English Grammar Test: Reported Speech (Practice Test 2)
- Reported Speech
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
A second set of reported speech questions with new examples. Tip: in reported questions the word order is like a statement, with no do or did.
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Question 1
"I live in Denver," Paul said last year. Since then he has moved to Austin.
Paul said that he ____ in Denver.Correct answer: D
Paul no longer lives in Denver, so the verb must move back in time: lived. Lives is possible only when the fact is still true.
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Question 2
When I called yesterday evening, my brother said, "I'm watching TV."
My brother said he ____ TV.Correct answer: B
The present continuous moves back to the past continuous: am watching becomes was watching. The action is over now, so is watching is wrong.
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Question 3
"We have finished the project," they said last week.
They said they ____ the project.Correct answer: A
The present perfect moves back to the past perfect in reported speech: have finished becomes had finished.
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Question 4
At a party years ago, a woman asked me, "Where do you work?"
She asked me where ____.Correct answer: C
A reported question uses statement word order (subject + verb) and no do or did: where I worked. Did I work keeps the question form, which is a common mistake.
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Question 5
"Is the museum open on Mondays?" a tourist asked.
The tourist asked ____ the museum was open on Mondays.Correct answer: B
A yes/no question is reported with if or whether. That introduces reported statements, not questions.
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Question 6
"Please close the window," the teacher said to Anna.
The teacher asked Anna ____ the window.Correct answer: D
A reported request uses ask + person + to-infinitive: asked Anna to close.
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Question 7
"I met him two years ago," Dad said in 2020.
Dad said he had met him two years ____.Correct answer: A
In reported speech, ago (counted back from now) usually becomes before (counted back from the time of speaking). Two years before 2020 means 2018.
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Question 8
"You should see a doctor," my friend said.
My friend ____ me to see a doctor.Correct answer: C
Advise + person + to-infinitive reports advice. Suggested me to is a common error; suggest does not take a person + to-infinitive.
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Question 9
Which sentence is correct?
Correct answer: A
Tell needs a person right after it (told me), while say does not (said that or said to me). The last option mixes is with yesterday.
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Question 10
"Have you ever been to Mexico?" Laura asked Tom.
Laura asked Tom ____ to Mexico.Correct answer: B
A yes/no question is reported with if, statement word order and the past perfect: if he had ever been. Had he ever been keeps question order.
Questions you leave blank are not counted as wrong.
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