This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The basketball player said to his teammate, "Steal the ball!" A) The basketball player asked his teammate to steal the ball. B) The basketball player ordered his teammate to steal the ball. C) The basketball player asked his teammate if he could steal the ball. D) The basketball player begged his teammate to steal the ball. E) The basketball player told his teammate that he stole the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The basketball player ordered his teammate to steal the ball. 2. The actor ..... that he was retiring after his next film. A) Agreed. B) Announced. C) Reminded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Announced. 3. Identify the statement below.She said that she had seen him. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 4. The scientist said the earth ..... the sun. A) Is going around. B) Was going around. C) Goes around. D) Had gone around. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goes around. 5. I ..... her that I would help her move into her new apartment next week. A) Asked. B) Apologized. C) Told. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Told. 6. "I am flying to India tomorrow" . Mike said A) He told me that he is flying tomorrow. B) He told me that he was flying tomorrow. C) He told me that he will fly tomorrow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me that he was flying tomorrow. 7. Past perfect and Past continuous tense do not change in indirect speech. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Benedict:I am riding my bicycle todayBedenict said (that) ..... A) He was riding his bicycle that day. B) He was riding my bicycle that day. C) He wasriding his bicycle today. D) He was riding my bicycle today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was riding his bicycle that day. 9. 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:"You should go to bed early." A) She said that I must go to bed early. B) She said that I could go to bed early. C) She said that I should go to bed early. D) She said that I would go to bed early. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that I should go to bed early. 10. "Yesterday" changes in reported speech to ..... A) The previous day. B) That day. C) The next day. D) The following day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The previous day. 11. Must/have to, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Might. B) Mustn't. C) May. D) Had to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had to. 12. Can changes to ..... A) Can. B) Can + past. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 13. Januar asked me, "Will you go to my party tonight?" A) Januar asked me to go to my party tonight. B) Januar ordered me to go to his party that night. C) Januar asked if I would go to his party that night. D) Januar asked if I want to go to his party that night. E) Januar asked me to go to his party tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Januar asked if I would go to his party that night. 14. Jodie:I prefer travelling by plane.Jodie ..... (that) ..... A) Said-she prefers travelling by plane. B) Said-she preferred travelling by plane. C) Told-she prefers travelling by plane. D) Told-she preferred travelling by plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said-she preferred travelling by plane. 15. Mary: "I have three cars." A) Mary said (that) she has three cars. B) Mary said (that) she has had three cars. C) Mary said (that) she had three cars. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary said (that) she had three cars. 16. "We have a lift very often but it doesn't work." , he said. A) He said they had a lift very often but it didn't work. B) He said they had a lift very often but it doesn't work. C) He said we had a lift very often but it didn't work. D) He said we have a lift very often but it doesn't work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said they had a lift very often but it didn't work. 17. "I know her contact number, " said Helena A) Helena said that she know her contact number. B) Helena said that she knew her contact number. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helena said that she knew her contact number. 18. Ann:Write down my address.Ann asked me ..... A) He had written her address. B) To write down her address. C) He wrote down my address. D) She writes down her address. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To write down her address. 19. "I will come with you as soon as I am ready" , she said to Philip. A) She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready. B) She told Philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready. C) She told Philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready. D) She said to Philip he will come to see you as soon as he I am ready. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready. 20. Which words complete the sentence?Ana apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) The following day. B) That day. C) Previous day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That day. 21. She said, "I did not say that." A) She said that she has not said that. B) She said that she had not said that. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had not said that. 22. My husband:You cannot wear that dress!He told me (that) ..... A) He couldnt wear that dress. B) You couldnt wear that dress. C) I couldnt wear that dress. D) She couldnt wear that dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I couldnt wear that dress. 23. Which words complete the sentence?Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) That day. B) The following day. C) Previous day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That day. 24. They said they (a) in Bangkok for a long time. A) Live. B) Have lived. C) Lived. D) A. had lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. had lived. 25. 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'm coming!" A) She said she was coming. B) She said I'm coming. C) She said she came. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she was coming. 26. > "What's the capital of Bolivia?" John asked me ..... A) If the capital of Bolivia was. B) What the capital of Bolivia is/was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What the capital of Bolivia is/was. 27. Which of the following sentences is an example of reported speech? A) He said, 'I am going to the market.'. B) He says, 'I am going to the market.'. C) He said that he was going to the market. D) He said that he is going to the market. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he was going to the market. 28. The MP asked ..... the Prime Minister was aware of the growing social problem. A) Him. B) Whether. C) That. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether. 29. Which punctuation mark is used to introduce direct speech? A) Comma (, ). B) Semicolon (;). C) Question mark (?). D) Period (.). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma (, ). 30. We use ..... when the sentence is a command or instruction. A) Tell / told. B) Ask /asked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tell / told. 31. Jojo said to me, "I met a strange man last night." A) Jojo told me that he met a strange man. B) Jojo said to me that he met a strange man the night before. C) Jojo said that he had met a strange man the night before. D) Jojo told me that he had met a strange man last night. E) Jojo said that he had meet a strange man last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jojo said that he had met a strange man the night before. 32. She asked "can you give me a chocolate?" A) She asked if you can give me a chocolate. B) She asked if you could give her a chocolate. C) She said that You could give me a chocolate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked if you could give her a chocolate. 33. > "How are you?" Ms. Jones ..... A) Asked if how I am. B) Said how was I. C) Asked how I was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asked how I was. 34. He asked, "Why did she take my pen?" A) He asked why she took his pen. B) He asked why she had taken his pen. C) He asked why did she take his pen. D) He asked why she has taken his pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked why she had taken his pen. 35. Malik asked his little brother, '' Don't be noisy ! ".Reported speech is ..... A) Malik asked his little brother why he was noisy. B) Malik asked his little brother when he was noisy. C) Malik asked his little brother to be nosy. D) Malik asked his little brother what for is his noisy. E) Malik asked his little brother not to be noisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Malik asked his little brother not to be noisy. 36. What do you want?" he asked me. A) He asked me what do I want. B) He asked me what I want. C) He asked me what did I want. D) He asked me what I wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He asked me what I wanted. 37. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech4. He said, "I have been a great tutor." A) He exclaimed that he was a great tutor. B) He said that he had been a great tutor. C) He said that he has been a great tutor. D) He said that he was a great tutor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had been a great tutor. 38. Conjunction word for the statement is ..... A) To. B) That. C) If. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 39. "Is she your girlfriend?" Dad asked. A) Dad wanted to know if she was my girlfriend. B) Dad wanted to know if she is my girlfriend. C) Dad wanted to know if she wasn't my girlfriend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dad wanted to know if she was my girlfriend. 40. Jessie: "I'm going to go to Long Beach." A) Jessie said (that) she is going to go to Long Beach. B) Jessie said (that) she was going to go to Long Beach. C) Jessie said (that) she went going to go to Long Beach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jessie said (that) she was going to go to Long Beach. 41. This is a command or order. A) "I work in London" Mark said. B) "Come here" My dad asked me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Come here" My dad asked me. 42. Ds:My sister said, "I read the short story yesterday" .Is: ..... A) My sister said that she has read the short story the day before. B) My sister said that I read the short story yesterday. C) My sister said that I read the short story the day before. D) My sister said that she had read the short story the day before. E) My sister said that she read the short story yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My sister said that she had read the short story the day before. 43. Mary said "I'm coming"She said that ..... A) She would come. B) She came. C) She had come. D) She was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was coming. 44. My sister is going to sing tomorrow night. A) She said that her sister will going to sing the next night. B) She said that her sister was going to sing the next night. C) She said that her sister is going to sing the next night. D) She said that her she was going to sing the next night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that her sister was going to sing the next night. 45. Fred told the children 'Wash your hands now!' A) Fred told the children to wash your hands that moment. B) Fred told the children to wash your hands now. C) Fred tell the children to wash your hands that moment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fred told the children to wash your hands that moment. 46. Mrs Jones told me ..... my appointment the following week. A) Not to forget. B) Don't forget. C) Why I forget. D) To forgot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not to forget. 47. The woman asked ..... get lunch at school. A) Can the children. B) If the children can. C) Whether the children could. D) Could the children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whether the children could. 48. Could changes to ..... A) Could (doesn't change). B) Can. C) Can + past. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could (doesn't change). 49. Laura:It is really late, we need to go. Is reported:She said ..... A) It was really late, we needed to go. B) It is really late, we needed to go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was really late, we needed to go. 50. She said she ..... her friend for ages. A) Doesn't see. B) Hadn't seen. C) Didn't. D) Hasn't seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't seen. 51. "I'm thinking about it", he said (that) A) He had been thinking about it. B) He was thinking about it. C) He is thinking about it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was thinking about it. 52. Present continuous, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Past continuous. B) Past simple. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Future continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past continuous. 53. "I go to hospital every day" Joahna said.Joahna said she ..... to hospital every day A) Go. B) Went. C) Goes. D) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 54. "Bring me a cup of black coffee now, " she said to the waiter. A) She told the waiter bring her a cup of black coffee at this moment. B) She told the waiter bring me a cup of black coffee then. C) She told the waiter to bring her a cup of black coffee at that moment. D) She told the waiter to bring me a cup of black coffee at that moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She told the waiter to bring her a cup of black coffee at that moment. 55. The train didn't arrive on time. A) She said that the train hasn't arrived on time. B) She said that the train hadn't arrived on time. C) She said that the train arrives on time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that the train hadn't arrived on time. 56. A:The professor suggested that we look at a few articles.B. Which ones did he ..... ? A) Recommend. B) Demand. C) Promise. D) Inform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recommend. 57. The examiner said, "You are not allowed to use a calculator." A) The examiner announced that they were not allowed to use a calculator. B) The examiner announced that you were not allowed to use a calculator. C) The examiner announced that you are not allowed to use a calculator. D) The examiner announced that you will not use a calculator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The examiner announced that they were not allowed to use a calculator. 58. Is this sentence correct or incorrect?He said me that he could help me. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 59. She said she had been listening to music. A) Direct speech. B) Indirect Speec. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speec. 60. The police said to us, "Pull over now!" A) The police told us to be pulled over. B) The police ordered us to pull over at that time. C) The police told us to pull over now. D) The police ordered us to be pulled over. E) The police ordered us to pulled over now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The police ordered us to pull over at that time. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesTense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 1Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 2Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 3Tense 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