This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Direct:She said, "I can solve this problem now." Indirect:She said that she could solve ..... problem ..... A) That, then. B) This, today. C) That, yesterday. D) Here, earlier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That, then. 2. Imagine Sanya is telling her friend Tara about a race. She excitedly says, 'I will finish it quickly!' Now, how would you change that to indirect speech? A) Sanya said that she would finish it slowly. B) Sanya said that she finished it quickly. C) Sanya said that she would finish it quickly. D) Sanya said that she will finish it quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanya said that she would finish it quickly. 3. "Finish the homework, " said my mom.Select the correct indirect speech: A) My mom said to finish the homework. B) My mom said finish the homework. C) My mom to said finish the homework. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mom said to finish the homework. 4. The tourists:'We missed our plane through our own fault.'-The tourists said ..... A) They missed the plan through my own fault. B) We missed the plane through their own fault. C) They were missing the plane through our own fault. D) They had missed the plane through their own fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They had missed the plane through their own fault. 5. Direct:He said, "I did not go to school last week." Indirect:He said that he ..... to school the previous week. A) Has not gone. B) Will not go. C) Did not go. D) Had not gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did not go. 6. "I will sing with the teacher" A) She said she would sing with the teacher. B) She said she sings with the teacher. C) She said she was sing with the teacher. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she would sing with the teacher. 7. Tom said, 'I will help you tomorrow.' A) Tom said that he will help me the next day. B) Tom said that he would help me the next day. C) Tom said that he will help me tomorrow. D) Tom said that he would help me tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom said that he would help me the next day. 8. Kay: "Did you go to Mount Santubong?"Kay wanted to know ..... to Mount Santubong. A) If she has gone / whether she has gone. B) If she had gone / whether she had gone. C) If she had went / whether she had went. D) If she went / whether she went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If she had gone / whether she had gone. 9. "You will have another chance to raise your grade, " the professor said.The professor said that ..... A) We will have another chance to raise our grades. B) We would have another chance to raise our grades. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We would have another chance to raise our grades. 10. Change from Direct to indirect speech-The teacher says, "The earth is like an orange." A) The teacher said that the earth was like an orange. B) The teacher says that The earth is like an orange. C) The teacher exclaimed with sadness that the earth is like an orange. D) The teacher will say that the earth was like an orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher says that The earth is like an orange. 11. "I'm coming to the party tonight."Ann says ..... A) She's coming to the party that night. B) She was coming to the party that night. C) She's coming to the party tonight. D) She was coming to the party tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She's coming to the party tonight. 12. "I like jam" Mary said A) Mary said that she like jam. B) Mary said that she likes jam. C) Mary said that I like jam. D) Mary said that she liked jam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary said that she liked jam. 13. He is saying, "I am finishing my homework." A) He is saying that he is finishing his work. B) He is saying that he was finishing my homework. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is saying that he is finishing his work. 14. Imagine Akhil said, 'I will help you.' Now, let's adjust the pronouns and see how it changes! A) Akhil said, 'They will help me.'. B) Akhil said, 'I will help you.'. C) Akhil said, 'Akhil will help me.'. D) Akhil said, 'She will help you.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akhil said, 'Akhil will help me.'. 15. He says that his brother will help her. A) He will say that his brother will help her. B) He said that his brother would help her. C) He said that his brother will help her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that his brother would help her. 16. The news programme:'We will keep you updated.'-The news programme said ..... A) That they were keeping us updated. B) That they would keep us updated. C) That he would keep us updated. D) That they keep us updated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That they would keep us updated. 17. He said, "I can speak perfect French."He said that he ..... A) Will speak perfect French. B) Could speak perfect French. C) Can speak perfect French. D) Was speaking perfect French. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could speak perfect French. 18. "Where is your book?" the teacher asked Abhishek A) The teacher asked Abhishek where was his book. B) The teacher asked Abhishek where his book is. C) The teacher asked Abhishek where his book was. D) The teacher asked Abhishek that where is your book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher asked Abhishek where his book was. 19. Mary "I will take a guitar lesson tomorrow" Jill: "Mary said (that) she ..... take a guitar lesson ..... " A) Would / that day. B) Would / the next day. C) Will / in one day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would / the next day. 20. Convert into indirect speech. They said:" We have never eaten pears." A) They said that they have never ate pears. B) They said that they had never eaten pears. C) They said that they have never eaten pears. D) They said that they haven't eaten pears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said that they had never eaten pears. 21. "I won't come with you to Edirne, " Maria said to me.Maria told me that ..... A) She won't come with you to Edirne. B) She wouldn't come with you to Edirne. C) I won't come with you to Edirne. D) She wouldn't come with me to Edirne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She wouldn't come with me to Edirne. 22. Mum said, "I could go to the shops" .Mum said that she ..... A) Could go to the shops. B) Goes to the shops. C) Will go to the shops. D) Can go to the shops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could go to the shops. 23. Richard ..... me that I had to bring my homework. A) Told. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 24. "My car was stolen last week."Charlie said ..... A) His car was stolen the week before. B) His car was stolen last week. C) His car had been stolen the week before. D) His car had been stolen last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His car had been stolen the week before. 25. The teacher says to me, "You do not learn your lesson." A) The teacher said that you do not learn your lesson. B) The teacher says that I do not learn my lesson. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher says that I do not learn my lesson. 26. May: "I've just come back from my holiday in Sarawak."May explained that ..... back from her holiday in Sarawak. A) She has just come. B) She have just come. C) She had just come. D) She had had just come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had just come. 27. Craig said to his brother, '' Are you buying me the car today?" A) Craig asked his brother if he was buying him the car that day. B) Craig asked his brother if you were buying him the car that day. C) Craig asked his brother whether he was buying him the car today. D) Craig asked his brother if he was buying me the car today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Craig asked his brother if he was buying him the car that day. 28. He says, "I get up at 5 in the morning." A) He says that he gets up at 5 in the morning. B) He says that I get up at 5 in the morning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He says that he gets up at 5 in the morning. 29. Bob: "I was playing game."Bob said that he ..... playing game." A) Has been. B) Is. C) Was. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 30. My best friend asked, "What time does the train leave?" A) My best friend asked what time the train would left. B) My best friend asked what time the train left. C) My best friend asked what time did the train left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My best friend asked what time the train left. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Strategies Quiz 1Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 3Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 4Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 5Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 6Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 7Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 8Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books