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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Change the sentence to DIRECT SPEECH.He told the instructor that he couldn't swim. A) "I can't swim.". B) "I can swim.". C) "I am swimming. ". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I can't swim.". 2. Change into reported speech:Katie's mum said, "Katie ran very quickly." A) Katie's mum said Katie had run very quickly. B) Katie's mum said Katie had ran very quickly. C) Katie's mum said Katie ran very quickly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Katie's mum said Katie had ran very quickly. 3. Your teacher says: "You have been working hard" A) He said I had been working hard. B) He said you had been working hard. C) He said I have been working hard. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said I had been working hard. 4. Direct speech:'Could you call me back? 'Reported speech: ..... A) He asked her if she could call him back?. B) He asked her if she could call him back. C) He asked her if she can call him back?. D) He asked her if she can call him back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked her if she could call him back. 5. Change direct speech into reported speechThe teacher said to his class:" You will have to finish all these exercises before next week." $\rightarrow$ The teacher said to his class ..... A) They would had have to finish all these exercises before the next week. B) They would have to finish all these exercises before next weekt. C) They would have to finish all these exercises before the next week. D) Hey will have to finish all these exercises before next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They would have to finish all these exercises before the next week. 6. 'It is cold outside, ' Helen said. Helen said it ..... cold outside. A) Was cold. B) Is cold. C) Was colding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cold. 7. Change into reported speech: "I haven't eaten yet." A) Mike complained that he didn't eat yet. B) Mike complained that he hadn't eaten yet. C) Mike complained that he wouldn't have eaten yet. D) Mike complained that he hasn't eaten yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mike complained that he hadn't eaten yet. 8. Direct:The candidate said, 'How difficult the problem is!'Its indirect speech is: ..... (disapproval / disgust / contempt) A) The candidate exclaimed with disapproval that the problem was very difficult. B) The candidate exclaimed with disgust that the problem was very difficult. C) The candidate exclaimed with contempt that the problem was very difficult. D) The candidate exclaimed with disapproval that it was a very difficult problem . E) The candidate exclaimed with disgust that it was a very difficult problem . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The candidate exclaimed with disapproval that the problem was very difficult. 9. They said, "We loved the concert." A) They said that we loved the concert. B) They said that we had loved the concert. C) They said that they had loved the concert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they had loved the concert. 10. Change direct speech into reported speechThe boys said "We have to try our best to win the match." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) The boys said they had to try them best to win the match. B) The boys said they had to try their best to win the match. C) The boys said they have to try their best to win the match. D) The boys said they had to try our best to win the match. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boys said they had to try their best to win the match. 11. She said that she should have done that earlier.Change to direct speech. A) She said that, " I should have done that earlier. B) She said, " I should have done this earlier.". C) She said that she should have done this earlier. D) She said, " I should have done that earlier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said, " I should have done this earlier.". 12. The indirect speech of He said, "Alas! I failed the test!" is ..... (sorrow / grief) A) He exclaimed with sorrow that he had failed the test. B) He exclaimed with regret that he had failed the test. C) He exclaimed with grief that he had failed the test. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He exclaimed with sorrow that he had failed the test. 13. Direct Speech:They are doing homework in teams.The Reported Speech is: ..... A) They said to do homework in teams is good. B) They said they had done homework in teams. C) They said that they were doing homework in teams. D) They said that they are doing homework in teams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they were doing homework in teams. 14. She asked: "What is your job? " She ..... A) Asked what my job was. B) Asked what was my job. C) Wanted to know what my job is. D) Wondered what my job is. E) Was interested what is my job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asked what my job was. 15. Change the sentence to DIRECT SPEECH.She said she wasn't very hungry. A) "I wasn't very hungry.". B) "I'm not very hungry.". C) "She's not very hungry.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I'm not very hungry.". 16. Change the following to Direct SpeechDavid said he'd visit my parents the following week. A) David said to me, "I'll visit your parents next week.". B) David said to me, "I have visited your parents this week.". C) David said to me, "I visited your parents last week.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David said to me, "I'll visit your parents next week.". 17. Change the sentence to REPORTED SPEECH. "Anne, I'm not going to the party, " Gina said. A) She told her that she was not going to the party. B) She told her that I was not going to the party. C) She told her that I had gone to the party. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told her that she was not going to the party. 18. Teacher: "Don't run in the halls"The teacher told us ..... in the halls. A) Don't running. B) No run. C) Not to run. D) Don't run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to run. 19. Change the following to Direct SpeechTom told his teacher that he hadn't done his homework the previous night. A) Tom said, "I hadn't done my homework the night before.". B) Tom said, "I haven't done my homework tonight.". C) Tom said, "I didn't do my homework last night.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom said, "I didn't do my homework last night.". 20. Change direct speech into reported speechWe said:" We shall overcome this difficulty." $\rightarrow$ We said ..... A) We should overcome that difficulty. B) We should overcome this difficulty. C) We shall overcome that difficulty. D) We shall overcome this difficulty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We should overcome that difficulty. 21. Change into reported speech:Ragini said "We are learning some new grammar here." A) Ragini said that they were learning some new grammar there. B) Ragini said they learned some new grammar there. C) Ragini said that they are learning some new grammar here. D) Ragini said that we were learning some new grammar here. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ragini said that they were learning some new grammar there. 22. Change direct speech into reported speechJulia said that she ..... there at noon. A) Can be. B) Will be. C) Is going to be. D) Was going to be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going to be. 23. Jack: "I can't swim" A) Jack said that he couldn't swim. B) Jack said that he can't swim. C) Jack said that she can't swim. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack said that he couldn't swim. 24. David phoned at lunch time and asked ..... with him. A) If I had gone out. B) If I go out. C) If I will go out. D) If I went out. E) If I would go out. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) If I would go out. 25. She said: "I didn't take my pencil-box" A) She ordered to give her my pencil-box. B) She denied to take my pencil-box. C) She asked to give her pencil-box. D) She said she hadn't taken her pencil-box. E) She said not to give me her pencil-box. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said she hadn't taken her pencil-box. 26. When do we use reported speech? A) When we want to tell someone what another person said. B) When we talk about future plans. C) When we want to ask something. D) When we talk about past actions that have already finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When we want to tell someone what another person said. 27. Change into reported question:"Why do girrafes have long neck? " Cathy asked her teacher. A) Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes had longed neck. B) Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes have long neck. C) Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes had long neck. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes had long neck. 28. In reported speech you usually change "yesterday" into ..... A) The day before. B) One day. C) Yesterday. D) On earlier day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The day before. 29. Which words complete the sentence? Ana apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) That day. B) The following day. C) Previous day. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That day. 30. Make the sentence into reported commands or requests:Write the date on the board / my teacher / me A) My teacher told me to write the date on the board. B) My teacher told me to wrote the date on the board. C) I told my teacher to write the date on the board. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My teacher told me to write the date on the board. 31. Change direct speech into reported speechPhong said: "My parents are very proud of my good marks" .$\rightarrow$ Phong said ..... A) His parents were very proud of his good marks. B) His parents were very proud of my good marks. C) His parents was very proud of his good marks. D) My parents was very proud of his good marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His parents were very proud of his good marks. 32. My mom: "Do your homeworks"My mom ..... A) Told me to do my homeworks. B) Told me do my homeworks. C) Told me that I did my homeworks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told me to do my homeworks. 33. "I can't help you." Dan explained that ..... A) Dan explained that he wasn't helping me. B) Dan explained that he could help me. C) Dan explains that he can't help me. D) Dan explained that he couldn't help me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dan explained that he couldn't help me. 34. The past of: "Pedro is not very busy now" A) Pedro was not very busy then. B) Pedro will be very busy. C) Pedro was very busy then. D) Pedro very busied than. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pedro was not very busy then. 35. The teacher said yesterday she ..... us a test soon. A) Would give. B) Will give. C) Would gave. D) Will gives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would give. 36. Jhon: "I am so tired of this work"Jhon said that ..... A) He will be tired of this work. B) He is tired of this work. C) He was tired of this work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was tired of this work. 37. Report this sentence correctly.Tom said "I'm going to London tomorrow. "Five days later you say ..... A) Tom said he is going to London the following day. B) Tom said he was going to London the following day. C) Tom said he was going to London tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom said he was going to London the following day. 38. Which one of the examples is reported speech? A) "I won't go to school, " said Sarah. B) She will go to school tomorrow. C) Sarah told me that she wouldn't go to school on the next day. D) She told me about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah told me that she wouldn't go to school on the next day. 39. The boy said " I ate pancakes " Where is the reporting clause and reporting verb A) I ate pancakes. B) The boy said. C) The boy. D) Boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boy said. 40. Report this sentence correctly, choose the correct answerI can swim really fast A) He said that he could swim really fast. B) He says that he could swiming really fast. C) He told that he could swim very fast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he could swim really fast. 41. Change the sentence to REPORTED SPEECH.My boyfriend said, "I love you." A) My boyfriend said he loves me. B) My boyfriend said he loved me. C) He told he loved me. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My boyfriend said he loved me. 42. Change Direct into Indirect Speech"I don't feel well" , Terasa said A) Terasa said She don't feel well. B) Terasa said She doesn't feel well. C) Terasa said She didn't feel well. D) Terasa said He doesn't feel well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terasa said She didn't feel well. 43. The court ..... the summons for three weeks. A) Has sent. B) Is sending. C) Has been sending. D) Sends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been sending. 44. '' I never get up early on Sundays" She said A) She said that she never got up early on Sundays. B) She said she never gets up early on Sundays. C) She said she never went up. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she never got up early on Sundays. 45. Choose the Reported Speech of the next sentence:She is cleaning her room A) She said she was cleaning her room. B) They said to clean their room is good. C) He said that he had cleaned his room. D) She said that she is cleaning a room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she was cleaning her room. 46. Change direct speech into reported speechHis brother told him "You can use my computer today." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) His brother asked him that he could use his computer today. B) His brother told him that he could use my computer today. C) His brother said him that he could use his computer today. D) His brother told him that he could use his computer today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His brother told him that he could use his computer today. 47. "He can drive a car" A) She said he will drive a car. B) She said he would drive a car. C) She said he was can drive a car. D) She said he could drive a car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said he could drive a car. 48. Change direct speech into reported speech He said: "My brother and I are leaving here." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) He said his brother and I was leaving there. B) He said his brother and he were leaving there. C) He said his brother and I were leaving here. D) He said his brother and I are leaving here. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said his brother and he were leaving there. 49. Lina said, "They didn't drink soda." A) Lina said that They didn't drunk soda. B) Lina said that They hadn't drank soda. C) Lina said that They hadn't drunk soda. D) Lina said that They not drunk soda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lina said that They hadn't drunk soda. 50. "Run as soon as you can" . A) He told me to run as soon as I could. B) He told me to run as soon as I can. C) He said me to run as soon as I could. D) He told me that I must run as soon as I could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me to run as soon as I could. 51. The indirect speech of ..... is She exclaimed with joy that she was very happy. A) She said, " How happy is she? ". B) She said, " How happy are you !". C) She said, " How happy I am !". D) She said, " How happy am I !". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said, " How happy I am !". 52. David said to me, "How intelligent you are!" That can be reported as ..... (wonder / surprise) A) David exclaimed with wonder that I was very intelligent. B) David exclaimed with surprise that I was very intelligent. C) David exclaimed with wonder that how very intelligent I was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David exclaimed with wonder that I was very intelligent. 53. Direct Speech:We are planning a trip to Europe.Reported Speech: ..... (There are two correct answers) A) We said that we are planning a trip to Europe. B) They said that they were planning a trip to Europe. C) We said we are planning a trip to Europe. D) He said he was planning a trip to Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said that they were planning a trip to Europe. 54. They told me they were eating pizzawhat is the direct speech? A) "we were eating pizza". B) "we are going to eat pizza". C) "we are eating pizza". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "we are eating pizza". 55. Daniel: "I can't come. Daniel said he ..... come. A) Could. B) Couldn't. C) Can't. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. 56. At what time do we report a sentence that is in the past simple? A) Simple present. B) Past perfect. C) Present perfect. D) Present continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect. 57. Read the conversations. Then complete Maria's diary entry with the things they said. Dad said that he ..... really surprised A) Is. B) Isn't. C) Was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 58. Change direct speech into reported speech "I won't see you tomorrow" .She said ..... A) She wouldn't see me the day after. B) She wouldn't see her the next day. C) She will not see me the day after. D) She wouldn't see me the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She wouldn't see me the next day. 59. "I could fail the exam." He was afraid that ..... A) He wasn't afraid that he could fail the exam. B) He was afraid that he would fail the exam. C) He was afraid that he could fail the exam. D) He was afraid that he couldn't fail the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was afraid that he could fail the exam. 60. "I may come a bit late." Bill told me that ..... A) Bill told me that he will come a bit late. B) Bill told me that he may come a bit late. C) Bill told me that he might come a bit late. D) Bill tells me that he might come a bit late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bill told me that he might come a bit late. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesReported Speech Quiz 1Reported 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