Class 10 CBSE English — Chapter 24: Grammar: Reported Speech MCQs with Answers
60 practice questions · 20 Easy · 20 Medium · 20 Hard
Practise the most important Class 10 CBSE English questions from Chapter 24, "Grammar: Reported Speech" — 60 NCERT-aligned multiple-choice questions with answers and explanations. The set is split into 20 Easy, 20 Medium and 20 Hard, so you can warm up on the fundamentals and then push into the exam-level problems that separate top scorers in CBSE Board exams.
"Grammar: Reported Speech" is one of the chapters where comprehension, grammar and writing-skill questions really pays off. Each MCQ on this chapter is timed and uses exam-grade marking (+4 correct, −1 wrong, 0 skipped), training the accuracy-under-pressure that real papers demand. Every question carries a short explanation, so a wrong answer becomes a quick lesson rather than a dead end — the fastest way to close gaps before a test.
Use this chapter as targeted revision: attempt the Easy set first to confirm your basics on Grammar: Reported Speech, then move to Medium and Hard to test application and problem-solving. Your accuracy, streaks and XP save automatically, and the chapter feeds into your overall Class 10 English mastery score. 12 sample questions are solved in full below — answer and worked explanation — and signing in free opens all 60.
Class 10 English Grammar: Reported Speech MCQs with answers
12 solved questions across the difficulty levels this chapter is graded on — answer and explanation shown for each. The remaining 48 are timed and scored when you sign in.
- Q1Easy
Report correctly: 'I am tired,' said Ravi.
A.Ravi said that he was tired.✓ CorrectB.Ravi said that he is tired.C.Ravi said that I was tired.D.Ravi says that he was tired.Answer: A. Ravi said that he was tired.
Explanation: The present tense shifts to the past and the first-person pronoun becomes third person.
- Q2Easy
Report correctly: 'She works in a bank,' he said.
A.He says that she worked in a bank.B.He said that she is working in a bank.C.He said that she worked in a bank.✓ CorrectD.He said that she works in a bank.Answer: C. He said that she worked in a bank.
Explanation: After a past reporting verb the simple present shifts to the simple past.
- Q3Easy
Report correctly: 'Where do you live?' she asked me.
A.She asked me where I live.B.She asked me where I lived.✓ CorrectC.She asked me where did I live.D.She asked me where do I live.Answer: B. She asked me where I lived.
Explanation: A reported question drops the auxiliary and takes statement word order.
- Q4Easy
Report correctly: 'Are you coming with us?' he asked.
A.He asked whether was I coming with them.B.He asked whether I am coming with us.C.He asked that I was coming with them.D.He asked whether I was coming with them.✓ CorrectAnswer: D. He asked whether I was coming with them.
Explanation: A yes/no question is reported with 'whether' or 'if' and statement order.
- Q5Easy
Report correctly: 'Close the door,' the teacher said.
A.The teacher said that close the door.B.The teacher asked that we closed the door.C.The teacher told us to close the door.✓ CorrectD.The teacher said to close the door please.Answer: C. The teacher told us to close the door.
Explanation: A command is reported with 'told' plus the infinitive.
- Q6Medium
Report correctly: 'I met him last week,' she said.
A.She said that she had met him the previous week.✓ CorrectB.She said that she met him last week.C.She said that she has met him the previous week.D.She said that she had met him last week.Answer: A. She said that she had met him the previous week.
Explanation: The simple past shifts to the past perfect and 'last week' shifts to 'the previous week'.
- Q7Medium
Report correctly: 'Why didn't you attend the meeting?' the manager asked.
A.The manager asked why I did not attend the meeting.B.The manager asked that why I had not attended the meeting.C.The manager asked why I had not attended the meeting.✓ CorrectD.The manager asked why did I not attend the meeting.Answer: C. The manager asked why I had not attended the meeting.
Explanation: The auxiliary is dropped, order becomes that of a statement, and the past shifts to the past perfect.
- Q8Medium
Report correctly: 'Would you mind opening the window?' he said to her.
A.He asked that she would open the window.B.He requested her to open the window.✓ CorrectC.He told her would she mind opening the window.D.He said her to open the window.Answer: B. He requested her to open the window.
Explanation: A polite formula of this kind is reported as a request with the infinitive.
- Q9Medium
Identify the error: 'He said that he will meet me the next day.'
A.said should be toldB.the next day should be tomorrowC.me should be ID.will should be would✓ CorrectAnswer: D. will should be would
Explanation: After a past reporting verb 'will' must shift to 'would'.
- Q10Hard
Choose the correct reported form of: 'If I had money, I would buy that house,' he said.
A.He said that if he had money he would buy that house.✓ CorrectB.He said that if he had had money he would have bought that house.C.He said that if he has money he will buy that house.D.He said that if he had money he will buy that house.Answer: A. He said that if he had money he would buy that house.
Explanation: A second conditional is already in an unreal past form and does not shift further.
- Q11Hard
Choose the correct reported form of: 'I was reading when the lights went out,' she said.
A.She said that she has been reading when the lights had gone out.B.She said that she read when the lights had gone out.C.She said that she had been reading when the lights went out.✓ CorrectD.She said that she was reading when the lights went out.Answer: C. She said that she had been reading when the lights went out.
Explanation: The past continuous shifts to the past perfect continuous while the time clause stays in the simple past.
- Q12Hard
Choose the correct reported form of: 'Shall I open the window?' he asked.
A.He asked that he should open the window.B.He asked whether he should open the window.✓ CorrectC.He asked whether he shall open the window.D.He asked whether shall he open the window.Answer: B. He asked whether he should open the window.
Explanation: 'Shall' seeking instruction shifts to 'should'.
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Start with the Easy quiz to confirm your fundamentals, then attempt Medium and Hard for application-level practice. Review each explanation, retry the questions you miss, and track your accuracy on this chapter until it is consistently high.
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Yes — the timed quizzes use exam-grade marking: +4 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one and 0 for a skipped question. Note that MHT-CET and the CBSE board papers themselves carry no negative marking — our mocks for those are scored their way, not this way.
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The set is curated to the NCERT syllabus and weighted toward the question patterns that actually appear in CBSE Board exams, across Easy, Medium and Hard — so it doubles as an "important questions" revision list for "Grammar: Reported Speech".