This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Captain America asked Falcon, "Do you see my shield?" A) Captain America asked if Falcon had seen his shield. B) Captain America asked if Falcon saw my shield. C) Captain America told Falcon that he saw his shield. D) Captain America asked Falcon to see his shield. E) Captain America asked if Falcon saw his shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Captain America asked if Falcon saw his shield. 2. Which words complete the sentence? Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) The previous day. B) That day. C) The following day. D) The next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That day. 3. Applying the rule for changing adverbs of time, how should this sentence be converted? He said, "I am visiting my grandparents now." A) He said that he was visiting his grandparents then. B) He said that he was visiting his grandparents now. C) He said that he is visiting his grandparents then. D) He said that he was visiting my grandparents then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was visiting his grandparents then. 4. They said, "We are busy today." A) They said that they were busy that day. B) They said that they had been busy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they were busy that day. 5. Find the single error in this paragraph:My dad said that he was proud of my report card. He asked what did I want as a reward. He suggested that we could go for ice cream. A) What did I want as a reward. B) That we could go. C) My dad said. D) That he was proud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What did I want as a reward. 6. ' I didn't lie to you.' A) He denied lying to me. B) He denied to lie to me. C) He refused lying to me. D) He refused to lie to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He denied lying to me. 7. He said, "I know a better restaurant here." A) He said that he knows a better restaurant. B) He said that he knew a better restaurant there. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he knew a better restaurant there. 8. Marco: "I went to the movies with my friends" . Is reported:He said that ..... A) I have gone to the movies with my friends. B) He had gone to the movies with his friends. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had gone to the movies with his friends. 9. Jane:(to Kelly, her best friend) Do you want to come over? Let's have a girl's night.Jane ..... Kelly to come over and ..... having a girl's night. A) Asked suggest. B) Invited suggested. C) Invited insisted on. D) Asked suggested that. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invited suggested. 10. Ravi said, " Priya went to beach yesterday." A) Ravi said that Priya gone to beach the day before. B) Ravi said Priya had gone to beach the day before. C) Ravi said that Priya had gone to beach the day before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ravi said that Priya had gone to beach the day before. 11. We said that we ..... our homework inthe library. A) Were doing. B) Would do. C) Are doing. D) Will do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were doing. 12. He said, "My wife has just bought a diamond ring. '' A) He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring. B) He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring. C) He said that his wife just bought a diamond ring. D) He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring. 13. He said, "I haven't seen my cousin today." A) He said I hadn't seen his cousin that day. B) He said he hasn't seen his cousin that day. C) He said he hadn't seen his cousin that day. D) He said he hadn't seen my cousin that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he hadn't seen his cousin that day. 14. "Do your homework!"My mom told me ..... A) Do your homework. B) To do my homework. C) Do my homework. D) To do your homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To do my homework. 15. "We are going to play football today" A) They said they were going to play football that day. B) They said they was going to play football today. C) They said they went to play football that day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said they were going to play football that day. 16. Can, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Had to. B) Might. C) Could. D) Be able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 17. Jane said, "I shall help you." Jane said ..... A) She will help him. B) She would help us. C) She helped us. D) She helps us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She would help us. 18. Report this imperative form: "Call me back later" A) You told me to call you back later. B) You said that I call you back later. C) You said me to call you back later. D) You told me to have called you back later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You told me to call you back later. 19. He asked me ..... A) Where we could meet the following day. B) That where we could meet the following day. C) Where if we could meet tomorrow. D) Where can we meet tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where we could meet the following day. 20. "Why haven't you told me?" he asked me.He wondered A) Why he hadn't told me. B) Why hadn't you told me. C) Why hadn't I told him. D) Why I hadn't told him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Why I hadn't told him. 21. Jerry said he (a) English a lot at that moment. A) Studies. B) Is studying. C) Studied. D) A. was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. was studying. 22. Becky told Ron that she ..... busy becauseshe didn't want to go to the cinema with him. A) Is. B) Had been. C) Was. D) Was being. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 23. Sarah said, "I read Jane Eyre last year. '' A) Sarah said she had read Jane Eyre the year after. B) Sarah said she has read Jane Eyre the previous year. C) Sarah said she had read Jane Eyre the previous year. D) Sarah said she would read Jane Eyre the year before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah said she had read Jane Eyre the previous year. 24. > "I can speak three languages." Thomas said he ..... three languages. A) Can spoke. B) Could spoke. C) Could speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could speak. 25. I said, "Sam's driving the car." A) I said that Sam is driving the car. B) I said that Sam was driving the car. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I said that Sam was driving the car. 26. Wade asked Wilson, "Do you know who Deadpool is?" A) Wade asked Wilson who Deadpool is. B) Wade asked Wilson if he know who Deadpool is. C) Wade asked Wilson if he was Deadpool. D) Wade asked Wilson if he knew who Deadpool was. E) Wade asked if Wilson know who is Deadpool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wade asked Wilson if he knew who Deadpool was. 27. She said, "I woke up early yesterday." A) She said that she has woken up early yesterday. B) She said that she had woken up early the previous day. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had woken up early the previous day. 28. "Can you show me the way?" A) He told her to show him the way. B) He asked her to show him the way. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked her to show him the way. 29. My friend said:'You can be whatever you want'My friend told me me that ..... A) I could be whatever I wanted. B) I can be whatever I wanted. C) I should be whatever I wanted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I could be whatever I wanted. 30. Dad:'Kirsty, please tell me we are not watching The X Factor.'Kirsty:'You said I ..... it tonight.' A) Can watch. B) Could watch. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could watch. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesTense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 1Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 2Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 3Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 4Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 5Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 6Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 7Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books