This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Statements – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Statements Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'We'll send our thoughts to a computer one day.' She said we ..... our thoughts to a computer one day. A) WILL SEND. B) 'D SENT. C) WOULD SEND. D) SEND. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WOULD SEND. 2. "David was ill", he said. He said that ..... A) David was ill. B) David is ill. C) David had been ill. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David had been ill. 3. Charlie said, "Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow A) He said that Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow. B) He said that Nora and Jim were getting married the next day. C) He said that Nora and Jim were getting married tomorrow. D) He said that Nora and Jim are getting married the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that Nora and Jim were getting married the next day. 4. "I'm going to be sick" , she told them. A) She told them that she is going to be sick. B) She told that she was going to be sick. C) She told them that she was go to be sick. D) She told them that she was going to be sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told them that she was going to be sick. 5. "Tom can't use a computer" , Ella said. A) Ella said that Tom can't use a computer. B) Ella said that Tom can use a computer. C) Ella said that Tom could't use a computer. D) Ella said that Tom couldn't use a computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ella said that Tom couldn't use a computer. 6. "I'm staying at home" . A) Ben said he were staying at home. B) Ben said he is staying at home. C) Ben said he was staying at home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ben said he was staying at home. 7. ' They went to the concert last week.'He said that they had gone to the concert ..... A) The following week. B) That week. C) The week before. D) Last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The week before. 8. Choose the correct reported statement for the given sentence:"Will you attend the meeting?" A) He asked if you will attend the meeting. B) He asked if I would attend the meeting. C) He asked if will you attend the meeting. D) He asked if would you attend the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked if I would attend the meeting. 9. "I didn't go to the party." he said. A) He said that he hasn't gone to the party. B) He said that he doesn't go to the party. C) He said that he didn't go to the party. D) He said that he hadn't gone to the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he hadn't gone to the party. 10. 'Rebekah lives near the library.' She told me that Rebekah ..... A) LIVED NEAR THE LIBRARY. B) LIVE NEAR THE LIBRARY. C) HAS LIVED NEAR THE LIBRARY. D) HAD LIVED NEAR THE LIBRARY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LIVED NEAR THE LIBRARY. 11. 'My parents have bought a new computer.' Jennie said that her parents ..... A) BUY A NEW COMPUTER. B) BOUGHT A NEW COMPUTER. C) HAVE BOUGHT A NEW COMPUTER. D) HAD BOUGHT A NEW COMPUTER. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HAD BOUGHT A NEW COMPUTER. 12. Noah: "I didn't want anyone to know." Noah told her ..... to know. A) He hadn't wanted anyone. B) He couldn't wanted anyone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hadn't wanted anyone. 13. What is the reported form of the sentence "I am not feeling well" ? A) He said (that) he didn't feel well. B) He said (that) he didn't feeling well. C) He said (that) he wasn't feeling well. D) He said (that) he weren't feeling well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said (that) he wasn't feeling well. 14. "I ordered two books three weeks ago, " I told the shop assistant. A) I told the shop assistant I'd ordered two books three weeks before. B) I told the shop assistant I'd ordered two books three weeks ago. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I told the shop assistant I'd ordered two books three weeks before. 15. Andrea: "I was so happy yesterday."Andrea said that ..... A) She was so happy the day before. B) She was so happy yesterday. C) She had been so happy yesterday. D) She had been so happy the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had been so happy the day before. 16. They told us that they ..... not do it again. A) Do. B) Were. C) Will. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would. 17. 'Have you met Angela?'She asked us ..... A) If we had met Angela. B) If had we met Angela. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If we had met Angela. 18. Rewrite the following using reported speech.'Please don't walk on the grass, ' said the lady. A) The lady asked us don't walk on the grass. B) The lady asked us not to walk on the grass. C) The lady ask not walk on the grass. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lady asked us not to walk on the grass. 19. REPORTED STATEMENTS:Choose the correct answerPeter said: "I am buying a backpack" .Pete said that he ..... a backpack. A) Is buying. B) Will buy. C) Was buying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was buying. 20. "I can't remember", David said A) David said that he can't remember. B) David said that he couldn't remember. C) David said that he should remember. D) David said that he didn't remember. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) David said that he couldn't remember. 21. He told me that ..... A) I looked well, much better than I looked yesterday. B) I had looked well, much better than I looked yesterday. C) I looked well, much better than I had looked the following day. D) I looked well, much better than I had looked the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I looked well, much better than I had looked the day before. 22. "I will do it tomorrow", she said. She said that ..... A) She will do it the next day. B) Would do it the next day. C) She had done it the next day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would do it the next day. 23. "The boss has checked the applications."The boss had checked the applications. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 24. REPORTED STATEMENTS:Choose the correct answerThe secretary said: "The company can deliver the parcel tomorrow" .The secretary said that the company ..... A) Would deliver the parcel tomorrow. B) Would deliver the parcel the following day. C) Would deliver the parcel the previous day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would deliver the parcel the following day. 25. Hermione said, ''Harry, did you learn your spell yesterday?" A) Hermione asked Harry if he learned his spell yesterday. B) Hermione asked Harry if he had learned his spell yesterday. C) Hermione asked Harry if he had learned his spell the previous day. D) Hermione asked Harry if he did learn his spell the previous day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hermione asked Harry if he had learned his spell the previous day. 26. It rains, says the teacher A) The teacher said it was raining. B) The teacher said it rained. C) The teacher said it has rained. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher said it rained. 27. Angelina:''Don't forget our children, Brad!" A) Angelina told Brad don't forget our children. B) Angelina asked Brad to not forget our children. C) Angelina asked Brad not to forget their children. D) Angelia asked Brad to don't forget their children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Angelina asked Brad not to forget their children. 28. You need to go to the doctor, said Sheila A) Sheila said that she needed to go to the doctor. B) Sheila said that she had to go to the doctor. C) Sheila said that she didn't need to go to the doctor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sheila said that she needed to go to the doctor. 29. We change the pronoun "I" to ..... in reported speech A) He/she. B) We/they. C) You. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He/she. 30. Sienna claimed that she didn't like Justin Bieber. A) Sienna: "I didn't like Justin Bieber" . B) Sienna: "I have never liked Justin Bieber" . C) Sienna: "I don't like Justin Bieber" . D) Sienna: "I wasn't like Justin Bieber" . 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