This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In reported speech:Questions become A) Affirmations. B) Negative sentences. C) Questions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affirmations. 2. Direct speech:'Open the door!'Reported speech:Jackson ..... me to open the door. A) Tells. B) Told. C) Asks. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 3. "Are you hungry? " A) Mom asked whether I am hungry. B) Mom asked that are you hungry?. C) Mom asked if I was hungry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mom asked if I was hungry. 4. Change direct speech into reported speech"The Earth moves around the Sun" , my teacher said.$\rightarrow$ ..... A) My teacher said the Sun doesn't move around the Earth. B) My teacher said the Earth moves around the Sun. C) My teacher asked us if the Earth moves around the Sun. D) My teacher said with us the Earth moved around the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My teacher said the Earth moves around the Sun. 5. Change direct speech into reported speechHoa said "I may visit my parents in the summer" $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Hoa said she might visit her parents in the summer. B) Hoa said she may visit her parents in the summer. C) Hoa said she had to visit her parents in the summer. D) Hoa said she might visit my parents in the summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hoa said she might visit her parents in the summer. 6. "I'm doing my homework a the moment. "He said that he ..... at the moment. A) Done his homework. B) Was doing his homework. C) Has been doing his homework. D) Did his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing his homework. 7. 'I have lived in four countries by the age of ten.'$\rightarrow$ She said that she ..... in four countries by the age of ten. A) Lived. B) Was living. C) Had lived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had lived. 8. "I'll do it tomorrow." He said that he ..... A) Would do it the next day. B) Will do it the next day. C) Is going to do it the next day. D) Could do it the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would do it the next day. 9. "It is so sad. "I said ..... A) I said it is so sad. B) You said it was so sad. C) I said it was so sad. D) We said it was so sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I said it was so sad. 10. Your girlfriend says: "You don't understand me" A) She said you didn't understand her. B) She said you didn't understand him. C) He said he didn't understand he. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said you didn't understand her. 11. He said Martha hadn't studied English beforewhat is the direct speech? A) "Martha hadn't studied English before" he said. B) "Martha hadn't study English before" he said. C) "Martha had studied English before" he said. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Martha hadn't studied English before" he said. 12. My sister ..... that she always had too much work to do. A) Convinced. B) Denied. C) Complained. D) Refused. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complained. 13. Change the sentence to DIRECT SPEECH.He told the instructor that he couldn't swim. A) "I can't swim.". B) "I can swim.". C) "I am swimming. ". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I can't swim.". 14. Change into reported speech:Katie's mum said, "Katie ran very quickly." A) Katie's mum said Katie had run very quickly. B) Katie's mum said Katie had ran very quickly. C) Katie's mum said Katie ran very quickly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Katie's mum said Katie had ran very quickly. 15. Your teacher says: "You have been working hard" A) He said I had been working hard. B) He said you had been working hard. C) He said I have been working hard. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said I had been working hard. 16. Direct speech:'Could you call me back? 'Reported speech: ..... A) He asked her if she could call him back?. B) He asked her if she could call him back. C) He asked her if she can call him back?. D) He asked her if she can call him back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked her if she could call him back. 17. Change direct speech into reported speechThe teacher said to his class:" You will have to finish all these exercises before next week." $\rightarrow$ The teacher said to his class ..... A) They would had have to finish all these exercises before the next week. B) They would have to finish all these exercises before next weekt. C) They would have to finish all these exercises before the next week. D) Hey will have to finish all these exercises before next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They would have to finish all these exercises before the next week. 18. 'It is cold outside, ' Helen said. Helen said it ..... cold outside. A) Was cold. B) Is cold. C) Was colding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cold. 19. Change into reported speech: "I haven't eaten yet." A) Mike complained that he hadn't eaten yet. B) Mike complained that he didn't eat yet. C) Mike complained that he wouldn't have eaten yet. D) Mike complained that he hasn't eaten yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mike complained that he hadn't eaten yet. 20. Direct:The candidate said, 'How difficult the problem is!'Its indirect speech is: ..... (disapproval / disgust / contempt) A) The candidate exclaimed with disapproval that the problem was very difficult. B) The candidate exclaimed with disgust that the problem was very difficult. C) The candidate exclaimed with contempt that the problem was very difficult. D) The candidate exclaimed with disapproval that it was a very difficult problem . E) The candidate exclaimed with disgust that it was a very difficult problem . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The candidate exclaimed with disapproval that the problem was very difficult. 21. They said, "We loved the concert." A) They said that we loved the concert. B) They said that we had loved the concert. C) They said that they had loved the concert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they had loved the concert. 22. Change direct speech into reported speechThe boys said "We have to try our best to win the match." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) The boys said they have to try their best to win the match. B) The boys said they had to try their best to win the match. C) The boys said they had to try them best to win the match. D) The boys said they had to try our best to win the match. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boys said they had to try their best to win the match. 23. She said that she should have done that earlier.Change to direct speech. A) She said, " I should have done that earlier. B) She said that, " I should have done that earlier. C) She said that she should have done this earlier. D) She said, " I should have done this earlier.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said, " I should have done this earlier.". 24. The indirect speech of He said, "Alas! I failed the test!" is ..... (sorrow / grief) A) He exclaimed with sorrow that he had failed the test. B) He exclaimed with regret that he had failed the test. C) He exclaimed with grief that he had failed the test. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He exclaimed with sorrow that he had failed the test. 25. Direct Speech:They are doing homework in teams.The Reported Speech is: ..... A) They said to do homework in teams is good. B) They said they had done homework in teams. C) They said that they were doing homework in teams. D) They said that they are doing homework in teams. 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