This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Father said, "Reena has come." A) Father said Reena has came. B) Father said that Reena had come. C) Father said that Reena had came. D) Father said Reena had came. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Father said that Reena had come. 2. Change to indirect speech. Liv said, "I will change my attitude and become a better person." A) Liv said that she will change her attitude and become a better person. B) Liv said that she would change my attitude and become a better person. C) Liv said that she would change her attitude and become a better person. D) Liv said he would change her attitude and become a better person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liv said that she would change her attitude and become a better person. 3. John asked Mary, "Why did you get angry with me? " A) John asked Mary why she got angry with him. B) John asked Mary why she gets angry with him. C) John asked Mary why she will get angry with him. D) John asked Mary why he got angry with her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John asked Mary why she got angry with him. 4. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Mrs. Helen said, "I forgot my keys." A) Mrs. Helen said that she had forgotten his keys. B) Mrs. Helen said that she had forgotten her keys. C) Mrs. Helen said that she forgot her keys. D) Mrs. Helen said that she has forgotten her keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Helen said that she had forgotten her keys. 5. Fiona told me she ..... in hospital. A) Rests. B) Resting. C) Was resting. D) Reast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was resting. 6. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Mike said, "This radio doesn't work." A) Mike said that that radio didn't worked. B) Mike said that that radio doesn't work. C) Mike said that that radio didn't work. D) Mike said that this radio doesn't work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mike said that that radio didn't work. 7. Brad said, "My best friend is coming to visit me." A) Brad said that his best friend was coming to visit me. B) Brad said that his best friend was coming to visit him. C) Brad said that his best friend was coming to visit he. D) Brad said his best friend was coming to visit me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brad said that his best friend was coming to visit him. 8. Change to indirect speech. Mum said, "I am going to watch the movie." A) Mum said that she was going to watch the movie. B) Mum said that she watches the movie. C) Mum said that she watched the movie. D) Mum said she was going to watch the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mum said that she was going to watch the movie. 9. "I had just turned out the light, " he explained. A) He explained he had just turning out the light. B) He explained that he has just turned out the light. C) He explained that he had just turned out the light. D) He explained that he have just turned out the light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He explained that he had just turned out the light. 10. She said to me, "He mostly ignores me" . A) She said to me that he mostly ignores her. B) She said to me that he mostly ignored me. C) She said to me that he mostly ignored her. D) She said to me that he is mostly ignored me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said to me that he mostly ignored her. 11. A doctor will say, "A nurse will look after the patients" . A) A doctor will say that a nurse will look after the patients. B) A doctor will say that a nurse would look after the patient. C) A doctor would say that a nurse will look after the patients. D) A doctor will say that a nurse would be look after the patient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A doctor will say that a nurse would look after the patient. 12. Tina said, "I shall work hard from now on." A) Tina said that she would work hard from then on. B) Tina said that I would work hard from then on. C) Tina said that she shall work hard from then on. D) Tina said that she would work hard from now on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tina said that she would work hard from then on. 13. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Eric and Sue said, "We haven't heard from Joe." A) Eric and Sue said that they hadn't heard from Joe. B) Eric and Sue said that he hadn't heard from Joe. C) Eric and Sue said that we hadn't heard from Joe. D) Eric and Sue said that they haven't heard from Joe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eric and Sue said that they hadn't heard from Joe. 14. Jason and Victoria: "We will do our best in the exams tomorrow." A) Jason and Victoria told me (that) they will do their best in the exams the next day. B) Jason and Victoria told me (that) we would do our best in the exams the next day. C) Jason and Victoria told me (that) they would do their best in the exams the next day. D) Jason and Victoria told me (that) they do their best in the exams the next day. E) Jason and Victoria told me (that) they should do their best in the exams the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jason and Victoria told me (that) they would do their best in the exams the next day. 15. He said that he is a doctor. A) He says, "I am a doctor.". B) He said, "I am a doctor.". C) I said, " he is a doctor. ". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He says, "I am a doctor.". 16. She asked me, "Do you remember me? " A) She asked me whether I had remembered her. B) She asked me If i remember her. C) She asked me If i remembered her. D) She asked me if I have remembered her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked me If i remembered her. 17. He told me, "I have not followed you back." A) He told me that he does not follow me back. B) He told me that he did not follow me back. C) He told me that he has not followed me back. D) He told me that he had not followed me back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He told me that he had not followed me back. 18. He reported that the case had been sorted out within a month.Convert to Direct speech A) He reported, 'The case has been sorted out within a month'. B) He said, 'The case has been sorted out within a month'. C) He reported, 'the case had been sort out within a month'. D) None of them are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said, 'The case has been sorted out within a month'. 19. Complete the sentence about indirect speech:With indirect speech, ..... A) You use speech marks ("" ). B) You report what somebody said in the past. C) You just copy the sentence. D) You don't need backshift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You report what somebody said in the past. 20. When you pushed me, I was holding my phone. A) Keyza said when you push him, he was holding my phone. B) Keyza said when I had pushed him, he had been holding his phone. C) Keyza said when I pushed him, he was holding his phone. D) Keyza said when I pushed him, he is holding my phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keyza said when I had pushed him, he had been holding his phone. 21. All present tenses (simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous) go to ..... tenses in transforming direct to indirect speech. A) Future. B) Past. C) Present. D) Past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past. 22. Put the sentence into indirect speech.He said "My brother went to our house to help us." A) He said that his brother went to their house to help them. B) He said that his brother had gone to their house to help them. C) He said that his brother had gone to our house to help us. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that his brother had gone to their house to help them. 23. Matt asked Irene, "Why are you sad? " A) Matt asked Irene why she was sad. B) Matt asked Irene why you were sad. C) Matt asked Irene why she is sad. D) Irene smiled back to Matt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matt asked Irene why she was sad. 24. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-They said, "Joe, the time is up." A) They told Joe that the time is up. B) They said Joe the time was up. C) They said that the time was up to Joe. D) They told Joe that the time was up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They told Joe that the time was up. 25. "Don't turn off the light now, " he said to me. A) He told me don't turn off the light at that time. B) He told me not to turn off the light at that time. C) He told me don't turn on the light at that time. D) He told me don't turn off the light at now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me not to turn off the light at that time. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Quiz 1Indirect Speech Quiz 2Indirect Speech Quiz 3Indirect Speech Quiz 4Indirect Speech Quiz 5Indirect Speech Quiz 6Indirect Speech Quiz 7Indirect Speech Quiz 8Indirect Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books