This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Elisa had been living in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta. A) Firmansyah said that Elisa have live in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta. B) Firmansyah said that Elisa had been living in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta. C) Firmansyah said that Elisa is living in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta. D) Firmansyah said that Elisa was in Bangkok before she move to Jakarta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Firmansyah said that Elisa had been living in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta. 2. Change the following sentence into indirect speech:The police man asked the boy, "Where do you live? " A) "Where do you live? " , the policeman asked the boy. B) The policeman asked the boy where he lives. C) When speaking to the boy, the policeman asked where do you live?. D) The policeman wanted to know where the boy lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The policeman asked the boy where he lives. 3. "What are you doing? " the policeman said to me. A) The policeman asked if what I was doing. B) The policeman asked what I was doing. C) The policeman asked me what I was doing. D) The policeman said to me what I was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The policeman asked what I was doing. 4. The teacher said, "The next quiz will be on Friday." A) The teacher said that the next quiz will be on Friday. B) The teacher said that the next quiz would be on Friday. C) The teacher said that the next quiz is on Friday. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher said that the next quiz would be on Friday. 5. How do we write the following in direct speech with correct punctuation? Kelly said that she was feeling sick that day. A) Kelly said "I am feeling sick today.". B) Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today" . C) Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today.". D) Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today? ". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today.". 6. My father asked My brother, "Will we spend the holiday in Lampung next month? " . We can conclude that ..... e A) A. My father asked my brother whether we would spent the holiday in Lampung the following month. B) B. My father asked my brother whether they would spend the holiday in Lampung the following month. C) C. My father asked my brother whether they would spend the holiday in Lampung the following month. D) D. My father asked my brother whether they would spend the holiday in Lampung the next month. E) . My father asked my brother whether we would have spent the holiday in Lampung the following month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. My father asked my brother whether they would spend the holiday in Lampung the following month. 7. "next week" changes to: A) A week before. B) The following week. C) That week. D) Then. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The following week. 8. Present simpLe (S + V1) in the direct speech will be changed into ..... A) Present perfect ( S + has/have + V3). B) Past perfect (S + had + V3). C) Present continuous (S + was/were + Ving). D) Past Simpe (S + V2). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Simpe (S + V2). 9. Sabrina says, "I am happy" .Sabrina says that she ..... happy. A) Is. B) Was. C) Had been. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 10. Siska asked Sam, " Are you busy now? " A) Siska asked Sam whether he is busy then. B) Siska asked Sam if he is busy now. C) Siska asked Sam if he was busy then. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Siska asked Sam if he was busy then. 11. Which word is introduced when changing a declarative speech to indirect speech? A) That. B) If. C) Wh-question words. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 12. Put the sentence into indirect speech.They said, "We were copying in the exam." A) They said that we had copying in the exam. B) They said that we had been copying in the exam. C) They said that we had been to to copy in the exam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said that we had been copying in the exam. 13. Zia said, 'We will meet tomorrow' A) Zia said that they would meet tomorrow. B) Zia said that they would met the next day. C) Zia said we will meet tomorrow. D) Zia said that she will meet tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zia said that they would met the next day. 14. "I've always wanted to see the Great Wall of China, " Joe said. A) Joe said that he had always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. B) Joe said that wanted to see the Great Wall of China. C) Joe said that he has always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joe said that he had always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. 15. She said, "I buy a pen." A) She said she bought a pen. B) She said she buys a pen. C) She said that she buys a pen. D) She said she buy a pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said she buys a pen. 16. "We were living in Paris" , they told me. A) They told me that they had been lived in Paris. B) They told me that they had been living in Paris. C) They told me that they have been living in Paris. D) They told me that they has been living in Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They told me that they had been living in Paris. 17. What's the correct form of the time phrase in indirect speech? tomorrow A) Yesterday. B) The last day. C) The next day. D) The day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The next day. 18. Another name for Indirect speech is ..... A) Repeated speech. B) Repeated statements. C) Reported speech. D) Reported statements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reported speech. 19. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech- "It is becoming warmer, " Theo observed. A) Theo observed that that was becoming warmer. B) Theo observed that it was becoming warmer. C) Theo observed that it had become warmer. D) Theo observed that it had been warmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theo observed that it was becoming warmer. 20. Dad, " This place will be ruined and built a department store tomorrow" ..... A) My dad told me that place will be ruined and built a department store tomorrow. B) My dad told me this place would be ruined and built a department store the next day. C) My dad told me this place would be ruined and built a department store the next day. D) My dad told me that place would be ruined and built a department store tomorrow. E) My dad told me that place would be ruined and built a department store the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) My dad told me that place would be ruined and built a department store the next day. ← PreviousRelated 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