This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The indirect speech of ..... is I bade him good bye. or I bade goodbye to him. A) I said, " Good bye !". B) I said, " Good bye to him !". C) I said to him, " Good bye !". D) I said to him, " God bless you !". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I said to him, " Good bye !". 2. Read the conversations. Then complete Maria's diary entry with the things they said.Dad said that he ..... me a new guitar. A) Get could. B) Get would. C) Would get. D) Could get. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would get. 3. Change the sentence to DIRECT SPEECH.She said that she had finished her report. A) "I haven't finished my report.". B) "I've finished your report.". C) "I've finished my report.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I've finished my report.". 4. How much does this pullover cost? A) I'd like to know how much does this pullover cost. B) I'd like to know how much this pullover costs. C) I'd like to know how much did that pullover cost. D) I'd like to know how much this pullover cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'd like to know how much this pullover costs. 5. The politician ..... that he had had an affair with another woman. A) Confessed. B) Told. C) Begged. D) Promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confessed. 6. Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option. "Present simple " A) Past perfect continuous. B) Past continuous. C) Past simple. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past simple. 7. Change direct speech into reported speechThe woman said, "Using a gas stove may save me a lot of time." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) The woman said that using a gas stove might saved her a lot of time. B) The woman said that using a gas stove might save her a lot of time. C) The woman said that using a gas stove might save other a lot of time. D) The woman said that using a gas stove will save her a lot of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The woman said that using a gas stove might save her a lot of time. 8. Ryan said ..... had bought the tickets. A) She. B) His. C) He. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He. 9. Use the reported speech:They said: "We were playing football in the soccer field when the police came" A) They said that they had been playing football in the soccer field when the police didn't come. B) Them said that they were playing football in the soccer field when the police came. C) They said that they had been playing football in the soccer field when the police came. D) They said me that they had been playing football in the soccer field when the police come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they had been playing football in the soccer field when the police came. 10. Direct speech:'Please give me some money.'Reported speech: ..... A) That girl tells me to give her some money. B) That girl told me to give me some money. C) That girl asked me to give her some money. D) That girl asks me to give me some money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That girl asked me to give her some money. 11. Julia: "I've promised to take my brother to the movies that day. "Julia said she ..... to take her brother to the movies that day. A) Promise. B) Promised. C) Had promised. D) Have promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had promised. 12. DIRECT SPEECH:Julian: "I will have to borrow your pencil. "INDIRECT SPEECH:Julian told me (that) ..... would have to borrow ..... pencil. A) HE / HIS. B) HE / MY. C) I / HER. D) I / MY YOU FOR PRACTISING! JOB STUDENTS!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HE / MY. 13. Change direct speech into reported speechMai said "I cannot go to the movies with you, Nam." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Mai said Nam could not go to the movies with her. B) Mai said she could not go to the movies with Nam. C) Mai said she cannot go to the movies with Nam. D) Mai told that she cannot not go to the movies with Nam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mai said she could not go to the movies with Nam. 14. The immediate future consists of: A) Subject-to be-verb ing. B) Subj-will-verb. C) Subject-to be going to-verb. D) Subject-to be-verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject-to be going to-verb. 15. My parents ..... recently ..... their 15th anniversery A) Is celebrated. B) Has celebrated. C) Have celebrated. D) Will celebrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have celebrated. 16. She told him, "Shut the door!" A) She told him to shut the door. B) She told him not to shut the door. C) She told me to have shut the door. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told him to shut the door. 17. Direct Speech: "I hate shopping at weekends"Indirect Speech:My dad claims ..... at weekends. A) That I hate shopping. B) Which he ate shopping. C) That he hates shopping. D) Which my dad hate shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That he hates shopping. 18. "David must be on a diet. "The doctor said ..... A) The doctor said David should be on a diet. B) The doctor says David had to be on a diet. C) The doctor said David had to be on a diet. D) The doctor said David must be on a diet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The doctor said David had to be on a diet. 19. Change direct speech into reported speechWill and Tim said, " We were very happy about the present." $\rightarrow$ Will and Tim said they ..... very happy about the present. A) Were being. B) Were. C) Had been. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 20. Please tell me .....? A) What the time was. B) What was the time. C) What time is it. D) What time it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What time it is. 21. Miriam: "I love chocolate. "Daniel: "Miriam said (that) she ..... chocolate." A) Loved. B) Loves. C) Loving. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loved. 22. "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow" .He told me that his mother ..... the bus to work the next day. A) Is taking. B) Was taking. C) Will take. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 23. The teacher: "you must wear the uniform in class"The teacher said that ..... A) You had to wear the uniform in class. B) You musted wear the uniform in class. C) You couldn't wear the uniform in class. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You had to wear the uniform in class. 24. Change direct speech into reported speechThe teacher said: "All the homework must be done carefully" .$\rightarrow$ ..... A) The teacher said all the homework had to be done carefully. B) The teacher told us that all the homework must be done carefully. C) The teacher said all the homework has to be done carefully. D) The teacher said all the homework had to do carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher said all the homework had to be done carefully. 25. Fill in the blanks with correct form of the verb:Rahul ..... in his room since morning. A) Has been studying. B) Is studying. C) Had been studying. D) Has studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been studying. 26. Direct Speech:'Please don't leave me alone.'Reported Speech:Sara ..... her son not to leave her alone. A) Asks. B) Asked. C) Told. D) Tells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 27. Alejandro:I speak 4 languages. A) He said that He spoke 4 languages.. B) He said that He speaked 4 languages. C) He said he speaks four languages. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that He spoke 4 languages.. 28. "We are watching a movie" .He told ..... a movie. A) We they are watching. B) Us they were watching. C) You we were watching. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Us they were watching. 29. Choose the correct reported speech sentence for these direct speech sentences.'We're moving to London, ' my cousins said. A) My cousins said they are moving to London. B) My cousins said they moved to London. C) My cousins said they have moved to London. D) My cousins said they were moving to London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My cousins said they were moving to London. 30. She said she ..... the answer. A) Knew. B) Known. C) Knows. D) Know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knew. 31. Tick the correct option(s).If there are TWO CLAUSES in a Direct Speech, the TENSE of the SECOND CLAUSE ..... A) MUST CHANGE. B) MUST NOT CHANGE. C) OPTIONAL (Can change or remain the same). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) OPTIONAL (Can change or remain the same). 32. Change direct speech into reported speechHer classmate said "Lan is the most intelligent girl in our class." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Her classmate said Lan has been the most intelligent girl in their class. B) Her classmate said Lan is the most intelligent girl in their class. C) Her classmate said Lan was the most intelligent girl in their class. D) Her classmate said Lan was the most intelligent girl in our class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her classmate said Lan was the most intelligent girl in their class. 33. Peter: "I bought my plane ticket" A) Peter said he had bought his plane ticket. B) Peter said he had bought my plane ticket. C) Peter said he have bought his plane ticket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter said he had bought his plane ticket. 34. Direct Speech:I am angry at my mom.Reported speech: ..... A) She said she was angry with her mom. B) She said not to be angry at mom is good. C) She said she angried with her mom. D) She said she had been angry with his mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she was angry with her mom. 35. "There are many ways to do it properly" A) He said there would be many ways to do it properly. B) He said there will be many ways to do that properly. C) He said that there were many ways to do it properly. D) He said that there were many ways to do that properly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that there were many ways to do that properly. 36. They told us last month they ..... their summer holiday. A) Had booked. B) Has booked. C) Have booked. D) Had book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had booked. 37. Jack says: "My mom has a new car" A) He said his mom had a new car. B) He says his mom has a new car. C) He said her mom had a new car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said his mom had a new car. 38. Rewrite in indirect speech: "What does the company sell? " A) The man asked what did the company sell?. B) The man asked if the company sold computers. C) The man asked what the company sold. D) The man said: "What the company sold? ". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The man asked what the company sold. 39. The Emperor said, 'Alas! Our foes are too strong!' can be reported as: ..... (sorrow / contempt /disapproval) A) The Emperor exclaimed with sorrow that their foes were too strong. B) The Emperor exclaimed with contempt that their foes were too strong. C) The Emperor exclaimed with disapproval that their foes were too strong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Emperor exclaimed with sorrow that their foes were too strong. 40. Wendy told John, one of her coworkers: "Don't be late!" Choose, among the options below, the correct sentence in reported speech: A) Wendy told John not to be late. B) Wendy told to John to not be late. C) Wendy said John to don't be late. D) Wendy said to John he didn't be late. E) Wendy told John to not be late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wendy told John not to be late. 41. Change direct speech into reported speech "I visited my parents at the weekend" .She told me ..... A) She had visited her parents at the following weekend. B) She had visited her parents at the weekend. C) She visited her parents at the weekend. D) I had visited her parents at the weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had visited her parents at the weekend. 42. Change direct speech into reported speech Mr. Brown said: "I watched TV last night." $\rightarrow$ Mr. Brown said that he ..... TV the night before. A) Had watched. B) Was watching. C) Has watched. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had watched. 43. He said, ' I may leave tomorrow. "Change to indirect speech. A) He said that I may leave the following day. B) He said that he might leave the following day. C) He stated that I might leave that day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he might leave the following day. 44. Whenever converting interrogative sentences to indirect speech, what are the conjunctions used in the place of that? A) And, or. B) But, else. C) If, wether. D) Because, as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If, wether. 45. Tom told me that he ..... to dinner with us tomorrow. A) Can't comes. B) Couldn't came. C) Couldn't come. D) Can't come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couldn't come. 46. Present Continuous in Reported Speech A) Past Simple. B) Present Perfect Continuous. C) Future Continuous. D) Future-in-the-past. E) Past Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Past Continuous. 47. Change direct speech into reported speech Andrew told me that they ..... fish two ..... days. A) Had not eaten / previous. B) Have not eaten / ago. C) Would not eat / last. D) Did not eat / before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not eaten / previous. 48. Change into reported speech:Maran said, "I haven't eaten yet." A) Maran complained that he hasn't eaten yet. B) Maran complained that he didn't eat yet. C) Maran complained that he hadn't eaten yet. D) Maran complained that he wouldn't have eaten yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maran complained that he hadn't eaten yet. 49. Change direct speech into reported speech "He could read when he was three" .$\rightarrow$ She said ..... A) She could read when he had been three. B) He couldn't read when he had been three. C) He can read when he had been three. D) He could read when he had been three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He could read when he had been three. 50. Richard: "I am going to ride a skateboard"Richard said that ..... A) He will going to ride a skateboard. B) He is going to ride a skateboard. C) He was going to ride a skateboard. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was going to ride a skateboard. 51. Complete the reported speech with the correct verb forms.I won't be outside for long, 'Jock said.Jock said he ..... outside for long. A) Will not be. B) Isn't. C) Isn't going to be. D) Wouldn't be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wouldn't be. 52. Vijay ..... very foolishly these days. A) Behave. B) Is behaving. C) Has behaved. D) Behaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is behaving. 53. We don't change verb tenses in reported speech when: A) The fact being reported is a general truth. B) Reporting something a person has just said. C) Reporting something that still is true. D) Reporting imperatives statements,. E) All options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All options are correct. 54. Mary: "I won't buy a new car." A) Would. B) Will. C) Would't. D) Won't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would't. 55. "I have been to that bar. ".He told me that he ..... to that bar. A) Had been. B) Will have been. C) Is being. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 56. The word "now" in Reported speech changes to A) The next day. B) That day. C) This day. D) Then. E) The day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Then. 57. Report the following situation: A) Peter said he got up every morning at seven o'clock. B) Peter said I got up every morning at seven o'clock. C) Peter said he had got up every morning at seven o'clock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter said he got up every morning at seven o'clock. 58. "I am happy" . She told me that she ..... happy. A) Has been. B) Is. C) Was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 59. A woman phoned at lunch time and asked ..... to Paul. A) Can she speak. B) If he can speak. C) Could she speak. D) If she could speak. E) If she speaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If she could speak. 60. While converting imperative sentences with let, what should get replaced by let to change it into indirect speech? A) We should. B) Us. C) Do. D) Have. 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