This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Past simple tense changes into ..... A) Present Perfect. B) Past Perfect. C) Past Continuous. D) Past Perfect Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect. 2. He asked me, "Why did not you answer my question? " A) He asked me why I had not answered his question. B) He asked me why I did not answer his question. C) He asked me why I do not answer his question. D) He asked me why I had answered his question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me why I had not answered his question. 3. He said, "I am a man." A) He said that he was a man. B) He said that he is a man. C) He said that I am a man. D) He said that I was a man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was a man. 4. "Bill arrived on Saturday" , he said. A) He said that Bill arrived on Saturday. B) He said that Bill had arrived on Saturday. C) He said that Bill has arrived on Saturday. D) He said that Bill have arrived on Saturday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that Bill had arrived on Saturday. 5. Jack said Tobby ..... faster than him. A) Was. B) Is. C) Is being. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 6. He says [that] he is glad A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 7. You said, "I am working now." A) You said that you was working then. B) You said that you were working then. C) You said that you were working now. D) You said that you work now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You said that you were working then. 8. Which reported speech sentence is correct? King Joffrey told Sansa:''Dance in front of my knights." A) King Joffrey ordered Sansa to dance in front of his knights. B) King Joffrey told Sansa that she should start dancing in front of his knights. C) King Joffrey told Sansa to dance in front of his knights. D) King Joffrey commanded Sansa to dance in front of his knights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Joffrey told Sansa to dance in front of his knights. 9. Tonye asked, "Has Fiyin arrived? " A) Tonye asked if had Fiyin arrived. B) Tonye asked if Fiyin arrived. C) Tonye asked if Fiyin has arrived. D) Tonye asked if Fiyin had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tonye asked if Fiyin had arrived. 10. Teller 1, "Good morning, how can I help you ma'am? "Madam, "Pardon me? "Teller 2, "my friend asked ..... ma'am." A) How he could help you. B) How could he help you. C) How could I help you. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How he could help you. 11. They complained, "We have been waiting for hours" . A) They complained that they had waited for hours. B) They complained that they had been waited for hours. C) They complained that they have been waiting for hours. D) They complained that they had been waiting for hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They complained that they had been waiting for hours. 12. Bryan said, "I bought a car last week. "Bryan said that he had bought a car ..... A) A week ago. B) Last week. C) The week before. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The week before. 13. Jia said to linda, "the car is outside." Into Indirect speech.Jia ..... Linda that the car ..... outside. A) Said, is. B) Told, was. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told, was. 14. How do we write the following sentence in direct speech? Elliot said I am feeling sick today. A) Elliot said "I am feeling sick today.". B) Elliot said, "I am feeling sick today" . C) Elliot said, "I am feeling sick today.". D) Elliot said, "I am feeling sick today?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elliot said, "I am feeling sick today.". 15. Put the sentence into indirect speech.She said, "I saw him." A) She said who she had seen him. B) She said she saw him. C) She said that she had seen him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she had seen him. 16. What needs to be corrected? Marco asked, "did you see the match on television last night" A) Add a question mark at the end. B) Capitalize did and add a question mark after night. C) Capitalize did and add an exclamation mark at the end. D) Capitalise "did" and add a question mark at the end. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capitalize did and add a question mark after night. 17. I'm ready for the meeting. A) He said he had been ready for the meeting. B) He said he was ready for the meeting. C) He said he'll be ready for the meeting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said he was ready for the meeting. 18. The girl said she ..... A) Fills ill. B) Feel ill. C) Feels ill. D) Felt ill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Felt ill. 19. Put the sentence into indirect speech.They said, "He wanted to visit his parents." A) They said that he would to visit his parents. B) They said that he had wanted to visit his parents. C) They said that he wanted to visit his parents. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said that he had wanted to visit his parents. 20. "My father worked in a office. My mother worked in a hospital." The little boy said. It means ..... A) He said that his father works in a office and that his mother works in a hospital. B) He said that his father had worked in a office and that his mother had worked in a hospital. C) He said that his father worked in a office and that his mother works in a hospital. D) He said that his father had worked in a office and that his mother worked in a hospital. E) He said that his father has worked in a office and that his mother has worked in a hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that his father had worked in a office and that his mother had worked in a hospital. 21. What's the correct form of the time phrase in indirect speech? next week A) The week before. B) Last week. C) The following week. D) Next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The following week. 22. Manish said, "O my God! I am ruined." A) Manish called God, he was ruined. B) Manish said that he was ruined. C) Manish exclaimed sadly that he is ruined. D) Manish exclaimed sadly that he was ruined. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manish exclaimed sadly that he was ruined. 23. "Where have you spent your money? " Julia asked Tom. A) Julia asked Tom where he had spent his money. B) Tom asked Julia where she had spent her money. C) Julia asked Tom where he spent his money. D) Tom asked Julia where she spent her money. E) Julia asked Tom where he have spent his money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Julia asked Tom where he had spent his money. 24. The Pastor said, "God helps those who help themselves." A) The Pastor said that God helps those who help themselves. B) The Pastor said that God helped those who help themselves. C) The Pastor said that God helped those who help me. D) The Pastor said that God help those who help themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Pastor said that God helps those who help themselves. 25. Put the sentence into indirect speech.They said, "They take exercise every day." A) They said that they took exercise every day. B) The said they take exercise every day. C) They said that they will take exercise every day. D) None of above. 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