B1 English Grammar Test – Reported Speech Consolidation multiple-choice questions

1   “I get up every morning at seven o’clock”, Peter said.

a) Peter said he got up every morning at seven o’clock.

b) Peter said I got up every morning at seven o’clock.

c) Peter said he had got up every morning at seven o’clock.

d) None of these.

2   Tom said, “I want to visit my friends this weekend”.

a) Tom said he wants to visit his friends that weekend.

b) Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend.

c) Tom said he wanted to visit his friends this weekend.

d) None of these.

3   She asked me, “When are we going to leave”?

a) She asked me when she was going to leave.

b) She asked me when we were going to leave.

c) She asked me when we are going to leave.

d) None of these.

4   They said, “We’ve lived here for a long time”.

a) They said they have lived there for a long time.

b) They said they lived here for a long time.

c) They said they had lived there for a long time.

d) None of these.

5   Peter said, “I may bring someone with me to the party”.

a) Peter said he might bring someone with him to the party.

b) Peter said he bring someone with him to the party.

c) Peter said he might bring someone with her to the party.

d) None of these.

6   Jack said, “He must be guilty!”

a) Jack said he must guilty.

b) Jack said he must have be guilty.

c) jack said he must have been guilty.

d) None of these.

7   He asked me, “Have you finished reading the newspaper”?

a) He asked me if had I finished reading the newspaper.

b) He asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper.

c) He asked me if I finished reading the newspaper.

d) None of these.

8   You said, “I will help you”!

a) You said you would help me!

b) You said I would help you!

c) You said you would help her!

d) None of these.

9   Jerry said, “I’m studying English a lot at the moment”!

a) Jerry said he was studying English a lot at that moment.

b) Jerry said he was studying English a lot at the moment.

c) Jerry said I was studying English a lot at that moment.

d) None of these.

10   She asked her, “How long have you lived here”?

a) Cheryl asked her how long she has lived there.

b) Cheryl asked her how long she lived there.

c) Cheryl asked her how long she had lived there.

d) None of these.

11   Susan reassured me, “I can come tonight”.

a) Susan told me I could come that night.

b) Susan told me she could come that night.

c) Susan told me she could come tomorrow evening.

d) None of these.

12   She said, “I’ve worked here since I left my last job”.

a) She told me that she worked there since she had left her last job.

b) She told me that she had worked there since she had left her last job.

c) She told me that she had worked there since she left her last job.

d) None of these.

13   Mark asked me, “Why do you want to study Russian”?

a) Mark asked her why I wanted to study Russian.

b) Mark asked me why did I want to study Russian.

c) Mark asked me why I wanted to study Russian.

d) None of these.

14   He said, “I must get going. Otherwise, I’m going to be late“.

a) He told me he had to get going. Otherwise, he was going to be late.

b) He told me he had to get going. Otherwise, I was going to be late.

c) He told me he has to get going. Otherwise, he was going to be late.

d) None of these.

15   She said, “I really wish I had bought that new car”.

a) She told me she really wished she bought that new car.

b) She told me she really had wished she had bought that new car.

c) She told me she really wished she had bought that new car.

d) None of these.

16   Tom said, “I travel to exotic places”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Tom said he …  to exotic places.

a) travel

b) traveled

c) travels

17   Susan said, “I am going to the store”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Susan said that she … to the store.

a) going

b) am going

c) was going

18   Linda told me, “I owned a flower shop”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Linda told me that she … a flower shop.

a) owns

b) was owing

c) had owned

19   He said, “I will take my mom to the airport”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He said that he … his mother to the airport.

a) will take

b) takes

c) would take

20   “I was swimming in the pool since 9 am”, he said. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He said he … in the pool since 9am.

a) swim

b) swimming

c) had been swimming

21   Sam said he was going to Europe after graduation.

a) Sam said, “I am going to Europe after graduation”.

b) Sam said, “I was going to Europe after graduation”.

c) Sam said, “I were going to Europe after graduation”.

22   Sharon told me that she would be entering the talent show.

a) Sharon told me, “I enter the talent show”.

b) Sharon told me, “I will be entering the talent show”.

c) Sharon told me, “I would be entering the talent show”.

23   Frank said that the phone had been ringing all day.

a) Frank said, “The phone was ringing all day”.

b) Frank said, “The phone has been ringing all day”.

c) Frank said, “The phone is ringing all day”.

24   Jenny said she would help me with my homework.

a) Jenny said, “I will help you with your homework”.

b) Jenny said, “I would help you with your homework”.

c) Jenny said, “I am helping you with your homework”.

25   Nancy said that she had played basketball in college.

a) Nancy said, “I play basketball in college”.

b) Nancy said, “I am playing basketball in college”.

c) Nancy said, “I played basketball in college”.

26   She said, “I will meet her tomorrow”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: She said that she would meet her … .

a) today

b) the next day

c) next week

27   He said, “I have a business trip to Boston next week”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He said that he had a business trip to Boston … .

a) this week

b) in two weeks

c) the following week

28   “I got a new car last month”, he told me. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He told me that he had gotten a new car … .

a) that month

b) that months

c) the previous month

29   Susie said, “I was sick yesterday”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Susie said that she had been sick … .

a) today

b) yesterday

c) the day before

30   “I quit my job today”, he told me. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He told me that he had quit his job … .

a) that day

b) today

c) the next day