This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'If you lend me the chainsaw, I'll bring it back the day after tomorrow.' Mary said that ..... A) If you lent me the chainsaw, I'll bring it back the day after tomorrow. B) If you lend me the chainsaw, I bring it back the day after tomorrow. C) If you lent me the chainsaw, I bring it back the day after tomorrow. D) If you lent me the chainsaw, I would bring it back the day after tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If you lent me the chainsaw, I would bring it back the day after tomorrow. 2. She can swim. A) He said that she would swim. B) He said that she couldn't swim. C) He said that she could swim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that she could swim. 3. "Could you help me later?" A) She asked me if I could help her later. B) She told me to help her later. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me if I could help her later. 4. A good sense of humour is ..... essential. A) Very. B) Absolutely. C) Quite. D) Rather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolutely. 5. Reported speech: A) Someone tell us what someone else said. B) The exact words someone said. C) We use quotation marks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone tell us what someone else said. 6. She said, "I am reading." A) She said that she was reading. B) She said that she were reading. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she was reading. 7. Which quoted speech example is correct? A) "I can't, Emma, " insisted afford, "to buy a new car.". B) "I can't, " Emma insisted, "afford to buy a new car.". C) "I can't." Emma insisted. "Afford to buy a new car.". D) "I can't, " Emma insisted. "Afford to buy a new car.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I can't, " Emma insisted, "afford to buy a new car.". 8. Richard said, 'I'm going to my rehearsal tomorrow' A) Richard said that he was going to my rehearsal tomorrow. B) Richard said that he was going to his rehearsal tomorrow. C) Richard said that he was going to his rehearsal the following day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard said that he was going to his rehearsal the following day. 9. > "Mercury is a small planet." She said Mercury ..... a small planet. A) Was (or is). B) If it was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was (or is). 10. Gandia asked Yudish, '' Why do you come late? ".Reported speech is ..... A) Gandia asked Yudish if he came late. B) Gandia asked why Yudis comes late. C) Gandia asked Yudis why he came late. D) Gandia asked why Yudis was coming late. E) Gandia asked Yudis why he would come on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gandia asked Yudis why he came late. 11. A:I'm certain that I didn't tell Mary.B: ..... A) Why didn't you?. B) Why did you?. C) When did you?. D) Yes, she's sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why didn't you?. 12. Consider the reported sentence:'The students told the teacher they had completed their assignment.' What was the most likely original direct speech? A) "We completed our assignment.". B) "We will complete our assignment.". C) "We are completing our assignment.". D) "We have to complete our assignment.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "We completed our assignment.". 13. Will, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Future perfect. B) Future continuous. C) Would. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would. 14. When the reporting verb (e.g. say, tell) is in the past, the tense of the verb in reported speech usually changes, going one tense 'back'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. She asked me, "What do you want?" A) She asked me what do you want. B) She asked me what I want. C) She asked me what I wanted. D) She asked me what did you want. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me what I want. 16. "Don't be late!"She told me ..... A) Don't be late. B) To be late. C) Not to be late. D) Not being late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to be late. 17. Task 2:Choose the correct answer in form of Reported Speech3. My teacher told me, "You are suspended!." A) My teacher exclaimed that I am suspended. B) My teacher exclaimed to me to suspend. C) My teacher informed me that I was suspended. D) My teacher exclaimed that I was suspended. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My teacher exclaimed that I was suspended. 18. They ..... us that they ..... from their families for more than ayear. A) Tell / were not hearing. B) Would be told / hear. C) Had told / don't hear. D) Told / had not heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Told / had not heard. 19. > "Does Jim have a truck?" Kelly asked ..... a truck. A) Jim if he has a truck. B) Me if Jim had a truck. C) What does Jim have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me if Jim had a truck. 20. Susan said, 'Shall we watch a film in my house?' A) Susan said that shall we watch a film in her house. B) Susan suggested to watch a film in my house. C) Susan suggested watching a film in her house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Susan suggested watching a film in her house. 21. "We are ready to come with our friends" A) They told us they are ready to come with their friends. B) They told us they were ready to come with our friends. C) They told us we were ready to come with our friends. D) They told us they were ready to come with their friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They told us they were ready to come with their friends. 22. She said, "I am reading this book now." A) She said that she was reading that book then. B) She said that she was reading that book now. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she was reading that book then. 23. When the reporting verb (e.g. say, tell) is in the present, the tense of the verb in reported speech usually changes, going one tense 'back'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. "I'm a Star wars fan" said Kate.Kate said that ..... a Star wars fan. A) She is. B) She was. C) I am. D) She were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was. 25. Maria asked: "Do you like Chocolate?" A) Maria asked if you like Chocolate. B) Maria asked if you liked Chocolate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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