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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mary said, "I went to the hospital." Mary said that she ..... to the hospital. A) Have to go. B) Had to go. C) Had gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had gone. 2. He asked 'Can you come?' devient ..... (niveau difficile) A) He asked if you could come. B) He asked if I could come. C) He asked if I can come. D) He asked that I could come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked if I could come. 3. Change from Direct to indirect speech-The host said to the guests, "Please be silent. '' A) The host pleaded the guests to be silented. B) The host requests the guests to be silent. C) The police ordered the guests to be sent to jail. D) The host requested the guests to be silent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The host requested the guests to be silent. 4. Mary "I can't swim now" Jill: "Mary told me that she ..... swim ..... " A) Couldn't / today. B) Wouldn't / in that moment. C) Couldn't / then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couldn't / then. 5. "There's someone behind you!" Nancy Drew shouted. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 6. ..... will devient ..... A) Want. B) Won't. C) Peut rester will. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would. 7. Mike ..... that he wanted coffee. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 8. ..... means to report what somebody has said to someone else A) Indirect speech. B) Direct speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect speech. 9. Kevin said that you should use a coal pot. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 10. My mum and dad:'We want you to come home now.'-My mum and dad said that ..... A) We wanted you to come now. B) They had wanted me to come home then. C) They wanted me to come home then. D) They wanted me come home now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They wanted me to come home then. 11. She ..... she worked in a factory. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 12. She ..... that you had to tell her the truth. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 13. 2) Lisa said, Dont like me then tell me how you like that. A) Lisa said that like me then tell me how you like that. B) Lisa said, Don't like me me then tell me how you like that. C) Lisa said that Don't like me then tell me how you like that. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lisa said that Don't like me then tell me how you like that. 14. A:I wasn't here yesterday.B: ..... A) Neither do I. B) Neither was I. C) So was I. D) So did I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither was I. 15. "I may come tomorrow, " she said. A) She said that she may come tomorrow. B) She said that she will come the next day. C) She said that she might come the next day. D) She said that she might come the following day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she might come the next day. 16. Change the direct speech 'He said, 'I am studying for the exam" to indirect speech. A) He said that he has studied for the exam. B) He said that he was studying for the exam. C) He said that he is studying for the exam. D) He said that he will study for the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he was studying for the exam. 17. Direct:He said, "I went to the market yesterday." Indirect:He said that he had gone to the market ..... A) Tomorrow. B) Today. C) The day before. D) Later. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The day before. 18. She said 'I want to drink', devient ..... A) She said he wanted to drink. B) She said she wanted to drink. C) She said she had wanted to drink. D) She said she wanted to drank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said she wanted to drink. 19. "You can stop taking those pills, "to the doctor explained. The doctor explained that I ..... A) Could stop taking those pills. B) Can stop taking those pills. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could stop taking those pills. 20. Carol: "Your mother cooks pasta easily."Carol told me ..... pasta easily. A) Her mother cooks. B) My mother cooked. C) Your mother cooks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mother cooked. 21. I ..... the doctor I didn't want to take any medicine. A) Siad. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 22. He said, '' Hurrah! My friend has finally arrived." A) He said that his friend had finally arrived. B) He exclaimed with joy that his friend had finally arrived. C) He said that my friend has finally arrived. D) He exclaimed with joy that his friend has finally arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He exclaimed with joy that his friend had finally arrived. 23. "I am singing a beautiful song" A) Sophie said that she was singing a beautiful song. B) Sophie said that she is singing a beautiful song. C) Sophie said that she could sing a beautiful song. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sophie said that she was singing a beautiful song. 24. The neighbours:'We won't give your ball back!'-The neighbours shouted ..... A) He wouldn't give my ball back. B) They wouldn't give our ball back. C) They wouldn't give your ball back. D) They don't give our ball back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They wouldn't give our ball back. 25. I ..... the waiter the soup was cold. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 26. "Laura goes to the park with Pedro" A) She said that laura was going to the park with Pedro. B) She said that Laura would go to the park with Pedro. C) She said that Laura went to the park with Pedro. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that Laura went to the park with Pedro. 27. A:My sister didn't visit me.B: ..... A) Neither did my. B) Nor did mine. C) Neither did mine. D) So did my. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither did mine. 28. The actor said, "I bought this house yesterday" .The actor said that he ..... A) Will buy this house tomorrow. B) Had bought this house the day before. C) Bought this house yesterday. D) Was buying this house yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had bought this house the day before. 29. She said, "I have two cats" . She said that she ..... A) Could have two cats. B) Has two cats. C) Had two cats. D) Will have two cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had two cats. 30. He said that he had lived in Port of Spain for seventeen years. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 31. Find the sentences in Indirect speech A) "I want to go to the mountains" Dan said. B) "I don't like chocolate" Ben said. C) Helen said that she was ready to go. D) "I am ready to go" Max said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helen said that she was ready to go. 32. Mark asked me, "Why do you want to study Russian?" A) Mark asked me why I wanted to study Russian. B) Mark asked me why do I want to study Russian. C) Mark asked me Why I wanted to study Russian. D) Mark asked me why did I want to study Russian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mark asked me why I wanted to study Russian. 33. REWRITE THESE SENTENCES IN INDIRECT SPEECH 1) Rosie said, 'all my love is gone'. A) Rosie said that, all my love is gone. B) Rosie said That all my love isn't gone. C) Rosie said that all my love is gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosie said that all my love is gone. 34. He said, 'I am going to the market now.' A) He said that he went to the market now. B) He said that he is going to the market then. C) He said that he is going to the market now. D) He said that he was going to the market then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he was going to the market then. 35. "What are you doing?" she asked. A) She asked me what was I doing. B) She asked me what you were doing. C) She asked me what I was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked me what I was doing. 36. He said, "I was here all last night." A) He said he had been there all last night. B) He said he had been here all last night. C) He said he had been there all the previous night. D) He said he was there all last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he had been there all the previous night. 37. Lily ..... me that she saw Carlos at the party. A) Told. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 38. Teacher:'' Did you do your homework?My teacher asked me if I ..... A) Have done your homework. B) Had done my homework. C) Has done her homework?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done my homework. 39. Wanida: "I have already finished my report." Wanida said that she ..... already finished her report. A) Have. B) Had. C) Had been. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 40. The correct word that completes:" Sweep the floor please." Sara said to her sister.Sara ..... her sister to sweep the floor. A) Told. B) Asked. C) Said. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 41. Panchito said to turn off the lights.Select the correct direct speech: A) Panchito to said turn off the lights. B) "To turn off the lights, " said Panchito. C) "Turn off the lights, " said Panchito. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Turn off the lights, " said Panchito. 42. Tom said 'I left two years ago' devient ..... A) Tom said he left two years ago. B) Tom said I left two years ago. C) Tom said he had left two years ago. D) Tom said I had left two years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom said he had left two years ago. 43. "Be nice to your brother, " he said.Convert to Indirect Speech A) He advised me to be nice to my brother. B) He told me that I have to be nice to my brother. C) He said me to be nice to my brother. D) He told me that I have to become nice to my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He advised me to be nice to my brother. 44. The girl in the yellow dress screamed, "Buy me a new sandwich now!" A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 45. She says, "I eat an apple a day." A) She said that she ate an apple a day. B) She said that she ates an apple a day. C) She said that she had ate an apple a day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she ate an apple a day. 46. "I must finish this work by tonight, " he said. A) He said that he has to finish this work by tonight. B) He said he must finish the work by tonight. C) He said that he had to finish this work by that night. D) He said that he must finish this work by that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he had to finish this work by that night. 47. In simple present tense indirect speech changes into to simple present tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 48. "I'm not working tomorrow."Andy said ..... A) He wasn't working tomorrow. B) He's not working tomorrow. C) He's not working the next day. D) He wasn't working the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wasn't working the next day. 49. Uma said, "I saw a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo." A) Uma said that she saw a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo. B) Uma said that she was seeing a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo. C) Uma said that she had seen a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uma said that she had seen a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo. 50. "Why did you come late?" she asked. A) She asked me why I come late. B) She asked me why I had come late. C) She asked me why had I come late. D) She asked me why did I come late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me why I had come late. 51. Convert into indirect speech. You said: "I am cooking now." A) You said that you were cooking then. B) You said that you are cooking now. C) You said that you cooked then. D) You said that you are cooking now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You said that you were cooking then. 52. My mother: "Mary, what are you doing?"Mary:My mother asked me what ..... A) I am doing. B) I was doing. C) I have been doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was doing. 53. Change to Indirect speech James said to his mother, 'I am leaving for New York tomorrow.' A) James told his mother he is leaving for New York tomorrow. B) James told his mother that he was leaving for New York the next day. C) James told his mother that he was leaving for New York tomorrow. D) James told his mother he would be leaving for New York the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James told his mother that he was leaving for New York the next day. 54. Change the direct speech 'He said, 'I will come tomorrow" to indirect speech. A) He said that he will come next week. B) He said that he will come today. C) He said that he will come yesterday. D) He said that he would come the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he would come the next day. 55. He said he had a new dragon. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 56. People said, "This was the worst blizzard in 100 years." A) People said this has been the worst blizzard in 100 years. B) People said this had been the worst blizzard in 100 years. C) People said this is the worst blizzard in 100 years. D) People said this was the worst blizzard in 100 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People said this had been the worst blizzard in 100 years. 57. The boy in the green raincoat said that he ate a wet sandwich. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 58. "I never make mistakes, " he said.He said that A) He never made mistakes. B) He never makes mistakes. C) I never made mistakes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He never made mistakes. 59. Mary "I went skiing yesterday" Jill: "Mary said (that) she ..... skiing ..... " A) Went / that day. B) Has gone / yesterday. C) Had gone / the day before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had gone / the day before. 60. Jenna said, "I will update my credit card details within 2 days." A) Jenna said that she is updating her credit card details within 2 days. B) Jenna said me that she will update her credit card details within 2 days. C) Jenna said that she will need to update her credit card within 2 days. D) Jenna said that she would update her credit card details within 2 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jenna said that she would update her credit card details within 2 days. ← 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 6Direct And Indirect Speech QuizDirect Indirect Speech Transformation QuizDirect Speech Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books