 6Reported Speech Quiz 7Reported Speech Quiz 8Reported Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books