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E9_Reported speech_MCQ

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Julia said that she ___________ there at noon.

a)

is going to be

b)

was going to be

c)

will be

d)

can be

2.

He _______ that he was leaving way that afternoon.

a)

told to me

b)

told me

c)

said me

d)

says to me

3.

She said to me that she __________ to me the Sunday before.

a)

wrote

b)

has written

c)

was writing

d)

had written

4.

I _________ him to sell that old motorbike.

a)

said to

b)

suggested

c)

advised

d)

recommended

5.

My parents reminded me ________ the flowers.

a)

remember to plant

b)

plant

c)

to plant

d)

planting

6.

I asked Martha ______ to enter law school.

a)

are you planning

b)

is she planning

c)

was she planning

d)

if she was planning

7.

Nam wanted to know what time ________.

a)

does the movie begin

b)

did the movie begin

c)

the movie begins

d)

the movie began

8.

I wondered_______ the right thing.

a)

whether I was doing

b)

if I am doing

c)

was I doing

d)

am I doing

9.

The scientist said the earth ________ the sun.

a)

goes round

b)

is going around

c)

went around

d)

was going around

10.

Peter said that if he ________rich, he _________ a lot.

a)

is - will travel

b)

were- would travel

c)

had been - would have travelled

d)

was - will travel

11.

They said that they had been driving through the desert__________.

a)

the previous day

b)

Yesterday

c)

the last day

d)

Sunday previously

12.

He asked the children _________too much noise.

a)

not to make

b)

not making

c)

don't make

d)

if they don't make

13.

The man said that money ___________ the passport to everything.

a)

will be

b)

is

c)

was

d)

can be

14.

The teacher said Columbus _________America in 1942.

a)

had discovered

b)

discovered

c)

was discovering

d)

would discover

15.

John said he _________ her since they ________ school.

a)

hasn't met - left

b)

hadn't met - had left

c)

hadn't met left

d)

didn't meet - has left

16.

The woman asked __________get lunch at school.

a)

can the children

b)

whether the children could

c)

if the children can

d)

could the children

17.

Laura said that when she_________ to school, she saw an accident.

a)

was walking

b)

has walked

c)

had been walking

d)

has been walking

18.

He asked, "Why didn't she take the final exam?" - He asked why __________ the final exam.

a)

she took

b)

did she take

c)

she hadn't taken

d)

she had taken

19.

Ba said he__________ some good marks the semester before.

a)

gets

b)

got

c)

had gotten

d)

have got

20.

They told their parents that they___________ their best to do the test.

a)

try

b)

will try

c)

are trying

d)

would try

21.

She_________ me whether I liked classical music or not.

a)

ask

b)

asked

c)

asks

d)

asking

22.

He asked me who____________ the editor of that book.

a)

was

b)

were

c)

is

d)

has been

23.

He wants to know whether I ___________ back tomorrow.

a)

come

b)

came

c)

will come

d)

would come

24.

I wonder why he___________ love his family.

a)

doesn't

b)

don't

c)

didn't

d)

hasn't

25.

They asked me how many children___________.

a)

I have

b)

had I

c)

I had

d)

have I

26.

Thu said she had been___________ the day before.

a)

here

b)

there

c)

in this place

d)

where

27.

The student said that the English test_______ the most difficult.

a)

is

b)

was

c)

will be

d)

have been

28.

He wanted to know _______ shopping during the previous morning.

a)

if we had been going

b)

that if we had been going

c)

we were going

d)

that we were going

29.

He asked me _______ Robert and I said I did not know _______.

a)

that did I know / who were he

b)

that I knew / who he had been

c)

if I knew/ who he was

d)

whether I knew / who had he been

30.

The mother asked her son _______.

a)

where I had been

b)

whether I had been

c)

where he had been

d)

where had he been

31.

Martin asked me _______.

a)

how is my father

b)

how my father is

c)

how was my father

d)

how my father was

32.

The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee.

a)

whether he preferred

b)

that he preferred

c)

did he prefer

d)

if he prefers

33.

She asked me _______ my holidays _______.

a)

where I spent / the previous year

b)

where I had spent/ the previous year

c)

where I spent / last year

d)

where did I spend / last year

34.

He advised _______ too far.

a)

her did not go

b)

her do not go

c)

her not to go

d)

she did not go

35.

John often says he _______ boxing because it _______ a cruel sport.

a)

doesn't like/ is

b)

did not like / were

c)

not liked / had been

d)

had not liked / was

36.

Nancy asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer _______.

a)

before

b)

ago

c)

last

d)

previous

37.

He asked _______ him some money.

a)

her to lend

b)

she to lend

c)

she has lent

d)

she lends

38.

Andrew told me that they _______ fish two _______ days.

a)

have not eaten / ago

b)

had eaten/ previous

c)

did not eat / before

d)

would not eat / last

39.

Jason told me that he _______ his best in the exam the _______ day.

a)

had done / following

b)

will do / previous

c)

would do/ following

d)

was going / previous

40.

John asked me _______ in English.

a)

what does this word mean

b)

what that word means

c)

what did this word mean

d)

what that word meant

41.

The mother told her son _______ so impolitely.

a)

not behave

b)

not to behave

c)

not behaving

d)

did not behave

42.

She said she _______ collect it for me after work.

a)

would

b)

did

c)

must

d)

had

43.

She said I _______ an angel.

a)

am

b)

was

c)

were

d)

have been

44.

I have ever told you he _______ unreliable.

a)

is

b)

were

c)

had been

d)

would Be

45.

I told him _______ the word to Jane somehow that I _______ to reach her during the early hours.

a)

passing / will try

b)

he will pass / tried

c)

to pass/ would try

d)

he passed / have tried

46.

Laura said she had worked on the assignment since _______.

a)

yesterday

b)

two days ago

c)

the day before

d)

the next day

47.

John asked me _______ interested in any kind of sports.

a)

if I were

b)

if were I

c)

if was I

d)

if I was

48.

John asked me _______ that film the night before.

a)

that I saw

b)

had I seen

c)

if I had seen

d)

if had I seen

49.

The guest told the host that _______.

a)

I must go now

b)

he must go now

c)

he had to go now

d)

he had to go then

50.

1.      Charlie said, "I'm thinking of going to live in Canada".

a)

Charlie said that I was thinking of going to live in Canada.

b)

Charlie said that I am thinking of going to live in Canada.

c)

Charlie said that he was thinking of going to live in Canada.

d)

Charlie said that he is thinking of going to live in Canada.

51.

1.              Charlie said, "My father is in hospital".

a)

Charlie said that my father is in hospital

b)

Charlie said that his father was in hospital

c)

Charlie said that his father is in hospital

d)

Charlie said that my father was in hospital.

52.

1.      Charlie said, "Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow

a)

Charlie said that my father is in hospitalHe said that Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow

b)

He said that Nora and Jim were getting married the next day.

c)

He said that Nora and Jim were getting married tomorrow

d)

He said that Nora and Jim are getting married the next day.

53.

1.      Charlie said, "I haven't seen Bill for a while".

a)

He said that he hadn't seen Bill for a while.

b)

He said that I haven't seen Bill for a while.

c)

He said that he hasn't seen Bill for a while.

d)

He said that I hadn't seen Bill for a while.