This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He told me, "I have not followed you back." A) He told me that he had not followed me back. B) He told me that he did not follow me back. C) He told me that he has not followed me back. D) He told me that he does not follow me back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me that he had not followed me back. 2. 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'. 3. 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. 4. When you pushed me, I was holding my phone. A) Keyza said when I had pushed him, he had been holding his phone. B) Keyza said when I pushed him, he was holding his phone. C) Keyza said when you push him, he was holding my phone. D) Keyza said when I pushed him, he is holding my phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keyza said when I had pushed him, he had been holding his phone. 5. All present tenses (simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous) go to ..... tenses in transforming direct to indirect speech. A) Past participle. B) Future. C) Present. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past. 6. 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. 7. Matt asked Irene, "Why are you sad? " A) Matt asked Irene why she was sad. B) Matt asked Irene why you were sad. C) Irene smiled back to Matt. D) Matt asked Irene why she is sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matt asked Irene why she was sad. 8. 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 said that the time was up to Joe. C) They told Joe that the time was up. D) They said Joe the time was up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They told Joe that the time was up. 9. "Don't turn off the light now, " he said to me. A) He told me don't turn on the light at that time. B) He told me not to turn off the light at that time. C) He told me don't turn off the light at now. D) He told me don't turn off the light at that time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me not to turn off the light at that time. 10. 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. 11. "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. 12. What's the correct form of the time phrase in indirect speech? yesterday A) The day before. B) Yesterday. C) The last day. D) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The day before. 13. We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us? " Change to indirect speech. A) We asked them whether they would 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 will go to the movie with us. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. 14. What's the correct form of the time phrase in indirect speech? last year A) The year before. B) Last year. C) Next year. D) Some year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The year before. 15. Falisha said that I had given her a quiz before her test. A) Falisha said, "I have given her a quiz before her test.". B) Falisha said, " You gave me a quiz before our test.". C) Falisha said, "You have given me a quiz before my test.". D) Falisha said, "I gave you a quiz before your test.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falisha said, "You have given me a quiz before my test.". 16. 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. 17. Ravi said, "I go to school. "Ans. Ravi said that he ..... to school. A) Go. B) Went. C) Had gone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 18. Mother asked David, "Are you going to help her? " A) Mother asked David if he is going to help her. B) Mother asks 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 was going to help her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mother asked David if he was going to help her. 19. Dami said, "I am going out of town." A) Dami said that he was going out of town. B) Dami said that he went out of town. C) Dami said that I am going out of town. D) Dami said that he is going out of town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dami said that he was going out of town. 20. My brother said, "I met Tom at the party last night." becomes ..... A) My brother says that he had met Tom at the party the previous night. B) My brother said that he had met Tom at the party the previous night. C) My brother says that he meets Tom at the party last 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. 21. I said 'I will be watching the movie on phone'convert in direct speech A) I said that I would be watching the movie on phone. B) I said I will be watching the movie on phone. C) I said that I will be watching the movie on phone. D) I told that I would be watching the movie on phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I said that I would be watching the movie on phone. 22. Is/am/are in Direct Speech will be changed into ..... in Indirect Speech A) Had been. B) Was. C) Were. D) Was/were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was/were. 23. An indirect speech ..... A) Involves someone expressing his or her own words. B) Involves someone expressing what he or she said. C) Expresses what was said without using the exact words of the speaker. D) Expresses what was said using the exact words of the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expresses what was said without using the exact words of the speaker. 24. He says, "I am still trying to do it." A) He says tthat he tried to do oit. B) He says that he was still trying to do it. C) He says that he has been trying to do it. D) He says that he is still trying to do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He says that he is still trying to do it. 25. We asked Tom, "Did you play computer games here? " A) We asked Tom whether he has played computer games here. B) We asked Tom if he played computer games there. C) We asked Tom if he play computer games there. D) We asked Tom whether he had played computer games there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We asked Tom whether he had played computer games there. 26. Max said he ..... to school. A) Has to go. B) Had to go. C) Haves to go. D) Have to go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had to go. 27. Change to indirect:Shall we go home now mom asked Carol A) Carol told her mother shall we go home then mom?. B) Carol asked her mother shall we go home then?. C) Carol asked her mother should we go home then?. D) She asked her mother can we go home before?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carol asked her mother should we go home then?. 28. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-She informed, "I can speak perfect German." A) She informed that she could speak perfect German. B) She informed that she will speak perfect German. C) She informed that she would speak perfect German. D) She informed that she is able to speak perfect German. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She informed that she could speak perfect German. 29. He said to his mom, " I need you." A) He said to his mom that he needed her. B) He said to his mom that he had needed her. C) He said to his mom that he needs her. D) He said to his mom that he need her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said to his mom that he needed her. 30. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Akbar said, "Birbal has to be called for this matter." A) Akbar said that Birbal had to be called for this matter. B) Akbar said that Birbal has to be called for that matter. C) Akbar said that Birbal had to be called for that matter. D) Akbar said to Birbal that he had to be called for that matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar said that Birbal had to be called for that matter. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Quiz 1Indirect Speech Quiz 2Indirect Speech Quiz 3Indirect Speech Quiz 4Indirect Speech Quiz 5Indirect Speech Quiz 6Indirect Speech Quiz 7Indirect Speech Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books