This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. '' We are not visiting China this summer" He told me. A) He told me that they were not visiting China that summer. B) He told me that they were not visiting China this summer. C) He told me that they are not visiting China that summer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me that they were not visiting China that summer. 2. "Please don't shout." A) She told him not to shout. B) She asked him not to shout. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked him not to shout. 3. "I can't explain this rule to you, " said my classmate to me. A) My classmate said me he/she couldn't explain that rule to me. B) My classmate told me he/she can't explain that rule to me. C) My classmate told me he/she couldn't explain that rule to me. D) My classmate told me he/she couldn't explain that rule to you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My classmate told me he/she couldn't explain that rule to me. 4. She ..... Lucy that some of the cheerleaders were stubborn. A) Told. B) Said. C) Tell. D) Say. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 5. Which option incorrectly converts the direct question into reported speech? Direct question: "Did you finish your lunch?" A) My friend asked did I finish my lunch. B) My friend asked whether I had finished my lunch. C) My friend asked if I had finished my lunch. D) My friend wanted to know if I had finished my lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My friend asked did I finish my lunch. 6. What is the reported speech version of Mary said, "I love chocolate" ? A) Mary said she is loving chocolate. B) Mary said she loved chocolate. C) Mary said she loves chocolate. D) Mary said I love chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary said she loved chocolate. 7. Betzy: "I don't like spinach." A) Betzy said (that) she doesn't like spinach. B) Betzy said (that) she don't like spinach. C) Betzy said (that) she didn't like spinach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Betzy said (that) she didn't like spinach. 8. The visitor said, "It has been raining since this afternoon." A) The visitor said that it had been raining since that afternoon. B) The visitor said that it have been raining since that afternoon. C) The visitor said that it was raining since that afternoon. D) The visitor said that it has been raining since that afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The visitor said that it had been raining since that afternoon. 9. "I cannot take them home, " he said. He said that A) He wouldn't be able to take them home. B) He couldn't take them home. C) He hadn't been able to take them home. D) He cannot take them home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He couldn't take them home. 10. > "Is he our teacher?" My classmate asked me ..... teacher. A) If he was our. B) He is a. C) Is he our. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If he was our. 11. George:'I can't chat because I'm working'.George said that he ..... because he was working. A) Can not chat. B) Couldn't chat. C) Won't chat. D) Wouldn't chat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't chat. 12. He said that he (a) fish two days before. A) Doesn't eat. B) A. hadn't eaten. C) Didn't eat. D) Hasn't eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. hadn't eaten. 13. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech1. Julia said, "I may leave tomorrow." A) Julia asked if she should leave the next day. B) Julia said that she might leave the next day. C) Julia informed me to leave tomorrow. D) Julia said that she might leave tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Julia said that she might leave the next day. 14. We use when the sentence is a request A) Tell /t old. B) Ask / asked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ask / asked. 15. May changes to ..... A) May + past. B) May. C) Might. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 16. The sentence-He asked, "What time is it?" -in reported speech becomes: A) He asked what time it was. B) He asked what time is it. C) He asked what was the time. D) He asked what time was it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked what time it was. 17. Marta: "I don't like tomatoes."Laura:Marta said (that) she ..... tomatoes. A) Don't. B) Didn't. C) Doesn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't. 18. "Don't do that!" A) She asked him not to do that. B) She told him not to do that. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told him not to do that. 19. "Were you at the Zoo last night?" asks Jane.Jane asks ..... at the Zoo last night. A) If I am. B) That I was. C) If I was. D) If I had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If I had been. 20. I said to Daniel, "Are you reading this book?" A) I asked Daniel if he was reading that book. B) I asked Daniel if he reading that book. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I asked Daniel if he was reading that book. 21. I had eaten a hamburguer. A) She said he ate a hamburguer. B) She said he had eaten a hamburger. C) She said he is eating a hamburger. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said he had eaten a hamburger. 22. Jason asked me ..... me the book the day before. A) If who has given. B) If who gave. C) Who had given. D) That who had given. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who had given. 23. "He is talking to your sister" , She said to me. A) She told me he was talking to my sister. B) She told me he was talking to your sister. C) She told me she was talking to my sister. D) She told me he was talking to her sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told me he was talking to my sister. 24. He ..... how to fix the car. A) Insisted on. B) Said. C) Complained. D) Wondered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wondered. 25. "We will go to the stadium tomorrow" A) They said they would to the stadium the previous day. B) They said they would to the stadium the next day. C) They said they would to the stadium the day before. D) They said they will to the stadium the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said they would to the stadium the next day. 26. Lisa said, 'Tim hasn't been in the stadium for a year'. A) Lisa said that Tim hadn't been in the stadium for a year. B) Lisa said that Tim hadn't been in the stadium for a year before. C) Lisa said that Tim wasn't in the stadium for a year before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lisa said that Tim hadn't been in the stadium for a year. 27. ''Jhonn doesn't feel well" They said. A) They said that he doesn't felt well. B) They said that he didn't feel well. C) They said that he didn't felt well. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said that he didn't feel well. 28. Analyze this sentence:The weatherman announced, "It will rain tomorrow." Which reported speech version maintains the original meaning most accurately? A) The weatherman announced about the rain tomorrow. B) The weatherman announced it would rain the next day. C) The weatherman announced it would rain tomorrow. D) The weatherman announced that it will rain the following day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The weatherman announced it would rain the next day. 29. He said, "I must go" A) He said that he should go. B) He said that he had to go. C) He said that he must go. D) He said that he must have gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had to go. 30. "I haven't been to the cinema for a long time." Krit said he ..... to the cinema for a long time. A) Didn't be. B) Wasn't been. C) Wasn't. D) Hadn't been. 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