This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "My friend doesn't enjoy his job."Amanda says ..... A) Her friend doesn't enjoy his job. B) His friend doesn't enjoy his job. C) His friend doesn't enjoy her job. D) Her friend doesn't enjoy her job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her friend doesn't enjoy his job. 2. "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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. "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. 6. Convert into indirect speech. We asked Tom:"Did you play computer games here? '' A) We asked Tom whether he had played computer games there. B) We asked Tom whether he has played computer games here. C) We asked Tom if he play computer games there. D) We asked Tom if he played computer games there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We asked Tom whether he had played computer games there. 7. Find the sentence in Direct speech A) Kate said that she could play the piano. B) Dana said that she was going home. C) "I often go climbing" Damir said. D) Betty said that she went swimming every Sunday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I often go climbing" Damir said. 8. "Did you see the movie?" he asked. A) He asked me if I had seen the movie. B) He asked me if I saw the movie. C) He asked me had I seen the movie. D) He asked me whether I was seeing the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me if I had seen the movie. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. Convert into indirect speech. I said:"I write stories." A) I said that I wrote stories. B) I said that I have written stories. C) I said that I write stories. D) I said that I writes stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I said that I wrote stories. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Direct:She said, "I completed my homework yesterday." Indirect:She said that she ..... her homework the day before. A) Completed. B) Would complete. C) Had completed. D) Completes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had completed. 15. Convert into indirect speech.He said: "I do my homework." A) He said that he do his homework. B) He said that he does his homework. C) He said that he did his homework. D) He said that he did my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he did his homework. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. They didn't ..... me anything. A) Say. B) Tell. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tell. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. "Where have you been?" he asked. A) He asked me where I was. B) He asked me where I had been. C) He asked me where had I been. D) He asked me where I have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me where I had been. 22. John said to Mary, "Why do you get angry with me?" A) John asked Mary why she had gotten angry with him. B) John asked Mary why she is angry with him. C) John asked Mary why she got angry with him. D) John asked Mary why she gets angry with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John asked Mary why she got angry with him. 23. John: "I'm going to the Long Beach."John said that he ..... to the Long Beach." A) Had gone. B) Was going. C) Went. D) Is going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going. 24. 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. 25. 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 I had been late. C) The teacher asked why I was late. D) The teacher asked why was I late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher asked why I was late. 26. "We're going out this evening."They said ..... A) They were going out this evening. B) They're going out this evening. C) They're going out that evening. D) They were going out that evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were going out that evening. 27. 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. 28. Direct:The boy said, "My mother cooks dinner every night." Indirect:The boy said that his mother ..... dinner every night. A) Cooked. B) Has cooked. C) Cooks. D) Is cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooks. 29. 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 father had warned her last night. C) Mary told John that her warned her last night. D) Mary told John that his father had warned me last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary told John that her father had warned her last night. 30. I said, "I met him last night" .I said that I ..... A) Had met him the previous night. B) Was meeting him last night. C) Will meet him tomorrow night. D) Would meet him last night. 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