This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Statements – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Statements Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct reported statement for the given sentence:"Are you coming to the party?" A) She asked if you are coming to the party. B) She asked if are you coming to the party. C) She asked if I was coming to the party. D) She asked if were you coming to the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked if I was coming to the party. 2. Diana: "I'm studying Spanish." A) Diana told that she was studying Spanish. B) Diana said that she was studying Spanish. C) Diana said that she is studying Spanish. D) Diana said that she had been studying Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diana said that she was studying Spanish. 3. "I don't like snow, " Hannah said. She said that ..... A) She didn't like snow. B) She doesn't like snow. C) She didn't liked snow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She didn't like snow. 4. " Glen is introducing the contestant now" , said Tim.Tim announced that ..... A) Glen introduces the contestant then. B) Glen introduces the contestant now. C) Glen was introducing the contestant now. D) Glen was introducing the contestant then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glen was introducing the contestant then. 5. Mark asked me why (a) to study French. A) Do I want. B) A. I wanted. C) Did I want. D) I want. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. I wanted. 6. The teacher ..... us that we would write a test on reported speech next week. A) Spoke. B) Said. C) Say. D) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Told. 7. They ..... had to go. A) Asked me. B) Told me. C) Said they. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Said they. 8. Lucescu answered, "I was coaching Galatasaray twenty years ago." A) Lucescu answered he was coaching Galatasaray twenty years before. B) Lucescu answered he was coaching Galatasaray twenty years ago. C) Lucescu answered he had been coaching Galatasaray twenty years ago. D) Lucescu answered he had been coaching Galatasaray twenty years before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lucescu answered he had been coaching Galatasaray twenty years before. 9. Mr Bean said, ''I'm going to wait here." A) Mr Bean said I am going to wait here. B) Mr Bean said he was going to wait there. C) Mr Bean said he is going to wait there. D) Mr Bean said he is going to wait here. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr Bean said he was going to wait there. 10. Charlie said, "Margaret has had a baby" . A) Charlie said Margaret has had a baby. B) Charlie said Margaret has a baby. C) Charlie said Margaret had had a baby. D) Charlie said Margaret had a baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charlie said Margaret had had a baby. 11. I think it is going to rain.Tim said ..... A) He thinks it was going to rain. B) He thought it is going to rain. C) He thought it was going to rain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He thought it was going to rain. 12. Choose the correct reported statement for the given sentence:"Lisa:'I have never seen such a beautiful sunset." ' A) Lisa says that she has never seen such a beautiful sunset. B) Lisa said that she has never seen such a beautiful sunset. C) Lisa said that she had never seen such a beautiful sunset. D) Lisa says that she had never seen such a beautiful sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lisa said that she had never seen such a beautiful sunset. 13. Anna: "Do you like coffee?" . Anna asked me ..... A) If I would like coffee. B) If I could like coffee. C) If I had liked coffee. D) If I liked coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If I liked coffee. 14. The athlete: "I took two to six hours." A) The athlete said that it took two to six hours. B) The athlete said that it had taken two to six hours. C) The athlete said that it had took two to six hours. D) The athlete said that is tooked two to six hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The athlete said that it had taken two to six hours. 15. Jake ..... that his tooth had fallen out. A) Said. B) Told. C) Asked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 16. David: "I was sleeping, when you came in."David said that ..... A) He slept, when I came in. B) He had been sleeping, when I had come in. C) He was sleeping, when I came in. D) He had been sleeping, when I came in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had been sleeping, when I had come in. 17. Complete the sentences with said or told.She ..... him that she didn't like horror films. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 18. The reporter asked, "Where is the president staying?" A) The reporter wanted to know where was the president staying. B) The reporter wanted to know where the president was staying. C) The reporter wanted to know if the president was staying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reporter wanted to know where the president was staying. 19. Journalist: "Ellie Goulding is one of the best pop singers in the world" . A) The journalist said that Ellie is one of the best singers. B) The journalist said that Ellie was one of the best singers. C) The journalist said that she has been one of the best singers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The journalist said that Ellie was one of the best singers. 20. Sam: "I will start my own business."Sam said that ..... A) He would start my own business. B) He would start his own business. C) I would start my own business. D) I will start my own business. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He would start his own business. 21. Choose the correct reported statement for the given sentence:She exclaimed, 'It's a beautiful day!'"She exclaimed (that) ..... A) It had been a beautiful day. B) It has been a beautiful day. C) It is a beautiful day. D) It was a beautiful day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was a beautiful day. 22. Correct or incorrect:'I can't memorise numbers, ' said Karin. Karin mentioned that I couldn't memorise numbers. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 23. REPORTED STATEMENTS:Choose the correct answerShe said: "You must return the boots" .She said that I ..... return the boots. A) Must. B) Had to. C) Mustn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had to. 24. "Mary works in a bank" , Jane said. A) Jane said that she works in a bank. B) Jane said that Mary had worked in a bank. C) Jane said that Mary worked in a bank. D) Jane said that Mary worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jane said that Mary worked in a bank. 25. "I finished my exams last week, " he said. A) He told he had finished his exams the last week. B) He told he had finished his exams the previous week. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told he had finished his exams the previous week. 26. He said "Tom and Tina are getting married next year" . A) He said that Tom and Tina are getting married next year. B) He said that Tom and Tina will get married next year. C) He said that they are getting married the following year. D) He said that they were getting married the following year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that they were getting married the following year. 27. Which one is the correct transformation?"Don't worry" -he told her. A) He told her don't worry. B) He told her not to worry. C) He told her that she does not worry. D) He told her that he weren't worry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told her not to worry. 28. She doesn't speak german, said John A) John said she did speak german. B) John said she didn't speak german. C) John said she had spoken german. D) John said she spoke german. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John said she didn't speak german. 29. Emma: "I'm sitting on the chair."Emma said (that) she ..... A) Was sitting on the chair. B) Is sitting on the chair. C) Hs seated on the chair. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sitting on the chair. 30. Shane:'' I will become an environmental lawyer one day."Shane told us that ..... an environmental lawyer one day. A) She became. B) She is becoming. C) She becomes. D) She would become. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She would become. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesReported Statements Quiz 1Reported Statements Quiz 2Reported Statements Quiz 4Reported Statements Quiz 5Reported Statements Quiz 6Reported Statements Quiz 7Reported Statements Quiz 8Reported Statements Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books