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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which is a reporting verb?
tell
go
be
- 2. Multiple Choice
He said that it was cold outside. Which word is optional?
said
that
was
- 3. Multiple Choice
"Where is it?" said Mary. She_____________
said where it is
asked where it was
asked if it was there
- 4. Multiple Choice
Ram asked me where I worked. His original words were
"Do you work there?"
"Where do I work?"
"Where do you work?"
- 5. Multiple Choice
"Don't yell!" is a
direct order
direct request
reported order
- 6. Multiple Choice
He says, "They will hurt you".
He said to me that they will hurt me.
He said to me that he would be hurt me.
He said to me that they would hurt me.
He said to me that they would hurt you.
- 7. Multiple Choice
"Did you come from France"?, said Sara to the boy.
Sara asked the boy if he had come from France.
Sara asked the boy if he come from France.
Sara asked the boy if he came from France.
Sara said the boy did he come from France.
- 8. Multiple Choice
“Where is he?” She asked me ___________
where he was.
where he had been.
where was he .
that where was he.
- 9. Multiple Choice
“Can you help me?” My friend asked me _____________
if I can help him / her.
that if I could help him / her.
if I could help him / her.
that he could help him / her.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Mary said, “I will play a card game tomorrow.” Mary informed me that ____________
she will play a card game tomorrow
she would play a card game the following day.
she played a card game the following day.
she would play a card game.
- 11. Multiple Choice
I told him, "I will punish you if you don't behave!" Correct reported command of this is-
I threatened to punish him if he did not behave.
I told to punish him if he did not behave.
I asked to punish him if he did not behave.
I punished him if he did not behave.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Occasionally, we don't change the present tense into the past if the information in direct speech is still true , is a universal truth or a habitual fact.
True
false
- 13. Multiple Choice
He said, " I found the money in the garden yesterday." He said that _____________
he had found the money in the garden yesterday.
he found the money in the garden the day before.
he had found the money in the garden the day before.
he had found the money.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Mary said to the teacher, "Please , give me another chance !" choose the correct reported statement-
Mary begged the teacher gave her another chance.
Mary told the teacher to give her another chance.
Mary asked the teacher to give her another chance.
Mary begged the teacher to give her another chance.
- 15. Multiple Choice
"How are you getting to the party?"
She wanted to know how I had gotten to the party.
The two sentences have the same meaning-
True
False
- 16. Multiple Choice
If what the speaker has said is still true or relevant, it's not always necessary to change the tense.
TRUE
FALSE
- 17. Multiple Choice
'I love this restaurant!' →
Chetana said she loved ___ restaurant!
this
that
there
- 18. Multiple Choice
'When can I start?'
He wanted to know ____________.
that when he could start?
when he can start.
when he could start.
that he could start when.
- 19. Multiple Choice
"Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.→ The stuntman advised the audience-
to try this at home
to try that at home
not to try this at home
not to try that at home
- 20. Multiple Choice
"Why did he say that?" Choose the appropriate indirect statement-
I would like to know why he said that.
I would like to know why did he say that.
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