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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Peter:I dont have time to do my homeworkPeter said (that) ..... A) He didnt have time to do his homework. B) I didnt have time to do my homework. C) He doesnt have time to do my homework. D) He didnt have time to do my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He didnt have time to do his homework. 2. "I forgot to call the doctor", he said (that) A) He has forget to call the doctor. B) He had forgotten to call the doctor. C) He has fortgot to call the doctor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had forgotten to call the doctor. 3. Lenny sang, 'I want to get away, I want to fly away.' A) Lenny sang he wanted to get away, he wants to fly away. B) Lenny sang, 'I want to get away, I want to fly away.'. C) Lenny sings he wanted to get away, he wanted to fly away. D) Lenny sang he wanted to get away, he wanted to fly away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lenny sang he wanted to get away, he wanted to fly away. 4. The manager shouted, '' Get out." A) The manager shouted Get out. B) The manager asked us to go out. C) The manager asked to get out. D) The manager asked us not to go out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The manager asked to get out. 5. "How far do I have to walk?" she asked me.She wanted to know how far ..... to walk. A) She had. B) I had. C) I have. D) She has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had. 6. The man asked "is here the principal's office?" A) The man asked if there was the principal's office. B) The man asked that there is the principal's office. C) The man asked for the principal's office. D) The man asked whether was there the principal's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The man asked if there was the principal's office. 7. "We have to go now." Susan said. A) Susan said that they had to go then. B) Susan said that they have to go now. C) Susan said that we have to go now. D) Susan said that we had to go then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Susan said that they had to go then. 8. He asked her "Did anybody call this morning?" He asked her ..... A) If anybody called this morning. B) If somebody had called that morning. C) If somebody called that morning. D) Who called that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If somebody had called that morning. 9. "I can swim 5.000 metres", he said. A) He could swim 500 metres. B) He could swam 5.000 metres. C) He could swim 5.000 metres. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He could swim 5.000 metres. 10. "I want to buy a car" Miguel said. A) She said that she wanted to buy a car. B) He said that he wants to buy a car. C) He said that he wanted to buy a car. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he wanted to buy a car. 11. Past simple, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Past continous. B) Past simple. C) Present simple. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect. 12. Sarah: "The class is not going to last long."Sarah said the class ..... long. A) Wasn't to last. B) Is not going to last. C) Wasn't going to last. D) Was going to last. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't going to last. 13. Peter said that if he ..... rich he ..... a lot. A) Was-will travel. B) Had been-would have travelled. C) Were-would travel. D) Is-will travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were-would travel. 14. Which sentence shows the correct sequence of tense changes in reported speech?Direct: "I am studying now, but I will play later, " said Amy. A) Amy said she had been studying then, but she will play later. B) Amy said she is studying now, but she will play later. C) Amy said she was studying now, but she would play later. D) Amy said she was studying then, but she would play later. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amy said she was studying then, but she would play later. 15. Conjunction word for the Imperative sentence is ..... A) To. B) That. C) If. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 16. True or False:When reporting a universal truth, such as 'The Earth is round, ' the verb tense must change to the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. When converting the question "Where are you going?" to reported speech, which option shows the correct statement-like word order? A) He asked where am I going. B) He asked where I was going. C) He asked where was I going. D) He asked that where I was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked where I was going. 18. Mary said:I will go to your house next weekend? Is reported: ..... A) She said she would go to your house the following week. B) She said she will go to your house the next weekend. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she would go to your house the following week. 19. He could skate a long time ago. A) She said that he can skate a long time ago. B) She said that he could skate a long time ago. C) She said that he would skate a long time ago. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that he could skate a long time ago. 20. There are ten ..... at the start of the show, but only one winner. A) Viewers. B) Presenters. C) Actors. D) Contestants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contestants. 21. Susi Susanti said A) Homework by Susanti said that she does myself. B) Susi Susanti said that she did her homework by herself. C) Susi Susanti said that she do her homework by herself. D) Susi Susanti said that I did my homework by myself. E) Susi Susanti said she did her homework by myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Susi Susanti said that she did her homework by herself. 22. "I will definitely let you know the answer by the end of this week, " Tom said to Janet. A) Tom offered to give Janet the answer by the end of this week. B) Tom promised to give Janet the answer by the end of the week. C) Tom suggested giving Janet the answer by the end of the week. D) Tom insisted on letting Janet know the answer by the end of the week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom promised to give Janet the answer by the end of the week. 23. "Don't walk on the grass, " the gardener said to us. A) The gardener told us not to walk on the grass. B) The gardener told us don't walk on the grass. C) The gardener advised us not walking on the grass. D) The gardener suggested us not to walk on the grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The gardener told us not to walk on the grass. 24. Mia asked me ..... the new show. A) Whether I was liked. B) If I liked. C) Did I like. D) That I like. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If I liked. 25. Present simple, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Present simple. B) Present perfect. C) Past simple. D) Present continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past simple. 26. "Don't touch the wire!" the electrician warned. Choose the correct reported speech: A) The electrician warned to not touch the wire. B) The electrician warned not to touch the wire. C) The electrician warned about touching the wire. D) The electrician warned that don't touch the wire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The electrician warned not to touch the wire. 27. The old lady said to the girl, "Where do you come from?" A) The old lady asked the girl where she came from. B) The old lady asked the girl where she come from. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The old lady asked the girl where she came from. 28. Identify the correct transformation of the following sentence into reported speech:'Do you like ice cream?' he asked. A) He asked if I liked ice cream. B) He asked do I like ice cream. C) He asked did I like ice cream. D) He asked if I like ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked if I liked ice cream. 29. "Be careful, " she said. She told me A) That I am careful. B) That I would be careful. C) That I was careful. D) To be careful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be careful. 30. What does tonight change into in indirect speech? A) The previous night. B) That night. C) No change. D) This night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That night. 31. Tom told me that they ..... meat since ..... A) Had not eaten / the year before. B) Would not eat / the next year. C) Have not eaten / last year. D) Did not eat / the following year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not eaten / the year before. 32. "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow" . He said. A) He told me that his mother is taking the bus to work the next day. B) He told me that his mother was taking the bus to work the next day. C) He told me that his mother will take the bus to work the next day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me that his mother was taking the bus to work the next day. 33. She warned me ..... late-night horror films. A) Not to watch. B) Shouldn't watch. C) Don't watch. D) Not watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not to watch. 34. "You must do what you are told" .She said ..... A) She had to do what she was told. B) That she must do what she was told. C) That must do what I was told. D) What have to do what I was told. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had to do what she was told. 35. Complete the reported sentence:Mary "I love chocolate."Jerry: "Mary said (that) she ..... chocolate." A) Loved. B) Loves. C) Loving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loved. 36. "She is the most beatifull girl in the world" he said.He said that ..... the most beautifull girl in the world. A) She are. B) She is. C) She was. D) She were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was. 37. "I'm going to do the dubbing for the new Disney film", she said (that) A) She was doing the dubbing for the new Disney film. B) She was going to do the dubbing for the new Disney film. C) She is going to do the dubbing for the new Disney film. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was going to do the dubbing for the new Disney film. 38. They said, "We have just arrived." A) They said that they have just arrived. B) They said that they had just arrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said that they had just arrived. 39. A:What did Jeff say when he called last week?B: ..... A) That it's raining. B) That it was raining. C) That it has been raining. D) That it must rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That it was raining. 40. In indirect speech Past continuous changes into A) Past Perfect Continuous. B) Past Simple. C) Past Perfect. D) Past Participle Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Continuous. 41. "Everybody likes comedy films"", he said (that) A) Everybody liked comedy films. B) Everybody likes to watch comedy films. C) Everybody doesn't like comedy films. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everybody liked comedy films. 42. Leonardo:I will wear your sunglassesLeonardo said (that) ..... A) I would wear your sunglasses. B) He would wear my sunglasses. C) He would wear your sunglasses. D) He would wear his sunglasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He would wear my sunglasses. 43. "I can cook as well as my mother", Hoa said. A) Hoa says she could cook as well as her mother. B) Hoa said she can cook as well as my mother. C) Hoa said she could cook as well as my mother. D) Hoa said she could cook as well as her mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hoa said she could cook as well as her mother. 44. "I don't like mushrooms" Adriana said. A) She said that she don't like mushrooms. B) She said that she didn't liked mushrooms. C) She said that she didn't like mushrooms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she didn't like mushrooms. 45. Ahmed asked, "what are you doing?" A) Ahmed asked what you were doing. B) Ahmed asked what were you doing?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ahmed asked what you were doing. 46. Lena said, "Where have you been yesterday?" Lena asked ..... A) Where she was the day before. B) Where she could be the day before. C) Where she had been yesterday. D) Where she had been the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where she had been the day before. 47. Report this imperative form: "Don't do that" A) She told us not doing that. B) She told us not to have done that. C) She said us not to do that. D) She told us not to do that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told us not to do that. 48. > "I don't like Monday mornings." Stewart said he ..... Monday mornings. A) Likes. B) Didn't like. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't like. 49. Dad:'What? The other day I said I ..... my television on Saturday nights. I want to watch the Grand Prix.' A) Am taking back. B) Was taking back. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking back. 50. "Don't leave the backpack here" The teacher said A) The teacher told me to leave the backpack there. B) The teacher told me that I didn't leave the backpack there. C) The teacher told me not to leave thebackpack there. D) The teacher told me not to leave the backpack here. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher told me not to leave thebackpack there. 51. He told me, "I have been to Spain." A) He told me that I had been to Spain. B) He told me that I have been to Spain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me that I had been to Spain. 52. Leah: "How is your journey?"Leah asked me how ..... journey was A) Her. B) Your. C) My. D) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My. 53. > "The kids are outside." My wife said that the kids ..... outside. A) If they were. B) Were. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 54. Paul: "I have houseguests for the weekend" A) Paul said He has houseguests for the weekend. B) Paul said He had houseguests for the weekend. C) Paul said He hasn't houseguests for the weekend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paul said He had houseguests for the weekend. 55. The lifeguard told the swimmers, "Don't swim so far out!" Complete the reported command:The lifeguard told the swimmers ..... so far out. A) Not to swim. B) Not swimming. C) To not swim. D) Don't swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not to swim. 56. 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: "We went out last night" A) She said that she went out last night. B) She said that we had gone out last night. C) She said that they had gone out last night. D) She said that she and I had gone out last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that they had gone out last night. 57. The game will be ..... live on TV. A) Adapted. B) Performed. C) Eliminated. D) Boardcast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boardcast. 58. Tom said, "I haven't been to the cinema for a long time."Tom said he ..... to the cinema for a long time. A) Wasn't been. B) Wasn't. C) Hadn't been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't been. 59. Amy Pond:I will wait for you!Amy told Rory (that) ..... A) She would wait for me. B) She will wait for him. C) She will wait for me. D) She would wait for him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She would wait for him. 60. Choose the reported speech:John "I am going" A) John said (that) he is goes. B) John said (that) he was going. C) 'John sais (that) he goes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John said (that) he was going. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesTense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 1Tense 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 8Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books