This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hey guys, can you spot the reporting verb in this lively sentence:She exclaimed, 'What a beautiful day!' A) Exclaimed. B) Noted. C) Remarked. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclaimed. 2. "Be careful on the street, " said the police officer.Select the correct indirect speech: A) The police officer said to be careful on the street. B) The police officer is said to be careful on the street. C) Said to be careful on the street the police officer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The police officer said to be careful on the street. 3. When we state directly/exact words of a person, its is called A) Indirect speech. B) Direct speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct speech. 4. He replied, "No, I haven't seen him since lunchtime." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 5. Mary "I have never tried to collect things" Jill: "Mary told me that she ..... to collect things" A) Has never tried. B) Had never tried. C) Never tried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never tried. 6. Mariam replied, "I have watched this movie."Mariam replied that she ..... A) Had watched this movie. B) Was watching this movie. C) Would watch this movie. D) Watched this movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had watched this movie. 7. Chuchita told us to hurry up.Select the correct direct speech: A) "Hurry up, '' said Chuchita to my sister and me. B) "Hurry up, " said to Chuchita to my sister and me. C) "Hurry up, " said Chuchita my sister and me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Hurry up, '' said Chuchita to my sister and me. 8. Sam told the police he ..... what had happened. A) Didn't know. B) Hadn't known. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't know. 9. They said, "He will visit his parents." A) They said that he woul to visit his parents. B) They said that he would visits hi parents. C) They said that he would visti his parents. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that he would visti his parents. 10. They told us, "We spend our holidays on a farm every year." A) They told us that they had spent their holidays on a farm every year. B) They told us that they spend our holidays on a farm every year. C) They told us that we spent our holidays on a farm every year. D) They told us that they spent their holidays on a farm every year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They told us that they spent their holidays on a farm every year. 11. Jamie asked, "When are you coming back?" A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 12. My mother told me that if I ..... too much, I would feel ill. A) Ate. B) Had eaten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 13. "I don't know what Fred is doing."Charlie said ..... A) He didn't know what Fred is doing. B) He don't know what Fred is doing. C) He don't know what Fred was doing. D) He didn't know what Fred was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He didn't know what Fred was doing. 14. Imagine Sanya and Avyaan are discussing their plans. Avyaan says, 'I will meet you tomorrow.' How would you change this to indirect speech? A) Sanya said that Avyaan would meet her the next day. B) Sanya said that Avyaan would meet them tomorrow. C) Sanya said that Avyaan would meet you the next day. D) Sanya said that Avyaan will meet her tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanya said that Avyaan would meet her the next day. 15. "Can you meet me tomorrow?" he asked Rani A) He asked Rani can he meet me the next day. B) He asked Rani if she could meet him the following day. C) He asked Rani if she could meet me the following day. D) He asked Rani if you could meet him the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked Rani if she could meet him the following day. 16. Susan said, "I will bring food to your house for dinner." A) Susan said she brings food to my house for dinner. B) Susan said I would bring food to my house for dinner. C) Susan said she would bring food to my house for dinner. D) Susan said she brought food to my house for dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Susan said she would bring food to my house for dinner. 17. My sister: "I will live abroad next year"She said that she ..... abroad next year. A) Was going to live. B) Will live. C) Would live. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would live. 18. Saharat: "I want a new bike." Saharat said that he ..... a new bike. A) Wants. B) Wanted. C) Had wanted. D) Want. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted. 19. Martina: "Don't waste money on video games"Martina told us ..... money on video games. A) Don't waste. B) Not to waste. C) Don't spend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to waste. 20. Spiderman said that he was too tired to protect the city. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 21. Bella: "I must finish the report." Bella said that she ..... finish the report. A) Must. B) Has to. C) Have to. D) Had to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had to. 22. The police officer told my mom to stop.Select the correct direct speech: A) The police officer said to stops. B) "Stop, " said the police officer to my mom. C) "Stop, '' said the police officer my mom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Stop, " said the police officer to my mom. 23. Direct: "We have finished our work, " they said. Indirect:They said that they ..... finished their work. A) Have. B) Are. C) Had. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 24. Mary: "I have had three boy friends."Mary said that she ..... three boy friends." A) Had had. B) Had. C) Has. D) Has had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had had. 25. Direct:They said, "We visited the museum yesterday." Indirect:They said that they ..... the museum the day before. A) Visited. B) Had visited. C) Had gone to. D) Would visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had visited. 26. Paul:'' I don't like apples"Paul told me he ..... apples. A) Doesn't like. B) Don't like. C) Didn't like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't like. 27. "Who told you this?" she asked. A) She asked me who had told me this. B) She asked me who told me that. C) She asked me who had told you this. D) She asked me who had told me that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked me who had told me that. 28. "I haven't seen Diane recently."Fred says ..... A) He hadn't seen Diane recently. B) He hasn't seen Diane recently. C) I hadn't seen Diane recently. D) I haven't seen Diane recently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He hasn't seen Diane recently. 29. I said, "Sam is driving the car." A) I said that Sam was driving the car. B) My uncle said that he was cooking lunch. C) My uncle said that he cooked lunch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I said that Sam was driving the car. 30. 4) Blakpink said Look up in the sky its a bird its a plane A) Blackpink said, Look up in the sky its a bird its a plane. B) Blackpink said that 'Look up in the sky its a bird its a plane '. C) BLACKPINK SAID THAT Look up in the sky its a bird its a plane. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BLACKPINK SAID THAT Look up in the sky its a bird its a plane. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Strategies Quiz 1Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 2Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 3Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 4Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 5Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 6Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 7Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books