This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She said she ..... them since the previous week. A) Didn't see. B) Hadn't seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't seen. 2. "How did you solve this problem?" the teacher asked. A) The teacher asked me how I solved this problem. B) The teacher asked me how did I solve this problem. C) The teacher asked me how I had solved that problem. D) The teacher asked me how had I solved this problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher asked me how I had solved that problem. 3. She ..... that you were her bestfriend. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 4. They said, "There was a problem yesterday" .They said there ..... A) Will be a problem yesterday. B) Would be a problem tomorrow. C) Had been a problem the previous day. D) Is a problem today. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been a problem the previous day. 5. "I am reading a book, " John said. A) John said that I was reading a book. B) John said he is reading a book. C) John said that he is reading a book. D) John said he was reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John said he was reading a book. 6. My parents ..... me a new computer yesterday. A) Bought. B) Buys. C) Was buying. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bought. 7. "Be quite when someone is speaking, '' said the teacher.Select the correct indirect speech: A) To be quite when someone is speaking said the teacher. B) The teacher said to be quiet when someone is speaking. C) The teacher said to being quiet when someone is speaking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher said to be quiet when someone is speaking. 8. The maths teacher said, "Three divided by three is one." A) The maths teacher said that three divided by three was one. B) The maths teacher said that three divided by three is one. C) The maths teacher said that three was divided by three is one. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The maths teacher said that three divided by three was one. 9. Change to direct speech "He said that the flood had destroyed their fields" A) He said, "The flood will destroy their fields". B) He said, "Their fields will be destroyed". C) He said, "The flood would destroy their fields". D) He said, "The flood had destroyed their fields". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said, "The flood had destroyed their fields". 10. "Brush your teeth, " said grandma.Select the correct indirect speech: A) Grandma said to brush my teeth. B) Grandma to said brush my teeth. C) Grandma to said to brush my teeth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grandma said to brush my teeth. 11. Rewrite the direct speech 'They said, 'We have finished our homework" in indirect speech. A) They said that they had finished their homework. B) They said that they have not finished their homework. C) They said that they are finishing their homework. D) They said that they will finish their homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they had finished their homework. 12. Tarry said, "Do you visit me today?" A) Tarry asked me if I visited her that day. B) Tarry asked me if I visited her that day. C) Tarry asked me if she visit me that day. D) Tarry asked me if I visit her that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tarry asked me if I visited her that day. 13. I said, "It hasn't stopped raining yet" A) I said that it didn't stop raining yet. B) I said that it hadn't been stopping raining yet. C) I said that it hadn't stopped raining yet. D) I said that it hasn't stopped raining yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I said that it hadn't stopped raining yet. 14. They ..... that we had to give them money. A) Told. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said. 15. "He will arrive at noon, " Joy said to Muhammad A) Joy told Muhammad that he would arrive at noon. B) Joy said to Muhammad that he will arrive at noon. C) Joy told Muhammad that he would have arrived at noon. D) Joy said to Muhammad that he would arrive at noon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joy told Muhammad that he would arrive at noon. 16. Pluto said, "I don't want to continue with this membership." A) Pluto said that he don't want to continue with this membership. B) Pluto said that he did not want to continue with that membership. C) Pluto said that he will not want to continue with that membership. D) Pluto said that he does not wanted to continue with this membership. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pluto said that he did not want to continue with that membership. 17. Hey guys, can you spot the reporting verb in this lively sentence:She exclaimed, 'What a beautiful day!' A) Noted. B) Remarked. C) Exclaimed. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclaimed. 18. "Be careful on the street, " said the police officer.Select the correct indirect speech: A) The police officer said to be careful on the street. B) The police officer is said to be careful on the street. C) Said to be careful on the street the police officer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The police officer said to be careful on the street. 19. When we state directly/exact words of a person, its is called A) Indirect speech. B) Direct speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct speech. 20. He replied, "No, I haven't seen him since lunchtime." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 21. Mary "I have never tried to collect things" Jill: "Mary told me that she ..... to collect things" A) Has never tried. B) Had never tried. C) Never tried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never tried. 22. Mariam replied, "I have watched this movie."Mariam replied that she ..... A) Was watching this movie. B) Would watch this movie. C) Had watched this movie. D) Watched this movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had watched this movie. 23. Chuchita told us to hurry up.Select the correct direct speech: A) "Hurry up, '' said Chuchita to my sister and me. B) "Hurry up, " said to Chuchita to my sister and me. C) "Hurry up, " said Chuchita my sister and me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Hurry up, '' said Chuchita to my sister and me. 24. Sam told the police he ..... what had happened. A) Didn't know. B) Hadn't known. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't know. 25. They said, "He will visit his parents." A) They said that he woul to visit his parents. B) They said that he would visits hi parents. C) They said that he would visti his parents. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that he would visti his parents. 26. They told us, "We spend our holidays on a farm every year." A) They told us that they had spent their holidays on a farm every year. B) They told us that they spend our holidays on a farm every year. C) They told us that we spent our holidays on a farm every year. D) They told us that they spent their holidays on a farm every year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They told us that they spent their holidays on a farm every year. 27. Jamie asked, "When are you coming back?" A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 28. My mother told me that if I ..... too much, I would feel ill. A) Ate. B) Had eaten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 29. "I don't know what Fred is doing."Charlie said ..... A) He didn't know what Fred was doing. B) He don't know what Fred is doing. C) He don't know what Fred was doing. D) He didn't know what Fred is doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He didn't know what Fred was doing. 30. Imagine Sanya and Avyaan are discussing their plans. Avyaan says, 'I will meet you tomorrow.' How would you change this to indirect speech? A) Sanya said that Avyaan would meet them tomorrow. B) Sanya said that Avyaan will meet her tomorrow. C) Sanya said that Avyaan would meet her the next day. D) Sanya said that Avyaan would meet you the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanya said that Avyaan would meet her the next day. 31. "Can you meet me tomorrow?" he asked Rani A) He asked Rani if you could meet him the next day. B) He asked Rani if she could meet me the following day. C) He asked Rani if she could meet him the following day. D) He asked Rani can he meet me the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked Rani if she could meet him the following day. 32. Susan said, "I will bring food to your house for dinner." A) Susan said she would bring food to my house for dinner. B) Susan said I would bring food to my house for dinner. C) Susan said she brought food to my house for dinner. D) Susan said she brings food to my house for dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Susan said she would bring food to my house for dinner. 33. My sister: "I will live abroad next year"She said that she ..... abroad next year. A) Was going to live. B) Will live. C) Would live. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would live. 34. Saharat: "I want a new bike." Saharat said that he ..... a new bike. A) Had wanted. B) Wants. C) Wanted. D) Want. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wanted. 35. Martina: "Don't waste money on video games"Martina told us ..... money on video games. A) Don't waste. B) Not to waste. C) Don't spend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to waste. 36. Spiderman said that he was too tired to protect the city. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 37. Bella: "I must finish the report." Bella said that she ..... finish the report. A) Must. B) Had to. C) Have to. D) Has to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had to. 38. The police officer told my mom to stop.Select the correct direct speech: A) The police officer said to stops. B) "Stop, " said the police officer to my mom. C) "Stop, '' said the police officer my mom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Stop, " said the police officer to my mom. 39. Direct: "We have finished our work, " they said. Indirect:They said that they ..... finished their work. A) Were. B) Have. C) Are. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 40. Mary: "I have had three boy friends."Mary said that she ..... three boy friends." A) Had had. B) Has had. C) Had. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had had. 41. Direct:They said, "We visited the museum yesterday." Indirect:They said that they ..... the museum the day before. A) Had gone to. B) Would visit. C) Visited. D) Had visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had visited. 42. Paul:'' I don't like apples"Paul told me he ..... apples. A) Doesn't like. B) Don't like. C) Didn't like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't like. 43. "Who told you this?" she asked. A) She asked me who had told me that. B) She asked me who had told you this. C) She asked me who told me that. D) She asked me who had told me this. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me who had told me that. 44. "I haven't seen Diane recently."Fred says ..... A) I hadn't seen Diane recently. B) He hasn't seen Diane recently. C) He hadn't seen Diane recently. D) I haven't seen Diane recently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He hasn't seen Diane recently. 45. I said, "Sam is driving the car." A) I said that Sam was driving the car. B) My uncle said that he was cooking lunch. C) My uncle said that he cooked lunch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I said that Sam was driving the car. 46. 4) Blakpink said Look up in the sky its a bird its a plane A) Blackpink said, Look up in the sky its a bird its a plane. B) Blackpink said that 'Look up in the sky its a bird its a plane '. C) BLACKPINK SAID THAT Look up in the sky its a bird its a plane. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BLACKPINK SAID THAT Look up in the sky its a bird its a plane. 47. "I'm living in London now."He said ..... A) He was living in London then. B) He is living in London now. C) He was living in London now. D) He is living in London then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was living in London then. 48. Convert the direct speech 'She said, 'I am going to the market" to indirect speech. A) She said that she has gone to the market. B) She said that she is going to the market. C) She said that she was going to the market. D) She said that she will go to the market. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she was going to the market. 49. Direct: "We joined the club last week, " said Rahul. Indirect:Rahul said that they had joined the club ..... A) The following week. B) The previous week. C) The previous day. D) Next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The previous week. 50. Direct:They said, "We are leaving now." Indirect:They said that they were leaving ..... A) Later. B) Soon. C) Then. D) Earlier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Then. 51. Convert into indirect speech. He said:"I lived in London last year. '' A) He said that he has lived in London the year before. B) He said that he lived in London the year before. C) He said that he had lived in London the year before. D) He said that he had lived in London last year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he had lived in London the year before. 52. He said, "I'm looking forward to my holidays." A) He said that he was looking forward to my holidays. B) He said that he looked forward to his holidays. C) He said that he was looking forward to his holidays. D) He said that he is looking forward to his holidays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he was looking forward to his holidays. 53. She said she was seeing her brother ..... A) The following day. B) The previous day. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The following day. 54. Change from Direct to indirect speech-The man said to the skeleton, "Why do we have 206 bones?" A) The man asked the skeleton why they had 206 bones. B) The man asked the skeleton if they had 206 bones. C) The man asked the skeleton why do we have 206 bones. D) The man asked the skeleton why were there 206 bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The man asked the skeleton why they had 206 bones. 55. My sister ..... dishes from 5 till 6 o'clock yesterday and i was ironing clothes. A) Is washing. B) Was washing. C) Washes. D) Will wash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was washing. 56. Direct:He said, "I met her here." Indirect:He said that he met her ..... A) Now. B) There. C) Somewhere. D) Here. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There. 57. Joseph came in and said, "I'm really handsome." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 58. "You should study harder, " he said. A) He said that I should study harder. B) He said that I shall study harder. C) He said that I should have studied harder. D) He said to me that I study harder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that I should study harder. 59. Laura's children told her, "We can't take the school bus this morning." A) Laura's children told her they didn't take the school bus that morning. B) Laura's children told her they weren't take the school bus that morning. C) Laura's children told her they couldn't take the school bus that morning. D) Laura's children told her they don't take the school bus that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laura's children told her they couldn't take the school bus that morning. 60. Mary "I love chocolate" Jill: "Mary said (that) she ..... chocolate" A) Loved. B) Loves. C) Has loved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loved. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Strategies Quiz 1Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 2Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 3Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 4Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 6Direct And Indirect Speech QuizDirect Indirect Speech Transformation QuizDirect Speech Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books