This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Dad:'No, I ..... it upstairs.'Kirsty:'Dad!' A) Said you could watch. B) Said you can watch. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said you could watch. 2. When converting a sentence from direct to reported speech, which of the following is NOT typically changed? A) Pronouns like 'I' or 'you'. B) The core meaning of the sentence. C) The verb tense. D) Punctuation like quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The core meaning of the sentence. 3. "I expect you to behave" , the teacher said.The teacher informed the class that ..... A) He expects us to behave. B) He expected we to behave. C) He expects we to behave. D) He expected us to behave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He expected us to behave. 4. "I am flying to India tomorrow" .He told me that he ..... the following day. A) Is flying. B) Was flying. C) Will fly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was flying. 5. Christopher asked Pamela, 'Do you want to dance?' A) Christopher asked Pamela did she wanted to dance. B) Christopher asked Pamela if did she wanted to dance. C) Christopher asked Pamela if she wanted to dance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Christopher asked Pamela if she wanted to dance. 6. She ..... me if I had a truck or knew anyone who had a truck. A) Told. B) Asked. C) Complained. D) Apologized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 7. She said she ..... A) Was very tired the night before. B) Had been very tired the night before. C) Had been very tired last night. D) Was very tired last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been very tired the night before. 8. The doctor asked his nurse ..... A) If the patient prepared for the operation. B) If the tests are ready for applicants. C) If she would come in time the following day. D) When is she going to give the medicine to the. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If she would come in time the following day. 9. Mary: "I can't swim." A) Can't. B) Couldn't. C) Hadn't. D) Can not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't. 10. "Don't worry over such a small thing, " she said to me. A) She told me not worry over such a small thing. B) She told me to not worry over such a small thing. C) She told me not to worry over such a small thing. D) She told not to worry over such a small thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She told me not to worry over such a small thing. 11. Katy said, ''When Sonia comes, I'll tell her the news." A) Katy said when Sonia came, she would have told her the news. B) Katy said when Sonia came, I would tell her the news. C) Katy said when Sonia came, she would tell her the news. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Katy said when Sonia came, she would tell her the news. 12. Will changes to ..... A) Will to. B) Would. C) Will + present. D) Would to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would. 13. Tom: "We are waiting outside the theater."Tom said that ..... outside the theater. A) They waited. B) They were waiting. C) We are waiting. D) They are waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were waiting. 14. "Don't be afraid of my dog, " said the man to Kate. A) The man told Kate not be afraid of his dog. B) The man told Kate not to be afraid of his dog. C) The man said to Kate not to be afraid of his dog. D) The man told Kate not to be afraid of her dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The man told Kate not to be afraid of his dog. 15. He said, '' I'm waiting for Ann" . A) He said that I was waiting for Ann. B) He said that he was waiting for Ann. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he was waiting for Ann. 16. 'I get up every morning at seven o'clock.', Carlos said. A) Carlos said he got up every morning at seven o'clock. B) Carlos said I got up every morning at seven o'clock. C) Carlos said he had got up every morning at seven o'clock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carlos said he got up every morning at seven o'clock. 17. "Can I borrow your pen please, Sam?" , said Gillian. A) Gillian asked Sam if she can borrow his pen. B) Gillian asked Sam she can borrow his pen. C) Gillian asked Sam she could borrow his pen. D) Gillian asked Sam if she could borrow his pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gillian asked Sam if she could borrow his pen. 18. Present perfect continuous A) Past continuous. B) Past perfect continuous. C) Would. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect continuous. 19. During the tour our guide ..... to us how all the machines worked. A) Complained. B) Told. C) Explained. D) Instructed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explained. 20. When we use reported speech, the verb is usually in the past, example:Linda said A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow" He said me that his mother ..... the bus to work the next day. A) Was taking. B) Will take. C) Is taking. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 22. The word "exclaimed" requires which punctuation mark in the quoted speech? A) . B) ;. C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) !. 23. Ulli:You are my best friendUlli told me (that) ..... A) You were my best friend. B) You were her best friend. C) I was her best friend. D) She was my best friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was her best friend. 24. "I have seen that movie" . Ken said. A) He told me that he had seen that movie. B) He told me that he has seen that movie. C) He told me that he have seen that movie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me that he had seen that movie. 25. I have just solved this case. A) He said he was solving the case. B) He told me he have solve that case. C) He said he had just solve that case. D) He said he have solved that case. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he had just solve that case. 26. They said that they ..... their house. A) Sell. B) Had sold. C) Had sell. D) Will sell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had sold. 27. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech8. The guard asked the man, "Who are you?" A) The guard asked me who was I. B) The guard asks me who he was. C) The guard asked the man who I was. D) The guard asked the man who he was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The guard asked the man who I was. 28. Jason and Victoria said, 'We will do our best in the exams tomorrow' A) Jason and Victoria said that they would do our best in the exams the next day. B) Jason and Victoria said that they would do their best in the exams the next day. C) Jason and Victoria said that they will do their best in the exams tomorrow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jason and Victoria said that they would do their best in the exams the next day. 29. > "Alaska is very cold." Our teacher said Alaska ..... cold. A) If it was very. B) Was very. C) Were very. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was very. 30. Amel asked her friend, '' Give me my phone !" .Reported speech is ..... A) Amel asked that her phone is lost. B) Amel asked her friend if she wanted to give a phone. C) Amel asked whether her friend gave her a phone. D) Amel asked her frind not to give her a phone. E) Amel asked her friend to give her phone. 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