This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jerry said he (a) English a lot at that moment. A) A. was studying. B) Studies. C) Is studying. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. was studying. 2. Becky told Ron that she ..... busy becauseshe didn't want to go to the cinema with him. A) Was being. B) Is. C) Had been. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 3. Sarah said, "I read Jane Eyre last year. '' A) Sarah said she had read Jane Eyre the previous year. B) Sarah said she had read Jane Eyre the year after. C) Sarah said she has read Jane Eyre the previous year. D) Sarah said she would read Jane Eyre the year before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarah said she had read Jane Eyre the previous year. 4. > "I can speak three languages." Thomas said he ..... three languages. A) Can spoke. B) Could spoke. C) Could speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could speak. 5. I said, "Sam's driving the car." A) I said that Sam is driving the car. B) I said that Sam was driving the car. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I said that Sam was driving the car. 6. Wade asked Wilson, "Do you know who Deadpool is?" A) Wade asked if Wilson know who is Deadpool. B) Wade asked Wilson who Deadpool is. C) Wade asked Wilson if he know who Deadpool is. D) Wade asked Wilson if he was Deadpool. E) Wade asked Wilson if he knew who Deadpool was. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Wade asked Wilson if he knew who Deadpool was. 7. She said, "I woke up early yesterday." A) She said that she has woken up early yesterday. B) She said that she had woken up early the previous day. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had woken up early the previous day. 8. "Can you show me the way?" A) He told her to show him the way. B) He asked her to show him the way. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked her to show him the way. 9. My friend said:'You can be whatever you want'My friend told me me that ..... A) I could be whatever I wanted. B) I can be whatever I wanted. C) I should be whatever I wanted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I could be whatever I wanted. 10. Dad:'Kirsty, please tell me we are not watching The X Factor.'Kirsty:'You said I ..... it tonight.' A) Can watch. B) Could watch. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could watch. 11. Mr. Mathur said, "I have to go." A) Mr. Mathur said that I have to go. B) Mr. Mathur said that I had to go. C) Mr. Mathur said that he had to go. D) Mr. Mathur said that he has to go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Mathur said that he had to go. 12. Task 1:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech3. The man said, " I didn't see her." => The man said ..... her. A) He had seen. B) I hadn't seen. C) She didn't see. D) He hadn't seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He hadn't seen. 13. The boy said, "My father is sleeping." A) The boy said that his father was sleeping. B) The boy said that his father is sleeping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy said that his father was sleeping. 14. Aisyah warned Kayla, '' Don't tell my secret to our friends ".The Reported speech ..... A) Aisyah warned Kayla to tell her secret to our friends. B) Aisyah warned Kayla if she told her secret to their friends. C) Aisyah warned Kayla whether her friend is nice or not. D) Aisyah warned her friend to tell her the secret. E) Aisyah warned Kayla not to tell her secret to their friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Aisyah warned Kayla not to tell her secret to their friends. 15. Past Perfect Continuous will change to ..... Tense during the conversion of Direct Speech to Indirect Speech. A) Past Perfect Continuous. B) Simple Present. C) Future Perfect. D) Past Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Continuous. 16. Hannah:We live in Boston.Hannah said (that) ..... A) They lived in Boston. B) They live in Boston. C) We lived in Boston. D) We live in Boston. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They lived in Boston. 17. Change into reported speech:"We will arrest them for illegal entry in the country", the policeman said. A) The policeman said that they would be arrested them for illegal entry in the country. B) The policeman said that they would arrest them for illegal entry in the country. C) The policeman said that they will arrest them for illegal entry in the country. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The policeman said that they would arrest them for illegal entry in the country. 18. Benjamin: "I often have a big hamburger."Benjamin said (that) A) Said (that) he often had a big hamburger. B) Said (that) he often has a big hamburger. C) Told (that) he often had a big hamburger. D) Told (that) he often has a big hamburger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said (that) he often had a big hamburger. 19. The video might ..... viral and be seen by thousands of people. A) Get. B) Go. C) Post. D) Connect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go. 20. True or False:The following sentence is a reported request:'He wondered why the game was delayed.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Meta said to her sister, '' Our mother is very beautiful woman ".Reported speech is ..... A) Meta said to her sister that their mother was very beautiful woman . B) Meta said if their mother was very beautiful woman. C) Meta said whether their mother was beautiful woman. D) Meta said why our mother is very beautiful woman. E) Meta said that their mother had been very beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meta said to her sister that their mother was very beautiful woman . 22. I have been calling for ten minutes. A) She said she is calling for ten minutes. B) She said she called for ten minutes. C) She said she had been calling for ten minutes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she had been calling for ten minutes. 23. "The cat was eating when he came" said John. John said that the cat ..... when he ..... A) Was eating, had come. B) Was eating, came. C) Eat, come. D) Ate, had come. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating, had come. 24. "What did you ask him that upset him so much?" "I asked him ..... to get married again. '' A) Was he planning. B) If did he plan. C) If he plans. D) If he was planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If he was planning. 25. They ..... if I wanted a ride home, but I had already made other plans. A) Said. B) Told me. C) Told. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked. 26. "I must do my homework" A) He said he should do his homework. B) He said he must do his homework. C) He said he shall do his homework. D) He said he had to do his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said he had to do his homework. 27. 17 "I didn't break your watch" A) The boy told the girl he hadn't broken her watch. B) The boy asked the girl he hadn't broken her watch. C) The boy told the girl he didn't break her watch. D) The boy told the girl he hadn't broken your watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy told the girl he hadn't broken her watch. 28. I ..... Jill that she should take warm clothes for the trip. A) Apologised. B) Accused. C) Reminded. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reminded. 29. 'Which dress do you like best?' she asked A) She asked which did she like. B) She asked him which dress he liked best. C) She asked him which did he like best. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked him which dress he liked best. 30. Her teacher said she ..... (a) do her homework every day. A) A. had to. B) Has to. C) Will. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. had to. ← 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