This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Pratom 6 students are the best!"Miss Alyson said ..... A) Pratom 6 students had been the best. B) Pratom 6 students are the best. C) Pratom 6 students had the best. D) Pratom 6 students were the best. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pratom 6 students were the best. 2. "I have something to tell you" Kerry said to Cheryl. A) Kerry told Cheryl he had had something to tell her. B) Kerry told Cheryl he had something to tell her. C) Kerry told Cheryl I had something to tell her. D) Kerry told Cheryl she had had something to tell him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kerry told Cheryl he had something to tell her. 3. Mania ..... that she wanted to join us for lunch. A) Told. B) Say. C) Said. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Said. 4. "When will we see each other again?" she asked me.She asked me A) When will we see each other again. B) When would we see each other again. C) When we will see each other again. D) When we would see each other again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When we would see each other again. 5. Having finished her presentation, the speaker asked ..... anyone had any questions. A) If. B) That. C) Why. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If. 6. Rewrite the following using reported speech.'Sleep earlier, ' the mum said to her daughter. A) The mum advised her daughter to sleep earlier. B) The daughter advised her mum to sleep earlier. C) The mum advise her daughter sleep earlier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mum advised her daughter to sleep earlier. 7. Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option."Imperative '' A) Present simple. B) Infinitive. C) The same tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive. 8. "Why don't you complain to the company, John?" said Peter. A) Peter suggested John to complain to the company. B) Peter advised John complaining to the company. C) Peter asked John why he doesn't complain to the company. D) Peter suggested that John should complain to the company. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peter suggested that John should complain to the company. 9. Why doesn't Ben have anywhere to live? A) There aren't enough houses. B) He doesn't have enough maney to pay the rent. C) He left his family and moved out of his home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He doesn't have enough maney to pay the rent. 10. Which example of reported speech is correct? A) He whispered, "I need to talk to you about something". B) He whispered that he needed to talk to me about something. C) He whispered "I need to talk to you about something" . D) I need to talk to you about something he whispered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He whispered that he needed to talk to me about something. 11. Task 1:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech4. My dad said, "I watched TV last night." => My dad said that he ..... TV the night before. A) Was watching. B) Had watched. C) Watched. D) Has watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had watched. 12. "You are upsetting me" , she said.She said that ..... A) I am upsetting her. B) I was upsetting her. C) I upset her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was upsetting her. 13. > "It's ten o'clock." Emma said that ..... ten o'clock. A) It was. B) The time. C) Was it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was. 14. She said, "I lost the key of my room." She said that ..... A) I lose the key of my room. B) She lost the key of my room. C) I had lost the key of my room. D) She had lost the key of her room. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had lost the key of her room. 15. Don't make so much noise, Michael, " said Ellen.Ellen told Michael ..... so much noise. A) Do make. B) Don't make. C) To make. D) Not to make. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not to make. 16. The designer said to her, 'will you have the dress ready by tomorrow evening?' A) The designer asked her that she would have the dress ready by next evening. B) The designer asked her that if she will like to have the dress by next evening. C) The designer asked her if she would have the dress ready by next evening. D) The designer asked her that she will have the suit ready by next evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The designer asked her if she would have the dress ready by next evening. 17. Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) That day. B) The following day. C) Previous day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That day. 18. Mike said, "We have bought these books today. '' A) Mike said they have bought those books that day. B) Mike said they bought those books that day. C) Mike said they had bought those books today. D) Mike said they had bought those books that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mike said they had bought those books that day. 19. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech7. "I am going out tonight." My sister said. A) My sister said she was going out that night. B) My sister said that she will be going out that night. C) My sister said that she was going out tonight. D) My sister said that she was going out that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My sister said that she was going out that night. 20. "I was reading the newspaper", she said. A) She read the newspaper. B) She has been reading the newspaper. C) She had been reading the newspaper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been reading the newspaper. 21. "Have you been shopping for food?" he asked us.He wanted to know A) If we would be shopping for food. B) If we had been shopping for food. C) If we have been shopping for food. D) If had we been shopping for food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If we had been shopping for food. 22. "Don't dare to speak" , said the teacher A) Teacher commanded not to speak. B) Teacher warned not to speak. C) Teacher commanded that don't speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teacher warned not to speak. 23. Jacob: "I work in an office."Jacob told me (that) ..... worked in an office. A) She. B) He. C) I. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He. 24. Sarah: "I went to the movies yesterday."Sarah said ..... A) She had gone to the movies yesterday. B) That she had gone to the movies the day before. C) That I went to the movies the day before. D) That she went to the movies yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That she had gone to the movies the day before. 25. "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow" .He told me that his mother ..... the bus to work next day. A) Was taking. B) Is taking. C) Will take. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 26. Dominik:I dont understand JapaneseDominik told me (that) ..... A) I didnt understand Japanese. B) I dont understand Japanese. C) He didnt understand Japanese. D) He doesnt understand Japanese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He didnt understand Japanese. 27. Task 1:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech2. They asked me when ..... A) Will I arrive. B) Did I arrive. C) I can arrive. D) I had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did I arrive. 28. 19 "I have just seen your mother this morning" . A) Laura told Lewis he had just seen her mother that morning. B) Laura told Lewis I have just seen your mother this morning. C) Laura told Lewis she had just seen his mother that morning. D) Laura told Lewis she has just seen his mother that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laura told Lewis she had just seen his mother that morning. 29. Change into reported speech:'I couldn't go to the cinema yesterday, ' Noelia said. A) She said she can't go out to the cinema today. B) She said she couldn't go out to the cinema today. C) Noelia said she could not go to the cinema the day before. D) She said she can't go out to the cinema that day . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noelia said she could not go to the cinema the day before. 30. > "Do you work at night?" Maria asked ..... at night. A) If she works. B) If I worked. C) If I am working. D) None of the above. 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