This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I will call you on Friday", the doctor said. (that) A) He would call me on Friday. B) He would call you on Friday. C) He will call me on Friday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He would call me on Friday. 2. Frank asked me, 'How much pocket money does Lisa get?' A) Frank asked me how much pocket money Lisa gets. B) Frank asked me how much pocket money Lisa got. C) Frank asked me how much pocket money Lisa get. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frank asked me how much pocket money Lisa got. 3. Javier:Pablo is a good student. A) He said that he were a good student. B) He said that he was a good student. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he was a good student. 4. Tom ..... upsetting me. A) Apologised for. B) Threatened. C) Agreed. D) Wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apologised for. 5. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech9. My friend said, "The concert ended yesterday." A) My friend said that the concert had ended yesterday. B) My friend said that the concert ended the day before. C) My friend said that the concert had ended the previous day. D) My friend said that the concert ended already. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My friend said that the concert had ended the previous day. 6. He ..... of breaking the glass. A) Urged. B) Warned. C) Accused me. D) Threatened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accused me. 7. "Where did they live before moving here?" he asked.He wanted to know A) Where did they live before moving there. B) Where they lived before moving there. C) Where they had lived before moving there. D) Where they would live before moving there. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where they had lived before moving there. 8. "Never borrow money from friends, " my father said. A) My father said to me never borrow money from friends. B) My father told me never borrow money from friends. C) My father advised me not to borrow money from friends. D) My father suggested me never borrow money from friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My father advised me not to borrow money from friends. 9. Which tense is not changed from direct speech into reported? A) Past simple. B) Present continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Present perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect. 10. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech10. My mom said, "Bring me a glass of water, please." A) My mom command me to bring her a glass of water. B) My mom me to bring her a glass of water. C) My mom asked me to brought her a glass of water. D) My mom ordered me to bring her a glass of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mom me to bring her a glass of water. 11. Safety experts ..... motorists to make frequent stops during a long trip, especially at night. A) Advise. B) Demand. C) Insist. D) Recommend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advise. 12. The captain shouted, "Abandon the ship immediately!" Complete the sentence with the most appropriate reporting verb:The captain ..... the crew to abandon the ship immediately. A) Ordered. B) Asked. C) Suggested. D) Whispered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ordered. 13. Jugnu: "I am so tired of this work"Jugnu said that ..... A) He will be tired of this work. B) He is tired of this work. C) He was tired of this work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was tired of this work. 14. "I get up every day at 6:30", she said (that) A) She gotten up every day at 6:30. B) She had gotten up every day at 6:30. C) She got up every day at 6:30. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She got up every day at 6:30. 15. Rose Tyler:My family can play volleyball.Rose told me (that) ..... A) My family could play volleyball. B) Her family could play volleyball. C) Her family can play volleyball. D) My family can play volleyball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her family could play volleyball. 16. What auxiliar is more formal for sentences? A) Are. B) If. C) Whether. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whether. 17. She asked her boyfriend ..... A) Where was her hat. B) Where her hat was. C) Was where her hat. D) Her hat was where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where her hat was. 18. My aunt asked, "Have you fed the dog?" A) My aunt asked me whether/if I hadn't fed the dog. B) My aunt asked me whether/if I have fed the dog. C) My aunt asked me whether/if I had fed the dog. D) My aunt asked me whether/if I havn't fed the dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My aunt asked me whether/if I have fed the dog. 19. Gaby told:'' Don't smoke!" A) Gaby told don't smoke. B) Gaby told to not smoke. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gaby told to not smoke. 20. May, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Can. B) Had to. C) Used to. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might. 21. Mia said, "I am reading a fascinating book." Complete the reported sentence:Mia said that ..... a fascinating book. A) She was reading. B) I was reading. C) She is reading. D) I am reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was reading. 22. Matt told Elsa, 'Please, dance with me' A) Matt asked Elsa to dance with her. B) Matt told Elsa to dance with him. C) Matt asked Elsa to dance with him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matt asked Elsa to dance with him. 23. "This man spoke to me on the road, " said the woman. A) The woman said that man had spoken to me on the road. B) The woman said that man has spoken to her on the road. C) The woman said that man spoke to her on the road. D) The woman said that man had spoken to her on the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The woman said that man had spoken to her on the road. 24. My mother asked, "Where are you going?" A) My mother asked me where I am going. B) My mother asked me where I am going. C) My mother asked us "Where are you going?". D) My mother asked me where I was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My mother asked me where I was going. 25. Tom said, "Why did you charge me?" A) Tom asked that why have you charged me. B) Tom asked why we had charged him. C) Tom asked why we charge him. D) Tom asked if we charged him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom asked why we had charged him. 26. Tom: "I have two tickets for the game."Tom said that ..... two tickets for the game. A) He has. B) He had. C) He had had. D) He has had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had. 27. Batman said to The Joker, "Go away or I will arrest you." A) Batman ordered The Joker to go away or he would arrest him. B) Batman said to Joker that go away or he will arrest him. C) Batman asked Joker to go away before he arrest him. D) Batman begged The Joker to go away. E) Batman ordered to The Joker to go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Batman ordered The Joker to go away or he would arrest him. 28. John said he had worked on the report since ..... A) Yesterday. B) Two days ago. C) The day before. D) The next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The day before. 29. She said, "It isn't so foggy as it was yesterday." A) She remarked that it wasn't so foggy today as it had been the day before. B) She remarked that it wasn't so foggy today as it had been yesterday. C) She remarked that it wasn't so foggy as it was the day before. D) She remarked that it wasn't so foggy as it was yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She remarked that it wasn't so foggy today as it had been the day before. 30. "Penguins can't fly" The teacher said. A) She said that they can't fly. B) She said that they couldn't fly. C) She said that they couldn't flew. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that they couldn't fly. ← 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