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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Don't dare to speak" , said the teacher A) Teacher commanded not to speak. B) Teacher warned not to speak. C) Teacher commanded that don't speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teacher warned not to speak. 2. Jacob: "I work in an office."Jacob told me (that) ..... worked in an office. A) She. B) I. C) You. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He. 3. Sarah: "I went to the movies yesterday."Sarah said ..... A) That she went to the movies yesterday. B) That she had gone to the movies the day before. C) She had gone to the movies yesterday. D) That I went to the movies the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That she had gone to the movies the day before. 4. "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow" .He told me that his mother ..... the bus to work next day. A) Was taking. B) Is taking. C) Will take. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 5. Dominik:I dont understand JapaneseDominik told me (that) ..... A) I didnt understand Japanese. B) I dont understand Japanese. C) He didnt understand Japanese. D) He doesnt understand Japanese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He didnt understand Japanese. 6. Task 1:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech2. They asked me when ..... A) Did I arrive. B) Will I arrive. C) I had arrived. D) I can arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did I arrive. 7. 19 "I have just seen your mother this morning" . A) Laura told Lewis I have just seen your mother this morning. B) Laura told Lewis she had just seen his mother that morning. C) Laura told Lewis she has just seen his mother that morning. D) Laura told Lewis he had just seen her mother that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laura told Lewis she had just seen his mother that morning. 8. Change into reported speech:'I couldn't go to the cinema yesterday, ' Noelia said. A) She said she can't go out to the cinema today. B) Noelia said she could not go to the cinema the day before. C) She said she couldn't go out to the cinema today. D) She said she can't go out to the cinema that day . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noelia said she could not go to the cinema the day before. 9. > "Do you work at night?" Maria asked ..... at night. A) If she works. B) If I worked. C) If I am working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If I worked. 10. Geoffrey:I'm cooking lunch todayGeoffrey ..... (that) he was cooking lunch that day A) Told. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said. 11. I asked him whose car ..... the previous night. A) He had borrowed. B) Had he borrowed. C) He borrowed. D) Did he borrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had borrowed. 12. Change into reported speech:I said to her, "He is a good boy." A) I said that he was a good boy. B) I said that he wasn't a good boy. C) I told her that he was a good boy. D) I told she that he was a good boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I told her that he was a good boy. 13. Which example is correctly punctuated? A) "I'm fine, " I replied; "I don't need a lot of sleep.". B) I'm fine that I replied. "I don't need a lot of sleep.". C) "I'm fine, " I replied. "I don't need a lot of sleep.". D) "You're fine, " I replied, "I don't need a lot of sleep.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I'm fine, " I replied. "I don't need a lot of sleep.". 14. The film director was asked ..... A) If he likes to play on grass. B) Which airline he works for. C) If he had ever won an Oscar. D) That he took part in the concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If he had ever won an Oscar. 15. Past perfect A) Present perfect. B) Past perfect. C) Would. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect. 16. John asked, "Did you come by train?" A) John asked if Did I come by train?. B) John enquired whether I had come by train. C) John asked if I came by train?. D) John asked if I did come by train?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John enquired whether I had come by train. 17. My friend asked, "did you find Anita's address?" A) My friend asked whether I can find Anita's address. B) My friend asked whether I have found Anita's address. C) My friend asked whether I found Anita's address. D) My friend asked whether I had found Anita's address. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My friend asked whether I had found Anita's address. 18. They said, 'We have never been here before' A) They said that we had never been here before. B) They said that they have been there before. C) They said that they had never been there before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they had never been there before. 19. Ann: "Am I late?"She asked me ..... A) If she was late. B) If was she late. C) If she is late. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If she was late. 20. Which reported speech example is correct, according to the following quoted speech? Karen said, "I will be there by one o'clock." A) Karen said that she would be there by one o'clock. B) Karen said I'll be there by one o'clock. C) Karen said that I will be there by one o'clock. D) She will be here by one o'clock said Karen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karen said that she would be there by one o'clock. 21. Turn into reported speech:Where is he? A) He asked where is he. B) He asked me where he was. C) He asked where is he. D) He said where he was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me where he was. 22. Victoria told her husband, 'Check your emails' A) Victoria asked her husband to check your emails. B) Victoria told her husband to check her emails. C) Victoria told her husband to check his emails. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Victoria told her husband to check his emails. 23. Jessica told her boyfriend, 'Send Paul a text message, please'. A) Jessica told her boyfriend to send Paul a text message. B) Jessica asked her boyfriend to send Paul a text message. C) Jessica asked her boyfriend to sent Paul a text message. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jessica asked her boyfriend to send Paul a text message. 24. "Mike went to school yesterday." said Rachel.Rachel said that Mike ..... to school the day before. A) Had gone. B) Went. C) Goes. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone. 25. In the sentence-The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun, -the word 'that': A) Can be omitted. B) Must always be included. C) Should never be used. D) Changes the meaning of the sentence. 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