This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Convert to indirect speech:Sinta: "I love reading books." A) She said that she loves reading books. B) She said that she will love reading books. C) She says that she loved reading books. D) She said that she loved reading books. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said that she loved reading books. 2. I like to read detectives but John likes to read romantic ..... A) One. B) Ones. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ones. 3. Choose the correct option. His dad said, 'You can't go out.' His dad didn't ..... him to go out. A) Refuse. B) Allow. C) Deny. D) Complain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allow. 4. Anja said Greg was leaving 10 minutes ago. Chris told us not to worry and that he would pick us up. Chris said, ' ..... ' A) Don't worry. I would pick you up. B) Not worry. I'll pick them up. C) You not worry. I will pick us up. D) Don't worry. I'll pick you up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't worry. I'll pick you up. 5. How long does it take to Surabaya?Can you tell me ..... A) Can you tell me how long do it take to Surabaya. B) Can you tell me how long it takes to Surabaya. C) Can you tell me how long does it take to Surabaya. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can you tell me how long it takes to Surabaya. 6. The researchers have discovered that the oxygen which serves in respiration ..... by diffusion in most plant and animal cells. A) Used to be absorbed. B) Have been absorbed. C) Was being absorbed. D) Is absorbed. E) Had been absorbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is absorbed. 7. Lia asked me, "Which one is yours?" A) Lia wanted to know which one is mine. B) Lia wanted to know which one was yours. C) Lia wanted to know which one is yours. D) Lia wanted to know which one was mine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lia wanted to know which one was mine. 8. He tells him that he is the ..... he needs. A) One. B) Ones. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 9. 'He said, 'I have completed my work." into indirect speech. A) He said that he had completed his work. B) He said that he was completing his work. C) He said that he completes his work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he had completed his work. 10. Choose the correct option. Hilary asked Bob, 'Can I stay with you next week?' A) Hilary wanted to know whether Bob could stay with her the following week. B) Hilary enquired whether could she stay with Bob the following week. C) Hilary wondered that she could stay with Bob the next week. D) Hilary asked if she could stay with Bob the following week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hilary asked if she could stay with Bob the following week. 11. 'He said, 'I was reading a book when she called." into indirect speech. A) He said that he had been reading a book when she called. B) He said that he was reading a book when she called. C) He said that he reads a book when she called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he had been reading a book when she called. 12. Where is the nearest station? Could you tell me ..... A) Could you tell me where is the nearest station. B) Could you tell me where the nearest station is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could you tell me where the nearest station is. 13. Choose the correct option. 'This is the first time I've spoken in public.' A) She'll tell them that was the first time she spoke in public. B) She has said this is the first time she has spoken in public. C) She says that was the first time she had spoken in public. D) She told them that had been the first time she spoke in public. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She has said this is the first time she has spoken in public. 14. 'Tom said, 'I wrote a letter yesterday." into indirect speech. A) Tom said that he had written a letter the previous day. B) Tom said that he writes a letter yesterday. C) Tom said that he was writing a letter yesterday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom said that he had written a letter the previous day. 15. Use appropriate pronouns: "We will join you.", said Guntur and Adi A) They said they are joining you. B) They said they would join you. C) They said they joined you. D) They said we will join you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said they would join you. 16. Identify the direct speech:'What time is it?' he asked. A) 'What time is it?'. B) What time is it? he asked. C) He asked, 'What time is it?'. D) 'What time is it' he asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'What time is it?'. 17. Why did she tell lies?I wonder ..... A) I wonder why she told lies. B) I wonder why did she tell lies. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wonder why she told lies. 18. They said, "We've lived in Indonesia for a long time" . A) They wanted to know they had lived in Indonesia for a long time. B) They said we have lived in Indonesia for a long time. C) They said they have lived in Indonesia for a long time. D) They said they had lived in Indonesia for a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They said they had lived in Indonesia for a long time. 19. 'She asked, 'Where are you going?" into indirect speech. A) She asked where I was going. B) She asked where I went. C) She asked where I am going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked where I was going. 20. Which word is often used to introduce indirect speech? A) That. B) When. C) Then. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 21. Use appropriate pronouns:Anton: "I will help you." A) He said I will help you. B) He said he helps you. C) He said he will help you. D) He said he would help you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said he would help you. 22. Convert to indirect speech:Rudy and Benny: "We are playing football." A) They said that they play football. B) They said, 'We were playing football.'. C) They said that they were playing football. D) They said they are playing football. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they were playing football. 23. I like sweet and sour. Which ..... do you prefer? A) One. B) Ones. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 24. Vocabulary:During the ..... , many of the roads were under water. A) Tornado. B) Landslide. C) Flood. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flood. 25. Change the following sentence into indirect speech. "Do you want to buy anything?" She asked him. A) She asked him did he want to buy anything. B) She asked him that did he want to buy anything. C) She asked him if he wanted to buy anything. D) She asked him if did he want to buy anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked him if he wanted to buy anything. 26. My uncle said, "Don't turn off the light!" . A) He told me not to turn off the light. B) He told me don't turn off the light. C) He told me not to turning off the light. D) He told me to don't turn off the light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me not to turn off the light. 27. Toni asked Rai, "Have you finished reading this text book?" . A) Toni asked him if he had finished reading that text book. B) Toni asks him if he had finished reading that text book. C) Toni asked him if he had finished reading this text book. D) Toni asked him if he has finished reading this text book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toni asked him if he had finished reading that text book. 28. Which option is not possible? The travel agent ..... going to Malaysia. A) Suggested. B) Advised. C) Instructed. D) Recommended. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Instructed. 29. All the students in the class shouted that there ..... no exams although the teacher insisted that he ..... it the day before. A) Was/ announced. B) Should have been/ announced. C) Might be/ would announce. D) Had been/ could announce. E) Were/ should have announced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/ announced. 30. Vocabulary:If you lose electricity, you'll need ..... because your lights won't work. A) An emergency. B) A first-aid kit. C) A flashlight. D) Non-perishable food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A flashlight. 31. Change the tense:Bayu: "I am watching a movie.' A) He said that I had watched a movie. B) He said that I will watch a movie. C) He said that he was watching a movie. D) He said that he is going to watch a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he was watching a movie. 32. Riri asked, "Vina, where did you go last night?" A) Riri wondered Vina where she had gone the night before. B) Riri wondered Vina where did she go the night before. C) Riri asked Vina where she go last night. D) Riri asked Vina where had she gone last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Riri wondered Vina where she had gone the night before. 33. Experts advise parents that they ..... to protect the child by only keeping him/her warm. A) Wouldn't have tried. B) Couldn't try. C) Can't have tried. D) Would not try. E) Should not try. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Should not try. 34. Everything ..... ready the following day he promised. A) Will have been. B) Would be. C) Will be. D) Would have been. E) Must have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would be. 35. She said to them, "This event was able to help you get the scholarship" . A) She said to them that that event had been able to help us get the scholarship. B) She said to them that that event had been able to help you get the scholarship. C) She said to them that that event had been able to help them get the scholarship. D) She said to them that that event able to help them get the scholarship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said to them that that event had been able to help them get the scholarship. 36. Choose the correct option. The counsellor ..... slow down. A) Advised to. B) Suggested me. C) Invited me to. D) Recommended. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invited me to. 37. The teacher claimed that we ..... well in the last exams. A) Didn't perform. B) Hadn't been performing. C) Haven't been performing. D) Wasn't performing. E) Haven't performed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't perform. 38. Identify the direct speech:'Where are you going?' he asked. A) 'Where you are going?' he asked. B) 'Where are you going' he asked. C) He asked, 'Where are you going?'. D) 'Where are you going?'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked, 'Where are you going?'. 39. 'She said, 'I will visit Paris next year." into indirect speech. A) She said that she will visit Paris next year. B) She said that she would visit Paris the following year. C) She said that she had visited Paris next year. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she would visit Paris the following year. 40. It is well known that if the number of positive charges ..... the number of negative charges, the atom is neutral. A) Equals. B) Equalled. C) Have equalled. D) Was equalled. E) Would equal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equals. 41. My doctor warned me ..... the despair or exhaustion that I ..... along the way. A) Not fearing/ must inevitably feel. B) Fearing/ could inevitably feel. C) Not to fear/ shall inevitably feel. D) To fear/ had to inevitably feel. E) Not to fear/ would inevitably feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Not to fear/ would inevitably feel. 42. Vocabulary:We could see the spinning air of the ..... from several kilometers away. A) Emergency. B) Tornado. C) First-aid kit. D) Landslide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tornado. 43. 'She said, 'I do not like chocolate." into indirect speech. A) She said that she did not like chocolate. B) She said that she does not like chocolate. C) She said that she had not liked chocolate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she did not like chocolate. 44. 'She said, 'I am going to the market." into indirect speech. A) She said that she was going to the market. B) She said that she goes to the market. C) She said that she had gone to the market. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she was going to the market. 45. Where is the bathroom?Do you know ..... A) Do you know where is the bathroom. B) Do you know where the bathroom is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do you know where the bathroom is. 46. Which option is incorrect? The Met Office ..... drivers to stay off the roads because of the snow. A) Announced. B) Wanted. C) Reminded. D) Warned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Announced. 47. 'He asked, 'Will you help me?" into indirect speech. A) He asked if I would help him. B) He asked if I will help him. C) He asked if I help him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked if I would help him. 48. 'He asked, 'How can I solve this problem?" into indirect speech. A) He asked how he could solve that problem. B) He asked how he can solve that problem. C) He asked how he was solving that problem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked how he could solve that problem. 49. Use appropriate pronouns: "I will meet you at the cafe." said Monita A) She said I will meet you at the cafe. B) She said she will meet you at the cafe. C) She said she would meet you at the cafe. D) She said she would meet her at the cafe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she would meet you at the cafe. 50. Vocabulary:The city government set up ..... for the peoplethat had been evacuated from their homes. A) An emergency. B) A flashlight. C) A shelter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A shelter. 51. It was believed that respiration invariably ..... the combination of cellular fuel with oxygen. A) Is involved. B) Might be involved. C) Would have involved. D) Involved. E) Has been involving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Involved. 52. He couldn't give me his word but said that if he could finish his work earlier, he ..... to us. A) May come. B) Might come. C) Should come. D) Will come. E) Has to come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might come. 53. In which sentence do you have to change the modal verb in reported speech? A) 'I must finish my essay by tomorrow.'. B) 'You shouldn't tease your sister like that.'. C) 'You mustn't take photos in the museum.'. D) 'I'm starving. I could eat a horse.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'I must finish my essay by tomorrow.'. 54. 'He said, 'I am watching TV now." into indirect speech. A) He said that he was watching TV then. B) He said that he watched TV now. C) He said that he had watched TV then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was watching TV then. 55. 'She asked, 'Did you complete your assignment?" into indirect speech. A) She asked if I had completed my assignment. B) She asked if I completed my assignment. C) She asked if I was completing my assignment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked if I had completed my assignment. 56. Did you see my cat around here? Can you tell me ..... A) Can you tell me if you saw my cat around here. B) Can you tell me did you see my cat around here. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can you tell me if you saw my cat around here. 57. Convert to indirect speech:Hanna: "I have completed my project." A) She said, 'I completed my project.'. B) She said that she had completed her project. C) She said that she completed her project. D) She said that she has completed her project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had completed her project. 58. My friends are the ..... that are going to choose, this time'. A) One. B) Ones. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ones. 59. We mostly use past tense verbs in ..... A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 60. Scientists said they ..... to extract proteins from plants to make fuel, which now became an ordinary practice. A) Are trying. B) Tried. C) Have been trying. D) Try. E) Have tried. 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