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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following options best define direct speech A) Direct speech repeats or quote the exact words spoken by the the speaker. B) Direct speech is about paraphrasing the words spoken by the speaker. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech repeats or quote the exact words spoken by the the speaker. 2. He said to me, "I must win this game." A) He told me that he had to win that game. B) He told me that he had to win this game. C) He told me that he must win that game. D) He told me that he must win this game. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me that he had to win that game. 3. "We ordered the materials last week." A) She said they ordered the materials last week. B) She said they had ordered the materials last week. C) She said they have ordered the materials last week. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said they have ordered the materials last week. 4. Rishi said, "My brother may arrange for the air tickets." A) Rishi said his brother may arrange the air tickets. B) Rishi said that his brother might arrange for the air tickets. C) Rishi said his brother has arranged for the air tickets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rishi said that his brother might arrange for the air tickets. 5. She said, " I bought a pen." A) She said that she had bought a pen. B) She said that she have been bought a pen. C) She said that she have bought a pen. D) She said that she had been bought a pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she had bought a pen. 6. Ann said she ..... happy about going home that day. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 7. Austin says, "I see the clouds. ".Austin says that he ..... the clouds. A) Had seen. B) Sees. C) Saw. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sees. 8. Change to indirect speech. Cyrus said, "I may visit London tomorrow." A) Cyrus said that he might visit London tomorrow. B) Cyrus said he might visit London. C) Cyrus said that he may visit London the next day. D) Cyrus said that he might visit London the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cyrus said that he might visit London the next day. 9. "When are you leaving? " He asked us. A) He asked me when I have been leaving. B) He asked me when were you leaving?. C) He asked us when we were leaving. D) He asked me when I was leaving. E) He asked us when we will be leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked us when we were leaving. 10. Which of the following is not a universal truth A) Sun rises in East and sets in West. B) Human being is immortal. C) Water is colourless, odourless and tasteless. D) Change is the law of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human being is immortal. 11. HERE changes into ..... A) After. B) There. C) Does not change. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There. 12. Present continuous tense in DIrect Speech will be changed into ..... in Indirect Speech A) Past Simple. B) Past Perfect. C) Past continuous tense. D) Present Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past continuous tense. 13. "Are you okay, Ivanna? " asked Abigail. A) Abigail asked Ivanna if she is okay. B) Abigail asked if Ivanna is okay. C) Abigail asked Ivanna if she was okay. D) Ivanna is not okay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abigail asked Ivanna if she was okay. 14. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Sally said, "I have a meeting now." A) Sally said that she has a meeting then. B) Sally said that she had a meeting now. C) Sally said that she has a meeting now. D) Sally said that she had a meeting then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sally said that she had a meeting then. 15. Present simple tense changes into ..... A) Past Continuous. B) Past Perfect. C) Past Simple. D) Present Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Simple. 16. Rajiv says, 'Virat is a Good batsman'Convert in Indirect speech A) Rajiv said that Virat was a good batsman. B) Rajiv says that Virat is a good batsman. C) Rajiv said that Virat is a good batsman. D) Rajiv says that Virat was a good batsman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajiv says that Virat is a good batsman. 17. Summer said, "I have revised hard for this test." A) Summer said that she had revised hard for the test. B) Summer said that I had revised hard for this test. C) Summer said that she have revised hard for the test. D) Summer said that she had revised hard for this test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer said that she had revised hard for the test. 18. "What made you think that you were the right person for job? " the man asked Jessie.The reported Speech is ..... A) The man asked Jessie what had made her think that she was the right person for the job. B) The man asked Jessie if she thought she had been the right person for the job. C) The man asked Jessie what had made you think that you had been the right person for the job. D) The man wanted to know what had made Jessie think that she had been the right person for the job. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The man wanted to know what had made Jessie think that she had been the right person for the job. 19. Change to indirect speech. Harvey said, "I will write a letter tonight." A) Harvey said that he would write a letter tonight. B) Harvey said that he will write a letter that night. C) Harvey said that he would write a letter that night. D) Harvey said that he would write a letter the previous night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harvey said that he would write a letter that night. 20. Ron said, "My friends and I are playing board games now." A) Ron said that he and his friends were playing board games now. B) Ron said that his friends and he were playing board games now. C) Ron said that he and his friends were playing board games then. D) Ron said that he and his friends was playing board games now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ron said that he and his friends were playing board games then. 21. I said to you, "I don't believe you." A) I said to you I don't believe you. B) I said to you that I didn't believe. C) I said I don't believe you. D) I said I didn't believe you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I said I didn't believe you. 22. The students said, "We don't have any homework today." A) The students said that they didn't have any homework today. B) The students said they didn't have any homework that day. C) The students said that they don't have any homework that day. D) The students said that they didn't have any homework that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The students said that they didn't have any homework that day. 23. Father said, "Reena has come." A) Father said that Reena had came. B) Father said Reena has came. C) Father said Reena had came. D) Father said that Reena had come. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Father said that Reena had come. 24. Change to indirect speech. Liv said, "I will change my attitude and become a better person." A) Liv said that she will change her attitude and become a better person. B) Liv said that she would change my attitude and become a better person. C) Liv said that she would change her attitude and become a better person. D) Liv said he would change her attitude and become a better person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liv said that she would change her attitude and become a better person. 25. John asked Mary, "Why did you get angry with me? " A) John asked Mary why he got angry with her. B) John asked Mary why she gets angry with him. C) John asked Mary why she got angry with him. D) John asked Mary why she will get angry with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John asked Mary why she got angry with him. 26. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Mrs. Helen said, "I forgot my keys." A) Mrs. Helen said that she had forgotten his keys. B) Mrs. Helen said that she had forgotten her keys. C) Mrs. Helen said that she forgot her keys. D) Mrs. Helen said that she has forgotten her keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Helen said that she had forgotten her keys. 27. Fiona told me she ..... in hospital. A) Rests. B) Reast. C) Was resting. D) Resting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was resting. 28. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Mike said, "This radio doesn't work." A) Mike said that that radio didn't work. B) Mike said that that radio doesn't work. C) Mike said that this radio doesn't work. D) Mike said that that radio didn't worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mike said that that radio didn't work. 29. Brad said, "My best friend is coming to visit me." A) Brad said that his best friend was coming to visit he. B) Brad said that his best friend was coming to visit me. C) Brad said that his best friend was coming to visit him. D) Brad said his best friend was coming to visit me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brad said that his best friend was coming to visit him. 30. Change to indirect speech. Mum said, "I am going to watch the movie." A) Mum said that she watched the movie. B) Mum said that she was going to watch the movie. C) Mum said that she watches the movie. D) Mum said she was going to watch the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mum said that she was going to watch the movie. 31. "I had just turned out the light, " he explained. A) He explained that he has just turned out the light. B) He explained that he had just turned out the light. C) He explained that he have just turned out the light. D) He explained he had just turning out the light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He explained that he had just turned out the light. 32. She said to me, "He mostly ignores me" . A) She said to me that he mostly ignored me. B) She said to me that he mostly ignores her. C) She said to me that he is mostly ignored me. D) She said to me that he mostly ignored her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said to me that he mostly ignored her. 33. A doctor will say, "A nurse will look after the patients" . A) A doctor would say that a nurse will look after the patients. B) A doctor will say that a nurse will look after the patients. C) A doctor will say that a nurse would look after the patient. D) A doctor will say that a nurse would be look after the patient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A doctor will say that a nurse would look after the patient. 34. Tina said, "I shall work hard from now on." A) Tina said that she would work hard from then on. B) Tina said that I would work hard from then on. C) Tina said that she shall work hard from then on. D) Tina said that she would work hard from now on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tina said that she would work hard from then on. 35. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Eric and Sue said, "We haven't heard from Joe." A) Eric and Sue said that they hadn't heard from Joe. B) Eric and Sue said that he hadn't heard from Joe. C) Eric and Sue said that we hadn't heard from Joe. D) Eric and Sue said that they haven't heard from Joe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eric and Sue said that they hadn't heard from Joe. 36. Jason and Victoria: "We will do our best in the exams tomorrow." A) Jason and Victoria told me (that) they will do their best in the exams the next day. B) Jason and Victoria told me (that) we would do our best in the exams the next day. C) Jason and Victoria told me (that) they would do their best in the exams the next day. D) Jason and Victoria told me (that) they do their best in the exams the next day. E) Jason and Victoria told me (that) they should do their best in the exams the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jason and Victoria told me (that) they would do their best in the exams the next day. 37. He said that he is a doctor. A) He says, "I am a doctor.". B) He said, "I am a doctor.". C) I said, " he is a doctor. ". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He says, "I am a doctor.". 38. She asked me, "Do you remember me? " A) She asked me If i remembered her. B) She asked me if I have remembered her. C) She asked me whether I had remembered her. D) She asked me If i remember her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me If i remembered her. 39. He told me, "I have not followed you back." A) He told me that he does not follow me back. B) He told me that he did not follow me back. C) He told me that he had not followed me back. D) He told me that he has not followed me back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told me that he had not followed me back. 40. He reported that the case had been sorted out within a month.Convert to Direct speech A) He reported, 'The case has been sorted out within a month'. B) He said, 'The case has been sorted out within a month'. C) He reported, 'the case had been sort out within a month'. D) None of them are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said, 'The case has been sorted out within a month'. 41. Complete the sentence about indirect speech:With indirect speech, ..... A) You report what somebody said in the past. B) You just copy the sentence. C) You don't need backshift. D) You use speech marks ("" ). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You report what somebody said in the past. 42. When you pushed me, I was holding my phone. A) Keyza said when you push him, he was holding my phone. B) Keyza said when I had pushed him, he had been holding his phone. C) Keyza said when I pushed him, he was holding his phone. D) Keyza said when I pushed him, he is holding my phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keyza said when I had pushed him, he had been holding his phone. 43. Put the sentence into indirect speech.He said "My brother went to our house to help us." A) He said that his brother went to their house to help them. B) He said that his brother had gone to their house to help them. C) He said that his brother had gone to our house to help us. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that his brother had gone to their house to help them. 44. Matt asked Irene, "Why are you sad? " A) Matt asked Irene why she is sad. B) Matt asked Irene why you were sad. C) Matt asked Irene why she was sad. D) Irene smiled back to Matt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matt asked Irene why she was sad. 45. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-They said, "Joe, the time is up." A) They told Joe that the time is up. B) They told Joe that the time was up. C) They said Joe the time was up. D) They said that the time was up to Joe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They told Joe that the time was up. 46. "Don't turn off the light now, " he said to me. A) He told me don't turn off the light at now. B) He told me don't turn on the light at that time. C) He told me don't turn off the light at that time. D) He told me not to turn off the light at that time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He told me not to turn off the light at that time. 47. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Diana said, "I wrote to my father yesterday." A) Diana said that she wrote to her father the previous day. B) Diana said that she wrote to her father the last day. C) Diana said that she had written to her father the last day. D) Diana said that she had written to her father the previous day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diana said that she had written to her father the previous day. 48. "Can you bring us some coffee, please? " A) He told her to bring them some coffee. B) He asked her to bring them some coffee. C) He said her to bring them some coffee.c. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked her to bring them some coffee. 49. What's the correct form of the time phrase in indirect speech? yesterday A) Tomorrow. B) The last day. C) The day before. D) Yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The day before. 50. We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us? " Change to indirect speech. A) We asks them whether they will go to the movie with us. B) We asks them whether they would go to the movie with us. C) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. D) We asked them whether they will go to the movie with us. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. 51. What's the correct form of the time phrase in indirect speech? last year A) The year before. B) Some year. C) Next year. D) Last year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The year before. 52. Falisha said that I had given her a quiz before her test. A) Falisha said, "You have given me a quiz before my test.". B) Falisha said, " You gave me a quiz before our test.". C) Falisha said, "I gave you a quiz before your test.". D) Falisha said, "I have given her a quiz before her test.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falisha said, "You have given me a quiz before my test.". 53. She said, "He will come tomorrow" .She said that he ..... the next day. A) Is coming. B) Will come. C) Would come. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would come. 54. Mother asked David, "Are you going to help her? " A) Mother asks David if he was going to help her. B) Mother asked David if he is going to help her. C) Mother asked David if he was going to help her. D) Mother asks David if he is going to help her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mother asked David if he was going to help her. 55. Dami said, "I am going out of town." A) Dami said that I am going out of town. B) Dami said that he was going out of town. C) Dami said that he went out of town. D) Dami said that he is going out of town. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dami said that he was going out of town. 56. My brother said, "I met Tom at the party last night." becomes ..... A) My brother says that he meets Tom at the party last night. B) My brother said that he had met Tom at the party the previous night. C) My brother says that he had met Tom at the party the previous night. D) My brother said that I met Tom at the party last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother said that he had met Tom at the party the previous night. 57. I said 'I will be watching the movie on phone'convert in direct speech A) I said that I will be watching the movie on phone. B) I said that I would be watching the movie on phone. C) I told that I would be watching the movie on phone. D) I said I will be watching the movie on phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I said that I would be watching the movie on phone. 58. Is/am/are in Direct Speech will be changed into ..... in Indirect Speech A) Were. B) Was/were. C) Had been. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was/were. 59. He says, "I am still trying to do it." A) He says that he is still trying to do it. B) He says that he has been trying to do it. C) He says that he was still trying to do it. D) He says tthat he tried to do oit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He says that he is still trying to do it. 60. We asked Tom, "Did you play computer games here? " A) We asked Tom if he played computer games there. B) We asked Tom whether he had played computer games there. C) We asked Tom whether he has played computer games here. D) We asked Tom if he play computer games there. 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