This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I will buy a new car next month" A) Dad said he will buy a car next month. B) Dad said he would buy a car next month. C) Dad said he bought a car last month. D) Dad said he had bought a car last month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dad said he would buy a car next month. 2. "Don't make a mess!"She told me ..... A) To not a mess. B) Don't make a mess. C) Not to make a mess. D) To make a mess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to make a mess. 3. Direct:She said, "I will visit this place again." Indirect:She said that she would visit ..... place again. A) The same. B) Here. C) That. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That. 4. 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?". 5. Change the speech. "I will finish the project by tomorrow, " she said. A) She said that she finishes the project by tomorrow. B) She said that she will have finished the project by tomorrow. C) She said that she will finish 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. 6. Rewrite the direct speech 'They said, 'We are watching a movie" in indirect speech. A) They said that they will watch a movie. B) They said that they were watching a movie. C) They said that they have watched a movie. D) They said that they are watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said that they were watching a movie. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. They ..... there was a problem. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 11. 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. 12. Convert the direct speech 'She said, 'I have completed the project" to indirect speech. A) She said that she completes the project. B) She said that she will complete the project. C) She said that she is completing the project. D) She said that she had completed the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said that she had completed the project. 13. 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. 14. "How did you solve this problem?" the teacher asked. A) The teacher asked me how had I solved this problem. B) The teacher asked me how I had solved that problem. C) The teacher asked me how I solved this problem. D) The teacher asked me how did I solve this problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher asked me how I had solved that problem. 15. ..... can devient ..... A) Could. B) Would. C) Cannot. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 16. Arti said to Jack that, she was planning a birthday party!Convert to Direct Speech A) Arti said to Jack, I am planning a birthday party!. B) Arti said to Jack, '' I am planning a birthday party!". C) Arti said to Jack, that I am planning a birthday party!". D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arti said to Jack, '' I am planning a birthday party!". 17. 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. 18. They said, "There was a problem yesterday" .They said there ..... A) Would be a problem tomorrow. B) Will be a problem yesterday. C) Is a problem today. D) Had been a problem the previous day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been a problem the previous day. 19. "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 he was reading a book. D) John said that he is reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John said he was reading a book. 20. My parents ..... me a new computer yesterday. A) Bought. B) Buys. C) Buy. D) Was buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bought. 21. "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. 22. 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. 23. Change to direct speech "He said that the flood had destroyed their fields" A) He said, "The flood had destroyed their fields". B) He said, "Their fields will be destroyed". C) He said, "The flood would destroy their fields". D) He said, "The flood will destroy their fields". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said, "The flood had destroyed their fields". 24. "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. 25. Rewrite the direct speech 'They said, 'We have finished our homework" in indirect speech. A) They said that they have not finished their homework. B) They said that they will finish their homework. C) They said that they are finishing their homework. D) They said that they had finished their homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They said that they had finished their homework. 26. Tarry said, "Do you visit me today?" A) Tarry asked me if I visited her that day. B) Tarry asked me if she visit me that day. C) Tarry asked me if I visit her that day. D) Tarry asked me if I visited her that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tarry asked me if I visited her that day. 27. I said, "It hasn't stopped raining yet" A) I said that it hadn't stopped raining yet. B) I said that it hadn't been stopping raining yet. C) I said that it didn't stop raining yet. D) I said that it hasn't stopped raining yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I said that it hadn't stopped raining yet. 28. 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. 29. "He will arrive at noon, " Joy said to Muhammad A) Joy said to Muhammad that he will arrive at noon. B) Joy told Muhammad that he would have arrived at noon. C) Joy said to Muhammad that he would arrive at noon. D) Joy told Muhammad that he would arrive at noon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joy told Muhammad that he would arrive at noon. 30. 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 does not wanted to continue with this membership. C) Pluto said that he will not want to continue with that membership. D) Pluto said that he did not want to continue with that membership. 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