This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Reported Statements – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Reported Statements Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A:I think I saw Tim yesterday.B:You can't have seen him. He ..... to Cuba. A) Has been. B) Has gone. C) Is. D) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has gone. 2. In reported speech we change "can" to "was able to" . A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Choose the correct reported statement."They will call you." A) He told her that they call her. B) He told her that they are calling her. C) He told her that they won't call her. D) He told her that they would call her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He told her that they would call her. 4. The woman said ..... A) This man is going to help. B) This man was going to help. C) That man was going to help. D) That man is going to help. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That man was going to help. 5. Mike and Josh says: "We didn't finish our homework" A) They said they hadn't finished their homework. B) They said they didn't finish our homework. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said they hadn't finished their homework. 6. Max told me that Peter often (a) a book. A) A. read. B) Is reading. C) Reads. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. read. 7. Choose the correct reported statement for the given sentence:"John:'I am meeting the client at 2 PM." ' A) John said that he is meeting the client at 2 PM. B) John says that he was meeting the client at 2 PM. C) John said that he was meeting the client at 2 PM. D) John says that he is meeting the client at 2 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John said that he was meeting the client at 2 PM. 8. '' I have done it yesterday", said Ela A) Ela said that she has done it yesterday. B) Ela said she had done it yesterday. C) Ela said she had done it the day before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ela said she had done it the day before. 9. 'You should go to bed early'. A) She said I should go to bed early. B) She said you should go to bed early. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said I should go to bed early. 10. "I sing with my family" A) She said she sang with her family. B) She said she sing with her family. C) She said she was sing with her family. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she sang with her family. 11. Miriam: "I love chocolate."Daniel: "Miriam said (that) she ..... chocolate." A) Loved. B) Loves. C) Loving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loved. 12. "The suspect is at the police station" said DavidDavid said A) The suspect was at the police station. B) The suspect is at the police station. C) The suspect have been at the police station. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The suspect was at the police station. 13. "I've never been there before"Mario said that ..... A) He has never been there before. B) He would have never been there before. C) He had never been there before. D) He went there before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had never been there before. 14. What is the correct tense backshift? A) May-may. B) Must-might. C) Should-have to. D) May-might. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May-might. 15. Mary said "You can bring your dog at the picnic today" . A) Mary said that I could take my dog at the picnic today. B) Mary said that I could take my dog at the picnic that day. C) Mary said that I could bring my dog at the picnic that day. D) Mary said that I can bring my dog at the picnic today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary said that I could take my dog at the picnic that day. 16. "We prepared the trap carefully" A) They told us they had prepared the trap carefully. B) They told us they would have prepared the trap carefully. C) They told us they had been preparing the trap carefully. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They told us they had prepared the trap carefully. 17. Tom said to Mary: "" A) Tom said that Mary. B) Tom tells Mary. C) Tom told to Mary. D) Tom told Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tom told Mary. 18. I will improve the level of education. The headteacher declared that ..... A) He was going to improve the level of education. B) He had improved the level of education. C) He would improve the level of education. D) He would improved the level of education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He would improve the level of education. 19. I asked him, "Did you see the fire?" A) I asked him if he has seen the fire. B) I asked him if he had seen the fire. C) I asked him if he saw the fire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I asked him if he had seen the fire. 20. Tom's birthday is tomorrow. He ..... a party. A) Will have. B) Has. C) Is having. D) Is going to have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is having. 21. He said ..... A) He was sure she will ring him up when she came back. B) He was sure she will ring him up when she comes back. C) He was sure she would ring him up when she came back. D) He is sure she would ring him up when she came back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was sure she would ring him up when she came back. 22. "I went out last night." she said. A) She said that she went out the night before. B) She said that she goes out the night before. C) She said that she had gone out the night before. D) She said that she is going out the night before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she had gone out the night before. 23. Choose the correct reported statement for the given sentence:"Tom:'I have never been to Japan." ' A) Tom said that he has never been to Japan. B) Tom says that he has never been to Japan. C) Tom said that he had never been to Japan. D) Tom says that he had never been to Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom said that he had never been to Japan. 24. Tom says to Mary:'' Why ..... " A) Tom told Mary. B) Tom said to. C) Tom asks Mary. D) Tom tells Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom asks Mary. 25. "I am going to clean the room", Jessica told me. A) Jessica told me that she is going to clean the room. B) Jessica told me that she was going to clean the room. C) Jessica told me that she is cleaning the room. D) Jessica told me that she were cleaning the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jessica told me that she was going to clean the room. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesReported Statements Quiz 1Reported Statements Quiz 2Reported Statements Quiz 3Reported Statements Quiz 4Reported Statements Quiz 6Reported Statements Quiz 7Reported Statements Quiz 8Reported Statements Quiz 9Reported Statements Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books