Direct Speech to Reported Speech Quiz

Select the appropriate option for reported speech that best fits the given context.

1. Cindy told me that she wants to go to New York next year.

Cindy said, "I will go to New York next year."

Cindy told, "I wish I would go to New York next year."

Cindy said, "She wants to go to the New York next year."

Cindy said, "I want to go to New York next year."

2. Nathan said, "If I had any money, I would buy you a drink."

Nathan said if he had any money he would buy me a drink.

Nathan said if he had had any money he would buy him a drink.

Nathan said if he have any money, he would buy a drink.

Nathan said if he had bought me a drink, he would have any money.

3. Ben said: "I woke up feeling ill, so I didn’t go to work."

Ben said that I woke up feeling ill, so that I didn’t go to work.

Ben said he woke up feeling ill, so that he didn’t gone to work.

Ben said he had woken up feeling ill, so he hadn’t gone to work.

Ben worried that he woken up ill and didn’t go to work.

4. He said, "I worked as a security guard before becoming a manager."

He said he had worked as a security guard until he become a manager.

He said he had worked as a security guard before becoming a manager.

He said he worked as a security guard before he work as a manager.

He said that he was worked as a security guard before becoming a manager.

5. Sara said to Bobby, "May God shower His choicest blessings on you!"

Sara wished Bobby that God might shower His choicest blessings on you.

Sara wished Bobby that may God shower your choicest blessings on Him.

Sara wished Bobby that God might shower His choicest blessings on him.

Sara wished Bobby that God may shower His choicest blessings on you.

6. Hermione asked me what my favourite cuisine was.

Hermione said to me, ”What your favourite cuisine was?”

Hermione said to me, “What is my favourite cuisine?”

Hermione said to me, “What my favourite cuisine is?”

Hermione said to me, “What is your favourite cuisine?”

7. "What is Sazia saying?" asked Rizwan

Rizwan asked what Sazia was saying.

Rizwan asked what was Sazia saying

Rizwan asked that what was Sazia saying

Rizwan asked what is Sazia saying

8. The teen said, "Who dare call you a thief?"

The teen wondered who dared call a thief.

The teen enquired who dared call him a thief.

The teen asked who called him a thief.

The teen told that he dared call him a thief.

9. Her father ordered her to go to her room and study.

Her father said firmly, “Go and study in your room.”

Her father ordered, “Go right now to your study room.”

Her father said to her, “Go and study in your room.”

Her father said, “Go to your room and study.”

10. "If you don't keep quiet I shall shoot you", Jordan said to her in a calm voice.

Jordan warned her calmly that he would shoot her if she didn’t keep quiet.

Calmly Jordan warned her that be quiet or else he will have to shoot her.

Jordan warned her to shoot if she didn’t keep quiet calmly.

Jordan said calmly that I shall shoot you if you don’t be quiet.