This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. > "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. 3. Which of the following sentences is an example of reported speech? A) He said that he was going to the market. B) He said that he is going to the market. C) He said, 'I am going to the market.'. D) He says, 'I am going to the market.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was going to the market. 4. The MP asked ..... the Prime Minister was aware of the growing social problem. A) That. B) What. C) Whether. D) Him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whether. 5. Which punctuation mark is used to introduce direct speech? A) Semicolon (;). B) Period (.). C) Question mark (?). D) Comma (, ). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma (, ). 6. 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. 7. Jojo said to me, "I met a strange man last night." A) Jojo told me that he met a strange man. B) Jojo said that he had met a strange man the night before. C) Jojo said that he had meet a strange man last night. D) Jojo said to me that he met a strange man the night before. E) Jojo told me that he had met a strange man last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jojo said that he had met a strange man the night before. 8. 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. 9. > "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. 10. He asked, "Why did she take my pen?" A) He asked why did she take his pen. B) He asked why she had taken his pen. C) He asked why she has taken his pen. D) He asked why she took his pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked why she had taken his pen. 11. Malik asked his little brother, '' Don't be noisy ! ".Reported speech is ..... A) Malik asked his little brother to be nosy. B) Malik asked his little brother when he was noisy. C) Malik asked his little brother what for is his noisy. D) Malik asked his little brother why he was 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. 12. What do you want?" he asked me. A) He asked me what did I want. B) He asked me what do I want. C) He asked me what I want. D) He asked me what I wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He asked me what I wanted. 13. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech4. He said, "I have been a great tutor." A) He said that he had been a great tutor. B) He exclaimed that he was 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: A) He said that he had been a great tutor. 14. Conjunction word for the statement is ..... A) To. B) That. C) If. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 15. "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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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 she 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 I read the short story yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My sister said that she had read the short story the day before. 19. Mary said "I'm coming"She said that ..... A) She had come. B) She came. C) She was coming. D) She would come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was coming. 20. My sister is going to sing tomorrow night. A) She said that her she was going to sing the next night. B) She said that her sister will going to sing the next night. C) She said that her sister is going to sing the next night. D) She said that her sister was going to sing the next night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said that her sister was going to sing the next night. 21. 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. 22. Mrs Jones told me ..... my appointment the following week. A) Why I forget. B) To forgot. C) Not to forget. D) Don't forget. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to forget. 23. The woman asked ..... get lunch at school. A) If the children can. B) Whether the children could. C) Can the children. D) Could the children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether the children could. 24. 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). 25. 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. 26. She said she ..... her friend for ages. A) Hadn't seen. B) Hasn't seen. C) Doesn't see. D) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't seen. 27. "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. 28. Present continuous, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Past perfect continuous. B) Future continuous. C) Past simple. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past continuous. 29. "I go to hospital every day" Joahna said.Joahna said she ..... to hospital every day A) Will go. B) Go. C) Goes. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 30. "Bring me a cup of black coffee now, " she said to the waiter. A) She told the waiter bring me a cup of black coffee then. B) She told the waiter bring her a cup of black coffee at this moment. 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. ← 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 5Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 6Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 7Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books