This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Tense Sequence In Reported Speech – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Sequence In Reported Speech Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Change the direct speech into reported speech. Use 'she said' at the beginning of each answer. It's the same day, so you don't need to change the time expressions:"You should go to bed early." A) She said that I would go to bed early. B) She said that I should go to bed early. C) She said that I must go to bed early. D) She said that I could go to bed early. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that I should go to bed early. 2. "Yesterday" changes in reported speech to ..... A) The next day. B) The following day. C) The previous day. D) That day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The previous day. 3. Must/have to, in reported speech changes to ..... A) Had to. B) Might. C) May. D) Mustn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had to. 4. Can changes to ..... A) Can. B) Can + past. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 5. Januar asked me, "Will you go to my party tonight?" A) Januar asked me to go to my party tonight. B) Januar asked me to go to his party tonight. C) Januar asked if I want to go to his party that night. D) Januar asked if I would go to his party that night. E) Januar ordered me to go to his party that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Januar asked if I would go to his party that night. 6. Match the direct speech to the verb tense changes in reported speech choosing the correct option."Present simple '' A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 7. Jodie:I prefer travelling by plane.Jodie ..... (that) ..... A) Said-she prefers travelling by plane. B) Said-she preferred travelling by plane. C) Told-she preferred travelling by plane. D) Told-she prefers travelling by plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said-she preferred travelling by plane. 8. Mary: "I have three cars." A) Mary said (that) she has three cars. B) Mary said (that) she has had three cars. C) Mary said (that) she had three cars. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary said (that) she had three cars. 9. Ago A) Before. B) Then. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 10. "We have a lift very often but it doesn't work." , he said. A) He said we have a lift very often but it doesn't work. B) He said they had a lift very often but it doesn't work. C) He said they had a lift very often but it didn't work. D) He said we had a lift very often but it didn't work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said they had a lift very often but it didn't work. 11. "I know her contact number, " said Helena A) Helena said that she know her contact number. B) Helena said that she knew her contact number. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helena said that she knew her contact number. 12. Ann:Write down my address.Ann asked me ..... A) He wrote down my address. B) To write down her address. C) He had written her address. D) She writes down her address. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To write down her address. 13. "I will come with you as soon as I am ready" , she said to Philip. A) She said to Philip he will come to see you as soon as he I am ready. B) She told Philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready. C) She told Philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready. D) She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready. 14. Which words complete the sentence?Ana apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) The following day. B) That day. C) Previous day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That day. 15. She said, "I did not say that." A) She said that she has not said that. B) She said that she had not said that. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had not said that. 16. My husband:You cannot wear that dress!He told me (that) ..... A) You couldnt wear that dress. B) He couldnt wear that dress. C) I couldnt wear that dress. D) She couldnt wear that dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I couldnt wear that dress. 17. Which words complete the sentence?Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ..... A) That day. B) The following day. C) Previous day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That day. 18. They said they (a) in Bangkok for a long time. A) A. had lived. B) Live. C) Lived. D) Have lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. had lived. 19. Change the direct speech into reported speech. Use 'she said' at the beginning of each answer. It's the same day, so you don't need to change the time expressions:"I'm coming!" A) She said she was coming. B) She said I'm coming. C) She said she came. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she was coming. 20. Thus A) Then. B) There. C) So. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So. 21. > "What's the capital of Bolivia?" John asked me ..... A) If the capital of Bolivia was. B) What the capital of Bolivia is/was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What the capital of Bolivia is/was. 22. Which of the following sentences is an example of reported speech? A) He said, 'I am going to the market.'. B) He said that he is going to the market. C) He said that he was going to the market. D) He says, 'I am going to the market.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he was going to the market. 23. The MP asked ..... the Prime Minister was aware of the growing social problem. A) That. B) Him. C) What. D) Whether. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whether. 24. Which punctuation mark is used to introduce direct speech? A) Period (.). B) Comma (, ). C) Semicolon (;). D) Question mark (?). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma (, ). 25. We use ..... when the sentence is a command or instruction. A) Tell / told. B) Ask /asked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tell / told. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books