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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Direct:She said, "I will call you tomorrow." Indirect:She said that she would call me ..... A) Yesterday. B) Today. C) The following day. D) Next morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The following day. 2. Which one of the following is a correct example of direct speech A) He said, "I have written a letter". B) He said, "I would be written a letter". C) He said, "I had written a letter". D) He said, "I have been written a letter". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said, "I have written a letter". 3. "Will you help me?" she asked. A) She asked me whether I helped her. B) She asked me if I would help her. C) She asked me that I would help her. D) She asked me if I will help her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me if I would help her. 4. "It is raining, " he said. A) He said that it is raining. B) He said it was raining. C) He said that it was raining. D) He said it has been raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that it was raining. 5. My friend said, that she regularly ..... her household duties. A) Performed. B) Is performing. C) Performs. D) Had performed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Performed. 6. Direct:He said, "I am planning a trip next month." Indirect:He said that he was planning a trip ..... A) Soon. B) This month. C) The following month. D) Earlier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The following month. 7. "I can report a crime or accident" . A) She tells she could report a crime or accident. B) She says she could report a crime or accident. C) She told she could report a crime or accident. D) She said she could report a crime or accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said she could report a crime or accident. 8. Harry told us he ..... the first bus to New York the next day. A) Is catching. B) Was catching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was catching. 9. 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. 10. He asked 'Can you come?' devient ..... (niveau difficile) A) He asked that I could come. B) He asked if you could come. C) He asked if I could come. D) He asked if I can come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked if I could come. 11. Change from Direct to indirect speech-The host said to the guests, "Please be silent. '' A) The host requested the guests to be silent. B) The police ordered the guests to be sent to jail. C) The host requests the guests to be silent. D) The host pleaded the guests to be silented. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The host requested the guests to be silent. 12. 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. 13. "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. 14. ..... will devient ..... A) Peut rester will. B) Won't. C) Would. D) Want. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would. 15. Mike ..... that he wanted coffee. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 16. ..... 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. 17. 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. 18. My mum and dad:'We want you to come home now.'-My mum and dad said that ..... A) They had wanted me to come home then. B) They wanted me to come home then. C) We wanted you to come now. D) They wanted me come home now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They wanted me to come home then. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. A:I wasn't here yesterday.B: ..... A) So was I. B) So did I. C) Neither was I. D) Neither do I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither was I. 23. "I may come tomorrow, " she said. A) She said that she may come tomorrow. B) She said that she might come the next day. C) She said that she will come the next day. D) She said that she might come the following day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she might come the next day. 24. Change the direct speech 'He said, 'I am studying for the exam" to indirect speech. A) He said that he will study for the exam. B) He said that he was studying for the exam. C) He said that he has studied for the exam. D) He said that he is studying for the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he was studying for the exam. 25. Direct:He said, "I went to the market yesterday." Indirect:He said that he had gone to the market ..... A) Later. B) Tomorrow. C) The day before. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The day before. 26. She said 'I want to drink', devient ..... A) She said she had wanted to drink. B) She said she wanted to drink. C) She said she wanted to drank. D) She said he wanted to drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said she wanted to drink. 27. "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. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. 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. ← 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 6Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 7Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 8Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books