This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She asked: "What is your job? " She ..... A) Was interested what is my job. B) Wondered what my job is. C) Asked what was my job. D) Wanted to know what my job is. E) Asked what my job was. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Asked what my job was. 2. Change the sentence to DIRECT SPEECH.She said she wasn't very hungry. A) "I wasn't very hungry.". B) "I'm not very hungry.". C) "She's not very hungry.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I'm not very hungry.". 3. Change the following to Direct SpeechDavid said he'd visit my parents the following week. A) David said to me, "I'll visit your parents next week.". B) David said to me, "I have visited your parents this week.". C) David said to me, "I visited your parents last week.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David said to me, "I'll visit your parents next week.". 4. Change the sentence to REPORTED SPEECH. "Anne, I'm not going to the party, " Gina said. A) She told her that she was not going to the party. B) She told her that I was not going to the party. C) She told her that I had gone to the party. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told her that she was not going to the party. 5. Teacher: "Don't run in the halls"The teacher told us ..... in the halls. A) Don't run. B) Not to run. C) No run. D) Don't running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to run. 6. Change the following to Direct SpeechTom told his teacher that he hadn't done his homework the previous night. A) Tom said, "I hadn't done my homework the night before.". B) Tom said, "I haven't done my homework tonight.". C) Tom said, "I didn't do my homework last night.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom said, "I didn't do my homework last night.". 7. Change direct speech into reported speechWe said:" We shall overcome this difficulty." $\rightarrow$ We said ..... A) We should overcome that difficulty. B) We should overcome this difficulty. C) We shall overcome that difficulty. D) We shall overcome this difficulty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We should overcome that difficulty. 8. Change into reported speech:Ragini said "We are learning some new grammar here." A) Ragini said that they are learning some new grammar here. B) Ragini said that they were learning some new grammar there. C) Ragini said they learned some new grammar there. D) Ragini said that we were learning some new grammar here. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ragini said that they were learning some new grammar there. 9. Change direct speech into reported speechJulia said that she ..... there at noon. A) Is going to be. B) Was going to be. C) Will be. D) Can be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going to be. 10. Jack: "I can't swim" A) Jack said that he couldn't swim. B) Jack said that he can't swim. C) Jack said that she can't swim. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack said that he couldn't swim. 11. David phoned at lunch time and asked ..... with him. A) If I would go out. B) If I will go out. C) If I go out. D) If I went out. E) If I had gone out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If I would go out. 12. She said: "I didn't take my pencil-box" A) She asked to give her pencil-box. B) She said she hadn't taken her pencil-box. C) She ordered to give her my pencil-box. D) She denied to take my pencil-box. E) She said not to give me her pencil-box. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said she hadn't taken her pencil-box. 13. When do we use reported speech? A) When we want to tell someone what another person said. B) When we want to ask something. C) When we talk about past actions that have already finished. D) When we talk about future plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When we want to tell someone what another person said. 14. Change into reported question:"Why do girrafes have long neck? " Cathy asked her teacher. A) Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes had longed neck. B) Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes have long neck. C) Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes had long neck. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cathy asked her teacher why girrafes had long neck. 15. In reported speech you usually change "yesterday" into ..... A) One day. B) Yesterday. C) The day before. D) On earlier day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The day before. 16. Which words complete the sentence? Ana apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) The following day. B) That day. C) Previous day. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That day. 17. Make the sentence into reported commands or requests:Write the date on the board / my teacher / me A) My teacher told me to write the date on the board. B) My teacher told me to wrote the date on the board. C) I told my teacher to write the date on the board. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My teacher told me to write the date on the board. 18. Change direct speech into reported speechPhong said: "My parents are very proud of my good marks" .$\rightarrow$ Phong said ..... A) His parents were very proud of his good marks. B) His parents were very proud of my good marks. C) His parents was very proud of his good marks. D) My parents was very proud of his good marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His parents were very proud of his good marks. 19. My mom: "Do your homeworks"My mom ..... A) Told me to do my homeworks. B) Told me do my homeworks. C) Told me that I did my homeworks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told me to do my homeworks. 20. "I can't help you." Dan explained that ..... A) Dan explains that he can't help me. B) Dan explained that he couldn't help me. C) Dan explained that he wasn't helping me. D) Dan explained that he could help me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dan explained that he couldn't help me. 21. The past of: "Pedro is not very busy now" A) Pedro was not very busy then. B) Pedro will be very busy. C) Pedro very busied than. D) Pedro was very busy then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pedro was not very busy then. 22. The teacher said yesterday she ..... us a test soon. A) Will give. B) Would give. C) Will gives. D) Would gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would give. 23. Jhon: "I am so tired of this work"Jhon said that ..... A) He will be tired of this work. B) He is tired of this work. C) He was tired of this work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was tired of this work. 24. Report this sentence correctly.Tom said "I'm going to London tomorrow. "Five days later you say ..... A) Tom said he is going to London the following day. B) Tom said he was going to London the following day. C) Tom said he was going to London tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom said he was going to London the following day. 25. Which one of the examples is reported speech? A) She will go to school tomorrow. B) "I won't go to school, " said Sarah. C) Sarah told me that she wouldn't go to school on the next day. D) She told me about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah told me that she wouldn't go to school on the next day. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesReported Speech Quiz 1Reported Speech Quiz 2Reported Speech Quiz 3Reported Speech Quiz 5Reported Speech Quiz 6Reported Speech Quiz 7Reported Speech Quiz 8Reported Speech Quiz 9Reported Speech Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books