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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Change to direct speechI told the stranger that he had followed the wrong way. A) I said to the stranger, "You had followed the wrong way.". B) I asked the stranger, "Have you followed the wrong way?". C) I said to the stranger, "You have followed the wrong way.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I said to the stranger, "You have followed the wrong way.". 2. Direct:He said, "I will come to your house next week." Indirect:He said that he would come to my house ..... A) A week after. B) This week. C) The following week. D) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The following week. 3. My uncle:'I haven't eaten since this morning.'-My uncle said that ..... A) He hadn't eaten since that morning. B) He didn't eat since that morning. C) He wasn't eating since that morning. D) I haven't eaten since this morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hadn't eaten since that morning. 4. "My father isn't very well."She says ..... A) Her father wasn't very well. B) My father wasn't very well. C) My father isn't very well. D) Her father isn't very well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her father isn't very well. 5. A reporter: "Mr bean is a funny man."The reporter told us Mr bean ..... a funny man. A) Is. B) Were. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 6. "I take my little sister to school" Antony said A) Antony said he took his sister to school. B) Antony said he take his sister to school. C) Antony said he takes his sister to school. D) Antony said he taken his sister to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antony said he took his sister to school. 7. He said, "How much is left to do?" A) He asked how much had been left to do. B) He asked how much had been left to be done. C) He asked how much was left to be done. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked how much was left to be done. 8. Change the direct speech 'He said, 'I want to learn Spanish" to indirect speech. A) He said that he wants to learn Spanish. B) He said that he wanted to learn Spanish. C) He said that he is learning Spanish. D) He said that he will learn Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he wanted to learn Spanish. 9. "Please be quiet, " the teacher said. A) The teacher asked us to be quiet. B) The teacher asked us to please be quiet. C) The teacher requested us to be quiet. D) The teacher told us to be quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher asked us to be quiet. 10. They said, "They take exercise every day." A) They said that they took exercise every day. B) The said they take exercise every day. C) They said that they will take exercise every day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they took exercise every day. 11. Direct:Ravi said, "I am studying for my exams." Indirect:Ravi said that he ..... studying for his exams. A) Was. B) Is. C) Had been. D) Has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 12. The student:'I'm doing the best I can.'-The student told them that ..... A) I was doing the best I could. B) He would do the best he could. C) He has done the best he can. D) He was doing the best he could. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was doing the best he could. 13. Choose say/said or tell/told to complete the following sentences in reported speech.He ..... me that he didn't have enough money. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 14. My friend said to me, "Invest your money in stock and shares." A) My friend said to me invest my money in stock and shares. B) My friend advised me to invest my money in stock and shares. C) My friend advised me to invest your money in stock and shares. D) My friend advised me to invest his money in stock and shares. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend advised me to invest my money in stock and shares. 15. Direct:The teacher said, "The Earth moves around the Sun." Indirect:The teacher said that the Earth ..... around the Sun. A) Had moved. B) Moves. C) Still moves. D) Moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moved. 16. Robert said, "I want to renew my domain." A) Robert said that he wanted to renew his domain. B) Robert said that he renews his domain. C) Robert said that I want to renew my domain. D) Robert said that he will renew his domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert said that he wanted to renew his domain. 17. The lawyer said, "Please make breadfruit for breakfast." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 18. My friends in Panama told me, "The weather last week was terrible." A) My friends in Panama told me the weather last week did terrible. B) My friends in Panama told me the weather last week has been terrible. C) My friends in Panama told me the weather last week had been terrible. D) My friends in Panama told me the weather last week is terrible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My friends in Panama told me the weather last week had been terrible. 19. Direct:He said, "I saw this movie last week." Indirect:He said that he ..... that movie the previous week. A) Sees. B) Watched. C) Had seen. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had seen. 20. "A pilot flies airplanes."Jihan said ..... A) A pilot had flown airplanes. B) A pilot flies airplanes. C) A pilot has flown airplanes. D) A pilot flew airplanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A pilot flies airplanes. 21. "I don't speak Italian, " Jane said.Jane said that ..... A) She didn't speak Italian. B) I didn't speak Italian. C) She doesn't speak Italian. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She didn't speak Italian. 22. My friends:'We really like your new coat.'-My friends said ..... A) They were really liking your new coat. B) You really liked my new coat. C) They really liked my new coat. D) They had really liked my new coat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They really liked my new coat. 23. "The film began at 7 pm, " they said.They said that A) The film had begun at 7 pm. B) The film began at 7 pm. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The film had begun at 7 pm. 24. She ..... I was her favourite student. A) Siad. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siad. 25. Louise and Mary said 'We will go to New York' devient ..... A) Louise and Mary said they would go to New York. B) Louise and Mary said we would go to New York. C) Louise and Mary said they would have gone to New York. D) Louise and Mary said they wanted to go to New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Louise and Mary said they would go to New York. 26. James:'I can't find my textbook anywhere.'-James said that ..... A) He couldn't find his textbook anywhere. B) He hadn't found his textbook anywhere. C) He wouldn't find his textbook anywhere. D) He couldn't find my textbook anywhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He couldn't find his textbook anywhere. 27. In the indirect speech we say the exact words what a person said. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 28. They said, "We have lived here for a long time." A) They said that they had lived there for a long time. B) They said that we had lived there for a long time. C) They said that they had lived here for a long time. D) They said that they have lived here for a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they had lived there for a long time. 29. 3) Jennie said that she is a rapper A) Jennie, said she is a rapper. B) Jennie said, 'she is a rapper'. C) Jennie said, 'she is a bad rapper, . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jennie said, 'she is a rapper'. 30. "Does the little girl understand what her mother is talking about?" he asked me.He asked me ..... A) If the little girl understood what her mother was talking about. B) That the little girl understands what her mother is talking about. C) Does the little girl understand what her mother is talking about. D) That the little girl understood what her mother was talking about. E) Whether the little girl understands what her mother is talking about. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If the little girl understood what her mother was talking about. 31. "They are playing in the gym" Nick said A) Nick said that they played in the gym. B) Nick said that they were playing in the gym. C) Nick said that they play in the gym. D) Nick said that they was playing in the gym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nick said that they were playing in the gym. 32. "I can't drive a truck, " Bill said. Bill said that ..... A) He couldn't drive a truck. B) Couldn't he drive a truck. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He couldn't drive a truck. 33. They said, "She has traveled to Asia. A) They said that She traveled to Asia. B) They said that She had travel to Asia. C) They said that She had traveled to Asia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that She had traveled to Asia. 34. She said, that she ..... her room, before the guests had come. A) Did. B) Has done. C) Done. D) Had done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had done. 35. The woman in the black dress said, "I feel very sad." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 36. Mary "I have had three cats '' Jill: "Mary said (that) she ..... three cats" A) Had had. B) Had has. C) Has had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had had. 37. She asked, 'Have you finished your homework?' A) She asked if I finished my homework. B) She asked if I have finished my homework. C) She asked if I have finish my homework. D) She asked if I had finished my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked if I had finished my homework. 38. Joseph said, "Alas! These are difficult times." A) Joseph said it would have been difficult times. B) Joseph sighed with sorrow that those were difficult times. C) Joseph said that those were difficult times. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph sighed with sorrow that those were difficult times. 39. We ..... that you were going to speak. A) Told. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said. 40. My father: "have you got enough money to pay for your taxi ticket?My father asked my brother if he ..... enough money to pay for ..... taxi ticket. A) Has-her. B) Had-his. C) Have-your. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had-his. 41. Who ..... you that they wouldn't come? A) Siad. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 42. The teacher ..... her to speak louder. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 43. She said, "I can finish the project by tomorrow." A) She said that she finished the project by tomorrow. B) She said if she could finish the project by next day. C) She said that she could finish the project by tomorrow. D) She said that she could finish the project by the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said that she could finish the project by the next day. 44. The man shouted, "Let me go." A) The man shouted to let him go. B) The man shouted that he wanted to go. C) The man shouted for him to go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The man shouted to let him go. 45. Paul said, "I will write a story."Paul said he ..... A) Had written a story. B) Will write a story. C) Would write a story. D) Was writing a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would write a story. 46. Choose the correct direct sentence for this reported sentence.Mom said that she could not join the zoom meeting. A) Mom said, "She can't join the zoom meeting.". B) Mom said, '' I can't join the zoom meeting.". C) Mom said, I can't join the zoom meeting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mom said, '' I can't join the zoom meeting.". 47. Miriam: "I loved chocolate."Daniel: "Miriam said (that) she ..... chocolate." A) Has loved. B) Had loved. C) Loves. D) Loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had loved. 48. He asked me if I was free that afternoon. A) He said, "Are you free this afternoon?". B) He said, "Will you be free this after?". C) He said, "Be free this afternoon.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said, "Are you free this afternoon?". 49. "I will buy a new car next month" A) Dad said he would buy a car next month. B) Dad said he had bought a car last month. C) Dad said he will buy a car next month. D) Dad said he bought a car last month. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dad said he would buy a car next month. 50. "Don't make a mess!"She told me ..... A) To not a mess. B) To make a mess. C) Don't make a mess. D) Not to make a mess. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not to make a mess. 51. Direct:She said, "I will visit this place again." Indirect:She said that she would visit ..... place again. A) The same. B) This. C) Here. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That. 52. The doctor asked whether he had shown any recovery. A) The doctor said, "Is he showing any recovery?". B) The doctor said, "Has he shown any recovery?". C) The doctor said, "He has shown recovery.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The doctor said, "Has he shown any recovery?". 53. Change the speech. "I will finish the project by tomorrow, " she said. A) She said that she will finish the project by tomorrow. B) She said that she finishes the project by tomorrow. C) She said that she will have finished the project by tomorrow. D) She said that she would finish the project by tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said that she would finish the project by tomorrow. 54. Rewrite the direct speech 'They said, 'We are watching a movie" in indirect speech. A) They said that they were watching a movie. B) They said that they will watch a movie. C) They said that they are watching a movie. D) They said that they have watched a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they were watching a movie. 55. I'm not very good at physics. A) Me too. B) Me neither. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me neither. 56. My father said not to run here.Select the correct direct speech: A) "Doesn't run here, " said my father. B) "Not run here, " said my father. C) "Don't run here, " said my father. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Don't run here, " said my father. 57. The teacher explained, "Tokyo is the most modern city in the world."The teacher explained that Tokyo ..... A) Would be the most modern city in the world. B) Was the most modern city in the world. C) Will be the most modern city in the world. D) Is the most modern city in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was the most modern city in the world. 58. They ..... there was a problem. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 59. The captain said, "We played the match to win." A) The captain said that they played the match to win. B) The captain said that we played the match to win. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The captain said that they played the match to win. 60. Convert the direct speech 'She said, 'I have completed the project" to indirect speech. A) She said that she is completing the project. B) She said that she will complete the project. C) She said that she had completed the project. D) She said that she completes the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she had completed the project. ← 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 6Direct And Indirect Speech QuizDirect Indirect Speech Transformation QuizDirect Speech Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books