This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My mother always indicates that it ..... essential that one ..... everrything needed for his life. A) Was/ knew. B) Is/ knew. C) Has been/ knew. D) Is/ should know. E) Was/ had known. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is/ should know. 2. Which of these is an example of indirect speech? A) She said, "I am happy.". B) "She said she is happy, " she told me. C) She says, "I was happy.". D) She said that she was happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said that she was happy. 3. Convert to indirect speech: "I can finish this task." said Winda A) She said that she could finish this task. B) She said that she can finish this task. C) She said that she will finish this task. D) She said that she finished this task. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she could finish this task. 4. Change the following statement into direct speech:She asked the teacher when they could eat their snacks. A) The teacher was asked when the girl could eat her snacks. B) When can we eat our snacks?. C) "When can we eat our snacks? She asked". D) She asked the teacher, "When can we eat our snacks?". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked the teacher, "When can we eat our snacks?". 5. Pete: "I don't like German but I like English a lot. A) Pete said that he didn't like German but that he liked English a lot. B) Pete said that he hasn't like German but that he has liked English a lot. C) Pete said that he wasn't liking German but that he liked English a lot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pete said that he didn't like German but that he liked English a lot. 6. Dion said, "I'm going to meet my girlfriend for the first time tomorrow." A) He said that he was going to meet his girlfriend for the first time the following day. B) He said that he was going to meet his girlfriend for the first time tomorrow. C) He said that he is going to meet his girlfriend for the first time the next day. D) He said that he was going to meet my girlfriend for the first time the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was going to meet his girlfriend for the first time the following day. 7. Choose the correct option. I asked what time ..... and he ..... that he didn't know. A) It was / answered to me. B) Was it / replied me. C) Is it / answered me. D) It was / replied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was / replied. 8. Which of these sentences correctly uses backshift of tenses?He said, "I will call you tomorrow." A) He said that he will call me the next day. B) He said that he calls me the next day. C) He said that he calls me tomorrow. D) He said that he would call me the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he would call me the next day. 9. The doctor ..... us not to take the child out when the weather is so cold. A) Promised. B) Advised. C) Complained. D) Contended. E) Claimed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advised. 10. 'She asked, 'Are you coming with me?" into indirect speech. A) She asked if I was coming with her. B) She asked if I am coming with her. C) She asked whether I had come with her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked if I was coming with her. 11. The employee told every visitor, "Enjoy the movie and don't make a noise!" A) The employee told us to enjoy the movie and not to make a noise. B) The employee told the visitor enjoy the movie and not make a noise. C) The employee told us to enjoy the movie and don't make a noise. D) The employee told us enjoy the movie and make a noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The employee told us to enjoy the movie and not to make a noise. 12. Inverted Commas are needed for what? A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 13. Why was he late? Can you tell me ..... A) Can you tell me why was he late. B) Can you tell me why he was late. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can you tell me why he was late. 14. Use appropriate pronouns:Susan: "I will call him later." A) She said she would call him later. B) She said she will call him later. C) She said she would call her later. D) She said I will call him later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she would call him later. 15. Dr. Dennis Galloway realized that a number of mechanical and electrical principlea found in living organisms ..... to improve man-made devices or to invent new ones. A) Could be used. B) Were going to be use. C) Had been used. D) Might use. E) Would have used. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could be used. 16. Convert to indirect speech:Hendra: "I will finish my homework." A) He said he had finished his homework. B) He said that he would finish his homework. C) He said that he is finishing his homework. D) He said that he will finish his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he would finish his homework. 17. 'She said, 'I may go to the party." into indirect speech. A) She said that she might go to the party. B) She said that she may go to the party. C) She said that she will go to the party. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she might go to the party. 18. Convert to indirect speech: "I might go to the party." said Firman A) He said that he might have gone to the party. B) He said that he will go to the party. C) He said that he might go to the party. D) He said that he is going to the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he might go to the party. 19. Tony asked, "Do you need my help?" Change to indirect speech! A) Tony asked if I needed his help. B) Tony asked if I need his help. C) Tony asked if he need my help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tony asked if I needed his help. 20. Identify the direct speech:Sarah: "I am going to the market." A) 'I am going to the market.'. B) She said, 'I went to the market.'. C) She said, 'I am going to the store.'. D) She said, 'I will go to the market.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'I am going to the market.'. 21. Vocabulary:The ..... left houses at the bottom of the hill covered in earth and rocks. A) Typhoon. B) Flood. C) Tornado. D) Landslide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Landslide. 22. Our teacher, I don't know for how many times, repeated that it ..... important that we ..... hard enough to pass our lessons this year. A) Is / studied. B) Had been/ studied. C) Has been/ study. D) Was/ had studied. E) Was/ studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Was/ studied. 23. My friends said to me, "Be yourself!" A) My friends wanted me to be yourself. B) My friends wanted me to being myself. C) My friends wanted me to be myself. D) My friends wanted to be myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My friends wanted me to be myself. 24. Aristotle believed that flies ..... from the rotting flesh of animals.He thought that other types of insects ..... from wood, dried leaves, and even horsehair. A) Have come/ originated. B) Come/ originate. C) Came/ originated. D) Had come/ originated. E) Had come/ have originated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came/ originated. 25. Change the tense:'I am learning Spanish.', said Burhan A) He said, 'I will learn Spanish.'. B) He said, 'I was learning Spanish.'. C) He said, 'I am learning Spanish.'. D) He said, 'I learned Spanish.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said, 'I was learning Spanish.'. 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