This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Reported Statements – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Statements Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. George said he ..... to the cinema the next day. A) Would go. B) Will go. C) Goes. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would go. 2. "next week" in indirect speech changes to: A) A week before. B) The following week. C) That week. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The following week. 3. REPORTED STATEMENTS:Choose the correct answerShe said: "This shop is closing now" .She said that ..... A) This shop was closing then. B) This shop was closing now. C) That shop was closing then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That shop was closing then. 4. She asked him ..... her books. A) Carried. B) To carry. C) Carriyed. D) To carrying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To carry. 5. Everything is going well. We ..... any problems so far. A) Didn't have. B) Don't have. C) Hadn't had. D) Haven't had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haven't had. 6. Mike says he ..... the same mistake. A) Was making. B) Had made. C) Has made. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has made. 7. "I visited my parents at the weekend", he said. A) He said that he have visited his parents at the weekend. B) He said that he had visited his parents at the weekend. C) He said that he had visited my parents at the weekend. D) He said that he has visited his parents at the weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had visited his parents at the weekend. 8. Journalist: "She has been on plenty of tours around the US" . A) The journalist reported that Ellie has been on plenty of tours around the US. B) The journalist reported that Ellie would be on plenty of tours around the US. C) The journalist reported that Ellie had been on plenty of tours around the US. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The journalist reported that Ellie had been on plenty of tours around the US. 9. "The film began at 7 o'clock", he said. He said that ..... A) The film was beginning at 7 o'clock. B) The film began at 7 o'clock. C) The film had begun at 7 o'clock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The film had begun at 7 o'clock. 10. Amelia: "I can't wait to see you!" Amelia told me ..... me. A) She couldn't wait to see. B) She could wait to see. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She couldn't wait to see. 11. 'I found an old Roman coin in the garden yesterday, ' he said that ..... A) He finds an old coin in the garden yesterday. B) He found an old coin in the garden yesterday. C) He had found an old coin in the garden the previous day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had found an old coin in the garden the previous day. 12. 'I'd never been there before'. A) She said that she was never there before. B) She said that she had never been there before. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had never been there before. 13. She said: "I'm going to learn to drive." A) He said that he was going to learn to drive. B) She said that she was going to learn to drive. C) She said that she are going to learn to drive. D) She said that she go to learn to drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she was going to learn to drive. 14. Rewrite the following using reported speech.The boss said to me, 'Finish the report as soon as possible.' A) The boss ordered me to finish the report as soon as possible. B) I ordered the boss to finish the report as soon as possible. C) The boss ordered the report to finish as soon as possible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boss ordered me to finish the report as soon as possible. 15. 'You must answer all the questions.' Our teacher said that we ..... A) MUST ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. B) HAS TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. C) HAD TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. D) HAVE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HAD TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. 16. "I'm playing football this evening", I told Tom. A) I told Tom I was playing football that evening. B) I told Tom I was playing football this evening. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I told Tom I was playing football that evening. 17. Charlie said, "My father is in hospital" . A) Charlie said that my father is in hospital. B) Charlie said that my father was in hospital. C) Charlie said that his father is in hospital. D) Charlie said that his father was in hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charlie said that his father was in hospital. 18. 'I can swim really fast.' A) He told that he could swim really fast. B) He said that he could swim really fast. C) He said me that he could swim really fast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he could swim really fast. 19. "I like you!", she said. She said that ..... A) She like me. B) She liked me. C) She had liked me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She liked me. 20. "Mum is not feeling alright." James said.James said (that) mum ..... alright. A) Was not feeling. B) Is not feeling. C) Does not feel. D) Did not feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not feeling. 21. "We left home three hours ago", Jeremy said. He said that ..... A) They had left home three hours before. B) They left home three hours ago. C) They left home three hours before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had left home three hours before. 22. If the direct speech uses "could", the indirect speech will use ..... A) The same. B) Can. C) Would. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The same. 23. What is the reported form of the sentence: "I missed the train." ? A) He said (that) he has missed the train. B) He said (that) he missed the train. C) He said (that) he would miss the train. D) He said (that) he had missed the train. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said (that) he had missed the train. 24. Jenny: "I love chocolate." Jenny said (that) she ..... chocolate. A) Loves. B) Loving. C) Love. D) Loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loved. 25. Terry said he ..... to buy a new car. A) Is going. B) Was gioing. C) Would go. D) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was gioing. 26. 'We'll send our thoughts to a computer one day.' She said we ..... our thoughts to a computer one day. A) WILL SEND. B) WOULD SEND. C) SEND. D) 'D SENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WOULD SEND. 27. "David was ill", he said. He said that ..... A) David was ill. B) David is ill. C) David had been ill. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David had been ill. 28. Charlie said, "Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow A) He said that Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow. B) He said that Nora and Jim were getting married the next day. C) He said that Nora and Jim were getting married tomorrow. D) He said that Nora and Jim are getting married the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that Nora and Jim were getting married the next day. 29. "I'm going to be sick" , she told them. A) She told that she was going to be sick. B) She told them that she is going to be sick. C) She told them that she was go to be sick. D) She told them that she was going to be sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told them that she was going to be sick. 30. "Tom can't use a computer" , Ella said. A) Ella said that Tom could't use a computer. B) Ella said that Tom couldn't use a computer. C) Ella said that Tom can't use a computer. D) Ella said that Tom can use a computer. 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