Online Test — Reported Speech — Advanced
12 Questions • 15 min • Chapter MCQ
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Question 1 of 12
'has eaten' back-shifts to:
has eaten
had eaten
ate
have eaten
Explanation: Present perfect → past perfect.
Question 2 of 12
Report: 'She said, "I will come."'
She said she will come.
She said she would come.
She said that I would come.
She says she will come.
Explanation: will → would.
Question 3 of 12
Report: 'He asked, "Do you like tea?"'
He asked if I liked tea.
He asked that I liked tea.
He asked do I like tea.
He asked if did I like tea.
Explanation: Yes/No → if + statement order, back-shifted.
Question 4 of 12
Which keeps the present tense?
She said she was busy.
He said ice melts in heat.
They said they had left.
I said I would go.
Explanation: Universal truth keeps the present.
Question 5 of 12
Report: 'He said, "Don't run."'
He told me not to run.
He said don't run.
He told me to not running.
He asked not run.
Explanation: Negative command → told + not to + verb.
Question 6 of 12
'can' back-shifts to:
can
could
would
might
Explanation: can → could.
Question 7 of 12
Report: 'She said, "I am reading."'
She said she is reading.
She said she was reading.
She said that I was reading.
She says she reads.
Explanation: Present continuous → past continuous.
Question 8 of 12
Report: 'He asked, "Why are you sad?"'
He asked why was I sad.
He asked why I was sad.
He asked that why I was sad.
He asked why am I sad.
Explanation: Wh- kept, no inversion, are→was.
Question 9 of 12
'today' becomes:
this day
that day
the day
now
Explanation: today → that day.
Question 10 of 12
Report: 'She said, "Please help me."'
She said please help her.
She requested me to help her.
She told to help her.
She asked that help her.
Explanation: Request → requested + object + to + verb.
Question 11 of 12
Report: 'He said, "Hurray! I passed!"'
He exclaimed with joy that he had passed.
He said hurray he passed.
He asked if he had passed.
He told that he passed.
Explanation: Exclamation of joy → 'exclaimed with joy that …'.
Question 12 of 12
Report: 'She said, "I may be late."'
She said she may be late.
She said she might be late.
She said that I might be late.
She says she may be late.
Explanation: may → might.