Reported Speech Quiz
This quiz consists of 25 items. You can evaluate your capability about reported speech by doing these quiz tests.
Answer each of these quiz tests with correct answer by choosing a, b, or c.
1. Which is a reporting verb?
a. tell b. go c. be
2. He said that it was cold outside. Which word is optional?
a. said b. that c. was
3. "I bought a car last week." He said he had bought a car……
a. a week ago b. next week c. the week before
4. "Where is it?" said Mary. She
a. said where it is
b. asked where it was
c. asked if it was there
5. Which of these is usually required with reported YES/NO questions?
a. If b. do c. why
6. Ram asked me where I worked. His original words were
a. "Do you work there?"
b. "Where do I work?"
c. "Where do you work?"
7. "Don't yell!" is a
a. direct request
b. direct order
c. reported order
8. "Please wipe your feet." I asked them to wipe
a. your feet
b. their feet
c. our feet
9. She always asks me not to burn the cookies. She always says
a. "Not to burn the cookies!"
b. "Please don't burn the cookies."
c. "Do not burn the cookies."
10. Which structure is not used for reported orders?
a. order somebody to
b. tell somebody to
c. ask somebody to
11. She said, "I love chocolate."
a. She said that she loves chocolate.
b. She said that she love chocolate.
c. She said that she loving chocolate.
12. "I will visit my grandmother next week," he said.
a. He said that he will visit his grandmother the next week.
b. He said that he would visit his grandmother the next week.
c. He said that he will visit his grandmother next week.
13. "Don't forget to buy milk," she told me.
a. She told me not to forget to buy milk.
b. She told me don't forget to buy milk.
c. She told me to not forget buying milk.
14. "I have already finished my homework," Tom said.
a. Tom said that he had already finished his homework.
b. Tom said that he has already finished his homework.
c. Tom said that he finish his homework already.
15. "We are going to the beach tomorrow," they announced.
a. They announced that they are going to the beach tomorrow.
b. They announced that they were going to the beach tomorrow.
c. They announced that they will go to the beach tomorrow.
16. "I won the lottery," she exclaimed.
a. She exclaimed that she won the lottery.
b. She exclaimed that she had won the lottery.
c. She exclaimed that she wins the lottery.
17. "I can swim," he said proudly.
a. He said that he could swim.
b. He said that he can swim.
c. He said that he can swam.
18. "I am reading a book," she mentioned.
a. She mentioned that she is reading a book.
b. She mentioned that she was reading a book.
c. She mentioned that she reads a book.
19. "Please help me with my homework," she asked.
a. She asked me to help her with her homework.
b. She asked me helping with her homework.
c. She asked me for helping her with her homework.
20. "I saw that movie last night," he said.
a. He said that he saw that movie the previous night.
b. He said that he had seen that movie the previous night.
c. He said that he sees that movie last night.
21. "We are leaving for the airport at 6 AM," she informed me.
a. She informed me that they were leaving for the airport at 6 AM.
b. She informed me that they are leaving for the airport at 6 AM.
c. She informed me that they leave for the airport at 6 AM.
22. "I forgot to bring my umbrella," she said.
a. She said that she had forgotten to bring her umbrella.
b. She said that she forgot to bring her umbrella.
c. She said that she forgets to bring her umbrella.
23. "We are going to the party," they announced.
a. They announced that they were going to the party.
b. They announced that they are going to the party.
c. They announced that they go to the party.
24. "I have a meeting at 2 PM," he explained.
a. He explained that he has a meeting at 2 PM.
b. He explained that he had a meeting at 2 PM.
c. He explained that he have a meeting at 2 PM.
25. "I am writing a letter to my friend," he mentioned.
a. He mentioned that he is writing a letter to his friend.
b. He mentioned that he was writing a letter to his friend.
c. He mentioned that he writes a letter to his friend.
a. tell b. go c. be
2. He said that it was cold outside. Which word is optional?
a. said b. that c. was
3. "I bought a car last week." He said he had bought a car……
a. a week ago b. next week c. the week before
4. "Where is it?" said Mary. She
a. said where it is
b. asked where it was
c. asked if it was there
5. Which of these is usually required with reported YES/NO questions?
a. If b. do c. why
6. Ram asked me where I worked. His original words were
a. "Do you work there?"
b. "Where do I work?"
c. "Where do you work?"
7. "Don't yell!" is a
a. direct request
b. direct order
c. reported order
8. "Please wipe your feet." I asked them to wipe
a. your feet
b. their feet
c. our feet
9. She always asks me not to burn the cookies. She always says
a. "Not to burn the cookies!"
b. "Please don't burn the cookies."
c. "Do not burn the cookies."
10. Which structure is not used for reported orders?
a. order somebody to
b. tell somebody to
c. ask somebody to
11. She said, "I love chocolate."
a. She said that she loves chocolate.
b. She said that she love chocolate.
c. She said that she loving chocolate.
12. "I will visit my grandmother next week," he said.
a. He said that he will visit his grandmother the next week.
b. He said that he would visit his grandmother the next week.
c. He said that he will visit his grandmother next week.
13. "Don't forget to buy milk," she told me.
a. She told me not to forget to buy milk.
b. She told me don't forget to buy milk.
c. She told me to not forget buying milk.
14. "I have already finished my homework," Tom said.
a. Tom said that he had already finished his homework.
b. Tom said that he has already finished his homework.
c. Tom said that he finish his homework already.
15. "We are going to the beach tomorrow," they announced.
a. They announced that they are going to the beach tomorrow.
b. They announced that they were going to the beach tomorrow.
c. They announced that they will go to the beach tomorrow.
16. "I won the lottery," she exclaimed.
a. She exclaimed that she won the lottery.
b. She exclaimed that she had won the lottery.
c. She exclaimed that she wins the lottery.
17. "I can swim," he said proudly.
a. He said that he could swim.
b. He said that he can swim.
c. He said that he can swam.
18. "I am reading a book," she mentioned.
a. She mentioned that she is reading a book.
b. She mentioned that she was reading a book.
c. She mentioned that she reads a book.
19. "Please help me with my homework," she asked.
a. She asked me to help her with her homework.
b. She asked me helping with her homework.
c. She asked me for helping her with her homework.
20. "I saw that movie last night," he said.
a. He said that he saw that movie the previous night.
b. He said that he had seen that movie the previous night.
c. He said that he sees that movie last night.
21. "We are leaving for the airport at 6 AM," she informed me.
a. She informed me that they were leaving for the airport at 6 AM.
b. She informed me that they are leaving for the airport at 6 AM.
c. She informed me that they leave for the airport at 6 AM.
22. "I forgot to bring my umbrella," she said.
a. She said that she had forgotten to bring her umbrella.
b. She said that she forgot to bring her umbrella.
c. She said that she forgets to bring her umbrella.
23. "We are going to the party," they announced.
a. They announced that they were going to the party.
b. They announced that they are going to the party.
c. They announced that they go to the party.
24. "I have a meeting at 2 PM," he explained.
a. He explained that he has a meeting at 2 PM.
b. He explained that he had a meeting at 2 PM.
c. He explained that he have a meeting at 2 PM.
25. "I am writing a letter to my friend," he mentioned.
a. He mentioned that he is writing a letter to his friend.
b. He mentioned that he was writing a letter to his friend.
c. He mentioned that he writes a letter to his friend.