This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Convert to indirect speech:Hanna: "I have completed my project." A) She said that she had completed her project. B) She said that she completed her project. C) She said, 'I completed my project.'. D) She said that she has completed her project. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she had completed her project. 2. 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. 3. Kay: "What are you doing here, May? I haven't seen you since August."Kay asked May ..... , and he said ..... since August. A) What she was doing there; he had not seen her. B) What she was doing here; he had not seen her. C) What she was doing there; he has not seen her. D) What she was doing here; he has not seen her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What she was doing there; he had not seen her. 4. 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. 5. Scientists said they ..... to extract proteins from plants to make fuel, which now became an ordinary practice. A) Have been trying. B) Try. C) Are trying. D) Have tried. E) Tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tried. 6. 'She said, 'I can swim well." into indirect speech. A) She said that she could swim well. B) She said that she can swim well. C) She said that she might swim well. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she could swim well. 7. Sabrina said, "I am happy" .She told me that she ..... happy. A) Is. B) Was. C) Had been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 8. What do you want?Can you tell me ..... A) Can you tell me what you want. B) Can you tell me what do you want. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can you tell me what you want. 9. " I think he ..... by gangsters working for some mafia." A) Has been kidnapped. B) Kidnapped. C) Kidnapping. D) Should have been kidanpped. E) Had been kidanapped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been kidnapped. 10. "I am working today" A) She told us she was working that day. B) She told us she were working that day. C) She told us she has working that day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told us she was working that day. 11. Change the tense: "I will travel next week." said Tamara A) She said she will travel next week. B) She said she had traveled the previous week. C) She said she is traveling next week. D) She said she would travel the following week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said she would travel the following week. 12. My friends said, "Everything will be alright" . A) My friends said that everything was be alright. B) My friends said that everything would be alright. C) My friends said that everything will be alright. D) My friends said that everything is alright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friends said that everything would be alright. 13. Bagus asked, "Can I borrow your DVD for a moment?" A) He asked me whether he can borrow my DVD for a moment. B) He wanted to know if he could borrow my DVD for a moment or not. C) He asked me if he can borrow my DVD for a moment. D) He asked me whether he could borrow your DVD for a moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wanted to know if he could borrow my DVD for a moment or not. 14. The author said that she ..... her writing trials with patience and enthusiasm. A) Has shared. B) Will have shared. C) Have shared. D) Shares. E) Had shared. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had shared. 15. Officer:'' I have seen a serious accident. A) The officer said that he had seen a serious accident. B) The officer said that he has seen a serious accident. C) The officer said that he saw a serious accident. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The officer said that he had seen a serious accident. 16. State whether the sentence below is written as Direct Speech or Indirect Speech.The boy said that it was his pen. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 17. 'He said, 'I will buy a car soon." into indirect speech. A) He said that he would buy a car soon. B) He said that he will buy a car soon. C) He said that he has bought a car soon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he would buy a car soon. 18. We mostly use present tense verbs in ..... A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech. 19. " He never gives attention to my words." Anna ..... that her father never listened to her. A) Complained. B) Satisfied. C) Offered. D) Proclaimed. E) Admitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complained. 20. I told my therapist that I ..... to think of myself as a pretty miserable human being, but she just said to me that ..... only an indication. A) Am begining/ is. B) Had begun/ has been. C) Was beginning/ was. D) Began/ will be. E) Began/ had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was beginning/ was. 21. Change the following sentence into indirect speech:The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?" A) The policeman wanted to know where the boy lives. B) The policeman asked the boy where he lives. C) "Where do you live?", the policeman asked the boy. D) When speaking to the boy, the policeman asked where do you live?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The policeman asked the boy where he lives. 22. She said, " I am buying a pen." A) She said that she was buying a pen. B) She says that she was buying a pen. C) She said that she was being bought a pen. D) She said that she was bought a pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she was buying a pen. 23. My mom asked me if I could spare some time in direct speech is ..... A) My mom asked me, "Do you have some spare time? ". B) My mom asked me, "Can you spare some time? ". C) My mom asked me, " Will you spare some time? ". D) My mom asked me, "Could you spare some time? ". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mom asked me, "Can you spare some time? ". 24. Jeff said, "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow" .Jeff said that his mother ..... the bus to work ..... A) Was taking; the next day. B) Was taking; tomorrow. C) Had been taking; the next day. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking; the next day. 25. Change to indirect speech. Donna said, "I should go travelling this summer." A) Donna said that I should go travelling that summer. B) Donna said that she should go travelling. C) Donna said that she should go travelling that summer. D) Donna said that she should go travelling this summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Donna said that she should go travelling that summer. 26. Complete the sentence about indirect speech:"Backshift" is ..... A) Hard work. B) When you put the verb in a past form. C) When you drive a car. D) When you rewrite the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When you put the verb in a past form. 27. Johnny said, "I played this game last week." A) Johnny said that he played that game last week. B) Johnny said that he had played that game the previous week. C) Johnny said that he had played the game the previous week. D) Johnny said that he played that game the previous week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Johnny said that he had played that game the previous week. 28. My father said to me, "I met your teacher yesterday. "Ans. My father said to me that he had met ..... teacher the previous day. A) My. B) His. C) Her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My. 29. Sintawati said to Mother: "I want to buy new dress so that my friends look me beautifully on my birthday party." A) Sintawati said to Mother that she wanted to buy new dress so that my friends look me beautifully on her birthday party. B) Sintawati said to Mother that I wanted to buy new dress so that her friends look me beautifully on my birthday party. C) Sintawati said to Mother that I want to buy new dress so that my friends look me beautifully on my birthday party. D) Sintawati said to Mother that she wanted to buy new dress so that her friends looked her beautifully on her birthday party. E) Sintawati said to Mother that she wants to buy new dress so that my friends looked me beautifully on my birthday party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sintawati said to Mother that she wanted to buy new dress so that her friends looked her beautifully on her birthday party. 30. "We'll finish production next month." A) She said they finished production next month. B) She said they would finish production next month. C) She said they would finish production the following month. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said they would finish production the following month. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Quiz 1Indirect Speech Quiz 2Indirect Speech Quiz 3Indirect Speech Quiz 4Indirect Speech Quiz 6Indirect Speech Quiz 7Indirect Speech Quiz 8Indirect Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books