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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech6. Anthony said, "I will take care of this matter." A) Anthony said that he would take care of that matter. B) Anthony said that he will take care of that matter. C) Anthony said that he would take care of that matter. D) Anthony said that he will take care of that matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthony said that he would take care of that matter. 2. "Explain to me how to solve this problem, " said my friend to me. A) My friend told me to explain to him how to solve this problem. B) My friend told me to explain to me how to solve that problem. C) My friend told me explain to him how to solve that problem. D) My friend told me to explain to him how to solve that problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My friend told me to explain to him how to solve that problem. 3. Anne said, 'Let's make a party at this disco' A) Anne suggested to make a party at this disco. B) Anne suggested making a party at that disco. C) Anne suggested making a party at this disco. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anne suggested making a party at that disco. 4. "Leave me alone, " she said.She told me ..... A) Leave me alone. B) Leave her alone. C) To leave her alone. D) To leave me alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To leave her alone. 5. "Pratom 6 students are the best!"Miss Alyson said ..... A) Pratom 6 students are the best. B) Pratom 6 students had the best. C) Pratom 6 students had been the best. D) Pratom 6 students were the best. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pratom 6 students were the best. 6. "I have something to tell you" Kerry said to Cheryl. A) Kerry told Cheryl I had something to tell her. B) Kerry told Cheryl he had something to tell her. C) Kerry told Cheryl she had had something to tell him. D) Kerry told Cheryl he had had something to tell her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kerry told Cheryl he had something to tell her. 7. Mania ..... that she wanted to join us for lunch. A) Said. B) Told. C) Say. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 8. "When will we see each other again?" she asked me.She asked me A) When we will see each other again. B) When we would see each other again. C) When will we see each other again. D) When would we see each other again. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When we would see each other again. 9. Having finished her presentation, the speaker asked ..... anyone had any questions. A) If. B) That. C) What. D) Why. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If. 10. Rewrite the following using reported speech.'Sleep earlier, ' the mum said to her daughter. A) The mum advised her daughter to sleep earlier. B) The daughter advised her mum to sleep earlier. C) The mum advise her daughter sleep earlier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mum advised her daughter to sleep earlier. 11. Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option."Imperative '' A) Present simple. B) Infinitive. C) The same tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive. 12. "Why don't you complain to the company, John?" said Peter. A) Peter asked John why he doesn't complain to the company. B) Peter advised John complaining to the company. C) Peter suggested John to complain to the company. D) Peter suggested that John should complain to the company. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peter suggested that John should complain to the company. 13. Why doesn't Ben have anywhere to live? A) There aren't enough houses. B) He doesn't have enough maney to pay the rent. C) He left his family and moved out of his home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He doesn't have enough maney to pay the rent. 14. Which example of reported speech is correct? A) He whispered that he needed to talk to me about something. B) I need to talk to you about something he whispered. C) He whispered "I need to talk to you about something" . D) He whispered, "I need to talk to you about something". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He whispered that he needed to talk to me about something. 15. Task 1:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech4. My dad said, "I watched TV last night." => My dad said that he ..... TV the night before. A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Had watched. D) Has watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had watched. 16. "You are upsetting me" , she said.She said that ..... A) I am upsetting her. B) I was upsetting her. C) I upset her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was upsetting her. 17. > "It's ten o'clock." Emma said that ..... ten o'clock. A) It was. B) The time. C) Was it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was. 18. She said, "I lost the key of my room." She said that ..... A) She had lost the key of her room. B) She lost the key of my room. C) I had lost the key of my room. D) I lose the key of my room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had lost the key of her room. 19. Don't make so much noise, Michael, " said Ellen.Ellen told Michael ..... so much noise. A) To make. B) Not to make. C) Do make. D) Don't make. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to make. 20. The designer said to her, 'will you have the dress ready by tomorrow evening?' A) The designer asked her if she would have the dress ready by next evening. B) The designer asked her that she would have the dress ready by next evening. C) The designer asked her that if she will like to have the dress by next evening. D) The designer asked her that she will have the suit ready by next evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The designer asked her if she would have the dress ready by next evening. 21. Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) That day. B) The following day. C) Previous day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That day. 22. Mike said, "We have bought these books today. '' A) Mike said they bought those books that day. B) Mike said they had bought those books that day. C) Mike said they have bought those books that day. D) Mike said they had bought those books today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mike said they had bought those books that day. 23. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech7. "I am going out tonight." My sister said. A) My sister said that she was going out tonight. B) My sister said that she was going out that night. C) My sister said she was going out that night. D) My sister said that she will be going out that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My sister said that she was going out that night. 24. "I was reading the newspaper", she said. A) She read the newspaper. B) She has been reading the newspaper. C) She had been reading the newspaper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been reading the newspaper. 25. "Have you been shopping for food?" he asked us.He wanted to know A) If we have been shopping for food. B) If we had been shopping for food. C) If had we been shopping for food. D) If we would be shopping for food. 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