Reported Speech Reporting Verbs Quiz

Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence: She said, 'I am going to the park.'

• said

• walked

• sang

• cried

Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence: He told me, 'I will finish my homework.'

• saw

• told

• finished

• asked

Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence: They exclaimed, 'We won the game!'

• cried

• whispered

• exclaimed

• shouted

Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence: The teacher explained, 'The sun rises in the east.'

• asked

• explained

• demonstrated

• stated

Convert the direct speech 'I like ice cream' to reported speech.

• She said that she liking ice cream.

• She said that she like ice cream.

• She said that she liked ice cream.

• She said that she likes ice cream.

Convert the direct speech 'We are going to the beach' to reported speech.

• We are going to the beach

• They are going to the beach

• They were going to the beach.

• We were going to the park

Convert the direct speech 'She said, I will come tomorrow' to reported speech.

• She said that she would come the next day

• She said that she will come yesterday

• She said that she comes the next day

• She said that she is coming tomorrow

Change the direct speech 'I am reading a book' to reported speech using the appropriate tense.

• He said he is reading a book.

• He said he has been reading a book.

• He said he will be reading a book.

• He said he was reading a book.

Change the direct speech 'We are playing in the garden' to reported speech using the appropriate tense.

• We will be playing in the garden

• We were playing in the garden

• They are playing in the garden

• They were playing in the garden

Change the direct speech 'He said, I have finished my homework' to reported speech using the appropriate tense.

• He said that he finishes his homework.

• He said that he had finished his homework.

• He said that he will finish his homework.

• He said that he is finishing his homework.