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English Grammar: Tenses and Reported Speech

Practice advanced English grammar with questions covering verb tenses (present, past, perfect, passive) and reported speech transformations.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

This toucan _____________ you.

  1. watch
  2. is watching
  3. am watching
  4. was watch
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sharks ____________ in the ocean.

  1. are living
  2. lived
  3. live
  4. have live
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

I used to ____________ of raccoons.

  1. be scared
  2. scared
  3. was scared
  4. scare
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Have you ever _____________ a scorpion?

  1. eat
  2. eaten
  3. ate
  4. eated
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When I was a kid, I ____________ garlic.

  1. hate
  2. was hating
  3. hates
  4. hated
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

You shouldn't ____________ those carrots.

  1. eat
  2. to eat
  3. eating
  4. ate
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

I want _____________ to D.C.

  1. go
  2. going
  3. to go
  4. to be
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Nobody _____________ here.

  1. are
  2. were
  3. is being
  4. is
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

I ____________ in the desert.

  1. lives
  2. living
  3. be living
  4. live
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Las Vegas ______________ in 1905.

  1. is founded
  2. was founded
  3. founded
  4. founds itself
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Report: "Where are we?"

  1. He wonders where we were.
  2. He wonders where were we.
  3. He wondered where we were.
  4. He wonders where he was.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Report: "Do you want candy?"

  1. He asked if I wanted candy.
  2. He asks if I wanted candy.
  3. He told me I wanted candy.
  4. He told me to eat candy.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Report: "Milk is white."

  1. She says milk was white.
  2. She said milk is white.
  3. She said milk was white.
  4. She says milk to be white.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Report: "Do not enter."

  1. The sign says that you enter.
  2. The sign says to do not enter.
  3. The sign says to enter.
  4. The sign says not to enter.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Report: "The bear is waving!"

  1. She said the bear was waving
  2. She said me the bear was waving.
  3. The bear said she was waving.
  4. She said the bear to be waving.
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Report: "Why are you laughing?"

  1. She wonders why I was laughing.
  2. She wondered me why I was laughing.
  3. She wondered why was I laughing.
  4. She wondered why I was laughing.
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Report: "I won't help your cat."

  1. He refused that he would help my cat.
  2. He refused to help my cat.
  3. He refused that he is helping my cat.
  4. He refused me to help my cat.
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Report: "Look at this avocado."

  1. She told to look at the avocado.
  2. She tells to look at the avocado.
  3. She told me to look at the avocado.
  4. She told me that I looked at the avocado.
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Report: "I'll call you later."

  1. He said he calls me later.
  2. He says he would call me later.
  3. He said he would call me later.
  4. He says to call me later.
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Report: "Okay, I'll go."

  1. She agreed to go.
  2. She agreed going.
  3. She agreed go.
  4. She agreed to going.
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