This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Dad told me: "I won't give you any more pocket money if you keep behaving like that. "Dad ..... not to give me any more pocket money if I kept behaving like that. A) Threatened. B) Promised. C) Insisted. D) Persuaded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Threatened. 2. Complete the reported speech with the correct verb forms.I won't be outside for long, 'Jock said.Jock said he ..... outside for long. A) Isn't. B) Will not be. C) Wouldn't be. D) Isn't going to be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wouldn't be. 3. Vijay ..... very foolishly these days. A) Behave. B) Behaves. C) Is behaving. D) Has behaved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is behaving. 4. We don't change verb tenses in reported speech when: A) The fact being reported is a general truth. B) Reporting something a person has just said. C) Reporting something that still is true. D) Reporting imperatives statements,. E) All options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All options are correct. 5. Mary: "I won't buy a new car." A) Won't. B) Will. C) Would. D) Would't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would't. 6. "I have been to that bar. ".He told me that he ..... to that bar. A) Had been. B) Will have been. C) Is being. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 7. The word "now" in Reported speech changes to A) Then. B) That day. C) This day. D) The day before. E) The next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 8. Report the following situation: A) Peter said he got up every morning at seven o'clock. B) Peter said I got up every morning at seven o'clock. C) Peter said he had got up every morning at seven o'clock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter said he got up every morning at seven o'clock. 9. "I am happy" . She told me that she ..... happy. A) Has been. B) Is. C) Was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 10. A woman phoned at lunch time and asked ..... to Paul. A) If she could speak. B) If he can speak. C) If she speaks. D) Could she speak. E) Can she speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If she could speak. 11. While converting imperative sentences with let, what should get replaced by let to change it into indirect speech? A) Do. B) We should. C) Have. D) Us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We should. 12. Change direct speech into reported speechThe teacher said "We can collect old books for the poor students." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) The teacher said they should collect old books for the poor students. B) The teacher said they could collect old books for the poor students. C) The teacher said they are able to collect old books for the poor students. D) The teacher told they can collect old books for the poor students. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher said they could collect old books for the poor students. 13. Choose the correct reported speech sentence for these direct speech sentences.'I'm making pancakes for breakfast, ' said dad. A) Dad said he is making pancakes for breakfast. B) Dad said he was making pancakes for breakfast. C) Dad said he made pancakes for breakfast. D) Dad said he had made pancakes for breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dad said he was making pancakes for breakfast. 14. Tom: "I will go to the party" He said (that) he ..... to the party A) Go. B) Will go. C) Would go. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would go. 15. Change direct speech into reported speechFather said, "I was the superintendent while this school was being built." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) Father said he had been the superintendent while that school had been being built. B) Father said he has been the superintendent while that school had been being built. C) Father said he had been the superintendent while that school has been being built. D) Father said he had been the superintendent while this school had been being built. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Father said he had been the superintendent while that school had been being built. 16. The sentence in the audio is in the ..... A) Reported speech. B) Direct speech. C) Reported speech in the past. D) Direct speech in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct speech. 17. Change into reported speech. "I am in the English lesson." A) Jack texted me that I am in the English lesson. B) Three hours ago Jack texted me that he is in the English lesson. C) Jack texts me that he was in the English lesson. D) Earlier today Jack texted me that he was in the English lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earlier today Jack texted me that he was in the English lesson. 18. 'We've seen four elephants already and it's only our first day.'$\rightarrow$ He said that they ..... four elephants on their first day. Imagine what animals they've seen by now! A) Were seeing. B) Have seen. C) Had seen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had seen. 19. Complete the reported speech with the correct verb forms.I'm wearing a coat, 'Jock said.Jock said he ..... a coat A) Is wearing. B) Wears. C) Was wearing. D) Wore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was wearing. 20. I ask him ..... he likes milk A) How many. B) What. C) Who. D) That. E) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) If. 21. In reported speech "today" changes into ..... A) Today. B) That day. C) On an earlier day. D) Some day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That day. 22. Mom: "Be quiet"Mom asked us ..... A) Was quiet. B) To quiet. C) To be quiet. D) To be quieter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be quiet. 23. Change direct speech into reported speechThey told me: "I have rented a car, and we will pick you up at 06:00 tomorrow." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) They told me they have rented a car, and they would pick me up at 06:00 the next day. B) They told me they had rented a car, and they will pick me up at 06:00 the next day. C) They told me they had rented a car, and they would pick me up at 06:00 the next day. D) They told me they had rented a car, and they would pick me up at 06:00 next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They told me they had rented a car, and they would pick me up at 06:00 the next day. 24. "What time is it? " Maria ..... me what time it was A) Ask. B) Asks. C) Asking. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ask. 25. "His new movie won't be very popular. "The article said ..... very popular. A) His new movie wouldn't be. B) His new movie will be. C) His new movie won't be. D) None of above. 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