This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Speech – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Speech Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Talking about reported speech when the sentence in the direct speech is in the past the sentence goes to ..... in the reported speech. A) Past continuous. B) Simple present. C) Past perfect. D) Present perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect. 2. "I am writing an email to my girlfriend. "He told me that he ..... an email to his girlfriend. A) Is writing. B) Was writing. C) Writes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was writing. 3. "How many tickets did you buy? " A) He wanted to know how many tickets I did buy. B) He wanted to know how many tickets I bought. C) He wanted to know how many tickets I have bought. D) He wanted to know how many tickets I had bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wanted to know how many tickets I had bought. 4. "I haven't been to the cinema for a long time." Tom said that he ..... to the cinema for a long time. A) Wasn't been. B) Wasn't. C) Hadn't been. D) Didn't be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't been. 5. "I'll be back tomorrow." He said he ..... back ..... A) Would be the next day. B) Will be the next day. C) Would the next day. D) Will the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would be the next day. 6. Which structure is not used for reported orders? A) Order somebody to. B) Tell somebody to. C) Ask somebody to. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ask somebody to. 7. In what time do we report a sentence that is in present perfect? A) Past continuous. B) Past perfect. C) Present continuous. D) Simple present. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past continuous. 8. Change direct speech into reported speech John often says he ..... boxing because it ..... a cruel sport. A) Does not like / is. B) Did not like / were. C) Not liked / had been. D) Had not liked / was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does not like / is. 9. BONUS QUESTION:What is the topic last 5 weeks A) Genre of the material viewed. B) Anology. C) Direct and Reported speech. D) Active and Passive voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct and Reported speech. 10. The neighbors: "We'll be out of town all weekend. "The neighbors told us they ..... out of town all weekend. A) Were. B) Was. C) Will be. D) Would be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would be. 11. 'I have to pass the English exam, ' said Jack. A) Jack said that he has to pass the English exam. B) He said that he has to pass the English exam. C) Jack said he had pass the English exam. D) He said he had to pass the English exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said he had to pass the English exam. 12. Change direct speech into reported speechThey told us "Our friends will get the award for their highest scores." $\rightarrow$ ..... A) They told us their friends will have got the award for their highest scores. B) They told us our friends would get the award for our highest scores. C) They told us their friends would get the award for our highest scores. D) They told us their friends would get the award for their highest scores. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They told us their friends would get the award for their highest scores. 13. The direct speech for "My mom said that she had been telling me about this for a long time" is: A) My mom said:I told you about this. B) My mom said:I have been telling you about this for a long time,. C) My mom said:I have told you about this for a long time. D) My mom said:I tell you about this every time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mom said:I have been telling you about this for a long time,. 14. Change the sentence to REPORTED SPEECH.The mechanic said, "It'll be expensive." A) The mechanic told me that it would be expensive. B) The mechanic said it is expensive. C) The mechanic told that it would be expensive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mechanic told me that it would be expensive. 15. We said to him, " Congratulations !" its indirect speech is: ..... A) We congratulated him. B) We told him congratulations. C) We exclaimed in excitement congratulations. D) We uttered congratulations in excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We congratulated him. 16. We change will and can to: A) Would and could. B) Could and won't. C) Wouldn't and couldn't. D) Should and might. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would and could. 17. Change the sentence to DIRECT SPEECH.They said that they wanted to check out. A) "We want to check out.". B) "We can check out.". C) "We will check out.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "We want to check out.". 18. Pooja said, "I can speak Hindi." Change to indirect speech. A) Pooja asked if I could speak Hindi. B) Pooja said that she could speak Hindi. C) Pooja said she spoke Hindi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pooja said that she could speak Hindi. 19. Mila's sentence "Can you give more examples of "frameworks'? " could be written in reported speech as: A) She wondered whether more examples were possible. B) She asked for more examples of frameworks. C) She inquired into Dianne's ability to exemplify. D) She asked if Jake were able to provide examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked for more examples of frameworks. 20. "Put it down." A) The police ordered him to put it down. B) The police informed him to put that down. C) The police requested him to put down. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The police ordered him to put it down. 21. '' Why have you been reading these books? " She asked him A) She asked him that he had been reading those books. B) She asked him why he had been reading those books. C) She asked him if he had been reading those books. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked him why he had been reading those books. 22. Whose car is it? -Could you let me know ..... A) Whose is it car?. B) Whose car is it?. C) Whose car it is?. D) Whose car it was?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whose car it is?. 23. My neighbor said: "Can you help me? " A) My neighbor wants to know if I could help him. B) My neighbor wanted to know whether I could help him. C) My neighbor wants to know whether I could help him. D) My neighbor wanted to know if I can help him. E) My neighbor wanted to know if you could help me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My neighbor wanted to know whether I could help him. 24. You told us you did the homework on Sundaywhat is the direct speech? A) "I do the homework on sunday". B) "I did the homework on sunday". C) "you did the homework on sunday". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I did the homework on sunday". 25. Change direct speech into reported speech "She hasn't eaten bibimbap before" .She told me ..... A) I hadn't eaten bibimbap before. B) She hadn't eaten bibimbap ago. C) She hadn't eaten bibimbap before. D) She wasn't eaten bibimbap before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She hadn't eaten bibimbap before. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books