This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Direct Speech:Ana is having fun at six flags.Reported Speech: ..... A) She said she is having fun at six flags. B) She said: "I have fun at six flags". C) She said she was having fun at six flags. D) She said she had fun at six flags. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she was having fun at six flags. 2. Which of these is usually required with reported YES/NO questions? A) If. B) Do. C) Why. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If. 3. Change direct speech into reported speechThe woman said: "When I was walking on the pavement, a strange man stopped to ask me the way to the nearest bank. "$\rightarrow$ ..... A) The woman wondered when she had been walking on the pavement, a strange man had stopped to ask her the way to the nearest bank. B) The woman said that when she has been walking on the pavement, a strange man had stopped to ask her the way to the nearest bank. C) The woman said that when she had been walking on the pavement, a strange man had stopped to ask me the way to the nearest bank. D) The woman said that when she had been walking on the pavement, a strange man had stopped to ask her the way to the nearest bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The woman said that when she had been walking on the pavement, a strange man had stopped to ask her the way to the nearest bank. 4. The child said, "What a beautiful sight!" can be reported as ..... (delight / wonder / joy) A) The child exclaimed with delight that it was a very beautiful sight. B) The child exclaimed with delight that the sight was very beautiful. C) The child exclaimed with wonder that the sight was very beautiful. D) The child exclaimed with wonder that it was a very beautiful sight. E) The child exclaimed with joy that it was a very beautiful sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The child exclaimed with delight that it was a very beautiful sight. 5. She thanked me for my help. This can be the reported speech of ..... A) She said to me, " Thanks for your help !". B) She said to you, " Thanks for your help !". C) She said to me, " Thanks for helping me.". D) She said to me, " I'd like to hank you for your help.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said to me, " Thanks for your help !". 6. 'I can't go out to the cinema today, ' Karla said. A) She said she can't go out to the cinema today. B) She said she could not go out to the cinema that day. C) She said she couldn't go out to the cinema today. D) She said she can't go out to the cinema that day . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said she could not go out to the cinema that day. 7. Your brother says: "I love you" A) He said he loved me. B) He said he loves me. C) He said he loves you. D) He said he loved you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said he loved me. 8. "It's been raining since this afternoon." Change to indirect speech. A) He said that it's been raining since that afternoon. B) It was raining that afternoon. C) "He said it was raining that afternoon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that it's been raining since that afternoon. 9. How we report this sentence: "I've swallowed my chewing gum." A) He said he had swalloed his chew gum. B) He say he had swalloed his chewing gum. C) He said he had swalloed his chewing gum. D) He said he have swalloed his chewing gum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he had swalloed his chewing gum. 10. Direct speech:I buy many candies.Reported speech: ..... A) She said she had many candies. B) She said she ate many candies. C) She said she bought many candies. D) She said she buyed many candies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she bought many candies. 11. "Don't play here." A) The guard asked the boys to not play here. B) The guard told the boys not to play there. C) The guard asked the boys not to play here. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The guard told the boys not to play there. 12. Change the sentence to REPORTED SPEECH.Jimmy said to his wife, "I lost the watch" A) Jimmy told her that he has lost the watch. B) Jimmy said her he had lost the watch. C) Jimmy said he had lost the watch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jimmy said he had lost the watch. 13. "You haven't written the essay." The teacher thought that ..... A) The teacher thought that I hadn't written the essay. B) The teacher thought that we hadn't written the essay. C) The teacher thinks that I hadn't written the essay. D) The principal thought that I hadn't written the essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher thought that I hadn't written the essay. 14. We will come earlier. A) They remember to come earlier. B) They promised to come earlier. C) They wanrned to come earlier. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They promised to come earlier. 15. 'Oh, hi, Ethan! I'm just leaving, unfortunately.'$\rightarrow$ When I got there I saw him, but he said he ..... A) Is just leaving. B) Was just leaving. C) Had just left. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was just leaving. 16. "When will this exercise end? " A) He asked when that exercise would end. B) He asked when this exercise will end. C) He asked if this exercise would end. D) He asked if this exercise will end. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked when that exercise would end. 17. Complete the reported sentence: A) Gone. B) Went. C) Go. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 18. Ben asked: "Where did you find the book? "Ben asked me ..... A) Where I found the book. B) Where I had found the book. C) Where had I found the book. D) Where I had find the book. E) Where I finded the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where I had found the book. 19. Aziz asked ..... I lived far from Aktau A) And. B) When. C) As. D) If. E) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If. 20. "I saw you at the station." Kim told me ..... A) Kim told me she had seen me at the station. B) Kim told me she saw me at the station. C) Kim tells me she had seen me at the station. D) Kim told me she was seeing me at the station. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kim told me she had seen me at the station. 21. Mario: "I'm going to play tomorrow"Mario said he ..... the next day. A) Is going to play. B) Was going to play. C) Played. D) Was going playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going to play. 22. Change direct speech into reported speech "I'II do the washing-up later" .She told me ..... A) She would do the washing-up the following later. B) She would do the washing-up later. C) She will do the washing-up later. D) I would do the washing-up later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She would do the washing-up later. 23. Read the conversations. Then complete Maria's diary entry with the things they said. A) Played. B) Play. C) Plays. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 24. Correct sentence in Reported speech A) My aunt asked me where did I buy my dress. B) Father told his son don't take that newspaper away. C) Jane asked Sarah if there was anything to eat. D) The police officer stopped us and asked us where we are going. E) Sue said that she will take the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jane asked Sarah if there was anything to eat. 25. She knew they ..... and active part in sports competitions. A) Take. B) Had taken. C) Taken. D) Will take. E) Are taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had taken. 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