This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All the students in the class shouted that there ..... no exams although the teacher insisted that he ..... it the day before. A) Might be/ would announce. B) Should have been/ announced. C) Had been/ could announce. D) Was/ announced. E) Were/ should have announced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was/ announced. 2. Vocabulary:If you lose electricity, you'll need ..... because your lights won't work. A) Non-perishable food. B) A flashlight. C) An emergency. D) A first-aid kit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A flashlight. 3. Change the tense:Bayu: "I am watching a movie.' A) He said that he is going to watch a movie. B) He said that he was watching a movie. C) He said that I had watched a movie. D) He said that I will watch a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he was watching a movie. 4. Riri asked, "Vina, where did you go last night?" A) Riri wondered Vina where did she go the night before. B) Riri asked Vina where had she gone last night. C) Riri wondered Vina where she had gone the night before. D) Riri asked Vina where she go last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Riri wondered Vina where she had gone the night before. 5. Experts advise parents that they ..... to protect the child by only keeping him/her warm. A) Should not try. B) Couldn't try. C) Would not try. D) Can't have tried. E) Wouldn't have tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should not try. 6. Everything ..... ready the following day he promised. A) Will be. B) Would be. C) Would have been. D) Will have been. E) Must have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would be. 7. Change the following sentence into indirect speech. We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us?" A) We asked them whether they will go to the movie with us. B) We asks them whether they will go to the movie with us. C) We asks them whether they would go to the movie with us. D) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. 8. 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 them get the scholarship. B) She said to them that that event had been able to help us get the scholarship. C) She said to them that that event had been able to help you get the scholarship. D) She said to them that that event able to help them get the scholarship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said to them that that event had been able to help them get the scholarship. 9. Choose the correct option. The counsellor ..... slow down. A) Recommended. B) Advised to. C) Suggested me. D) Invited me to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invited me to. 10. The teacher claimed that we ..... well in the last exams. A) Haven't been performing. B) Wasn't performing. C) Didn't perform. D) Haven't performed. E) Hadn't been performing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't perform. 11. Identify the direct speech:'Where are you going?' he asked. A) He asked, 'Where are you going?'. B) 'Where are you going' he asked. C) 'Where you are going?' he asked. D) 'Where are you going?'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked, 'Where are you going?'. 12. '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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. '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. 17. '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. 18. 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. 19. Which option is incorrect? The Met Office ..... drivers to stay off the roads because of the snow. A) Reminded. B) Warned. C) Wanted. D) Announced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Announced. 20. '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. 21. '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. 22. Use appropriate pronouns: "I will meet you at the cafe." said Monita A) She said she would meet you at the cafe. B) She said she would meet her at the cafe. C) She said I will meet you at the cafe. D) She said she will meet you at the cafe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she would meet you at the cafe. 23. State whether the sentence below is written as Direct Speech or Indirect Speech."Can I please go to the bathroom?" asked Marty. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 24. 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. 25. It was believed that respiration invariably ..... the combination of cellular fuel with oxygen. A) Would have involved. B) Has been involving. C) Involved. D) Might be involved. E) Is involved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Involved. 26. He couldn't give me his word but said that if he could finish his work earlier, he ..... to us. A) Will come. B) May come. C) Should come. D) Might come. E) Has to come. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might come. 27. In which sentence do you have to change the modal verb in reported speech? A) 'I must finish my essay by tomorrow.'. B) 'I'm starving. I could eat a horse.'. C) 'You shouldn't tease your sister like that.'. D) 'You mustn't take photos in the museum.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'I must finish my essay by tomorrow.'. 28. '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. 29. '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. 30. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Quiz 1Indirect Speech Quiz 2Indirect Speech Quiz 3Indirect Speech Quiz 5Indirect Speech Quiz 6Indirect Speech Quiz 7Indirect Speech Quiz 8Indirect Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books