Reported Speech Quiz

Choose the most appropriate answer:

          1.  John said, "What is the problem?".

John asked what the problem is.
John asked what is the problem.
John asked what was the problem.
John asked what the problem was.


          2.  Leila said, "Where have you been all this time?".
Leila wanted to know where I have been all this time.
Leila wanted to know where I had been all that time
Leila wanted to know where I have been all that time
Leila wanted to know where had I been all that time


          3.   Peter said, "How much does it cost?".
Peter wanted to know how much it costed.
Peter wanted to know how much it costs
Peter wanted to know how much did it cost.
Peter wanted to know how much does it cost.


          4.  My mother said, "Don't shout at your sister!".
My mother told me that I don't shout at my sister.
My mother told me to not shout at my sister.
My mother told me not to shout at my sister.
My mother told me not shout at my sister.


          5.  Vicky said, "I'll go to Erfoud next week.".
Vicky said that she will go to Erfoud the next week.
Vicky said that she would go to Erfoud the following week
Vicky said that she would go to Erfoud the previous week
Vicky said that she would have gone to Erfoud the week after


          6.  Omar said, "Leila wants to come with Vicky..
Omar informed us that Leila wanted to come with Vicky.
Omar informed us that Leila wants to come with Vicky.
Omar informed us that Leila wanted come with Vicky.
Omar informed us that Leila want to come with Vicky.

          7.  John said "I am busy now".
John said that he was busy now.
John said that he is busy now.
John said that he is busy then.
John said that he was busy then.


          8.  Vicky said, "How could John be so upset?!".
Vicky wondered how could John be so upset.
JVicky wondered how John can be so upset.
Vicky wondered how John could have been so upset.
Vicky wondered how John could be so upset.


          9.  She asked, "Where did they go last night?".
She wanted to know where they went the night before.
She wanted to know where they had gone the previous night.
She wanted to know where they had gone the night after.
She wanted to know where did they go the previous night .


          10.   She shouted, "Go to bed!".
She ordered me that I go to bed.
She ordered me go to bed.
She ordered me that to go to bed.
She ordered me to go to bed.

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