This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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 would wait for him. D) She will wait for me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She would wait for him. 3. 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. 4. > "I'm a student." Sam said he ..... A) Was a student. B) Were a student. C) Am a student. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was a student. 5. Our teacher gave us the results and ..... that she was very satisfied with us. A) Added. B) Advise. C) Told. D) Instructed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Added. 6. Megan asked her students, 'Have you studied for your exam?' A) Megan asked her students if they had studied for their exam. B) Megan asked her students if they studied for their exam. C) Megan asked her students if they had studied for her exam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Megan asked her students if they had studied for their exam. 7. Report this:She said, "he had already left" A) She said that he had already left. B) She said that he was already leaving. C) She said that he had had already left. D) She said that he has already left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that he had already left. 8. Jennie: "I was swimming." A) Jennie said (that) she has been swimming. B) Jennie said (that) she had been swimming. C) Jennie said (that) she is swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jennie said (that) she had been swimming. 9. "Turn off the lamp" Mom asked A) Mom asked me turns the lamp. B) Mom asked me turned off the lamp. C) Mom asked me to turn off the lamp. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mom asked me to turn off the lamp. 10. 'I've got a lot of homework to do.' said Max. A) Max said he has got a lot of homework to do. B) Max said he have got a lot of homework to do. C) Max said he had got a lot of homework to do. D) Max said he got a lot of homework to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Max said he had got a lot of homework to do. 11. Complete the sentence with the correct verb form and pronoun:My parents announced, "We will buy a new car next week." My parents announced that ..... a new car the following week. A) We would buy. B) We will buy. C) They would buy. D) They are buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They would buy. 12. "My mother is taking the bus to work now" . He told me that his mother ..... the bus to work then. A) Is taking. B) Was taking. C) Will take. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 13. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech5. Mr. Smith said, "We went for a trip to Japan." A) Mr. Smith said they went for a trip to Japan. B) Mr. Smith said that they went for a trip to Japan. C) Mr. Smith said that they were on a trip to Japan. D) Mr. Smith said that they had gone for a trip to Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Smith said that they had gone for a trip to Japan. 14. Adam said:'' Tom will fly to London next week." A) Adam said that Tom would fly to London the following week. B) Adam said that Tom will fly to London next week. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adam said that Tom would fly to London the following week. 15. "I found a lot of mistakes in your plan" . Catherine said to Kevin. A) Catherine told Kevin she had found a lot of mistakes in his plan. B) Catherine told Kevin she has found a lot of mistakes in his plan. C) Catherine told Kevin she had found a lot of mistakes in her plan. D) Catherine told Kevin she found a lot of mistakes in his plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catherine told Kevin she had found a lot of mistakes in his plan. 16. Michael told Batista, '' I love you means 'Aku mencintaimu' in Bahasa Indonesia." A) Michael told Batista that I love you means 'Aku mencintaimu' in Bahasa Indonesia. B) Michael asked if Batista knew that I love you means 'Aku mencintaimu' in Bahasa Indonesia. C) Michael asked Batista if he knows that I love you means 'Aku mencintaimu' in Bahasa Indonesia. D) Michael asked Batista I love you means 'Aku mencintaimu' in Bahasa Indonesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael told Batista that I love you means 'Aku mencintaimu' in Bahasa Indonesia. 17. It was announced that the university ..... accepted more students into the program. A) Would. B) Were. C) Had. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 18. "Do you play chess?" A) He asked me do I play chess. B) He asked me if I played chess. C) He asked me if I did play chess. D) He asked me did I play chess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me if I played chess. 19. My brother asked me, "Why haven't you gone to sleep yet?" A) My brother asked why I haven't gone to sleep yet. B) My brother asked me why haven't I went to sleep. C) My brother asked if I haven't gone to sleep. D) My brother asked me why I hadn't gone to sleep yet. E) My brother asked you why I hadn't gone to sleep yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My brother asked me why I hadn't gone to sleep yet. 20. "Go to bed" My mom asked me. A) She asked me go to bed. B) She asked me not go to bed. C) She asked me to go to bed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked me to go to bed. 21. Homer:'He has caught a cold.' A) Homer said that he had caught a cold. B) Homer sais that she has caught a cold. C) Homer said that he had a cold. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homer said that he had caught a cold. 22. She asked me, "Who doesn't like cheese?" A) She asked me who didn't like cheese. B) She asked me why you don't like cheese. C) She asked me who doesn't like cheese. D) She asked me why you didn't like cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me who didn't like cheese. 23. The police officer ..... us not to visit that neighbourhood late in the evening. A) Denied. B) Suggested. C) Admitted. D) Warned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warned. 24. 'Sorry I didn't tell you the truth.' A) He apologized for not tell the truth. B) He apologized for not telling the truth. C) He apologized for telling the truth. D) He apologized not to tell the truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He apologized for not telling the truth. 25. Sarah: "I have to do my laundry." A) Sarah said (that) she had to do her laundry. B) Sarah said (that) she has to do her laundry. C) Sarah said (that) she have to do her laundry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarah said (that) she had to do her laundry. 26. 'If you lend me the chainsaw, I'll bring it back the day after tomorrow.' Mary said that ..... A) If you lent me the chainsaw, I'll bring it back the day after tomorrow. B) If you lend me the chainsaw, I bring it back the day after tomorrow. C) If you lent me the chainsaw, I would bring it back the day after tomorrow. D) If you lent me the chainsaw, I bring it back the day after tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If you lent me the chainsaw, I would bring it back the day after tomorrow. 27. "Could you help me later?" A) She asked me if I could help her later. B) She told me to help her later. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me if I could help her later. 28. A good sense of humour is ..... essential. A) Very. B) Rather. C) Absolutely. D) Quite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolutely. 29. Reported speech: A) Someone tell us what someone else said. B) The exact words someone said. C) We use quotation marks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone tell us what someone else said. 30. She said, "I am reading." A) She said that she was reading. B) She said that she were reading. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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