This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Statements – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Statements Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I have never lied to you", Jim said. He said that ..... A) He has never lied. B) He had never lied. C) He had never lie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had never lied. 2. "He is coming today" the mother said. She said that he ..... A) Was coming the day before. B) Came the previous day. C) Was coming that day. D) Would come the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was coming that day. 3. Mike said he (a) to visit his friends that weekend. A) A. wanted. B) Want. C) Wants. D) Wil want. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. wanted. 4. What is the reported form of the sentence: "Julia is getting married" ? A) She said (that) she was getting married. B) She said (that) she would get married. C) She said (that) she gets married. D) She said (that) she will get married. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said (that) she was getting married. 5. Mary ..... I wanted to leave. A) Asked me. B) Said if. C) Told her that I. D) Asked me when. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked me when. 6. Paul: "My friends and I don't usually buy food at school. We bring lunch from home."Paul said that his friends and he ..... A) Didn't usually buy food at school. They brought lunch from home. B) Don't usually buy food at school school. They bring lunch from home. C) Doesn't usually buy food at school. They are bringing lunch from home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't usually buy food at school. They brought lunch from home. 7. 'Did Mark pass all his exams?'He asked if Mark ..... A) Has passed all his exams. B) Had passed all his exams. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had passed all his exams. 8. She said John hadn't called her A) John hadn't called me. B) John didn't call me. C) John doesn't call me. D) John did call me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John hadn't called me. 9. Complete the sentences with said or told.He ..... that it wasn't a horror film, it was a thriller. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 10. Hannah said "We live in Jeddah."Hannah said that ..... in Jeddah. A) We live. B) She lived. C) They lived. D) I lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They lived. 11. "I found a wallet", she said. She said that ..... A) She had found a wallet. B) She found a wallet. C) She finds a wallet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had found a wallet. 12. "My plane will be two hours late." James said that ..... A) My plane would be two hours late. B) His plane would be two hours late. C) His plane will be two hours late. D) My plane will be two hours late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His plane would be two hours late. 13. Daniel: "I found a job!" A) Daniel told he had found a job. B) Daniel told he found a job. C) Daniel said he had found a job. D) Daniel told he would find a job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daniel said he had found a job. 14. "I didn't tell Andrew your secret", Jane said to me. A) Jane said to me that she hadn't told Andrew my secret. B) Jane said to me that she didn't tell Andrew my secret. C) Jane said to me that she hadn't told Andrew your secret. D) Jane said to me that she hadn't told Andrew her secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jane said to me that she hadn't told Andrew my secret. 15. "I can't see my keys, " Mary said A) Mary said that she couldn't see my keys. B) Mary said that she can't see my keys. C) Mary said that she can't see her keys. D) Mary said that she couldn't see her keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary said that she couldn't see her keys. 16. "I'm leaving now", she told us. A) She told us she was leaving now,. B) She told us she was leaving then. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told us she was leaving then. 17. Andy: "I haven't been here before." A) Andy said that he hasn't been here before. B) Andy said that he hadn't been there before. C) Andy said that he hasn't been there before. D) Andy said that he hadn't been here before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andy said that he hadn't been there before. 18. Nick: "Walter doesn't eat meat."Nick told us (that) Walter ..... A) Eats not meat. B) Does not eat meat. C) Didn't eat meat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't eat meat. 19. Lucy: "The train didn't arrive on time."Lucy said to Gerry (that) the train ..... A) Wasn't arrived on time. B) Hadn't arrived on time. C) Hasn't arrived on time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't arrived on time. 20. Journalist: "She is working on a new album at the moment" . A) The journalist said that she was working on a new album at that moment. B) The journalist said that she had been working on a new album at that moment. C) The journalist said that she worked on a new album at that moment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The journalist said that she was working on a new album at that moment. 21. Choose the correct reported statement. "I am so angry today" -Ralph said. A) Ralph said that he is angry today. B) Ralph said that he was angry today. C) Ralph said that he wasso angry that day. D) Ralph said that he had been angry that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralph said that he wasso angry that day. 22. Emma: "I'm having dinner with friends on Saturday." Emma told me ..... with friends on Saturday. A) She had a dinner. B) She was having dinner. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was having dinner. 23. Choose the correct sentence in reported speech. "Dan is eating some chocolate now." -Tom said. A) Tom said that Dan were eating some chocolate then. B) Tom said that Dan was eatingsome chocolate then. C) Tom said that Dan is eating some chocolate then. D) Tom said that Dan was eaten some chocolate then. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom said that Dan was eatingsome chocolate then. 24. Alice warned me ..... touch that dog. A) To not touch. B) Didn't touch. C) Not to touch. D) Touched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to touch. 25. Choose the words to complete the rule: "We use a reporting verb such as say, ..... or ..... , followed by a that-clause" A) Pronouns / past perfect. B) Tell / explain. C) By / pronouns. D) None of the above. 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