Reported Speech Quiz
English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Reported Speech
Preview:
Mr. Brown said, “I watched TV last night.”
=> Mr. Brown said that he _______ TV the night before.
_
A. was watching
B. had watched
C. watched
D. has watched
“You should quit smoking and eat more vegetable”, said the doctor.
=> The doctor advised him _______ more vegetable.
_
A. to quit smoking and eat
B. quit smoking and eat
C. to quit smoking and to eating
D. quitting smoking and eating
She asked me, “How high is the church?”
A. She asked me how high the church was.
B. She asked me how high is the church.
C. She asked me how high the church had been.
D. She asked me how high the church is.
I wondered _______ the right thing.
A. if I am doing
B. am I doing
C. was I doing
D. whether I was doing
“If I were you, I’d tell him the truth,” she said to me.
A. She said to me that if I were you, I’d tell him the truth.
B. She will tell him the truth if she is me.
C. She suggested to tell him the truth if she were me.
D. She advised me to tell him the truth.
Where is the error?
She asked Peter that he preferred tea or coffee.
_
A. asked
B. that
C. preferred
D. or
Where is the error?
John told that he wanted to attend a university.
_
A. told
B. that
C. attend
D. a
Where is the error?
Mary told Peter she was looking for the book he gave her the week before.
_
A. told
B. was looking
C. gave
D. before
Julia said that she _______ there at noon.
A. is going to be
B. will be
C. was going to be
D. can be
“I’d like you to tell me the truth,” Lara said.
=> Lana wanted _______ her the truth.
_
A. I to tell
B. me telling
C. me to tell
D. me tell
“Please come and join our party tonight”, said Lana.
=> Lana invited us_______.
_
A. to come and join our party tonight
B. to come and join their party that night
C. to their party that night
D. to our party tonight
Where is the error?
He said me not to make so much noise.
_
A. said
B. me
C. not to make
D. so much
Nam wanted to know what time _______.
A. the movie began
B. does the movie begin
C. the movie begins
D. did the movie begin
The farmer said, “I didn’t see her.”
=> The farmer said _______ her.
_
A. he had seen
B. she didn’t see
C. I hadn’t seen
D. he hadn’t seen
He asked _______ him some money.
A. her to lend
B. her lending
C. she has lent
D. she lends