40 multiple-choice practice questions on reported speech, divided into:

 

40 multiple-choice practice questions on reported speech, divided into:

15 from Assertive Sentences

15 from Interrogative Sentences (Yes/No and Wh-)

10 from Imperative Sentences

Each question has four options (a, b, c, d).

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Section A: Assertive Sentences (15 questions)

1. He said, “I am going to the market.”
a) He said he goes to the market.
b) He said he had gone to the market.
c) He said he was going to the market.
d) He said he is going to the market.

2. She said, “I have finished my work.”
a) She said that she has finished her work.
b) She said that she had finished her work.
c) She said she finished her work.
d) She said that I had finished my work.

3. John said, “I will call you tomorrow.”
a) John said that he will call me tomorrow.
b) John said that he would call me the next day.
c) John said that he would call me tomorrow.
d) John said that he will call me the next day.

4. They said, “We were watching a movie.”
a) They said that they had been watching a movie.
b) They said that they were watching a movie.
c) They said that we had been watching a movie.
d) They said that they have been watching a movie.

5. He said, “I like ice cream.”
a) He said he likes ice cream.
b) He said he liked ice cream.
c) He said he had liked ice cream.
d) He said he is liking ice cream.

6. She said, “I don’t know the answer.”
a) She said that she didn’t know the answer.
b) She said that she doesn’t know the answer.
c) She said she knows the answer.
d) She said she not know the answer.

7. He said, “My brother plays football.”
a) He said that his brother played football.
b) He said his brother play football.
c) He said that his brother had played football.
d) He said my brother plays football.

8. They said, “We have completed the task.”
a) They said they completed the task.
b) They said that they had completed the task.
c) They said we had completed the task.
d) They said that we have completed the task.

9. She said, “I can drive a car.”
a) She said that she could drive a car.
b) She said she can drive a car.
c) She said that I could drive a car.
d) She said that she can drove a car.

10. He said, “We may go to the park.”
a) He said that they might go to the park.
b) He said that they may go to the park.
c) He said we may go to the park.
d) He said they could go to the park.

11. I said, “She sings well.”
a) I said that she sang well.
b) I said that she sings well.
c) I said that she is singing well.
d) I said that she has sung well.

12. The teacher said, “The Earth is round.”
a) The teacher said that the Earth is round.
b) The teacher said that the Earth was round.
c) The teacher said the Earth will be round.
d) The teacher said Earth had been round.

13. He said, “I was tired yesterday.”
a) He said that he had been tired the day before.
b) He said that he was tired the day before.
c) He said that he had tired yesterday.
d) He said he was tiring.

14. They said, “We are watching TV.”
a) They said that they had watched TV.
b) They said they had been watching TV.
c) They said that they were watching TV.
d) They said that they are watching TV.

15. He said, “It rained yesterday.”
a) He said that it had rained the day before.
b) He said it rained the day before.
c) He said it rains the previous day.
d) He said it had been raining.

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Section B: Interrogative Sentences (15 questions)

16. She said, “Do you like coffee?”
a) She asked if I liked coffee.
b) She asked do I like coffee.
c) She asked whether I like coffee.
d) She said if I liked coffee.

17. He asked, “What is your name?”
a) He asked what was your name.
b) He asked what my name is.
c) He asked what my name was.
d) He asked what is my name.

18. John said, “Have you completed your work?”
a) John asked if I had completed my work.
b) John said if I completed my work.
c) John asked had I completed my work.
d) John asked that I completed my work.

19. The teacher asked, “Why are you late?”
a) The teacher asked why I am late.
b) The teacher asked why I was late.
c) The teacher said why I was late.
d) The teacher asked why was I late.

20. He said, “Did you see the match?”
a) He asked if I had seen the match.
b) He said if I saw the match.
c) He asked if I saw the match.
d) He asked had I seen the match.

21. She asked, “Where do you live?”
a) She asked where I lived.
b) She asked where I live.
c) She asked where did I live.
d) She said where I lived.

22. He said, “Is she coming today?”
a) He asked is she coming today.
b) He asked if she is coming today.
c) He asked if she was coming that day.
d) He said if she was coming.

23. She asked, “When will you arrive?”
a) She asked when I would arrive.
b) She asked when I will arrive.
c) She said when I would arrive.
d) She said when will I arrive.

24. They said, “Can you help us?”
a) They asked if I can help them.
b) They asked if I could help them.
c) They said if I could help them.
d) They asked can I help them.

25. The child said, “Why is the sky blue?”
a) The child asked why the sky is blue.
b) The child asked why the sky was blue.
c) The child said why the sky was blue.
d) The child asked why was the sky blue.

26. He asked, “Have you ever been to London?”
a) He asked if I have ever been to London.
b) He asked if I had ever been to London.
c) He asked had I ever been to London.
d) He asked I had been to London.

27. She asked, “What do you want?”
a) She asked what I wanted.
b) She asked what I want.
c) She said what I wanted.
d) She asked what did I want.

28. He said, “Do you understand me?”
a) He asked whether I understood him.
b) He said I understand him.
c) He asked I understand him.
d) He said if I understood him.

29. They said, “Where is the hotel?”
a) They asked where the hotel is.
b) They asked where is the hotel.
c) They asked where the hotel was.
d) They said where the hotel was.

30. She asked, “How do you make this dish?”
a) She asked how I made that dish.
b) She asked how do I make the dish.
c) She asked how I make the dish.
d) She said how I made this dish.

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Section C: Imperative Sentences (10 questions)

31. He said, “Close the door.”
a) He told me to close the door.
b) He asked me to close the door.
c) He said me to close the door.
d) He told to close the door.

32. She said, “Don’t make noise.”
a) She told me to not make noise.
b) She told me not to make noise.
c) She asked me don’t make noise.
d) She said me to not make noise.

33. They said, “Please help us.”
a) They told me help us.
b) They said me to help us.
c) They requested me to help them.
d) They asked help us.

34. The teacher said, “Revise your lessons.”
a) The teacher advised us to revise our lessons.
b) The teacher said us to revise lessons.
c) The teacher told revise your lessons.
d) The teacher requested to revise lessons.

35. She said, “Always speak the truth.”
a) She ordered to always speak the truth.
b) She advised me to always speak the truth.
c) She requested me to speak truth.
d) She asked me speak the truth.

36. He said, “Don’t run in the corridor.”
a) He told not to run in the corridor.
b) He said me not to run.
c) He advised me not to run in the corridor.
d) He said don’t run in the corridor.

37. The policeman said, “Show me your license.”
a) The policeman asked me to show my license.
b) The policeman said me to show license.
c) The policeman said me to show the license.
d) The policeman told show the license.

38. She said, “Do your homework on time.”
a) She advised me do my homework.
b) She asked me do homework on time.
c) She told me to do my homework on time.
d) She said to me to do homework.

39. He said, “Never tell a lie.”
a) He advised me never to tell a lie.
b) He said me never tell lie.
c) He ordered me not tell lie.
d) He told me to never say lie.

40. The mother said, “Get ready quickly.”
a) The mother ordered me get ready.
b) The mother told me get ready.
c) The mother told me to get ready quickly.
d) The mother said me to get ready.

 Answers

Section A: Assertive Sentences (Q1–Q15)

1.      c) He said he was going to the market.

2.      b) She said that she had finished her work.

3.      b) John said that he would call me the next day.

4.      a) They said that they had been watching a movie.

5.      b) He said he liked ice cream.

6.      a) She said that she didn’t know the answer.

7.      a) He said that his brother played football.

8.      b) They said that they had completed the task.

9.      a) She said that she could drive a car.

10. a) He said that they might go to the park.

11. a) I said that she sang well.

12. a) The teacher said that the Earth is round.

13. a) He said that he had been tired the day before.

14. c) They said that they were watching TV.

15. a) He said that it had rained the day before.

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Section B: Interrogative Sentences (Q16–Q30)

16. a) She asked if I liked coffee.

17. c) He asked what my name was.

18. a) John asked if I had completed my work.

19. b) The teacher asked why I was late.

20. a) He asked if I had seen the match.

21. a) She asked where I lived.

22. c) He asked if she was coming that day.

23. a) She asked when I would arrive.

24. b) They asked if I could help them.

25. b) The child asked why the sky was blue.

26. b) He asked if I had ever been to London.

27. a) She asked what I wanted.

28. a) He asked whether I understood him.

29. c) They asked where the hotel was.

30. a) She asked how I made that dish.

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Section C: Imperative Sentences (Q31–Q40)

31. a) He told me to close the door.

32. b) She told me not to make noise.

33. c) They requested me to help them.

34. a) The teacher advised us to revise our lessons.

35. b) She advised me to always speak the truth.

36. c) He advised me not to run in the corridor.

37. a) The policeman asked me to show my license.

38. c) She told me to do my homework on time.

39. a) He advised me never to tell a lie.

40. c) The mother told me to get ready quickly.