This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "What did you ask him that upset him so much?" "I asked him ..... to get married again. '' A) If he was planning. B) If he plans. C) Was he planning. D) If did he plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If he was planning. 2. They ..... if I wanted a ride home, but I had already made other plans. A) Said. B) Told. C) Told me. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked. 3. "I must do my homework" A) He said he should do his homework. B) He said he must do his homework. C) He said he shall do his homework. D) He said he had to do his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said he had to do his homework. 4. 17 "I didn't break your watch" A) The boy told the girl he hadn't broken her watch. B) The boy told the girl he didn't break her watch. C) The boy told the girl he hadn't broken your watch. D) The boy asked the girl he hadn't broken her watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy told the girl he hadn't broken her watch. 5. I ..... Jill that she should take warm clothes for the trip. A) Said. B) Reminded. C) Accused. D) Apologised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reminded. 6. 'Which dress do you like best?' she asked A) She asked which did she like. B) She asked him which dress he liked best. C) She asked him which did he like best. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked him which dress he liked best. 7. Her teacher said she ..... (a) do her homework every day. A) Has to. B) Was. C) Will. D) A. had to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. had to. 8. "Scientists don't understand everything", she said (that) A) Scientists didn't understand everything. B) Scientists understood everything. C) Scientists would understand everything. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientists didn't understand everything. 9. Change the reported speech into direct speech:Sam told me that he had been studying German since 2015. A) "I have been studying German since 2015.". B) "I was studying German since 2015.". C) "I have been studing German since 2015.". D) "I have studied German since 2015.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I have been studying German since 2015.". 10. The teacher shouted, "Put your hands up and stop working!" A) The teacher said that put our hands up and stop working. B) The teacher shouted to put our hands up and stop working. C) The teacher ordered to us to put or hands up and stop working. D) The teacher ordered us to put our hands up and stop working. E) The teacher persuaded us to put our hands up and stop working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher ordered us to put our hands up and stop working. 11. "Meet me at the cinema." he said.He asked me ..... A) To meet me at the cinema. B) To meet him at the cinema. C) To meet her at the cinema. D) To meet you at the cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To meet him at the cinema. 12. The teacher promised ..... A) Whether we would learn three English songs. B) We would learn three English songs. C) That we can learn three English songs. D) If we learn three English songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We would learn three English songs. 13. She said, 'I went to the cinema yesterday' A) She said that she was at the cinema yesterday. B) She said that she had gone to the cinema the day before. C) She said that she has gone to the cinema that day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had gone to the cinema the day before. 14. Thanos said, "I am inevitable." A) Thanos said that he were inevitable. B) Thanos said that he was inevitable. C) Thanos said that he is inevitable. D) Thanos asked if he was inevitable. E) Thanos said that he has been inevitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thanos said that he was inevitable. 15. Henry said to me, "I must go tomorrow." A) Henry told me that he had to go tomorrow. B) Henry asked if I must go tomorrow. C) Henry told me that I must go tomorrow morning. D) Henry told me that he had to go the following day. E) Henry asked me if he could go tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry told me that he had to go the following day. 16. Ridwan said' '' my mother gives me this precious book ."The reported speech is ..... A) Ridwan said that his mother never gives him precious book. B) Ridwan said that his mother has ever given a precious book. C) Ridwan said that his mother gives him this precious book. D) Ridwan said that his mother gave him that precious book. E) Ridwan said that my mother gives me this precious book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ridwan said that his mother gave him that precious book. 17. The guest said to them, 'Please give me a cup of coffee' A) The guest requested them to give him a cup of coffee. B) The guest asked them to give him a cup of coffee. C) The guest requested them please give me a cup of coffee. D) The guest said to them please give me a cup of coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The guest requested them to give him a cup of coffee. 18. Change into reported speech:'She is cleaning her room.' A) She said that she is cleaning a room. B) She said she was cleaning her room. C) He said that he had cleaned his room. D) They said to clean their room is good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said she was cleaning her room. 19. She said, "I have been working since yesterday" A) She said she had been working for a day. B) She said she had been working since yesterday. C) She said she had been working since the previous day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she had been working since the previous day. 20. > "Do you know the answer?" Cindy asked me if ..... the answer. A) I knew. B) She knew. C) She knows. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I knew. 21. I stole our wedding presents last night. A) She said she had stolen their wedding presents the night before. B) She said she had stolen their wedding presents yesterday. C) She stole their wedding presents the night before. D) She told that they had stolen their wedding presents last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she had stolen their wedding presents the night before. 22. "I am going away tomorrow, mom." , the son said. A) The son asked his mom if he was going away tomorrow. B) The son told his mom that he was going away the next day. C) The son said that he was going away the next day, mom. D) The son said to his mom he was going away the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The son told his mom that he was going away the next day. 23. Will you ..... that link with me? I'd like to look at it. A) Upload. B) Share. C) Download. D) Post. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Share. 24. Matt and David: "We have to go now."Matt and David ..... (that) ..... A) Told-they had to go then. B) Said-they had to go now. C) Told-they had to go now. D) Said-they had to go then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Said-they had to go then. 25. "I am flying to India tomorrow" .He told me that he ..... the next day ..... A) Was flying. B) Flied. C) Would fly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was flying. 26. "I didn't meet Susan last week" A) He said he hadn't met Susan last week. B) He said he hasn't met Susan last week. C) He said he hadn't met Susan the week before. D) He said he didn't meet Susan the week before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he hadn't met Susan the week before. 27. "I will be studying tomorrow" . A) I told him that I will be studying the next day. B) I told him that I would be studying the next day. C) I told him that I wouldn't be studying the next day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I told him that I would be studying the next day. 28. I should go to the doctor. A) She said he could go to the doctor. B) She said he will go to the doctor. C) She said he should go to the doctor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said he should go to the doctor. 29. "I will finish it tomorrow, " John promised. In reported speech, 'tomorrow' changes to: A) Yesterday. B) Today. C) The next day. D) That day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The next day. 30. Change into reported speech:'They practice football soccer with their team.' A) They said that they practiced football with their team. B) They said they have practiced football with their team. C) They said they practice football with their team to be better. D) They said they had practiced football with their team. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they practiced football with their team. 31. "No, no, you really must stay a bit longer!" said the boys. A) The boys didn't agree to let stay a bit longer. B) The boys refused to let me stay a bit longer. C) The boys insisted on my staying a bit longer. D) The boys denied my staying a bit longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boys insisted on my staying a bit longer. 32. Mike said that the train ..... atBirmingham for an hour which was why he was late. A) Had stopped. B) Was stopped. C) Stopped. D) Has stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had stopped. 33. The two shows are quite ..... A) Similar. B) Amazing. C) Identical. D) Brilliant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similar. 34. A:What did the boss tell you about the report?B: ..... A) I said it would be on his desk in the morning. B) He told me it was fine. C) Yes, I was still working on it. D) No, I didn't ask him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me it was fine. 35. Anna told me (a) Sandy at the train station. A) Meet. B) A. to meet. C) Met. D) Meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. to meet. 36. Which of the following will be changed in reported speech? A) Had to. B) Regularly. C) Could. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This. 37. '' I did it yesterday" said Yoni A) Ela said that she has done it yesterday. B) Ela said she had done it yesterday. C) Ela said she had done it the day before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ela said she had done it the day before. 38. Choose the grammatically correct way to report the following 'Wh-' question:The police officer asked the driver, "Why were you speeding?" A) The police officer asked the driver why he had been speeding. B) The police officer asked the driver that why he was speeding. C) The police officer asked the driver why was he speeding. D) The police officer asked the driver why you were speeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The police officer asked the driver why he had been speeding. 39. "I wrote to him yesterday" . A) She said to me I wrote to him the day before. B) She told me she wrote to him yesterday. C) She told me she had written to him the day before. D) She told me she had written to him yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She told me she had written to him the day before. 40. "I was at home yesterday" A) He said he was at home the day before. B) He said he was at home yesterday. C) He said he was at home the day before. D) He said he is at home yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said he was at home the day before. 41. Might changes to ..... A) Might (doesn't change). B) May + past. C) May. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might (doesn't change). 42. Complete the sentences with the suitable word(s).Sally (i) ..... the kids (ii) ..... A) (i) orders; (ii) not make a mess. B) (i) ordering; (ii) do not make a mess. C) (i) ordered ; (ii) not to make a mess. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (i) ordered ; (ii) not to make a mess. 43. Meena: "We will go to the store"Meena said that ..... A) She would go to the store. B) She will go to the store. C) She was go to the store. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She would go to the store. 44. Danny:'I'm going to be late'.Danny told me that he ..... to be late. A) Is going. B) Would be going. C) Will be going. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going. 45. Arthur: "I can play the piano" A) Arthur said that He can played the piano". B) Arthur said that He can't play the piano". C) Arthur said that He could play the piano". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthur said that He could play the piano". 46. Marie:'I want a fruit salad.' A) Marie say that he wantes a fruit salad.'. B) Marie said that she wants a fruit salad.'. C) Marie said that she wanted a fruit salad.'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marie said that she wanted a fruit salad.'. 47. Must changes to ..... A) Had to. B) Must. C) Have to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had to. 48. Indirect speech is used to report what someone may have said, and so it is always used in the past tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. My grandpa told me, "Indonesia got its independence in 1945." A) My grandpa told me that Indonesia had got its independence in 1945. B) My grandpa asked if Indonesia got its independence in 1945. C) My grandpa told me that Indonesia got its independence in 1945. D) My grandpa told me if Indonesia got its independence in 1945. E) My grandpa told me that Indonesia get its independence in 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My grandpa told me that Indonesia got its independence in 1945. 50. "Can you please lock the door when you leave?" A) They asked us to lock the door when we left. B) They told us to lock the door when we left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They asked us to lock the door when we left. 51. Did you work at a factory 3 years ago?" she asked her friend.She asked her friend if she ..... A) Worked at a factory 3 years ago. B) Had worked at a factory 3 years before. C) Really worked at a factory 3 years before. D) Work at a factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had worked at a factory 3 years before. 52. Peter said to them, "Don't leave the room until I come back." A) Peter told them not to leave the room until he comes back. B) Peter told them not to leave the room until they came back. C) Peter told them not to leave the room until they come back. D) Peter told them not to leave the room until he came back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peter told them not to leave the room until he came back. 53. ''I will come at 12 o'clock" Lydia said. A) She said that she will come at 12 o'clock. B) She said that she would come at 12 o'clock. C) She said that he would come at 12 o'clock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she would come at 12 o'clock. 54. Task 1:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech1. My boss said that she ..... there at noon. A) Will be. B) Is going to be. C) Can be. D) Was going to be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going to be. 55. "Is this the right way to the museum?" she asked. She ..... we were on the right way to the museum. A) Told that. B) Said whether. C) Asked that. D) Asked if. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked if. 56. The beggar said to us, "Please give me some money." A) The beggar asked us to gave him some money. B) The beggar begged us to give him some money. C) The beggar asked to us for some money. D) The beggar said to use please give some money. E) The beggar begged for some money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The beggar begged us to give him some money. 57. Joey's in a ..... , practising for tonight's show. A) Rehearsal. B) Audition. C) Performance. D) Reality show. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rehearsal. 58. Past perfect continuous A) Present simple. B) Present perfect continuous. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect continuous. 59. Task 1:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech5. The teacher told us that Columbus ..... America in 1492. A) Discovered. B) Would discover. C) Was discovering. D) Had discovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had discovered. 60. The policeman says, "be careful!"The policeman ..... A) Says to me whether I to be careful. B) Says to me to be careful. C) Says to me that I to be careful. 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