This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The girl in the yellow dress cried, "My sandwich fell down in the puddle." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 2. "Why did you have to wait so long?" A) 1.She wanted to know why we had to wait so long. B) 2.She wanted to know why did we have to wait so long. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.She wanted to know why we had to wait so long. 3. My classmate:'Can I sit next to you?'-My classmate asked me if ..... A) She would sit next to me. B) She could sit next to me. C) I could sit next to her. D) I can sit next to you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She could sit next to me. 4. They will be out A) They say they will be out. B) They told us they would be out. C) They would be out. D) They said that will be out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They told us they would be out. 5. "Shall we start the meeting?" he asked her. A) He asked her if they shall start the meeting. B) He asked her whether we should start the meeting. C) He asked her if they should start the meeting. D) He asked her if should we start the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked her if they should start the meeting. 6. "I am planning to go to Kenya" Sally said A) Sally said she was planning to go to Kenya. B) Sally said she is planning to go to Kenya. C) Sally said I am planning to go to Kenya. D) Sally said I was planning to go to Kenya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sally said she was planning to go to Kenya. 7. In the direct speech we have to use quotations marks. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 8. He has said, "I have finished my job." A) He said that he have finished his job. B) He has said that he has finished his job. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has said that he has finished his job. 9. Direct:She said, "I saw him yesterday at the park." Indirect:She said that she had seen him ..... at the park. A) The day before. B) Today. C) The next day. D) The same day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The day before. 10. "Margaret has had an accident."Farhan said ..... A) Margaret had had an accident. B) Margaret have had an accident. C) Margaret has had an accident. D) Margaret had an accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margaret had had an accident. 11. She ..... that you needed a haircut. A) Told. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said. 12. Terrence said that he saw an alien downstairs. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 13. 2) kim Jisoo said she never crys. A) Kim Jisoo said she always crys. B) Kim Jisoo said, 'she never crys'. C) Kim Jisoo said, she never crys. D) Kim jisoo said, 'she always crys'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kim Jisoo said, 'she never crys'. 14. My Mom said, "Grandma cooked delicious food." A) My Mom said that Grandma had cooked delicious food. B) My Mom said that Granma had cooked deliciuous food. C) My Mom said that Grandma cooked delicious food. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My Mom said that Grandma had cooked delicious food. 15. Rewrite these sentences in direct speech 1) Lisa said she likes pink rose. A) Lisa said she, 'likes Red rose'. B) Lisa said that she likes red roses. C) Lisa said, she likes red roses. D) Lisa said, 'she likes pink roses'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lisa said, 'she likes pink roses'. 16. Mohit said, "Switzerland is a very beautiful country." A) Mohit said that Switzerland is a very beautiful country. B) Mohit said that Switzerland was a very beautiful country. C) Mohit said that Switzerland has been a very beautiful country. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohit said that Switzerland was a very beautiful country. 17. Convert into Indirect speech. You said:"I am working now." A) You said that you were working now. B) You said that you were working then. C) You said that you was working then. D) You said that you work now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You said that you were working then. 18. He says, "I am coming back this week." A) He says that he is coming back this week. B) He says that I am coming back this week. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He says that he is coming back this week. 19. Mike said he ..... an accident the day before. A) Had had. B) Would have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had had. 20. Victor ..... he would change the windows. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 21. She said, "I'll go shopping." A) She said she will go shopping. B) She said I will go shopping. C) She said she would go shopping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she would go shopping. 22. "My friend doesn't enjoy his job."Amanda says ..... A) Her friend doesn't enjoy his job. B) His friend doesn't enjoy her job. C) Her friend doesn't enjoy her job. D) His friend doesn't enjoy his job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her friend doesn't enjoy his job. 23. "She is cooking a delicious fish and salad" A) Michael said that Lina was cooking a delicious fish and salad. B) Michael said that Lina is cooking a delicious fish and salad. C) Michael said that Lina could cook a delicious fish and salad. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael said that Lina was cooking a delicious fish and salad. 24. The owner of the store told me, "The rug comes from Pakistan." A) The owner of the store told me the rug has come from Pakistan. B) The owner of the store told me the rug had come from Pakistan. C) The owner of the store told me the rug was coming from Pakistan. D) The owner of the store told me the rug came from Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The owner of the store told me the rug came from Pakistan. 25. Erica told me she ..... back until the following Thursday. A) Won't be. B) Wouldn't be. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wouldn't be. 26. "Sharon and Paul are moving to Sydney next month."Jack said ..... A) Sharon and Paul were moving to Sydney the following month. B) Sharon and Paul are moving to Sydney next month. C) Sharon and Paul are moving to Sydney the following month. D) Sharon and Paul were moving to Sydney next month. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharon and Paul were moving to Sydney the following month. 27. Convert into indirect speech. 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. 28. Find the sentence in Direct speech A) Kate said that she could play the piano. B) Betty said that she went swimming every Sunday. C) Dana said that she was going home. D) "I often go climbing" Damir said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I often go climbing" Damir said. 29. "Did you see the movie?" he asked. A) He asked me if I saw the movie. B) He asked me had I seen the movie. C) He asked me if I had seen the movie. D) He asked me whether I was seeing the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked me if I had seen the movie. 30. The boss said, "Call him right now." A) The boss shouted and said to call him right then. B) The boss told me to call him now. C) The boss ordered me to call him right then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boss ordered me to call him right then. 31. She ..... him not to take the car. A) Told. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 32. Convert into indirect speech. I said:"I write stories." A) I said that I have written stories. B) I said that I write stories. C) I said that I wrote stories. D) I said that I writes stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I said that I wrote stories. 33. The director wanted to know, "Where did you go to school?" A) The director wanted to know where I go to school. B) The director wants to know where I'd gone to school. C) The director wanted to know where I'd gone to school. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The director wanted to know where I'd gone to school. 34. Anish said to Sid, "Please lend me the book." A) Anish requested Sid to lend him the book. B) Anish told Sid to lend him the book. C) Anish asked Sid if he could lend him the book. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anish requested Sid to lend him the book. 35. Direct:She said, "I completed my homework yesterday." Indirect:She said that she ..... her homework the day before. A) Completed. B) Would complete. C) Completes. D) Had completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had completed. 36. Convert into indirect speech.He said: "I do my homework." A) He said that he does his homework. B) He said that he did his homework. C) He said that he do his homework. D) He said that he did my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he did his homework. 37. Jon said, "I like to play rugby." A) Jon said that he likes to play rugby. B) Jon said that he liked to play rugby. C) Jon said that he is liking to play rugby. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jon said that he liked to play rugby. 38. Dirar said, 'I must visit my friends this weekend.' A) Dirar said he must to visit his friends that weekend. B) Dirar said he had to visit his friends that weekend. C) Dirar said he visited his friends this weekend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dirar said he had to visit his friends that weekend. 39. They didn't ..... me anything. A) Say. B) Tell. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tell. 40. We said, "We have been waiting since morning." A) We said that we had waited since morning. B) We said that we had been waiting since morning. C) We said that we waited since morning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We said that we had been waiting since morning. 41. The traffic police said to us, "Where are you going?" A) The traffic police asked us where we were going. B) The traffic police asked us where are we going. C) The traffic police asked us where you are going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The traffic police asked us where we were going. 42. John said to Mary, "Why do you get angry with me?" A) John asked Mary why she gets angry with him. B) John asked Mary why she got angry with him. C) John asked Mary why she had gotten angry with him. D) John asked Mary why she is angry with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John asked Mary why she got angry with him. 43. John: "I'm going to the Long Beach."John said that he ..... to the Long Beach." A) Was going. B) Is going. C) Had gone. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going. 44. Find the sentence in Indirect speech A) "I am calling the travel agency" Ada said. B) He said that he liked winter sports. C) "I can't ski very well"Henry said. D) "It is too far away" Sasha said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he liked winter sports. 45. Convert the following into indirect speech: "Why are you late?" the teacher asked. A) The teacher asked why I am late. B) The teacher asked why was I late. C) The teacher asked why I was late. D) The teacher asked why I had been late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher asked why I was late. 46. "We're going out this evening."They said ..... A) They're going out that evening. B) They were going out this evening. C) They're going out this evening. D) They were going out that evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were going out that evening. 47. Change the indirect speech to direct speech.The doctor told me to eat more fruit. A) "Eats more fruit, " the doctor told me. B) "Eat more fruit, " the doctor told me. C) "Eat more fruit, " the doctor told to me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Eat more fruit, " the doctor told me. 48. Direct:The boy said, "My mother cooks dinner every night." Indirect:The boy said that his mother ..... dinner every night. A) Cooked. B) Is cooking. C) Cooks. D) Has cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooks. 49. Mary told John, "my father warned me last night" Convert to Indirect Speech A) Mary told John that her father warns her last night. B) Mary told John that her warned her last night. C) Mary told John that her father had warned her last night. D) Mary told John that his father had warned me last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary told John that her father had warned her last night. 50. I said, "I met him last night" .I said that I ..... A) Was meeting him last night. B) Had met him the previous night. C) Will meet him tomorrow night. D) Would meet him last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had met him the previous night. 51. John said he had worked for that company ..... A) The year before. B) The year after. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The year before. 52. Daniel said, "Where have you been?" A) Daniel asked me where I had been. B) Daniel told me where I was. C) Daniel said that I had not been there. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daniel asked me where I had been. 53. Let's have some fun with tenses! Change the tense in this sentence:He said, 'I will finish my homework.' A) He said, 'I will be finishing my homework.'. B) He said, 'I had finished my homework.'. C) He says, 'I will finish my homework.'. D) He said, 'I finished my homework.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said, 'I finished my homework.'. 54. Change from direct to Indirect speech-The teacher will say, "This student deserves an award." A) The teacher said that that student deserves an award. B) The teacher will say that that student deserves an award. C) The teacher will say that that student deserved an award. D) The teacher will say that this student deserved an award. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher will say that that student deserves an award. 55. The doctor ..... her that she needed a surgery. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 56. You ..... that she was going to come. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 57. "I can swim in the sea" A) Aaron said he could swim in the sea. B) Aaron said he can swim in the sea. C) Aaron said he had swum in the sea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aaron said he could swim in the sea. 58. "Borobudur is located in Muntilan."He said ..... A) Borobudur is located in Muntilan. B) Borobudur had been located in Muntilan. C) Borobudur has been located in Muntilan. D) Borobudur was located in Muntilan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Borobudur is located in Muntilan. 59. "I was sleeping when he called, " she said. A) She said that she had been sleeping when he called. B) She said that she was sleeping when he called. C) She said that she had slept when he called. D) She said she had been sleeping when he calls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she had been sleeping when he called. 60. Direct: "We are going to the fair tonight, " they said. Indirect:They said that they were going to the fair ..... A) This evening. B) Tomorrow night. C) Today. D) That night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That night. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Strategies Quiz 1Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 2Indirect 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