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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mary: "I will call you" . She told me she ..... A) Will call him. B) Would call me. C) Would have called me. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would call me. 2. Nick wanted to know ..... Aidar had gone. A) Where. B) That. C) -. D) Which. E) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where. 3. Change the following to Direct SpeechEliza asked me if I had gone to school the week before. A) Eliza asked, "Have you gone to school this week? ". B) Eliza asked, "Did you go to school last week? ". C) Eliza asked, "Had you gone to school last week? ". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eliza asked, "Did you go to school last week? ". 4. Change direct speech into reported speech "I wish I hadn't gone to the party last night, " she said.$\rightarrow$ ..... A) She regretted to go to the party the night before. B) She regretted not going to the party the previous night. C) She regretted going to the party the previous night. D) She wanted to go to the party the previous night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She regretted not going to the party the previous night. 5. '' Do your homework" She told me. A) She told me to do my homework. B) She told me not to do your homework. C) She told me to do homework. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told me to do my homework. 6. Change direct speech into reported speech She said "She doesn't buy this book." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) She told to me she didn't buy that book. B) She said to me she didn't want to buy that book. C) She said she didn't buy that book. D) She said she hadn't bought that book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she didn't buy that book. 7. Change direct speech into reported speechHe said "I will go to school by bus tomorrow." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) He said he would go to the school by bus the day before. B) He asked he would go to the school by bus the following day. C) He wondered if he would go to the school by bus the next day. D) He said he would go to the school by bus the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said he would go to the school by bus the next day. 8. Direct speech:'Where did you see our dog? 'Reported speech: ..... A) They asked me where I had seen their dog?. B) They asked me where I saw their dog. C) They asked me where I saw their dog?. D) They asked me where I had seen their dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They asked me where I had seen their dog. 9. Change direct speech into reported speech "I hadn't travelled by underground before I came to Tokyo" .She said ..... A) She hadn't travelled by underground before she come to Tokyo. B) She didn't travelled by underground before she came to Tokyo. C) She didn't travel by underground before she had come to Tokyo. D) She hadn't travelled by underground before she had come to Tokyo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She hadn't travelled by underground before she had come to Tokyo. 10. She exclaimed with disgust that it was very hot that day. In direct speech ..... A) She said, " It's very hot today .". B) She said, " I feel very hot today .". C) She said, " Ugh ! It's very hot today .". D) She said, " Yes ! It's pretty hot today .". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said, " Ugh ! It's very hot today .". 11. Complete the reported speech with the correct verb forms.You're not wearing a hat, 'Helen said.Helen said he ..... a hat. A) Is wearing. B) Was wearing. C) Wasn't wearing. D) Is not wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't wearing. 12. Change the sentence to REPORTED SPEECH. "I can't see anything" , Laura said. A) She told she couldn't see anything. B) She said she couldn't see anything. C) She said she didn't see anything. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said she couldn't see anything. 13. Choose the correct reported speech sentence for these direct speech sentences.'I'm taller than my brother, ' said Maria. A) Maria said she is taller than her brother. B) Maria had said she is taller than her brother. C) Maria said she is as tall as her brother. D) Maria said she was taller than her brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maria said she was taller than her brother. 14. Change the following to Direct SpeechEliza asked me where I had gone. A) Eliza asked, "Where have you gone? ". B) Eliza asked, "Where did you go? ". C) Eliza asked, "Where do you go? ". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eliza asked, "Where did you go? ". 15. Change into reported question:"Where is your house? " Frank asked Linda A) Frank asked Linda where her house was. B) Frank asked Linda where Frank's house was. C) Frank asked Linda where her house were. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frank asked Linda where her house was. 16. 'Jaime said, "I may not be in Italy tomorrow" '. A) Jaime told me he may not be in Italy tomorrow. B) Jaime told me he might no be in Italy tomorrow. C) Jaime told me he might not be in Italy the next day. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jaime told me he might not be in Italy the next day. 17. Identify indirect speech from the paragraphMaya said, " Wow!!! That's great Jean!!! I didn't know you would graduate." "Me neither!" quoted Darrell. Jean said" I thought exactly the same thing. But then my mom gave me a light of hope. She said that I had to work really hard in in life to achieve things. But honestly, it was more of a lecture!!" Darrell roared" Classic moms!!!" A) Maya said, "That great Jean". B) She said that I had to work really hard in in life to achieve things. C) Jean said" I thought exactly the same thing.". D) Darrell roared" Classic moms!!!". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that I had to work really hard in in life to achieve things. 18. Choose the correct Reported Speech of the next statement:I am writing an essay for my English class. A) He said to write an essay for his Enslish class is a good practice. B) He said he is writing an essay for her English class. C) He said that he was writing an essay for his English class. D) He said he had written an essay for his English class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he was writing an essay for his English class. 19. Which sentence is in the causative form: A) I cut my her myself. B) He washed his car. C) She has done her nails. D) I had my hair cut yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I had my hair cut yesterday. 20. What are the past participle of the verbs:jump, get, fly, wear A) Jumped, gotten, flew, wore. B) Jumpped, gotten, flown, weared. C) Jumped, geted, flown, worn. D) Jumped, gotten, flew, wore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jumped, gotten, flew, wore. 21. No, I didn't do it. A) He said he didn't it. B) He said he hadn't done it. C) He said I hadn't done it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said he hadn't done it. 22. 'My best friend at school became a nurse first, then a paramedic.'$\rightarrow$ He told me that his best friend at school ..... a nurse first, then a paramedic. A) Was becoming. B) Had become. C) Has become. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had become. 23. Change into reported question:The man asked, "What is your name? " A) The man asked what you name was. B) The man asked what my name was. C) The man asked what my name were. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The man asked what my name was. 24. Change direct speech into reported speechAlfred said to John, "I didn't use your cassette player! Someone else did, not me." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Alfred said he hadn't used her cassette player and someone else had. B) Alfred said he don't use John's cassette player and someone else had. C) Alfred said he hadn't used John's cassette player and someone else had. D) Alfred said he hadn't used John's cassette player and someone else did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alfred said he hadn't used John's cassette player and someone else had. 25. "Have mercy on my son." A) The mother begged the judge to have mercy on his son. B) The mother told the judge to have mercy on my son. C) The mother begged the judge to have mercy on her son. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The mother begged the judge to have mercy on her son. 26. The word "yesterday" in Reported speech A) The day before. B) Today. C) Next day. D) That day. E) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The day before. 27. The indirect speech is also called: A) Reference speech. B) Reported speech. C) Repeating speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reported speech. 28. The direct speech of:He told me he was tired last night. A) He told me:I am tired tonight. B) He told me:You are tired tonight. C) He told me:My father is tired tonight. D) He told me:I am tired this morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me:I am tired tonight. 29. Lisa and Henry: "We have to pick someone up at the airport that evening. "They said they ..... at the airport that evening. A) Have picked someone up. B) Have to pick someone up. C) Had to pick someone up. D) Had pick someone up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had to pick someone up. 30. He told me last week that he ..... an MP3 player. A) Had bought. B) Bought. C) Buys. D) Has bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had bought. 31. "I had informed the parents about this." A) The teacher confirmed that she had informed the parents about that. B) The teacher said that she has informed the parents about this. C) The teacher said that she informed the parents about that. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher confirmed that she had informed the parents about that. 32. "I've already done it." He claimed that ..... A) He claimed that they had already done it. B) He claimed that he had already done it. C) He claimed that he had already doing it. D) He claimed that he has already done it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He claimed that he had already done it. 33. Direct speech:'Go away!'Reported speech: ..... A) Chris asked his girlfriend to go away. B) Chris told his girlfriend to go away. C) Chris asks his girlfriend to go away. D) Chris tells his girlfriend to go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chris told his girlfriend to go away. 34. 'Last Friday' becomes ..... in Reported Speech A) The following Friday. B) The Friday after. C) The Friday before. D) The Friday later. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Friday before. 35. In reported speech:simple past becomes ..... A) Past perfect. B) Present perfect. C) Simple present. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect. 36. "The Amazon is the biggest river." He knew that ..... A) He was knowing that the Amazon was/is the biggest river. B) He knows that the Amazon was/ is the biggest river. C) He knew that the Amazon was/is the biggest river. D) He had known that the Amazon was/is the biggest river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He knew that the Amazon was/is the biggest river. 37. Change direct speech into reported speechThe boy said to the neighbor:" I'm going on holiday tomorrow." $\rightarrow$ The boy told the neighbor ..... A) The neighbor was going on holiday the next day. B) He was going on holiday next day. C) He was going on holiday the next day. D) He is going on holiday the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was going on holiday the next day. 38. Change direct speech into reported speechSarah said, " My Mom takes me to school every day." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Sarah said my Mom took her to school every day. B) Sarah said her Mom took her to school every day. C) Sarah said her Mom takes me to school every day. D) Sarah said her Mom takes her to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarah said her Mom took her to school every day. 39. Change direct speech into reported speech Nam said: "I am told to be at school before 7 o'clock" .$\rightarrow$ ..... A) Nam asked me that he was told to be at school before 7 o'clock. B) Nam told to me that he was told to be at school before 7 o'clock. C) Nam said that he was told to be at school before 7 o'clock. D) Nam said that I was told to be at school before 7 o'clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nam said that he was told to be at school before 7 o'clock. 40. Where is your sister? " she asked me. A) She asked to my little sister. B) She answers that her sister goes to school. C) She asked me where are my sister. D) She asked me where my sister was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked me where my sister was. 41. Do verbs tenses change in reported speech? A) No. B) Yes. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 42. "You must wear your seat belt, " mom said. A) Mom said I was not to wear my seat belt. B) My mom said I had to wear my seat belt. C) My mom said I must wear my seat belt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mom said I had to wear my seat belt. 43. She ..... to her office with a friend everyday. A) Go. B) Went. C) Goes. D) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goes. 44. In reported speech "three days ago" changes into ..... A) Three days earlier. B) Three days in the past. C) Back three days. D) Three-day-ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three days earlier. 45. Change into reported speech:Amy said, "Polly is learning her script upstairs." A) Amy said Polly is learning her script upstairs. B) Amy said Polly was learning her script upstairs. C) Amy said Polly learnt her script upstairs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amy said Polly was learning her script upstairs. 46. "We prepared the trap carefully yesterday" A) They told us they had prepared the trap carefully the previous day. B) They told us they would have prepared the trap carefully yesterday. C) They told us that they had been preparing the trap carefully the other day. D) They told us that they had prepared the trap carefully the previous day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They told us that they had prepared the trap carefully the previous day. 47. Direct Speech:Jacob: "I work in an office. "Indirect Speech:Jacob told me (that) ..... worked in an office. A) I. B) ME. C) HIM. D) HE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HE. 48. Change into reported speech. Jeeva said, "I am in the English class." A) Jeeva said to me that I am in the English class. B) Jeeva texts me that he was in the English class. C) Jeeva texted me that he is in the English class. D) Jeeva said that he was in the English class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jeeva said that he was in the English class. 49. Mark the correct form for the reported speech of the sentence found in the text: "Well, as a matter of fact, I am English, " he admitted. A) "I said I was English" , he admitted as a matter of fact. B) He admitted that he was in fact English. C) He said that as a matter of fact he is English. D) He spoke of his English as a matter of fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He admitted that he was in fact English. 50. "Don't worry about it" A) He told me not to worry about that. B) He told me not to worry. C) He told me to not worry about it. D) He told me to worry not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me not to worry about that. 51. Change direct speech into reported speech "I was sleeping when Julie called" .$\rightarrow$ She said ..... A) She had been sleeping when Julie had called. B) She has been sleeping when Julie had called. C) She has been sleeping when Julie called. D) I had been sleeping when Julie had called. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been sleeping when Julie had called. 52. "I am going to the library on my way home" Gregg said.Greg said that A) He is going to the library on my way home. B) He was going to the library on his way home. C) He was going to the library on my way home. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was going to the library on his way home. 53. Change direct speech into reported speech "I don't like chocolate" .She told me ..... A) She didn't like chocolate. B) I didn't like chocolate. C) She doesn't like chocolate. D) She wasn't like chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She didn't like chocolate. 54. '' You must study harder" A) The teacher said I must study harder. B) The teacher told I must study harder. C) The teacher said I musted study harder. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher said I must study harder. 55. Change direct speech into reported speech " I have seen that film twice" $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Tom said that he had seen this film twice. B) Tom asked me that he had seen that film twice. C) Tom told that he had seen this film twice. D) Tom said to me that he had seen that film twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tom said to me that he had seen that film twice. 56. Choose the correct reported speech sentence for these direct speech sentences.'I've seen Batman Returns five times!' said my brother. A) My brother said he saw Batman Returns five times. B) My brother said he had seen Batman Returns five times. C) My brother said he is seeing Batman Returns five times. D) My brother said he has seen Batman Returns five times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother said he had seen Batman Returns five times. 57. Choose the correct reported speech sentence for these direct speech sentences.'I can't find my umbrella, ' my sister said. A) My sister said she can't find her umbrella. B) My sister said that she did not find her umbrella. C) My sister said she couldn't find her umbrella. D) My sister said she was unable to find her umbrella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My sister said she couldn't find her umbrella. 58. Change into reported question:Rika asked, "Why are they crying? " A) Rika asked why they was crying. B) Rika asked why we were crying. C) Rika asked why they were crying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rika asked why they were crying. 59. The word "tomorrow" in Reported speech changes to A) Next day. B) The day before. C) This day. D) Before. E) That day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Next day. 60. DIRECT SPEECH:Ryan and Lucas: "We play football. "INDIRECT SPEECH:Ryan and Lucas told me (that) ..... played football. A) OUR. B) THEM. C) THEY. D) WE. 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