This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Statements – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Statements Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I haven't been feeling well all day." A) She said she had not been feeling well all day. B) She said she has not been feeling well all day. C) She said she was not feeling well all day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she had not been feeling well all day. 2. 'I can't go out to the cinema today, ' Nancy said. A) Nancy said she can't go out to the cinema today. B) Nancy said she could not go out to the cinema that day. C) Nancy said she couldn't go out to the cinema today. D) Nancy said she can't go out to the cinema that day . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nancy said she could not go out to the cinema that day. 3. She ..... me they were busy. A) Told. B) Said. C) Asked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 4. Ben: "I don't think people are different." A) Ben said that he don't think people are different. B) Ben said that he didn't thought people are different. C) Ben said that he didn't think people were different. D) Ben said that he didn't think people are different. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ben said that he didn't think people were different. 5. Peter promises ..... A) I wll never be late. B) He wll never be late. C) He would never be late. D) I would never be late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wll never be late. 6. Complete the sentences with the suitable word(s).The gentleman asked the waiter ..... a cup of coffee. A) To bring me. B) To bring him. C) To please bring him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To bring him. 7. We don't change Past Perfect in reported speech. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Holly: "Abby and Nathan will travel to Alaska."Holly remarked (that) Abby and Nathan ..... A) Are travelling to Alaska. B) Would travel to Alaska. C) Have travelled to Alaska. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would travel to Alaska. 9. "He could read when he was three", he said me. A) He said me that he could read when he has been three. B) He said me that he can read when he had been three. C) He said me that he could read when he had been three. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said me that he could read when he had been three. 10. Eric: "Your dog ate all the cake."Why did he complain? A) Eric complained that the dog is eating all the cake. B) Eric complained that the dog had eating all the cake. C) Eric complained that the dog was eating all the cake. D) Eric complained that the dog had eaten all the cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eric complained that the dog had eaten all the cake. 11. They said:"John has a new job." A) They said that John has a new job. B) They said that he has a new job. C) They said that John had a new job. D) They said that he had a new job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that John had a new job. 12. Ethan: "I won't say anything to your parents." Ethan said he ..... anything to my parents. A) Will say anything. B) Wouldn't say anything. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wouldn't say anything. 13. Thomas told ..... he was very happy A) Me. B) That. C) Here. D) Than. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Me. 14. "I like swimming, dancing and playing tennis" , he told him. A) He told him that he likes swimming, dancing and playing tennis. B) He told him that he had liked swimming, dancing and playing tennis. C) He told him that he liked swimming, dancing and playing tennis. D) He told that he liked swimming, dancing and playing tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told him that he liked swimming, dancing and playing tennis. 15. "I'll stay at home" , Bill told her. A) Bill told her that he would stay. B) Bill told her that he would stay at home. C) Bill told her that he will stay at home. D) Bill told her that he would stayed at home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bill told her that he would stay at home. 16. The boy said, "I have been to Australia before." They boy said that ..... to Australia before. A) He has been. B) He was. C) He had been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had been. 17. John said, "I am writing a new novel" . John said that ..... A) He is writing a new novel. B) He was writing a new novel. C) He wrote a new novel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was writing a new novel. 18. May: "I don't like tomatoes."Marta said (that) she ..... tomatoes. A) Don't like. B) Didn't like. C) Doesn't like. D) Didn't liked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't like. 19. 'We were hoping to have our wedding in June.' $\rightarrow$ She told me that they ..... to have their wedding in June. In the end, though, they got married in September. A) Had been hoping. B) Are hoping. C) Have been hoping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been hoping. 20. "now" in reported speech changes to: A) The day before. B) The next day. C) Then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Then. 21. "They were running around the table" . A) She told me that they were running around the table. B) She told me that they had been running around the table. C) She told me that they had had been running around the table. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told me that they had been running around the table. 22. Correct or incorrect:Harry admitted that he could solve our problems. 'I can solve your problems, ' admitted Harry. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 23. Mary ..... her how much it cost. A) Tell. B) Asked. C) Said. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 24. 'I didn't enjoy the game.'Fran told me that she ..... the game. A) Didn't enjoy. B) Hadn't enjoyed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't enjoyed. 25. Mark ..... that we should know about it. A) Told us. B) Told. C) Said that. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told us. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesReported Statements Quiz 1Reported Statements Quiz 2Reported Statements Quiz 3Reported Statements Quiz 4Reported Statements Quiz 5Reported Statements Quiz 6Reported Statements Quiz 7Reported Statements Quiz 8Reported Statements Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books