This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the blanks with correct form of the verb:Rahul ..... in his room since morning. A) Is studying. B) Has been studying. C) Had been studying. D) Has studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been studying. 2. Direct Speech:'Please don't leave me alone.'Reported Speech:Sara ..... her son not to leave her alone. A) Asks. B) Told. C) Asked. D) Tells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asked. 3. 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.. 4. "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. 5. 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 have moved to London. C) My cousins said they 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. 6. She said she ..... the answer. A) Known. B) Knew. C) Knows. D) Know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knew. 7. 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). 8. 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 was the most intelligent girl in our class. C) Her classmate said Lan is the most intelligent girl in their class. D) Her classmate said Lan was the most intelligent girl in their class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her classmate said Lan was the most intelligent girl in their class. 9. 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. 10. Direct Speech:I am angry at my mom.Reported speech: ..... A) She said she angried with her mom. B) She said she was angry with her mom. C) She said not to be angry at mom is good. D) She said she had been angry with his mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said she was angry with her mom. 11. "There are many ways to do it properly" A) He said that there were many ways to do that properly. B) He said that there were many ways to do it properly. C) He said there will be many ways to do that properly. D) He said there would be many ways to do it properly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that there were many ways to do that properly. 12. They told us last month they ..... their summer holiday. A) Have booked. B) Had book. C) Had booked. D) Has booked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had booked. 13. 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. 14. Rewrite in indirect speech: "What does the company sell? " A) The man asked if the company sold computers. B) The man said: "What the company sold? ". C) The man asked what did the company sell?. D) The man asked what the company sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The man asked what the company sold. 15. 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. 16. 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 said John to don't be late. C) Wendy told John to not be late. D) Wendy told to John to not be late. E) Wendy said to John he didn't be late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wendy told John not to be late. 17. 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) I had visited her parents at the weekend. C) She had visited her parents at the weekend. D) She visited her parents at the weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had visited her parents at the weekend. 18. 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) Has watched. C) Watched. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had watched. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. Tom told me that he ..... to dinner with us tomorrow. A) Can't come. B) Couldn't came. C) Couldn't come. D) Can't comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couldn't come. 22. Present Continuous in Reported Speech A) Future Continuous. B) Past Simple. C) Present Perfect Continuous. D) Past Continuous. E) Future-in-the-past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Continuous. 23. Which one of the following is an example of indirect speech? A) "I won't go to school, " said Sita. B) She will go to school tomorrow. C) Sita told me that she wouldn't go to school on the next day. D) She told me about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sita told me that she wouldn't go to school on the next day. 24. Change direct speech into reported speech Andrew told me that they ..... fish two ..... days. A) Would not eat / last. B) Have not eaten / ago. C) Did not eat / before. D) Had not eaten / previous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had not eaten / previous. 25. Change into reported speech:Maran said, "I haven't eaten yet." A) Maran complained that he wouldn't have 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 hasn't eaten yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maran complained that he hadn't eaten yet. 26. Change direct speech into reported speech "He could read when he was three" .$\rightarrow$ She said ..... A) He couldn't read when he had been three. B) He can read when he had been three. C) He could read when he had been three. D) She could read when he had been three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He could read when he had been three. 27. 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. 28. Dad told me: "I won't give you any more pocket money if you keep behaving like that. "Dad ..... not to give me any more pocket money if I kept behaving like that. A) Threatened. B) Insisted. C) Persuaded. D) Promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Threatened. 29. 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) Wouldn't be. C) Isn't going to be. D) Isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wouldn't be. 30. Vijay ..... very foolishly these days. A) Has behaved. B) Behave. C) Is behaving. D) Behaves. 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