This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was listening to music. A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech. 2. Change of Direct Speech to Indirect Speech-He said "I'll be there at 2 pm." A) He said he would be there at 2 pm. B) He said he will be there at 2 pm. C) She said he would be there at 2 pm. D) He said he will be being there at 2 pm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said he would be there at 2 pm. 3. "Would" in reported speech ..... A) Changes to will. B) No change. C) Changes to could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No change. 4. "Today", in reported speech changes to ..... A) Now. B) Yesterday. C) Tomorrow. D) That day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That day. 5. "Don't play in the street!" A) My mother told me don't play in the street. B) My mother said to play in the street. C) She asked me to play in the street. D) My mother told me not to play in the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My mother told me not to play in the street. 6. "I'll wait for you until you come" , she said to Nam. A) She told Nam she'll wait for you until he comes. B) She told Nam she would wait for him until you came. C) She told Nam she would wait for you until he came. D) She told Nam she would wait for him until he came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told Nam she would wait for him until he came. 7. "Lucy'll come later" She said (that) ..... A) Lucy'll come then. B) Lucy comes later. C) Lucy would come later. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucy would come later. 8. "Why do you come late?" Miss asked A) Miss asked me why I came late. B) Miss asked me why I come late. C) Miss asked me why I do came late. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miss asked me why I came late. 9. When the reporting verb (e.g. say, tell) is in the past but the statement is something which is still true, the tense of the verb in reported speech usually stays the same. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Victoria: "I like my cat."Victoria told me (that) ..... liked ..... cat. A) I ; her. B) She; my. C) She; her. D) I; my. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She; her. 11. "Do you want some coffee?" he asked me. A) He asked me if I wanted somecoffee. B) He asked me did I want somecoffee. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me if I wanted somecoffee. 12. Sally questioned Rosy, '' Will you lend me your library book?" A) Sally questioned Rosy whether she would lend her her library book. B) Sally questioned Rosy whether I would lend her my library book. C) Sally questioned Rosy whether she would lend me her library book. D) Sally questioned Rosy whether I would lend me her library book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sally questioned Rosy whether she would lend her her library book. 13. Michelle said:"Could you bring my Book tonight?" A) She asked to bring her Book that night. B) She asked to bring the Book tonight. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked to bring her Book that night. 14. You said, 'I will do this for him' A) You said that you would do that for him. B) You said that you wil do that for her. C) You said that you should do that for him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You said that you would do that for him. 15. My sister reminded me (a) my homework. A) A. not to forget. B) Forget. C) Forgot. D) To not forget. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. not to forget. 16. Captain America asked Falcon, "Do you see my shield?" A) Captain America asked if Falcon had seen his shield. B) Captain America asked if Falcon saw my shield. C) Captain America asked if Falcon saw his shield. D) Captain America told Falcon that he saw his shield. E) Captain America asked Falcon to see his shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Captain America asked if Falcon saw his shield. 17. Which words complete the sentence? Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) The following day. B) The previous day. C) That day. D) The next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That day. 18. Applying the rule for changing adverbs of time, how should this sentence be converted? He said, "I am visiting my grandparents now." A) He said that he was visiting his grandparents then. B) He said that he was visiting his grandparents now. C) He said that he is visiting his grandparents then. D) He said that he was visiting my grandparents then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was visiting his grandparents then. 19. They said, "We are busy today." A) They said that they were busy that day. B) They said that they had been busy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they were busy that day. 20. Find the single error in this paragraph:My dad said that he was proud of my report card. He asked what did I want as a reward. He suggested that we could go for ice cream. A) What did I want as a reward. B) That he was proud. C) My dad said. D) That we could go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What did I want as a reward. 21. ' I didn't lie to you.' A) He denied lying to me. B) He denied to lie to me. C) He refused to lie to me. D) He refused lying to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He denied lying to me. 22. He said, "I know a better restaurant here." A) He said that he knows a better restaurant. B) He said that he knew a better restaurant there. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he knew a better restaurant there. 23. Marco: "I went to the movies with my friends" . Is reported:He said that ..... A) I have gone to the movies with my friends. B) He had gone to the movies with his friends. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had gone to the movies with his friends. 24. Jane:(to Kelly, her best friend) Do you want to come over? Let's have a girl's night.Jane ..... Kelly to come over and ..... having a girl's night. A) Invited suggested. B) Invited insisted on. C) Asked suggest. D) Asked suggested that. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invited suggested. 25. Ravi said, " Priya went to beach yesterday." A) Ravi said that Priya gone to beach the day before. B) Ravi said Priya had gone to beach the day before. C) Ravi said that Priya had gone to beach the day before. D) None of the above. 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