This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. "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. 5. A:My sister didn't visit me.B: ..... A) So did my. B) Neither did my. C) Neither did mine. D) Nor did mine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither did mine. 6. The actor said, "I bought this house yesterday" .The actor said that he ..... A) Was buying this house yesterday. B) Will buy this house tomorrow. C) Bought this house yesterday. D) Had bought this house the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had bought this house the day before. 7. She said, "I have two cats" . She said that she ..... A) Had two cats. B) Could have two cats. C) Will have two cats. D) Has two cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had two cats. 8. 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. 9. 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) "I am ready to go" Max said. D) Helen said that she was ready to go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helen said that she was ready to go. 10. Mark asked me, "Why do you want to study Russian?" A) Mark asked me why do I want to study Russian. B) Mark asked me why I wanted 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: B) Mark asked me why I wanted to study Russian. 11. 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. 12. He said, 'I am going to the market now.' A) He said that he is going to the market then. B) He said that he is going to the market now. C) He said that he went 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. 13. "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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. Wanida: "I have already finished my report." Wanida said that she ..... already finished her report. A) Have. B) Had been. C) Had. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 18. 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. 19. May: "You can come to my place. What time shall we meet?"May suggested that he ..... place and asked him what time ..... A) Can come to her; they shall meet. B) Could come to her; they shall meet. C) Could come to her; they should meet. D) Can come to her; they should meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could come to her; they should meet. 20. 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. 21. Tom said 'I left two years ago' devient ..... A) Tom said he had left two years ago. B) Tom said I left two years ago. C) Tom said he left two years ago. D) Tom said I had left two years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom said he had left two years ago. 22. "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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. "I must finish this work by tonight, " he said. A) He said that he has to finish this work by tonight. B) He said that he had to finish this work by that night. C) He said he must finish the work by tonight. D) He said that he must finish this work by that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had to finish this work by that night. 26. 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. 27. "I'm not working tomorrow."Andy said ..... A) He wasn't working the next day. B) He wasn't working tomorrow. C) He's not working the next day. D) He's not working tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wasn't working the next day. 28. 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. 29. "Why did you come late?" she asked. A) She asked me why had I come late. B) She asked me why did I come late. C) She asked me why I come late. D) She asked me why I had come late. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked me why I had come late. 30. Convert into indirect speech. You said: "I am cooking now." A) You said that you are cooking now. B) You said that you were cooking then. C) You said that you are cooking now. D) You said that you cooked then. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You said that you were cooking then. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Strategies Quiz 1Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 2Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 3Indirect 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