This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Phoebe:I can speak 5 languagesPhoebe told me (that) ..... A) I can speak 5 languages. B) I could speak 5 languages. C) She can speak 5 languages. D) She could speak 5 languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She could speak 5 languages. 2. Bill: "Have you seen any interesting comedy lately, Nancy?" Bill asked Nancy ..... A) If he saw an interesting comedy lately. B) What comedy Nancy saw lately. C) If he will see an interesting film. D) If she had seen any interesting comedy lately. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If she had seen any interesting comedy lately. 3. Identify the statement below.She said, "I saw him." A) Direct Speech. B) Reported Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 4. True or False:The sentence 'She said that she would be late' is an example of direct speech. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. '' Mario has watched a movie" She told him. A) She told him that he had watched movie. B) She told him he has watched a movie. C) She told him if he has watch a movie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told him that he had watched movie. 6. Complete the reported sentence:Mary: "I have a cat and three turtles."Jill:Mary said (that) she ..... a cat and three turtles." A) Have. B) Had. C) Has. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 7. "Can you speak Spanish?" I asked her A) I asked her what she can speak. B) I asked her if she can study Spanish. C) I asked her if she could speak Spanish. D) I asked her if she could spoke Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I asked her if she could speak Spanish. 8. We use reported speech when ..... A) When the focus is on the action. B) We want to repeat what someone had previously said. C) Describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths and fixed arragements. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We want to repeat what someone had previously said. 9. He said, "Don't go to the beach alone."He told us A) That we didn't go to the beach alone. B) Not to go to the beach alone. C) That we hadn't gone to the beach alone. D) That we don't go to the beach alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to go to the beach alone. 10. 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: "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived." A) She said that he had been waiting for the bus when she arrived. B) She said that she was waiting for the bus when he arrived. C) She said that she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived. 11. Goku said to my father, "Tokyo is the capital of Japan." A) Goku asked my father if Tokyo is the capital of Japan. B) Goku told my father that Tokyo is the capital of Japan. C) Goku persuaded my father that Tokyo is the capital of Japan. D) Goku told my father if Tokyo is the capital of Japan. E) Goku told my father that Tokyo was the capital of Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goku told my father that Tokyo is the capital of Japan. 12. Complete the reported sentence:Marcos: "I go camping with my family in winter."Juan: "Marcos said (that) he ..... camping with his family in winter." A) Gone. B) Went. C) Go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 13. Mom: "I won't buy you a new car." A) Mom told Jeni that she won't buy her a new car. B) Mom told Jeni that she wouldn't buy her a new car. C) Mom told Jeni that she would buy her a new car. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mom told Jeni that she wouldn't buy her a new car. 14. '' He went out last night" She told me. A) She told me that he had gone out the other night. B) She told me that he went out last night. C) She told me that she had went out the other night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told me that he had gone out the other night. 15. What do we use instead of the auxiliar of the question? A) Is/are. B) Do/does. C) Was/were. D) If /whether. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If /whether. 16. Which sentence correctly reports: "Are you coming to the party?" asked Tom. A) Tom asked do I come to the party. B) Tom asked was I coming to the party. C) Tom asked if I was coming to the party. D) Tom asked am I coming to the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom asked if I was coming to the party. 17. Sarah ..... to pay for the holidays in Africa. A) Refused. B) Insisted on. C) Denied. D) Forbade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refused. 18. "Why I haven't thought of this before, " Dung said to himself. A) Dung suggested himself not thinking of that before. B) Dung said that why he hadn't thought of that before. C) Dung wondered why he hadn't thought of that before. D) Dung advised himself not to have thought of that before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dung wondered why he hadn't thought of that before. 19. Marcia asked, "Can I use your pen?' A) Marcia asked if I can use my pen. B) Marcia asked if she could use my pen. C) Marcia asked if she can use my pen. D) Marcia asked that she can use my pen. E) Marcia asked if she could use your pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marcia asked if she could use my pen. 20. Donna:I'm angry with youDonna told me (that) ..... A) She was angry with me. B) She is angry with me. C) She was angry with you. D) She is angry with you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was angry with me. 21. "I haven't seen Ploy"He told me that he ..... Ploy. A) Hasn't seen. B) Hadn't seen. C) Didn't see. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't seen. 22. He ..... with us that the play wasn't very good. A) Admitted. B) Agreed. C) Promised. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agreed. 23. "I will be studying next week" .I told him that I ..... the following week. A) Will be studying. B) Would be studying. C) Will study. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would be studying. 24. They said they had come back ..... A) Last week. B) Yesterday afternoon. C) The day before yesterday. D) The day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The day before. 25. "Here", in reported speech changes to ..... A) Then. B) When. C) There. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There. 26. The teacher told the boys ..... their money. A) Not to waste. B) Not waste. C) To not waste. D) To waste not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not to waste. 27. "This" always changes to ..... A) Then. B) These. C) That. D) Those. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That. 28. The librarian told the students, "Don't make noise." Complete the reported sentence:The librarian told the students ..... noise. A) That they not make. B) Not to make. C) Don't make. D) To not make. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to make. 29. Tomorrow changes to what during the conversion of Direct Speech to Indirect Speech. A) Forthcoming Day. B) Next Day. C) Upcoming Day. D) Day after Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Next Day. 30. Sarah: "I am in a hurry."Sarah told me that ..... in a hurry. A) She had been. B) I was. C) She is. D) She was. 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