This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I'll wait for you until you come" , she said to Nam. A) She told Nam she'll wait for you until he comes. B) She told Nam she would wait for him until you came. C) She told Nam she would wait for you until he came. D) She told Nam she would wait for him until he came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told Nam she would wait for him until he came. 2. "Lucy'll come later" She said (that) ..... A) Lucy'll come then. B) Lucy comes later. C) Lucy would come later. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucy would come later. 3. "Why do you come late?" Miss asked A) Miss asked me why I came late. B) Miss asked me why I come late. C) Miss asked me why I do came late. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miss asked me why I came late. 4. When the reporting verb (e.g. say, tell) is in the past but the statement is something which is still true, the tense of the verb in reported speech usually stays the same. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Victoria: "I like my cat."Victoria told me (that) ..... liked ..... cat. A) I ; her. B) She; my. C) She; her. D) I; my. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She; her. 6. "Do you want some coffee?" he asked me. A) He asked me if I wanted somecoffee. B) He asked me did I want somecoffee. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me if I wanted somecoffee. 7. Sally questioned Rosy, '' Will you lend me your library book?" A) Sally questioned Rosy whether she would lend her her library book. B) Sally questioned Rosy whether I would lend her my library book. C) Sally questioned Rosy whether she would lend me her library book. D) Sally questioned Rosy whether I would lend me her library book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sally questioned Rosy whether she would lend her her library book. 8. Michelle said:"Could you bring my Book tonight?" A) She asked to bring her Book that night. B) She asked to bring the Book tonight. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked to bring her Book that night. 9. You said, 'I will do this for him' A) You said that you would do that for him. B) You said that you wil do that for her. C) You said that you should do that for him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You said that you would do that for him. 10. My sister reminded me (a) my homework. A) A. not to forget. B) Forget. C) Forgot. D) To not forget. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. not to forget. 11. Captain America asked Falcon, "Do you see my shield?" A) Captain America asked if Falcon had seen his shield. B) Captain America asked if Falcon saw my shield. C) Captain America asked if Falcon saw his shield. D) Captain America told Falcon that he saw his shield. E) Captain America asked Falcon to see his shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Captain America asked if Falcon saw his shield. 12. Which words complete the sentence? Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) The following day. B) The previous day. C) That day. D) The next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That day. 13. Applying the rule for changing adverbs of time, how should this sentence be converted? He said, "I am visiting my grandparents now." A) He said that he was visiting his grandparents then. B) He said that he was visiting his grandparents now. C) He said that he is visiting his grandparents then. D) He said that he was visiting my grandparents then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was visiting his grandparents then. 14. They said, "We are busy today." A) They said that they were busy that day. B) They said that they had been busy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they were busy that day. 15. Find the single error in this paragraph:My dad said that he was proud of my report card. He asked what did I want as a reward. He suggested that we could go for ice cream. A) What did I want as a reward. B) That he was proud. C) My dad said. D) That we could go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What did I want as a reward. 16. ' I didn't lie to you.' A) He denied lying to me. B) He denied to lie to me. C) He refused to lie to me. D) He refused lying to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He denied lying to me. 17. He said, "I know a better restaurant here." A) He said that he knows a better restaurant. B) He said that he knew a better restaurant there. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he knew a better restaurant there. 18. Marco: "I went to the movies with my friends" . Is reported:He said that ..... A) I have gone to the movies with my friends. B) He had gone to the movies with his friends. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had gone to the movies with his friends. 19. Jane:(to Kelly, her best friend) Do you want to come over? Let's have a girl's night.Jane ..... Kelly to come over and ..... having a girl's night. A) Invited suggested. B) Invited insisted on. C) Asked suggest. D) Asked suggested that. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invited suggested. 20. Ravi said, " Priya went to beach yesterday." A) Ravi said that Priya gone to beach the day before. B) Ravi said Priya had gone to beach the day before. C) Ravi said that Priya had gone to beach the day before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ravi said that Priya had gone to beach the day before. 21. We said that we ..... our homework inthe library. A) Are doing. B) Were doing. C) Will do. D) Would do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were doing. 22. He said, "My wife has just bought a diamond ring. '' A) He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring. B) He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring. C) He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring. D) He said that his wife just bought a diamond ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring. 23. He said, "I haven't seen my cousin today." A) He said he hasn't seen his cousin that day. B) He said he hadn't seen my cousin that day. C) He said he hadn't seen his cousin that day. D) He said I hadn't seen his cousin that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he hadn't seen his cousin that day. 24. "Do your homework!"My mom told me ..... A) Do your homework. B) Do my homework. C) To do your homework. D) To do my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To do my homework. 25. "We are going to play football today" A) They said they were going to play football that day. B) They said they was going to play football today. C) They said they went to play football that day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said they were going to play football that day. 26. Can, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Be able to. B) Could. C) Had to. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 27. Jane said, "I shall help you." Jane said ..... A) She helped us. B) She will help him. C) She helps us. D) She would help us. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She would help us. 28. Report this imperative form: "Call me back later" A) You told me to call you back later. B) You said that I call you back later. C) You said me to call you back later. D) You told me to have called you back later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You told me to call you back later. 29. He asked me ..... A) Where we could meet the following day. B) Where if we could meet tomorrow. C) That where we could meet the following day. D) Where can we meet tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where we could meet the following day. 30. "Why haven't you told me?" he asked me.He wondered A) Why hadn't you told me. B) Why hadn't I told him. C) Why I hadn't told him. D) Why he hadn't told me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why I hadn't told him. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesTense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 1Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 2Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 3Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 4Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 5Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 6Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 7Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 8Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books