This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Change into reported speech:'She is cleaning her room.' A) They said to clean their room is good. B) She said she was cleaning her room. C) She said that she is cleaning a room. D) He said that he had cleaned his room. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said she was cleaning her room. 2. She said, "I have been working since yesterday" A) She said she had been working for a day. B) She said she had been working since yesterday. C) She said she had been working since the previous day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she had been working since the previous day. 3. > "Do you know the answer?" Cindy asked me if ..... the answer. A) I knew. B) She knew. C) She knows. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I knew. 4. I stole our wedding presents last night. A) She said she had stolen their wedding presents yesterday. B) She told that they had stolen their wedding presents last night. C) She stole their wedding presents the night before. D) She said she had stolen their wedding presents the night before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said she had stolen their wedding presents the night before. 5. "I am going away tomorrow, mom." , the son said. A) The son told his mom that he was going away the next day. B) The son said to his mom he was going away the next day. C) The son asked his mom if he was going away tomorrow. D) The son said that he was going away the next day, mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The son told his mom that he was going away the next day. 6. Will you ..... that link with me? I'd like to look at it. A) Download. B) Post. C) Upload. D) Share. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Share. 7. Matt and David: "We have to go now."Matt and David ..... (that) ..... A) Said-they had to go now. B) Told-they had to go now. C) Said-they had to go then. D) Told-they had to go then. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Said-they had to go then. 8. "I am flying to India tomorrow" .He told me that he ..... the next day ..... A) Was flying. B) Flied. C) Would fly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was flying. 9. "I didn't meet Susan last week" A) He said he hasn't met Susan last week. B) He said he hadn't met Susan the week before. C) He said he didn't meet Susan the week before. D) He said he hadn't met Susan last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said he hadn't met Susan the week before. 10. "I will be studying tomorrow" . A) I told him that I will be studying the next day. B) I told him that I would be studying the next day. C) I told him that I wouldn't be studying the next day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I told him that I would be studying the next day. 11. I should go to the doctor. A) She said he could go to the doctor. B) She said he will go to the doctor. C) She said he should go to the doctor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said he should go to the doctor. 12. "I will finish it tomorrow, " John promised. In reported speech, 'tomorrow' changes to: A) The next day. B) Yesterday. C) Today. D) That day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The next day. 13. Change into reported speech:'They practice football soccer with their team.' 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. 14. "No, no, you really must stay a bit longer!" said the boys. A) The boys denied my staying a bit longer. B) The boys refused to let me stay a bit longer. C) The boys didn't agree to let stay a bit longer. D) The boys insisted on my staying a bit longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The boys insisted on my staying a bit longer. 15. Mike said that the train ..... atBirmingham for an hour which was why he was late. A) Stopped. B) Was stopped. C) Had stopped. D) Has stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had stopped. 16. The two shows are quite ..... A) Amazing. B) Similar. C) Identical. D) Brilliant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Similar. 17. A:What did the boss tell you about the report?B: ..... A) Yes, I was still working on it. B) I said it would be on his desk in the morning. C) He told me it was fine. D) No, I didn't ask him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told me it was fine. 18. Anna told me (a) Sandy at the train station. A) A. to meet. B) Meeting. C) Met. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. to meet. 19. He said, "I know a better restaurant." A) He said that he knows a better restaurant. B) He said that he knew a better restaurant. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he knew a better restaurant. 20. Which of the following will be changed in reported speech? A) Could. B) This. C) Regularly. D) Had to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This. 21. '' I did it yesterday" said Yoni A) Ela said that she has done it yesterday. B) Ela said she had done it yesterday. C) Ela said she had done it the day before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ela said she had done it the day before. 22. Choose the grammatically correct way to report the following 'Wh-' question:The police officer asked the driver, "Why were you speeding?" A) The police officer asked the driver why he had been speeding. B) The police officer asked the driver why was he speeding. C) The police officer asked the driver that why he was speeding. D) The police officer asked the driver why you were speeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The police officer asked the driver why he had been speeding. 23. "I wrote to him yesterday" . A) She said to me I wrote to him the day before. B) She told me she had written to him yesterday. C) She told me she had written to him the day before. D) She told me she wrote to him yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She told me she had written to him the day before. 24. "I was at home yesterday" A) He said he was at home the day before. B) He said he was at home yesterday. C) He said he is at home yesterday. D) He said he was at home the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said he was at home the day before. 25. Might changes to ..... A) Might (doesn't change). B) May + past. C) May. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might (doesn't change). 26. Complete the sentences with the suitable word(s).Sally (i) ..... the kids (ii) ..... A) (i) orders; (ii) not make a mess. B) (i) ordering; (ii) do not make a mess. C) (i) ordered ; (ii) not to make a mess. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (i) ordered ; (ii) not to make a mess. 27. Meena: "We will go to the store"Meena said that ..... A) She would go to the store. B) She will go to the store. C) She was go to the store. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She would go to the store. 28. Danny:'I'm going to be late'.Danny told me that he ..... to be late. A) Is going. B) Was going. C) Will be going. D) Would be going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going. 29. Arthur: "I can play the piano" A) Arthur said that He can played the piano". B) Arthur said that He can't play the piano". C) Arthur said that He could play the piano". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthur said that He could play the piano". 30. Marie:'I want a fruit salad.' A) Marie say that he wantes a fruit salad.'. B) Marie said that she wants a fruit salad.'. C) Marie said that she wanted a fruit salad.'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marie said that she wanted a fruit salad.'. ← 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