Reported Speech Test Exercises - Multiple Choice Questions With Answers -

Advanced Level 33

This exercise is an advanced level multiple choice test with

multiple choice questions on reported speech (indirect
speech) including the topics below.
5. I first wanted to take English and Math in summer
Reported Speech (Indirect Speech) school but my teacher helped me to make up my
mind to take one more lesson. My teacher ____ me to
• Reporting Statements take three lessons this summer.
• Reporting Questions
• Reporting Imperatives A) agreed
• Reporting Modals B) complained
• Reporting Conditionals, Exclamations
C) wished
• Reported Speech Mixed Type
D) persuaded
E) protested

1. He told me that he ____ come if he could finish work

early.

A) may Tom says that Jane is lying but he cannot prove

6.
B) had it. Tom is ____ that Jane is lying.
C) has
A) complaining
D) would
B) realizing
E) must
C) protesting
D) claiming
E) wishing

2. He said that he ____ the sea bus the following day.

A) will catch
B) is going to catch 7. "We want to go to Sultanahmet", the tourists
C) catched said. They said that ____ to go to Sultanahmet.
D) had catched
A) we want
E) would catch
B) we wanted
C) they want
D) they would want
E) they wanted
3. I said, "Two fixed menus for us, please." I ____ our
meal.

A) proposed
B) protested 8. "Do not touch these cables," the mechanic said. He
C) congratulated ____ the cables.
D) ordered
A) requested us to touch
E) suggested
B) recommends us not to touch
C) warned us not to touch
D) claimed not touching
E) denied us touching
4. We all know that she informed the teacher about the
cheating but she says she didn't. She ____ it.

A) warned
B) proposed
C) demanded
D) denied
E) admitted

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9. "If I were you, I would stay at a less expensive hotel 14. "Go to the blackboard," said the teacher. The teacher
and spend more for extras." He ____ us to stay at a ____ to the blackboard.
cheaper hotel.
A) recommended me to go
A) denied B) advises me going
B) discovered C) asked me to went
C) insisted D) proclaimed me to go
D) recommended E) ordered me to go
E) promised

15. "I am sorry I couldn't come, because I missed the last

10. "I am leaving the city tomorrow," the lecturer bus last night." He ____ and ____ .
said. He said ____ leaving the city ____ .
A) mentioned about not coming / excused himself
A) he is / tomorrow B) accused himself / excused
B) he was / that day C) apologized for not coming / excused himself
C) I was / previous day D) blamed himself / accused himself
D) he was / the following day E) denied not coming / didn't excuse himself
E) I was / the next day.

16. "Are you really behind what you have said?" asked

11. "He is coming today" the mother said. She said that the manager. The manager asked him ____ .
he ____ .
A) how I was supporting his ideas
A) was coming the day before B) what kind of a person he is
B) came the previous day C) whether he is reliable or not
C) was coming that day D) if he could stand behind his words
D) would come the next day E) why he has talked like that
E) was going to come / the following day

17. "Is she the suitable manager secretary?" asked the

12. "I came here last week" he said. He said he ____ here stuff manager. He asked me ____ .
____ .
A) when she could start working
A) came / last week B) her qualifications
B) had come / last week C) whether she had enough qualifications for the
C) had come / the next week occupation or not
D) came I the following week D) if she can accept the job we offer
E) had come / the previous week E) how much money she would demand from the
company

13. He said that he ____ the sea bus the day before.

A) would missed
B) will miss
C) might miss
D) missed
E) had missed

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18. "See my corpse, if you don't eat these cookies" my

aunt said although I stated that I do not like them at
all." She ____ that I should eat some cookies with tea.

A) protested
B) promised
C) denied
D) admitted
E) insisted

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Answer Key:

1: D 10: D
2: E 11: C
3: D 12: E
4: D 13: E
5: D 14: E
6: D 15: C
7: E 16: D
8: C 17: C
9: D 18: E

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