This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. BONUS QUESTION:What is the topic last 5 weeks A) Genre of the material viewed. B) Anology. C) Direct and Reported speech. D) Active and Passive voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct and Reported speech. 2. The neighbors: "We'll be out of town all weekend. "The neighbors told us they ..... out of town all weekend. A) Will be. B) Would be. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would be. 3. 'I have to pass the English exam, ' said Jack. A) Jack said that he has to pass the English exam. B) Jack said he had pass the English exam. C) He said that he has to pass the English exam. D) He said he had to pass the English exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said he had to pass the English exam. 4. Change direct speech into reported speechThey told us "Our friends will get the award for their highest scores." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) They told us their friends would get the award for their highest scores. B) They told us our friends would get the award for our highest scores. C) They told us their friends will have got the award for their highest scores. D) They told us their friends would get the award for our highest scores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They told us their friends would get the award for their highest scores. 5. The direct speech for "My mom said that she had been telling me about this for a long time" is: A) My mom said:I have been telling you about this for a long time,. B) My mom said:I told you about this. C) My mom said:I tell you about this every time. D) My mom said:I have told you about this for a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mom said:I have been telling you about this for a long time,. 6. Change the sentence to REPORTED SPEECH.The mechanic said, "It'll be expensive." A) The mechanic told me that it would be expensive. B) The mechanic said it is expensive. C) The mechanic told that it would be expensive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mechanic told me that it would be expensive. 7. We said to him, " Congratulations !" its indirect speech is: ..... A) We congratulated him. B) We uttered congratulations in excitement. C) We told him congratulations. D) We exclaimed in excitement congratulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We congratulated him. 8. We change will and can to: A) Would and could. B) Could and won't. C) Wouldn't and couldn't. D) Should and might. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would and could. 9. Change the sentence to DIRECT SPEECH.They said that they wanted to check out. A) "We want to check out.". B) "We can check out.". C) "We will check out.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "We want to check out.". 10. Pooja said, "I can speak Hindi." Change to indirect speech. A) Pooja asked if I could speak Hindi. B) Pooja said that she could speak Hindi. C) Pooja said she spoke Hindi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pooja said that she could speak Hindi. 11. Mila's sentence "Can you give more examples of "frameworks'? " could be written in reported speech as: A) She asked if Jake were able to provide examples. B) She inquired into Dianne's ability to exemplify. C) She wondered whether more examples were possible. D) She asked for more examples of frameworks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked for more examples of frameworks. 12. '' Why have you been reading these books? " She asked him A) She asked him that he had been reading those books. B) She asked him why he had been reading those books. C) She asked him if he had been reading those books. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked him why he had been reading those books. 13. Whose car is it? -Could you let me know ..... A) Whose car it is?. B) Whose is it car?. C) Whose car it was?. D) Whose car is it?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose car it is?. 14. My neighbor said: "Can you help me? " A) My neighbor wants to know if I could help him. B) My neighbor wanted to know if I can help him. C) My neighbor wanted to know if you could help me. D) My neighbor wants to know whether I could help him. E) My neighbor wanted to know whether I could help him. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) My neighbor wanted to know whether I could help him. 15. You told us you did the homework on Sundaywhat is the direct speech? A) "I do the homework on sunday". B) "I did the homework on sunday". C) "you did the homework on sunday". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I did the homework on sunday". 16. Change direct speech into reported speech "She hasn't eaten bibimbap before" .She told me ..... A) She hadn't eaten bibimbap ago. B) She hadn't eaten bibimbap before. C) She wasn't eaten bibimbap before. D) I hadn't eaten bibimbap before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She hadn't eaten bibimbap before. 17. Sarah said, "I was doing my homework." A) She said me she'd been doing her homework. B) She told she had been doing her homework. C) She told me she had done her homework. D) She told me she'd been doing her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told me she'd been doing her homework. 18. The indirect speech of the statement ( They said, "Hurrah! we won the game. ") is: ..... (joy / happiness / pleasure / excitement) A) They exclaimed with excitement that they had won the game. B) They exclaimed with happiness that they had won the game. C) They exclaimed with pleasure that they had won the game. D) They exclaimed with joy that they had won the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They exclaimed with happiness that they had won the game. 19. "Where is your book? " , asked my mentor.write the indirect speech for this. A) My mentor asked where is my book. B) I asked my mentor where is your book. C) My mentor enquired where was my book. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My mentor enquired where was my book. 20. Direct speech:They practice football soccer with their team.Reported Speech: ..... A) They said that they practiced football with their team. B) They said they have practiced football with their team. C) They said they practice football with their team to be better. D) They said they had practiced football with their team. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they practiced football with their team. 21. Direct speech:I have to work until 8:00.Reported speech: ..... A) He said that he is working until 8:00. B) He said that he had to work until 8:00. C) He said he had worked until 8:00. D) He said he have worked until 8:00. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had to work until 8:00. 22. Change direct speech into reported speechThu said: "All the students will have a meeting next week. "$\rightarrow$ ..... A) Thu said to me that all the students will have a meeting the following week. B) Thu told me that all the students would have a meeting next week. C) Thu told me that all the students would have a meeting the following week. D) Thu told me that all the students would had a meeting the next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thu told me that all the students would have a meeting the following week. 23. The coach: "You are a great athlete"The coach said that ..... A) You is a great athlete. B) You were a great athlete. C) You will a great athlete. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You were a great athlete. 24. Which sentence is in the future perfect? A) They will have been washing their car. B) She will have a new car soon. C) Maria will have a new hair style. D) I will have cleaned my room when you arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I will have cleaned my room when you arrived. 25. "I've been reading a book." He replied that ..... A) He replied that he had been reading a book. B) He replied that she had been reading a book. C) He replied that he was reading a book. D) He replied that they had been reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He replied that he had been reading a book. 26. Change direct speech into reported speech Charlie ..... that his father was in hospital. A) Told me. B) Asked me. C) Told to me. D) Said me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told me. 27. Complete the sentence:Paula said that he had ..... a new car A) BUYS. B) BOUGHGT. C) BUY. D) BOUGHT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BOUGHT. 28. Direct speech:'Would you go to the police with me? 'Reported speech: ..... A) She asked me if I will go to the police with her?. B) She asked me if I would go to the police with her. C) She asked me if I will go to the police with her. D) She asked me if I would go to the police with her?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me if I would go to the police with her. 29. Ann says:I am 20 years old A) She said she was 20 years old. B) She said you are 20 years old. C) She said I was 20 years old. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she was 20 years old. 30. Change into reported speech: "I will become an astronaut." A) Jane answers that she would become an astronaut. B) Jane answered that she will become an astronaut. C) Jane answered that she would become an astronaut. D) Jane answered that she will had become an astronaut. 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