This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Statements – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Statements Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'I'd never been there before'. A) She said that she was never there before. B) She said that she had never been there before. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had never been there before. 2. Mike said ..... A) We bought these books 2 days before. B) We had bought these books 2 days before. C) We had bought those books 2 days before. D) They had bought those books 2 days before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They had bought those books 2 days before. 3. She said: "I'm going to learn to drive." A) He said that he was going to learn to drive. B) She said that she was going to learn to drive. C) She said that she go to learn to drive. D) She said that she are going to learn to drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she was going to learn to drive. 4. Rewrite the following using reported speech.The boss said to me, 'Finish the report as soon as possible.' A) The boss ordered me to finish the report as soon as possible. B) I ordered the boss to finish the report as soon as possible. C) The boss ordered the report to finish as soon as possible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boss ordered me to finish the report as soon as possible. 5. 'You must answer all the questions.' Our teacher said that we ..... A) MUST ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. B) HAS TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. C) HAD TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. D) HAVE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HAD TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. 6. "I'm playing football this evening", I told Tom. A) I told Tom I was playing football that evening. B) I told Tom I was playing football this evening. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I told Tom I was playing football that evening. 7. Charlie said, "My father is in hospital" . A) Charlie said that my father is in hospital. B) Charlie said that his father was in hospital. C) Charlie said that his father is in hospital. D) Charlie said that my father was in hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charlie said that his father was in hospital. 8. 'I can swim really fast.' A) He told that he could swim really fast. B) He said that he could swim really fast. C) He said me that he could swim really fast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he could swim really fast. 9. "I like you!", she said. She said that ..... A) She like me. B) She liked me. C) She had liked me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She liked me. 10. "Mum is not feeling alright." James said.James said (that) mum ..... alright. A) Is not feeling. B) Does not feel. C) Was not feeling. D) Did not feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was not feeling. 11. "We left home three hours ago", Jeremy said. He said that ..... A) They had left home three hours before. B) They left home three hours ago. C) They left home three hours before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had left home three hours before. 12. If the direct speech uses "could", the indirect speech will use ..... A) The same. B) Can. C) Would. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The same. 13. What is the reported form of the sentence: "I missed the train." ? A) He said (that) he has missed the train. B) He said (that) he had missed the train. C) He said (that) he missed the train. D) He said (that) he would miss the train. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said (that) he had missed the train. 14. Jenny: "I love chocolate." Jenny said (that) she ..... chocolate. A) Loved. B) Loves. C) Loving. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loved. 15. Terry said he ..... to buy a new car. A) Is going. B) Would go. C) Will go. D) Was gioing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was gioing. 16. '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. 17. "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. 18. 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. 19. "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. 20. "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. 21. "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. 22. ' 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. 23. 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. 24. "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. 25. '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. 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