This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hannah:We live in Boston.Hannah said (that) ..... A) They lived in Boston. B) They live in Boston. C) We lived in Boston. D) We live in Boston. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They lived in Boston. 2. Change into reported speech:"We will arrest them for illegal entry in the country", the policeman said. A) The policeman said that they would be arrested them for illegal entry in the country. B) The policeman said that they would arrest them for illegal entry in the country. C) The policeman said that they will arrest them for illegal entry in the country. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The policeman said that they would arrest them for illegal entry in the country. 3. Benjamin: "I often have a big hamburger."Benjamin said (that) A) Said (that) he often had a big hamburger. B) Said (that) he often has a big hamburger. C) Told (that) he often had a big hamburger. D) Told (that) he often has a big hamburger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said (that) he often had a big hamburger. 4. The video might ..... viral and be seen by thousands of people. A) Get. B) Go. C) Post. D) Connect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go. 5. True or False:The following sentence is a reported request:'He wondered why the game was delayed.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Meta said to her sister, '' Our mother is very beautiful woman ".Reported speech is ..... A) Meta said to her sister that their mother was very beautiful woman . B) Meta said if their mother was very beautiful woman. C) Meta said whether their mother was beautiful woman. D) Meta said why our mother is very beautiful woman. E) Meta said that their mother had been very beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meta said to her sister that their mother was very beautiful woman . 7. I have been calling for ten minutes. A) She said she is calling for ten minutes. B) She said she called for ten minutes. C) She said she had been calling for ten minutes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she had been calling for ten minutes. 8. "The cat was eating when he came" said John. John said that the cat ..... when he ..... A) Was eating, had come. B) Was eating, came. C) Eat, come. D) Ate, had come. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating, had come. 9. "What did you ask him that upset him so much?" "I asked him ..... to get married again. '' A) Was he planning. B) If did he plan. C) If he plans. D) If he was planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If he was planning. 10. They ..... if I wanted a ride home, but I had already made other plans. A) Said. B) Told me. C) Told. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked. 11. "I must do my homework" A) He said he should do his homework. B) He said he must do his homework. C) He said he shall do his homework. D) He said he had to do his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said he had to do his homework. 12. 17 "I didn't break your watch" A) The boy told the girl he hadn't broken her watch. B) The boy asked the girl he hadn't broken her watch. C) The boy told the girl he didn't break her watch. D) The boy told the girl he hadn't broken your watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy told the girl he hadn't broken her watch. 13. I ..... Jill that she should take warm clothes for the trip. A) Apologised. B) Accused. C) Reminded. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reminded. 14. 'Which dress do you like best?' she asked A) She asked which did she like. B) She asked him which dress he liked best. C) She asked him which did he like best. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked him which dress he liked best. 15. Her teacher said she ..... (a) do her homework every day. A) A. had to. B) Has to. C) Will. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. had to. 16. "Scientists don't understand everything", she said (that) A) Scientists didn't understand everything. B) Scientists understood everything. C) Scientists would understand everything. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientists didn't understand everything. 17. Change the reported speech into direct speech:Sam told me that he had been studying German since 2015. A) "I have studied German since 2015.". B) "I have been studying German since 2015.". C) "I have been studing German since 2015.". D) "I was studying German since 2015.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I have been studying German since 2015.". 18. The teacher shouted, "Put your hands up and stop working!" A) The teacher said that put our hands up and stop working. B) The teacher shouted to put our hands up and stop working. C) The teacher ordered to us to put or hands up and stop working. D) The teacher ordered us to put our hands up and stop working. E) The teacher persuaded us to put our hands up and stop working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher ordered us to put our hands up and stop working. 19. "Meet me at the cinema." he said.He asked me ..... A) To meet me at the cinema. B) To meet you at the cinema. C) To meet him at the cinema. D) To meet her at the cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To meet him at the cinema. 20. The teacher promised ..... A) That we can learn three English songs. B) If we learn three English songs. C) We would learn three English songs. D) Whether we would learn three English songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We would learn three English songs. 21. She said, 'I went to the cinema yesterday' A) She said that she was at the cinema yesterday. B) She said that she had gone to the cinema the day before. C) She said that she has gone to the cinema that day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had gone to the cinema the day before. 22. Thanos said, "I am inevitable." A) Thanos said that he is inevitable. B) Thanos said that he has been inevitable. C) Thanos said that he was inevitable. D) Thanos asked if he was inevitable. E) Thanos said that he were inevitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thanos said that he was inevitable. 23. Henry said to me, "I must go tomorrow." A) Henry told me that he had to go the following day. B) Henry told me that he had to go tomorrow. C) Henry asked me if he could go tomorrow. D) Henry told me that I must go tomorrow morning. E) Henry asked if I must go tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry told me that he had to go the following day. 24. Ridwan said' '' my mother gives me this precious book ."The reported speech is ..... A) Ridwan said that my mother gives me this precious book. B) Ridwan said that his mother gives him this precious book. C) Ridwan said that his mother gave him that precious book. D) Ridwan said that his mother never gives him precious book. E) Ridwan said that his mother has ever given a precious book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ridwan said that his mother gave him that precious book. 25. The guest said to them, 'Please give me a cup of coffee' A) The guest said to them please give me a cup of coffee. B) The guest requested them to give him a cup of coffee. C) The guest asked them to give him a cup of coffee. D) The guest requested them please give me a cup of coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The guest requested them to give him a cup of coffee. ← 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