This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'We are hoping to have our wedding in June.'$\rightarrow$ She told me that they ..... to have their wedding in June. In the end, though, they got married in September. A) Had been hoping. B) Are hoping. C) Have been hoping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been hoping. 2. Is optional to use "that" in reported speech? A) Yes. B) No. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 3. Change the following to Direct SpeechPanha warned me not to repeat my mistakes. A) Panha said, "Don't repeat my mistakes.". B) Panha said, "Never repeat their mistakes.". C) Panha said, "Don't repeat your mistakes.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Panha said, "Don't repeat your mistakes.". 4. Change direct speech into reported speechPhong said "I need to learn more vocabulary." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Phong said he needed to learn more vocabulary. B) Phong told he will need to learn more vocabulary. C) Phong said I needed to learn more vocabulary. D) Phong said he needed learning more vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phong said he needed to learn more vocabulary. 5. She asked: "Will you be so kind to help me? " She ..... A) Asked me if I would be so kind to help her. B) Asked me if would I so kind to help her. C) Asked me if I will be so kind to help her. D) Asked me if I am so kind to help her. E) Asked me if will I help her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asked me if I would be so kind to help her. 6. What do we use for Indirect Speech? A) Speech marks. B) Quotation marks. C) 'that'. D) 'is'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'that'. 7. "Is this the road to the station? " A) She asked me if is this the road to the station. B) She asked me if this is the road to the station. C) She asked me if this was the road to the station. D) She asked me if was this the road to the station. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked me if this was the road to the station. 8. "Does she speak Greek? " $\rightarrow$ I'd like to know ..... A) Does she speak Greek?. B) If she spoke Greek. C) She speaks Greek. D) If she speaks Greek. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If she speaks Greek. 9. Jhon: "My sister is studying in Australia this year"Jhon said that ..... A) His sister was studying in Australia this year. B) His sister were studying in Australia this year. C) His sister was studying in Australia that year. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His sister was studying in Australia that year. 10. He said "I arrived at Dubai airport" . Change to indirect speech. A) I arrived at Dubai airport. B) He said that he arrived at Dubai airport. C) "He said that he arrived at the Dubai airport.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he arrived at Dubai airport. 11. "Is he all right? " -$\rightarrow$ I wonder ..... all right. A) If he is. B) He was. C) He is. D) If he was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If he is. 12. Alice: "I may have to babysit my nephew. "Alice said she ..... to babysit her nephew. A) May have. B) Might have. C) Had. D) Might had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might have. 13. Change the following to Direct SpeechJohn told Jenny that he was busy and so he couldn't pick her up. A) John said to Jenny, "John is busy and so he can't pick her up.". B) John said to Jenny, "I'm busy and so I can't pick you up.". C) John said to Jenny, "I am busy and so I couldn't pick you up.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John said to Jenny, "I'm busy and so I can't pick you up.". 14. Change direct speech into reported speech "They would help if they could" .She said ..... A) She would help if she could. B) They will help if they can. C) They would help if they can. D) They would help if they could. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They would help if they could. 15. Michael says: "I will be finishing tomorrow" A) He said he would be finishing tomorrow. B) He said he will finish tomorrow. C) He said he would finish tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said he would be finishing tomorrow. 16. "I can't help you, Maggie." She told ..... A) Maggie she couldn't help her. B) Maggie I can't help you. C) Maggie I can't help her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maggie she couldn't help her. 17. Change into reported speech:Gerry and Jess said, "We went to Spain." A) Billy and Theo said they gone to Spain. B) Billy and Theo said they had went to Spain. C) Billy and Theo said they had gone to Spain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Billy and Theo said they had gone to Spain. 18. "Look up these words in the dictionary. "My teacher said. A) The teacher asked us if we'd looked up the words in the dictionary. B) The teacher wanted to know how to look up the words in the dictionary. C) The teacher told us to look up the words in the dictionary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher told us to look up the words in the dictionary. 19. Alisson: "Pass me the salt, please"Alisson asked me ..... the salt A) To pass her. B) Pass she. C) To pass him. D) To passed her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To pass her. 20. Marta: "I don't like tomatoes. "Laura:Marta said (that) she ..... tomatoes. A) Don't. B) Didn't. C) Doesn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't. 21. Consider the quoted speech below:He said, "Don't take the bus" .The reported speech is: A) He said to me:don't take the bus. B) He asked me not go take the bus. C) He told me not to take the bus. D) He suggested to me being not taking the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told me not to take the bus. 22. The sister told me, "My daughters were helping me" A) My sister told me that her daughters had been helping me. B) My sister said to me that her daughters had been helping her. C) My sister told that her daughters had been helping her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My sister said to me that her daughters had been helping her. 23. She said: "I will not give you my vocabulary" .She ..... A) Said she will not give me her vocab. B) Said she would not give me her vocab. C) Asked if I would give her my vocab. D) Said she would give me her vocab. E) Said she will give me her vocab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said she would not give me her vocab. 24. '' I passed my driving licence exam last week' A) Kasia told us she had passed her driving exam last week. B) Kasia told us she had passed her driving exam the week before. C) Kasia said us she had passed her driving exam last week. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kasia told us she had passed her driving exam the week before. 25. Complete the reported speech with the correct verb forms.I left it at home, ' said Jock.Jock said he ..... at home A) Had left it. B) Left it. C) Leaves it. D) Was leaving it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left it. ← 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