This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A:Why did you leave the game before the end?B:I was sure ..... A) We will win. B) We win. C) We would win. D) We won. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We would win. 2. '' I bring a cake" He said A) He said that I bring a cake. B) He said that he brought a cake. C) He said that he bring a cake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he brought a cake. 3. "I see the clouds." .He told me that he ..... the clouds. A) See. B) Is seeing. C) Saw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. 4. Shikha said, "Yes, I know this old man ." A) Shikha admitted that she knew that old man. B) Payal admitted that he knew that old man. C) Shikha conveyed that she knew that old man. D) Shikha inquired that she knew that old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shikha admitted that she knew that old man. 5. Kasyif asked, '' What is Irghy doing? ".reported speech is ..... A) Kasyif asked what he is doing. B) Kasyif asked if irghy was doing. C) Kasyif asked wether Irghy was doing . D) Kasyif asked what Irghy was doing. E) Kasyif asked what for Irghy was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kasyif asked what Irghy was doing. 6. "Don't do it" The teacher told me. A) He told me don't do it. B) He told me not to do it. C) He told me to not do it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me not to do it. 7. To report this request: "Will you have a seat?" A) He asked me to have a seat. B) He asked me to have had a seat. C) He asked me whether to have a seat or not. D) He asked me have a seat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me to have a seat. 8. How would you report: "I have never been to Paris, " she said. A) She said she had never been to Paris. B) She said I had never been to Paris. C) She said she has never been to Paris. D) She said she never went to Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she had never been to Paris. 9. I live in the city. A) She said he lived in the city. B) She said he had lived in the city. C) She said he is living in the city. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said he lived in the city. 10. Rachel:I'll give you your money back!Rachel told me (that) ..... A) I would give you your money back. B) She would give you your money back. C) She would give me my money back. D) She would give me her money back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She would give me my money back. 11. My sister said: "I hope we shall go on an excursion to the lake" .My sister said that ..... on an excursion to the lake" . A) She hopes we will go. B) She didn't hope that we shall go. C) She hoped they would go. D) She hoped we were going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She hoped they would go. 12. Sarah: "We don't have much time left."Sarah told us that ..... much time left. A) They don't have. B) We hadn't. C) They didn't have. D) They hadn't had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They didn't have. 13. Peter told:" Be on time." A) He told me to be on time. B) He told me to been on time. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me to be on time. 14. Kirsty:'Mum! The X Factor has started!'Dad:'Kirsty! Last Saturday night I told you I ..... a second television for exactly this kind of situation.' A) Had bought. B) Bought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had bought. 15. He told me that he ..... the film. A) Had already seen. B) Had seen already. C) Has already seen. D) Has seen already. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already seen. 16. "I'm not using my smartphone right now" Stang said. A) Stang said he wasn't using his smartphone right then. B) Stang said I wasn't using my smartphone right then. C) Stang said he didn't use his smartphone right then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stang said he wasn't using his smartphone right then. 17. My uncle in Toronto called and ..... that he was organizing a surprise party for my aunt's 60th birthday. A) Told. B) Asked. C) Inquired. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Said. 18. "Turn right at the next corner." A) She told him to turn right at the next corner. B) She asked him to turn right at the next corner. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told him to turn right at the next corner. 19. "What does she like?" he asked me. A) He asked me what she likes. B) He asked me what she liked. C) He asked me what do I like. D) He asked me what did I like. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me what she liked. 20. 'I didn't work here last week' said Jen. => Jen pointed out that ..... A) She wasn't working in here the following week. B) She didn't have worked work there the previous week. C) She hadn't worked there the week before. D) She wasn't worked here the week before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She hadn't worked there the week before. 21. Instead of learning specific job skills in college, students learn ..... to solve problems, the greatest skill of all. A) What. B) That. C) How. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 22. DS:My friend asked, "did you find Anita's address?"IS: ..... 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. 23. Sally:'I always do my homework.' A) Sally said that she always does her homework.'. B) Sally says that he always do his homework.'. C) Sally said that she always did her homework. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sally said that she always did her homework. 24. "I claim that you took my money, " she said to the housekeeper. A) She insisted on the housekeeper taking her money. B) She admitted the housekeeper having taken her money. C) She warned the housekeeper against taking her money. D) She accused the housekeeper of having taken her money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She accused the housekeeper of having taken her money. 25. What changes in reported speech when the direct speech is a universal truth? A) The tense must change. B) The tense remains the same. C) The pronouns don't change. D) The sentence structure changes completely. 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