This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. "I could fail the exam." He was afraid that ..... A) He was afraid that he could fail the exam. B) He was afraid that he would fail the exam. C) He wasn't afraid that he could fail the exam. D) He was afraid that he couldn't fail the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was afraid that he could fail the exam. 4. "I may come a bit late." Bill told me that ..... A) Bill told me that he may come a bit late. B) Bill told me that he will 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. 5. The indirect speech of ..... is I bade him good bye. or I bade goodbye to him. A) I said, " Good bye to him !". B) I said to him, " God bless you !". C) I said, " Good bye !". D) I said to him, " Good bye !". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I said to him, " Good bye !". 6. Read the conversations. Then complete Maria's diary entry with the things they said.Dad said that he ..... me a new guitar. A) Would get. B) Get would. C) Get could. D) Could get. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would get. 7. 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.". 8. How much does this pullover cost? A) I'd like to know how much this pullover costs. B) I'd like to know how much does this pullover cost. 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: A) I'd like to know how much this pullover costs. 9. The politician ..... that he had had an affair with another woman. A) Begged. B) Confessed. C) Promised. D) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confessed. 10. Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option. "Present simple " A) Past continuous. B) Past perfect. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Past simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past simple. 11. 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 save other 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 will save her a lot of time. D) The woman said that using a gas stove might saved 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. 12. Ryan said ..... had bought the tickets. A) We. B) His. C) He. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He. 13. 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. 14. Direct speech:'Please give me some money.'Reported speech: ..... A) That girl asked me to give her some money. B) That girl asks me to give me some money. C) That girl tells me to give her some money. D) That girl told me to give me some money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That girl asked me to give her some money. 15. "I can help you tomorrow. "Merlin said that ..... A) He could help me the next day. B) He can help you the next day. C) He can help you the previous day. D) He could help me tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He could help me the next day. 16. 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) Have promised. B) Promised. C) Promise. D) Had promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had promised. 17. DIRECT SPEECH:Julian: "I will have to borrow your pencil. "INDIRECT SPEECH:Julian told me (that) ..... would have to borrow ..... pencil. A) I / HER. B) HE / HIS. C) HE / MY. D) I / MY YOU FOR PRACTISING! JOB STUDENTS!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HE / MY. 18. Change direct speech into reported speechMai said "I cannot go to the movies with you, Nam." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Mai told that she cannot not go to the movies with Nam. B) Mai said she could not go to the movies with Nam. C) Mai said Nam could not go to the movies with her. D) Mai said she cannot go to the movies with Nam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mai said she could not go to the movies with Nam. 19. The immediate future consists of: A) Subject-to be-verb. B) Subject-to be going to-verb. C) Subj-will-verb. D) Subject-to be-verb ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject-to be going to-verb. 20. My parents ..... recently ..... their 15th anniversery A) Have celebrated. B) Will celebrate. C) Has celebrated. D) Is celebrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have celebrated. 21. 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. 22. 'I commute 45 minutes to work.'$\rightarrow$ She told me that she ..... 45 minutes to work, but I bet it takes longer now with the roadworks. A) Commuted. B) Had commuted. C) Has commuted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commuted. 23. Direct Speech: "I hate shopping at weekends"Indirect Speech:My dad claims ..... at weekends. A) That he hates shopping. B) Which my dad hate shopping. C) Which he ate shopping. D) That I hate shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That he hates shopping. 24. "David must be on a diet. "The doctor said ..... A) The doctor said David should be on a diet. B) The doctor said David must be on a diet. C) The doctor says David had to be on a diet. D) The doctor said David had to be on a diet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The doctor said David had to be on a diet. 25. 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) Had been. B) Were. C) Were being. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 26. Please tell me .....? A) What the time was. B) What time is it. C) What time it is. D) What was the time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What time it is. 27. 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. 28. "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. 29. 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. 30. 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. 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