This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "We prepared the trap carefully yesterday" A) They told us that they had prepared the trap carefully the previous day. B) They told us they would have prepared the trap carefully yesterday. C) They told us that they had been preparing the trap carefully the other day. D) They told us they had prepared the trap carefully the previous day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They told us that they had prepared the trap carefully the previous day. 2. Direct Speech:Jacob: "I work in an office. "Indirect Speech:Jacob told me (that) ..... worked in an office. A) I. B) ME. C) HE. D) HIM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HE. 3. Change into reported speech. Jeeva said, "I am in the English class." A) Jeeva said to me that I am in the English class. B) Jeeva texted me that he is in the English class. C) Jeeva texts me that he was in the English class. D) Jeeva said that he was in the English class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jeeva said that he was in the English class. 4. Mark the correct form for the reported speech of the sentence found in the text: "Well, as a matter of fact, I am English, " he admitted. A) He said that as a matter of fact he is English. B) He admitted that he was in fact English. C) He spoke of his English as a matter of fact. D) "I said I was English" , he admitted as a matter of fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He admitted that he was in fact English. 5. "Don't worry about it" A) He told me to worry not. B) He told me to not worry about it. C) He told me not to worry about that. D) He told me not to worry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told me not to worry about that. 6. Change direct speech into reported speech "I was sleeping when Julie called" .$\rightarrow$ She said ..... A) She had been sleeping when Julie had called. B) She has been sleeping when Julie had called. C) She has been sleeping when Julie called. D) I had been sleeping when Julie had called. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had been sleeping when Julie had called. 7. "I am going to the library on my way home" Gregg said.Greg said that A) He is going to the library on my way home. B) He was going to the library on his way home. C) He was going to the library on my way home. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was going to the library on his way home. 8. Change direct speech into reported speech "I don't like chocolate" .She told me ..... A) She didn't like chocolate. B) I didn't like chocolate. C) She doesn't like chocolate. D) She wasn't like chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She didn't like chocolate. 9. '' You must study harder" A) The teacher said I must study harder. B) The teacher told I must study harder. C) The teacher said I musted study harder. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher said I must study harder. 10. Change direct speech into reported speech " I have seen that film twice" $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Tom said that he had seen this film twice. B) Tom told that he had seen this film twice. C) Tom said to me that he had seen that film twice. D) Tom asked me that he had seen that film twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom said to me that he had seen that film twice. 11. Choose the correct reported speech sentence for these direct speech sentences.'I've seen Batman Returns five times!' said my brother. A) My brother said he has seen Batman Returns five times. B) My brother said he saw Batman Returns five times. C) My brother said he had seen Batman Returns five times. D) My brother said he is seeing Batman Returns five times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My brother said he had seen Batman Returns five times. 12. Choose the correct reported speech sentence for these direct speech sentences.'I can't find my umbrella, ' my sister said. A) My sister said she was unable to find her umbrella. B) My sister said that she did not find her umbrella. C) My sister said she can't find her umbrella. D) My sister said she couldn't find her umbrella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My sister said she couldn't find her umbrella. 13. Change into reported question:Rika asked, "Why are they crying? " A) Rika asked why they was crying. B) Rika asked why we were crying. C) Rika asked why they were crying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rika asked why they were crying. 14. The word "tomorrow" in Reported speech changes to A) Next day. B) That day. C) This day. D) The day before. E) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Next day. 15. DIRECT SPEECH:Ryan and Lucas: "We play football. "INDIRECT SPEECH:Ryan and Lucas told me (that) ..... played football. A) THEY. B) THEM. C) WE. D) OUR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THEY. 16. Change the sentence to REPORTED SPEECH.Pedro said, "I don't like the music." A) Pedro said that he didn't like the music. B) Pedro says that he didn't like the music. C) Pedro said that he doesn't like the music. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pedro said that he didn't like the music. 17. He asked them ..... A) What time the plane arrives. B) What time will the plane arrive?. C) What time did the plane arrive?. D) What time the plane would arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What time the plane would arrive. 18. Which is a reporting verb? A) Tell. B) Send. C) Be. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tell. 19. Change direct speech into reported speechShe said: "I went to visit my brother last Saturday." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) She said she had gone to visit her brother the previous Saturday. B) She said she has gone to visit her brother the previous Saturday. C) She said she had gone to visit her brother last Saturday. D) She said she went to visit her brother the previous Saturday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she had gone to visit her brother the previous Saturday. 20. The difference between the reporting verbs 'say' and 'tell' is: A) There is no difference. B) Tell always needs an object (me, etc.). C) Tell sometimes needs an object (me, etc.). D) Say needs to be followed by a pronoun (me, etc.). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tell always needs an object (me, etc.). 21. He ..... her that he loved her A) Said. B) Told. C) Tell. D) Say. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 22. "He works in a bank." My uncle said. A) He said he works in a bank. B) He said he is working in a bank. C) He said he worked in a bank. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he worked in a bank. 23. "I'm going home early, Hilary. ".My sister told me that she ..... home early. A) Is going. B) Was going. C) Are going. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going. 24. "We visited her this morning" , they said.They said that ..... A) They visited her this morning. B) They had visited her this morning. C) They had visited her that morning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had visited her that morning. 25. "I don't understand what she's doing. "He said ..... doing. A) He doesn't understant what she is. B) That I don't understand what I am. C) He didn't understand what she was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He didn't understand what she was. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesReported Speech Quiz 1Reported Speech Quiz 2Reported Speech Quiz 3Reported Speech Quiz 4Reported Speech Quiz 5Reported Speech Quiz 6Reported Speech Quiz 7Reported Speech Quiz 8Reported Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books