This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I get up every day at 6:30", she said (that) A) She gotten up every day at 6:30. B) She had gotten up every day at 6:30. C) She got up every day at 6:30. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She got up every day at 6:30. 2. Rose Tyler:My family can play volleyball.Rose told me (that) ..... A) My family could play volleyball. B) Her family could play volleyball. C) Her family can play volleyball. D) My family can play volleyball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her family could play volleyball. 3. What auxiliar is more formal for sentences? A) Are. B) Is. C) Whether. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whether. 4. She asked her boyfriend ..... A) Where was her hat. B) Where her hat was. C) Was where her hat. D) Her hat was where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where her hat was. 5. My aunt asked, "Have you fed the dog?" A) My aunt asked me whether/if I have fed the dog. B) My aunt asked me whether/if I had fed the dog. C) My aunt asked me whether/if I havn't fed the dog. D) My aunt asked me whether/if I hadn't fed the dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My aunt asked me whether/if I have fed the dog. 6. Gaby told:'' Don't smoke!" A) Gaby told don't smoke. B) Gaby told to not smoke. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gaby told to not smoke. 7. May, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Used to. B) Had to. C) Might. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 8. Mia said, "I am reading a fascinating book." Complete the reported sentence:Mia said that ..... a fascinating book. A) I was reading. B) I am reading. C) She is reading. D) She was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was reading. 9. Matt told Elsa, 'Please, dance with me' A) Matt asked Elsa to dance with her. B) Matt told Elsa to dance with him. C) Matt asked Elsa to dance with him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matt asked Elsa to dance with him. 10. "This man spoke to me on the road, " said the woman. A) The woman said that man had spoken to her on the road. B) The woman said that man had spoken to me on the road. C) The woman said that man has spoken to her on the road. D) The woman said that man spoke to her on the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The woman said that man had spoken to her on the road. 11. My mother asked, "Where are you going?" A) My mother asked me where I am going. B) My mother asked me where I am going. C) My mother asked me where I was going. D) My mother asked us "Where are you going?". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My mother asked me where I was going. 12. Tom said, "Why did you charge me?" A) Tom asked that why have you charged me. B) Tom asked if we charged him. C) Tom asked why we had charged him. D) Tom asked why we charge him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom asked why we had charged him. 13. Tom: "I have two tickets for the game."Tom said that ..... two tickets for the game. A) He had. B) He has had. C) He had had. D) He has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had. 14. Batman said to The Joker, "Go away or I will arrest you." A) Batman said to Joker that go away or he will arrest him. B) Batman begged The Joker to go away. C) Batman asked Joker to go away before he arrest him. D) Batman ordered The Joker to go away or he would arrest him. E) Batman ordered to The Joker to go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Batman ordered The Joker to go away or he would arrest him. 15. John said he had worked on the report since ..... A) The next day. B) The day before. C) Yesterday. D) Two days ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The day before. 16. She said, "It isn't so foggy as it was yesterday." A) She remarked that it wasn't so foggy as it was yesterday. B) She remarked that it wasn't so foggy today as it had been yesterday. C) She remarked that it wasn't so foggy today as it had been the day before. D) She remarked that it wasn't so foggy as it was the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She remarked that it wasn't so foggy today as it had been the day before. 17. "Penguins can't fly" The teacher said. A) She said that they can't fly. B) She said that they couldn't fly. C) She said that they couldn't flew. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that they couldn't fly. 18. Logically complete the sequence of reported speech:First, the guide told us to stay on the path. Next, she explained that the plants were fragile. Finally, she asked ..... A) Do you have any questions. B) To have any questions. C) We had any questions. D) If we had any questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If we had any questions. 19. "I will be studying tomorrow" .I told him that I ..... A) Would be studying the following day. B) Studied. C) Will be studying the next day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would be studying the following day. 20. Kavitha said, " I am very busy now." A) Kavitha said that was she very busy now. B) Kavitha said that she was very busy then. C) Kavitha said that she was very busy now. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kavitha said that she was very busy then. 21. Marcus told his sister, 'Don't sing that song, please' A) Marcus asked his sister don't sing that song. B) Marcus asked his sister not to sing that song. C) Marcus asked his sister not to sing that song, please. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marcus asked his sister not to sing that song. 22. Report the following situation:Tom said, 'I want to visit my friends this weekend.' A) Tom said he wants to visit his friends that weekend. B) Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend. C) Tom said he wanted to visit his friends this weekend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend. 23. Martha:I dont like watching TV.Martha said (that) ..... A) She doesnt like watching TV. B) She didnt watch TV. C) She doesnt watch TV. D) She didnt like watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She didnt like watching TV. 24. "We are very tired." , they said. A) They said they are very tired. B) They said they were very tired. C) They said we are very tired. D) They said we were very tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said they were very tired. 25. Joshua said, "I have completed my assignment." A) Joshua said that he had complete with his assignment. B) Joshua said that he had completed his assignment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joshua said that he had completed his assignment. 26. Sarah: "I am having internet problems."Sarah said ..... internet problems . A) That she was having. B) She has. C) That she is having. D) That she had been having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That she was having. 27. '' I don't understand" said Bua A) Bua said I don't understand. B) Bua said she doesn't understand. C) Bua said she didn't understand. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bua said she didn't understand. 28. Carolyn told me, 'My sister isn't attending vocal lessons here anymore' A) Carolyn told me that her sister isn't attending vocal lessons here anymore. B) Carolyn told me that her sister wasn't attending vocal lessons there anymore. C) Carolyn told me that her sister wasn't attending vocal lessons here anymore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carolyn told me that her sister wasn't attending vocal lessons there anymore. 29. Change the direct speech into reported speech. Use 'she said' at the beginning of each answer. It's the same day, so you don't need to change the time expressions:"Lucy will come later." A) She said Lucy would come later. B) She said Lucy will come later. C) She said Lucy are going to come later. D) She said Lucy could come later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said Lucy would come later. 30. Which of the following sentences has an error in its conversion to reported speech? A) Direct: "I am happy." Reported:He said that he was happy. B) Direct: "We will go to the park." Reported:They said that they will go to the park. C) Direct: "My sister is a doctor." Reported:She said that her sister was a doctor. D) Direct: "I saw a bluebird." Reported:He said that he had seen a bluebird. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct: "We will go to the park." 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