This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Past simple, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Present simple. B) Past perfect. C) Past continous. D) Past simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect. 2. Sarah: "The class is not going to last long."Sarah said the class ..... long. A) Was going to last. B) Is not going to last. C) Wasn't to last. D) Wasn't going to last. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't going to last. 3. Peter said that if he ..... rich he ..... a lot. A) Is-will travel. B) Were-would travel. C) Had been-would have travelled. D) Was-will travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were-would travel. 4. Which sentence shows the correct sequence of tense changes in reported speech?Direct: "I am studying now, but I will play later, " said Amy. A) Amy said she was studying then, but she would play later. B) Amy said she is studying now, but she will play later. C) Amy said she had been studying then, but she will play later. D) Amy said she was studying now, but she would play later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amy said she was studying then, but she would play later. 5. Conjunction word for the Imperative sentence is ..... A) To. B) That. C) If. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 6. True or False:When reporting a universal truth, such as 'The Earth is round, ' the verb tense must change to the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. When converting the question "Where are you going?" to reported speech, which option shows the correct statement-like word order? A) He asked where I was going. B) He asked where was I going. C) He asked where am I going. D) He asked that where I was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked where I was going. 8. Mary said:I will go to your house next weekend? Is reported: ..... A) She said she would go to your house the following week. B) She said she will go to your house the next weekend. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she would go to your house the following week. 9. Past continuous A) Past continuous. B) Past perfect continuous. C) Present perfect continuous. D) First conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect continuous. 10. He could skate a long time ago. A) She said that he can skate a long time ago. B) She said that he could skate a long time ago. C) She said that he would skate a long time ago. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that he could skate a long time ago. 11. There are ten ..... at the start of the show, but only one winner. A) Contestants. B) Viewers. C) Presenters. D) Actors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contestants. 12. Susi Susanti said A) Susi Susanti said that she do her homework by herself. B) Susi Susanti said that she did her homework by herself. C) Susi Susanti said she did her homework by myself. D) Susi Susanti said that I did my homework by myself. E) Homework by Susanti said that she does myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Susi Susanti said that she did her homework by herself. 13. "I will definitely let you know the answer by the end of this week, " Tom said to Janet. A) Tom promised to give Janet the answer by the end of the week. B) Tom insisted on letting Janet know the answer by the end of the week. C) Tom offered to give Janet the answer by the end of this week. D) Tom suggested giving Janet the answer by the end of the week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom promised to give Janet the answer by the end of the week. 14. "Don't walk on the grass, " the gardener said to us. A) The gardener told us don't walk on the grass. B) The gardener told us not to walk on the grass. C) The gardener suggested us not to walk on the grass. D) The gardener advised us not walking on the grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The gardener told us not to walk on the grass. 15. Mia asked me ..... the new show. A) If I liked. B) Did I like. C) That I like. D) Whether I was liked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If I liked. 16. Present simple, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Past simple. B) Present simple. C) Present perfect. D) Present continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 17. "Don't touch the wire!" the electrician warned. Choose the correct reported speech: A) The electrician warned to not touch the wire. B) The electrician warned not to touch the wire. C) The electrician warned that don't touch the wire. D) The electrician warned about touching the wire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The electrician warned not to touch the wire. 18. The old lady said to the girl, "Where do you come from?" A) The old lady asked the girl where she came from. B) The old lady asked the girl where she come from. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The old lady asked the girl where she came from. 19. "Don't worry!" A) She told him not to worry. B) She asked him not to worry. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told him not to worry. 20. Identify the correct transformation of the following sentence into reported speech:'Do you like ice cream?' he asked. A) He asked if I like ice cream. B) He asked if I liked ice cream. C) He asked do I like ice cream. D) He asked did I like ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked if I liked ice cream. 21. "Be careful, " she said. She told me A) To be careful. B) That I am careful. C) That I was careful. D) That I would be careful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be careful. 22. What does tonight change into in indirect speech? A) This night. B) The previous night. C) That night. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That night. 23. Tom told me that they ..... meat since ..... A) Have not eaten / last year. B) Did not eat / the following year. C) Had not eaten / the year before. D) Would not eat / the next year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not eaten / the year before. 24. "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow" . He said. A) He told me that his mother is taking the bus to work the next day. B) He told me that his mother was taking the bus to work the next day. C) He told me that his mother will take the bus to work the next day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me that his mother was taking the bus to work the next day. 25. She warned me ..... late-night horror films. A) Don't watch. B) Shouldn't watch. C) Not to watch. D) Not watching. 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