This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I am going to the market, " he said to her A) He said to her that he had gone to the market. B) He said her that he is going to the market. C) He told her that he was going to the market. D) He told her that I was going to the market. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told her that he was going to the market. 2. Mark said to Bob, "Can you please pass me the cup of tea?"Convert to Indirect Speech A) Mark said to Bob, if he could please pass him the cup of tea. B) Mark said to Bob that, "if he could please pass him the cup of tea. ". C) Mark said to Bob that, can you could please pass him the cup of tea. D) Mark said to Bob that, if he could please pass him the cup of tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mark said to Bob that, if he could please pass him the cup of tea. 3. Convert the direct speech 'She said, 'I like to read books" to indirect speech. A) She said that she liking to read books. B) She said that she like to read books. C) She said that she liked to read books. D) She said that she likes to read books. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she liked to read books. 4. When I rang her this morning, she told me that she was busy ..... A) Today. B) That day. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Today. 5. Aswini said to her mother, "I have passed the test." A) Aswini told her mother that she has passed the test. B) Aswini told her mother that she had passed the test. C) Aswini told her mother that she passed the test. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aswini told her mother that she had passed the test. 6. "I can speak English very well" A) Laura said that she spoke English very well. B) Laura said that she speaks English very well. C) Laura said that she had spoken English very well. D) Laura said that she could speak English very well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laura said that she could speak English very well. 7. I met Tom two days ago and he said he was going to London ..... A) Tomorrow. B) The next day. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The next day. 8. "Don't talk to your friend." A) The teacher told me not to talk to my friend. B) The teacher told me to talk to my friend. C) The teacher told me talk to my friend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher told me not to talk to my friend. 9. Convert into indirect speech. She said:"They will have dinner with us today." A) She said that they will have dinner with us today. B) She said that they would have dinner with us that day. C) She said that they would have dinner with us today. D) She said that they have dinner with us that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said that they have dinner with us that day. 10. Imagine Kavya is chatting with her friends and she says she was feeling a bit tired. How would you turn her words into direct speech? A) Kavya said, 'I will be tired.'. B) Kavya said, 'I was tired.'. C) Kavya said, 'I am feeling tired.'. D) Kavya said, "I am tired.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kavya said, "I am tired.". 11. The ingenious scientist declared, "I have discovered time travel." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 12. Imagine Krish is sharing a secret with Aanya and Vanya. He told them that he was feeling really happy. Can you help convert his words from indirect speech to direct speech? A) Krish said, "I am happy.". B) Krish said, 'I was happy.'. C) Krish told them, 'I am happy.'. D) Krish said, 'He is happy.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Krish said, "I am happy.". 13. I already ..... my household work, and now I can spend my time as I want. A) Have done. B) Did. C) Had done. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have done. 14. Pim 'I am playing a game.'Pim said that she ..... a game. A) Is playing. B) Was playing. C) Is play. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 15. Max: "I don't like spinach."Max said that he ..... like spinach." A) Doesn't. B) Did. C) Don't. D) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't. 16. Imagine Aisha exclaims, 'I can't believe it!' What do you think she's feeling in that moment? A) The context is one of joy or happiness. B) The context is one of indifference or apathy. C) The context is one of surprise or disbelief. D) The context is one of anger or frustration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The context is one of surprise or disbelief. 17. Complete the indirect speech.The teacher said ..... (bring) the book. A) To bring. B) To bringing. C) To brought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To bring. 18. Everybody ..... that I had been great. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 19. "We have completed our work, " they said. A) They had completed their work, they said that. B) They said they had completed their work. C) They said they have completed their work. D) They said that we had completed our work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said they had completed their work. 20. Tom said, "I want to visit my friends this weekend." A) Tom said that he wanted to visit his friends that weekend. B) Tom said that he wants to visit his friends this weekend. C) Tom said that he wanted to visit his friends this weekend. D) Tom said that he wanted to visit my friends that weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom said that he wanted to visit his friends that weekend. 21. My mother said, "I get up early every morning." A) My mother said that she gets up early every morning. B) My mother said that she is getting up early every morning. C) My mother said that she got up early every morning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My mother said that she got up early every morning. 22. Shivina said, "Alas! I am lost." A) Shivina said that she was lost. B) Shivina said that she is lost. C) Shivina said that she has lost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shivina said that she was lost. 23. Daphne said to Antony, "I will go to London tomorrow." A) Daphne told Antony that she would go to London the next day. B) Daphne told Antony that she will go to London tomorrow. C) Daphne told Antony that she was going to London tomorrow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daphne told Antony that she would go to London the next day. 24. "The sun is the star in our solar system."The teacher said ..... A) The sun is the star in our solar system. B) The sun is the star in their solar system. C) The sun was the star in our solar system. D) The sun was the star in their solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun is the star in our solar system. 25. Mimi said, "I have been writing this letter." A) Mimi said that she has been writing this letter. B) Mimi said that she had been writing this letter. C) Mimi said she was writing this letter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mimi said that she had been writing this letter. ← PreviousRelated 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