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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Change into reported speech:'They don't speak German.' A) He said that they weren't speaking German. B) He said that they haven't spoken German. C) He said that they didn't speak German. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that they didn't speak German. 2. At the annual meeting the director ..... some big changes in the company. A) Told. B) Tells. C) Announced. D) Exclaimed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Announced. 3. "I have decided to look for a new job", he said (that) A) He decided to look for a new job. B) He had decided to look for a new job. C) He has decided to look for a new job. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had decided to look for a new job. 4. Peter asked his wife, 'Are the boys reading these books?' A) Peter asked his wife if the boys was reading these books. B) Peter asked his wife if the boys were reading those books. C) Peter asked his wife if the boys have read those books. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peter asked his wife if the boys were reading those books. 5. He said, "I will ring her." A) He said that he would have rung her. B) He said that he would ring her. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he would ring her. 6. He said, "I will clean the car." A) He said that he would clean the car. B) He said that he will clean the car. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he would clean the car. 7. Mum:'Oh. Did you say that The X Factor ..... ?' A) Had started. B) Started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had started. 8. "Put that down right now!" A) She asked him to put it down immediately. B) She told him to put it down immediately. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told him to put it down immediately. 9. He said: "I had won the jackpot." A) He said that he had won the jackpot. B) He said that he has won the jackpot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he had won the jackpot. 10. Albert said Hansen, "Where can I buy some masks?" A) Albert asked Hans where he could buy some masks. B) Albert told Hans where he can bought some masks. C) Albert asked Hans where could he buy some masks. D) Albert told Hans where could he buy some masks. E) Albert told Hans to buy some masks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albert asked Hans where he could buy some masks. 11. "I have been there" . Mega said. A) She told me that she had been there. B) She told me that she has been there. C) She told me that she was there. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told me that she had been there. 12. Alfred said to John, "I didn't use your computer! Someone else did, not me." A) Alfred denied having used John's computer, saying that someone else had. B) Alfred told John that he hasn't used his computer, saying that someone else had. C) Alfred refused to use John's computer, saying that someone else had. D) Alfred said to John that he hadn't used his computer, saying that someone else had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alfred denied having used John's computer, saying that someone else had. 13. John said that he had worked as a computer programmer five years ..... A) Then. B) Ago. C) Later. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before. 14. Rewrite the following using reported speech.'Don't be late!' Sarah said to his boyfriend. A) Sarah remind his boyfriend don't be late. B) Sarah's boyfriend reminded Sarah not be late!. C) Sarah reminded his boyfriend not to be late. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah reminded his boyfriend not to be late. 15. The president said that cars were a silly invention. It's an example of: A) Reported Speech. B) Direct Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reported Speech. 16. Ronald asked Tina, 'Where does Maria park her car?' A) Ronald asked Tina where Maria parked her car. B) Ronald asked Tina where did Maria parked her car. C) Ronald asked Tina where Maria parked your car. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ronald asked Tina where Maria parked her car. 17. "I am happy" . Rina said. A) She told me that she has been happy. B) She told me that she is happy. C) She told me that she was happy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She told me that she was happy. 18. Identify the type of Tense-He said "I arrived before you." A) Present Perfect Tense. B) Past Perfect Tense. C) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. D) Simple Past Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple Past Tense. 19. Barbara said, "I saw them at my parents' house last year." A) Barbara said she saw them at her parents' house the previous year. B) Barbara said she had seen them at her parents' house the previous year. C) Barbara said they had seen her at her parents' house the previous year. D) Barbara said I had seen them at my parents' house the previous year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barbara said she had seen them at her parents' house the previous year. 20. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech6. Anthony said, "I will take care of this matter." A) Anthony said that he would take care of that matter. B) Anthony said that he would take care of that matter. C) Anthony said that he will take care of that matter. D) Anthony said that he will take care of that matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthony said that he would take care of that matter. 21. "Explain to me how to solve this problem, " said my friend to me. A) My friend told me to explain to him how to solve that problem. B) My friend told me explain to him how to solve that problem. C) My friend told me to explain to me how to solve that problem. D) My friend told me to explain to him how to solve this problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My friend told me to explain to him how to solve that problem. 22. Anne said, 'Let's make a party at this disco' A) Anne suggested to make a party at this disco. B) Anne suggested making a party at that disco. C) Anne suggested making a party at this disco. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anne suggested making a party at that disco. 23. "Leave me alone, " she said.She told me ..... A) To leave me alone. B) Leave her alone. C) Leave me alone. D) To leave her alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To leave her alone. 24. "Pratom 6 students are the best!"Miss Alyson said ..... A) Pratom 6 students had the best. B) Pratom 6 students were the best. C) Pratom 6 students are the best. D) Pratom 6 students had been the best. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pratom 6 students were the best. 25. "I have something to tell you" Kerry said to Cheryl. A) Kerry told Cheryl he had something to tell her. B) Kerry told Cheryl he had had something to tell her. C) Kerry told Cheryl she had had something to tell him. D) Kerry told Cheryl I had something to tell her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kerry told Cheryl he had something to tell her. 26. Mania ..... that she wanted to join us for lunch. A) Say. B) Said. C) Told. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said. 27. "When will we see each other again?" she asked me.She asked me A) When will we see each other again. B) When we would see each other again. C) When would we see each other again. D) When we will see each other again. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When we would see each other again. 28. Having finished her presentation, the speaker asked ..... anyone had any questions. A) That. B) Why. C) If. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If. 29. Rewrite the following using reported speech.'Sleep earlier, ' the mum said to her daughter. A) The mum advised her daughter to sleep earlier. B) The daughter advised her mum to sleep earlier. C) The mum advise her daughter sleep earlier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mum advised her daughter to sleep earlier. 30. "Why don't you complain to the company, John?" said Peter. A) Peter asked John why he doesn't complain to the company. B) Peter suggested John to complain to the company. C) Peter advised John complaining to the company. D) Peter suggested that John should complain to the company. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peter suggested that John should complain to the company. 31. Why doesn't Ben have anywhere to live? A) There aren't enough houses. B) He doesn't have enough maney to pay the rent. C) He left his family and moved out of his home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He doesn't have enough maney to pay the rent. 32. Which example of reported speech is correct? A) He whispered, "I need to talk to you about something". B) He whispered "I need to talk to you about something" . C) I need to talk to you about something he whispered. D) He whispered that he needed to talk to me about something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He whispered that he needed to talk to me about something. 33. Task 1:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech4. My dad said, "I watched TV last night." => My dad said that he ..... TV the night before. A) Has watched. B) Had watched. C) Was watching. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had watched. 34. "You are upsetting me" , she said.She said that ..... A) I am upsetting her. B) I was upsetting her. C) I upset her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was upsetting her. 35. > "It's ten o'clock." Emma said that ..... ten o'clock. A) It was. B) The time. C) Was it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was. 36. She said, "I lost the key of my room." She said that ..... A) I lose the key of my room. B) I had lost the key of my room. C) She had lost the key of her room. D) She lost the key of my room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had lost the key of her room. 37. Don't make so much noise, Michael, " said Ellen.Ellen told Michael ..... so much noise. A) To make. B) Do make. C) Not to make. D) Don't make. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to make. 38. The designer said to her, 'will you have the dress ready by tomorrow evening?' A) The designer asked her if she would have the dress ready by next evening. B) The designer asked her that if she will like to have the dress by next evening. C) The designer asked her that she would have the dress ready by next evening. D) The designer asked her that she will have the suit ready by next evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The designer asked her if she would have the dress ready by next evening. 39. 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. 40. Mike said, "We have bought these books today. '' A) Mike said they had bought those books today. B) Mike said they have bought those books that day. C) Mike said they had bought those books that day. D) Mike said they bought those books that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mike said they had bought those books that day. 41. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech7. "I am going out tonight." My sister said. A) My sister said that she was going out tonight. B) My sister said that she was going out that night. C) My sister said she was going out that night. D) My sister said that she will be going out that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My sister said that she was going out that night. 42. "I was reading the newspaper", she said. A) She read the newspaper. B) She has been reading the newspaper. C) She had been reading the newspaper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been reading the newspaper. 43. "Have you been shopping for food?" he asked us.He wanted to know A) If we had been shopping for food. B) If we would be shopping for food. C) If we have been shopping for food. D) If had we been shopping for food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If we had been shopping for food. 44. "Don't dare to speak" , said the teacher A) Teacher commanded not to speak. B) Teacher warned not to speak. C) Teacher commanded that don't speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teacher warned not to speak. 45. Jacob: "I work in an office."Jacob told me (that) ..... worked in an office. A) She. B) You. C) I. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He. 46. Sarah: "I went to the movies yesterday."Sarah said ..... A) She had gone to the movies yesterday. B) That I went to the movies the day before. C) That she went to the movies yesterday. D) That she had gone to the movies the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That she had gone to the movies the day before. 47. Dominik:I dont understand JapaneseDominik told me (that) ..... A) I didnt understand Japanese. B) I dont understand Japanese. C) He didnt understand Japanese. D) He doesnt understand Japanese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He didnt understand Japanese. 48. Task 1:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech2. They asked me when ..... A) Did I arrive. B) I can arrive. C) Will I arrive. D) I had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did I arrive. 49. 19 "I have just seen your mother this morning" . A) Laura told Lewis she has just seen his mother that morning. B) Laura told Lewis I have just seen your mother this morning. C) Laura told Lewis she had just seen his mother that morning. D) Laura told Lewis he had just seen her mother that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laura told Lewis she had just seen his mother that morning. 50. Change into reported speech:'I couldn't go to the cinema yesterday, ' Noelia said. A) Noelia said she could not go to the cinema the day before. B) She said she couldn't go out to the cinema today. C) She said she can't go out to the cinema today. D) She said she can't go out to the cinema that day . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noelia said she could not go to the cinema the day before. 51. > "Do you work at night?" Maria asked ..... at night. A) If she works. B) If I worked. C) If I am working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If I worked. 52. Geoffrey:I'm cooking lunch todayGeoffrey ..... (that) he was cooking lunch that day A) Told. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said. 53. I asked him whose car ..... the previous night. A) He had borrowed. B) Did he borrow. C) He borrowed. D) Had he borrowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had borrowed. 54. Change into reported speech:I said to her, "He is a good boy." A) I said that he was a good boy. B) I said that he wasn't a good boy. C) I told she that he was a good boy. D) I told her that he was a good boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I told her that he was a good boy. 55. Which example is correctly punctuated? A) "I'm fine, " I replied; "I don't need a lot of sleep.". B) "I'm fine, " I replied. "I don't need a lot of sleep.". C) "You're fine, " I replied, "I don't need a lot of sleep.". D) I'm fine that I replied. "I don't need a lot of sleep.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I'm fine, " I replied. "I don't need a lot of sleep.". 56. The film director was asked ..... A) That he took part in the concert. B) If he likes to play on grass. C) If he had ever won an Oscar. D) Which airline he works for. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If he had ever won an Oscar. 57. John asked, "Did you come by train?" A) John asked if I came by train?. B) John asked if I did come by train?. C) John enquired whether I had come by train. D) John asked if Did I come by train?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John enquired whether I had come by train. 58. My friend asked, "did you find Anita's address?" A) My friend asked whether I have found Anita's address. B) My friend asked whether I had found Anita's address. C) My friend asked whether I found Anita's address. D) My friend asked whether I can find Anita's address. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend asked whether I had found Anita's address. 59. They said, 'We have never been here before' A) They said that we had never been here before. B) They said that they have been there before. C) They said that they had never been there before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they had never been there before. 60. Ann: "Am I late?"She asked me ..... A) If she was late. B) If was she late. C) If she is late. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If she was late. ← 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 4Tense 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