This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 25 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During the tour our guide ..... to us how all the machines worked. A) Told. B) Explained. C) Complained. D) Instructed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explained. 2. When we use reported speech, the verb is usually in the past, example:Linda said A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow" He said me that his mother ..... the bus to work the next day. A) Is taking. B) Was taking. C) Will take. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 4. The word "exclaimed" requires which punctuation mark in the quoted speech? A) ?. B) . C) ;. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) !. 5. Ulli:You are my best friendUlli told me (that) ..... A) You were my best friend. B) You were her best friend. C) She was my best friend. D) I was her best friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was her best friend. 6. "I have seen that movie" . Ken said. A) He told me that he had seen that movie. B) He told me that he has seen that movie. C) He told me that he have seen that movie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me that he had seen that movie. 7. I have just solved this case. A) He said he have solved that case. B) He told me he have solve that case. C) He said he had just solve that case. D) He said he was solving the case. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he had just solve that case. 8. They said that they ..... their house. A) Sell. B) Had sold. C) Will sell. D) Had sell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had sold. 9. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech8. The guard asked the man, "Who are you?" A) The guard asked the man who he was. B) The guard asked me who was I. C) The guard asks me who he was. D) The guard asked the man who I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The guard asked the man who I was. 10. Jason and Victoria said, 'We will do our best in the exams tomorrow' A) Jason and Victoria said that they would do our best in the exams the next day. B) Jason and Victoria said that they would do their best in the exams the next day. C) Jason and Victoria said that they will do their best in the exams tomorrow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jason and Victoria said that they would do their best in the exams the next day. 11. > "Alaska is very cold." Our teacher said Alaska ..... cold. A) If it was very. B) Was very. C) Were very. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was very. 12. Amel asked her friend, '' Give me my phone !" .Reported speech is ..... A) Amel asked her friend if she wanted to give a phone. B) Amel asked whether her friend gave her a phone. C) Amel asked her friend to give her phone. D) Amel asked that her phone is lost. E) Amel asked her frind not to give her a phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amel asked her friend to give her phone. 13. Sheela questioned Uma, '' Do you like your country?" A) Sheela questioned Uma whether I liked my country. B) Sheela questioned Uma whether she liked my country. C) Sheela questioned Uma if she likes my country. D) Sheela questioned Uma if she liked her country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sheela questioned Uma if she liked her country. 14. "What's the time?" he asked.He asked A) What's the time. B) What the time is. C) What the time was. D) What the time had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What the time was. 15. "You should go to bed early" She told me (that) ..... A) I would go to bed early. B) I will go to bed early. C) I should go to bed early. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I should go to bed early. 16. They told us that the theatre ..... openuntil 7.15 pm. A) Won't. B) Wouldn't. C) Doesn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wouldn't. 17. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech2. He said, "Katherine is busy right now." A) He said Katherine was busy. B) He informed that Katherine was busy then. C) He said Katherine had been busy. D) He informed me that Katherine is busy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He informed that Katherine was busy then. 18. When we change direct speech into reported speech we have not to change time expressions A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Identify the Type of Tense in the following Sentence.In November, I will have been working at my company for three years. A) Future Perfect Continuous. B) Future Perfect. C) Future Continuous. D) Simple Future. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future Perfect Continuous. 20. Change into reported speech, The teacher said, "The sun rises in the east ." A) The teacher said the sun rises in the east. B) The teacher said that the sun rose in the east. C) The teacher said that son doesn't rise the east. D) The teacher said that the sun rises in the east. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher said that the sun rises in the east. 21. '' Mariano is talking on the phone" They told her. A) They told him that he is talking on the phone. B) They told him that he was talking on the phone. C) They told her that he was talking on the phone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They told her that he was talking on the phone. 22. > "I have a new job." Samantha said she ..... a new job. A) Had (or has). B) Have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had (or has). 23. Teacher: "Have you studied reported speech before?"Teacher asked me ..... A) If I had studied reported speech before. B) If had I studied reported speech before. C) If I studied reported speech before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If I had studied reported speech before. 24. Erini:I will do the dishes laterMy roommate said (that) ..... A) She would do the dishes later. B) I would do the dishes later. C) She will do the dishes later. D) I will do the dishes later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She would do the dishes later. ← PreviousRelated 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