This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mickey:I'm afraid of flyingMickey said (that) ..... A) I was afraid of flying. B) He was afraid of flying. C) He is afraid of flying. D) I am afraid of flying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was afraid of flying. 2. Present simple changes to ..... A) Past continuous. B) Past simple. C) Past perfect. D) Present perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past simple. 3. I asked my sister, 'Why are you crying?' A) I asked my sister why she were crying. B) I asked my sister why was she crying. C) I asked my sister why she was crying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I asked my sister why she was crying. 4. The teacher asked her pupils ..... A) Where are their textbooks. B) Where their textbooks are. C) Where their textbooks were. D) Be quiet, please, listen to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where their textbooks were. 5. Convert this short dialogue into a single reported speech sentence:Ava said, "I found a cool rock." Then she asked, "Do you want to see it?" Ava said that she had found a cool rock and then asked ..... A) If I wanted to see it. B) Do you want to see it. C) If I want to see it. D) That I wanted to see it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If I wanted to see it. 6. Arthur asked: "Have you ever been to Ethiopia?" A) Arthur asked if I had ever been to Ethiopia. B) Arthur asked if I have ever been to Ethiopia. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthur asked if I had ever been to Ethiopia. 7. "Please don't make such a mess in your room, " his mother said. A) His mother asked him not to make a mess in his room. B) His mother asked him that he did not to make a mess in his room. C) His mother asked him didn't make such a mess in his room. D) His mother asked him please not to make a mess in his room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His mother asked him not to make a mess in his room. 8. Mother and father said:' Study hard. ' A) Mother and father told to study hard. B) Mother and father told I studied hard. C) Mother and father told not to study hard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother and father told to study hard. 9. John asked me ..... interested in football. A) If I were. B) If were I. C) If was I. D) If I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If I was. 10. Charles asked: "Where is my car." A) Charles asked where was my car?. B) Charles asked where his car was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles asked where his car was. 11. "Cars are a silly invention." It's an example of: A) Reported Speech. B) Direct Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Speech. 12. The basketball player said to his teammate, "Steal the ball!" A) The basketball player asked his teammate to steal the ball. B) The basketball player ordered his teammate to steal the ball. C) The basketball player asked his teammate if he could steal the ball. D) The basketball player begged his teammate to steal the ball. E) The basketball player told his teammate that he stole the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The basketball player ordered his teammate to steal the ball. 13. The actor ..... that he was retiring after his next film. A) Agreed. B) Announced. C) Reminded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Announced. 14. SAY or TELL? A) TELL:somethingSAY:Someone-something. B) SAY:somethingTell:Someone-something. C) NONE OF THE ABOVE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SAY:somethingTell:Someone-something. 15. Identify the statement below.She said that she had seen him. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 16. The scientist said the earth ..... the sun. A) Goes around. B) Is going around. C) Had gone around. D) Was going around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goes around. 17. I ..... her that I would help her move into her new apartment next week. A) Apologized. B) Said. C) Asked. D) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Told. 18. "I am flying to India tomorrow" . Mike said A) He told me that he is flying tomorrow. B) He told me that he was flying tomorrow. C) He told me that he will fly tomorrow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me that he was flying tomorrow. 19. Past perfect and Past continuous tense do not change in indirect speech. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. Benedict:I am riding my bicycle todayBedenict said (that) ..... A) He wasriding his bicycle today. B) He was riding my bicycle today. C) He was riding my bicycle that day. D) He was riding his bicycle that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was riding his bicycle that day. 21. Change the direct speech into reported speech. Use 'she said' at the beginning of each answer. It's the same day, so you don't need to change the time expressions:"You should go to bed early." A) She said that I would go to bed early. B) She said that I should go to bed early. C) She said that I must go to bed early. D) She said that I could go to bed early. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that I should go to bed early. 22. "Yesterday" changes in reported speech to ..... A) The next day. B) The following day. C) The previous day. D) That day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The previous day. 23. Must/have to, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Had to. B) Might. C) May. D) Mustn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had to. 24. Can changes to ..... A) Can. B) Can + past. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 25. Januar asked me, "Will you go to my party tonight?" A) Januar asked me to go to my party tonight. B) Januar asked me to go to his party tonight. C) Januar asked if I want to go to his party that night. D) Januar asked if I would go to his party that night. E) Januar ordered me to go to his party that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Januar asked if I would go to his party that night. 26. Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option."Present simple '' A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 27. Jodie:I prefer travelling by plane.Jodie ..... (that) ..... A) Said-she prefers travelling by plane. B) Said-she preferred travelling by plane. C) Told-she preferred travelling by plane. D) Told-she prefers travelling by plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said-she preferred travelling by plane. 28. Mary: "I have three cars." A) Mary said (that) she has three cars. B) Mary said (that) she has had three cars. C) Mary said (that) she had three cars. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary said (that) she had three cars. 29. Ago A) Before. B) Then. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 30. "We have a lift very often but it doesn't work." , he said. A) He said we have a lift very often but it doesn't work. B) He said they had a lift very often but it doesn't work. C) He said they had a lift very often but it didn't work. D) He said we had a lift very often but it didn't work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said they had a lift very often but it didn't work. ← 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 8Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 9Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books