This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'Tom said, 'I wrote a letter yesterday." into indirect speech. A) Tom said that he had written a letter the previous day. B) Tom said that he writes a letter yesterday. C) Tom said that he was writing a letter yesterday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom said that he had written a letter the previous day. 2. Use appropriate pronouns: "We will join you.", said Guntur and Adi A) They said they would join you. B) They said they joined you. C) They said they are joining you. D) They said we will join you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said they would join you. 3. Identify the direct speech:'What time is it?' he asked. A) He asked, 'What time is it?'. B) 'What time is it?'. C) 'What time is it' he asked. D) What time is it? he asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'What time is it?'. 4. Why did she tell lies?I wonder ..... A) I wonder why she told lies. B) I wonder why did she tell lies. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wonder why she told lies. 5. They said, "We've lived in Indonesia for a long time" . A) They said they have lived in Indonesia for a long time. B) They said we have lived in Indonesia for a long time. C) They said they had lived in Indonesia for a long time. D) They wanted to know they had lived in Indonesia for a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said they had lived in Indonesia for a long time. 6. 'She asked, 'Where are you going?" into indirect speech. A) She asked where I was going. B) She asked where I went. C) She asked where I am going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked where I was going. 7. Which word is often used to introduce indirect speech? A) That. B) So. C) Then. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 8. Use appropriate pronouns:Anton: "I will help you." A) He said he would help you. B) He said he helps you. C) He said I will help you. D) He said he will help you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said he would help you. 9. Convert to indirect speech:Rudy and Benny: "We are playing football." A) They said that they play football. B) They said, 'We were playing football.'. C) They said that they were playing football. D) They said they are playing football. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they were playing football. 10. I like sweet and sour. Which ..... do you prefer? A) One. B) Ones. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 11. Vocabulary:During the ..... , many of the roads were under water. A) Tornado. B) Landslide. C) Flood. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flood. 12. Change the following sentence into indirect speech. "Do you want to buy anything?" She asked him. A) She asked him did he want to buy anything. B) She asked him that did he want to buy anything. C) She asked him if did he want to buy anything. D) She asked him if he wanted to buy anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked him if he wanted to buy anything. 13. My uncle said, "Don't turn off the light!" . A) He told me to don't turn off the light. B) He told me not to turn off the light. C) He told me don't turn off the light. D) He told me not to turning off the light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me not to turn off the light. 14. Toni asked Rai, "Have you finished reading this text book?" . A) Toni asked him if he has finished reading this text book. B) Toni asked him if he had finished reading this text book. C) Toni asks him if he had finished reading that text book. D) Toni asked him if he had finished reading that text book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toni asked him if he had finished reading that text book. 15. Which option is not possible? The travel agent ..... going to Malaysia. A) Instructed. B) Recommended. C) Suggested. D) Advised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instructed. 16. All the students in the class shouted that there ..... no exams although the teacher insisted that he ..... it the day before. A) Was/ announced. B) Should have been/ announced. C) Had been/ could announce. D) Were/ should have announced. E) Might be/ would announce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/ announced. 17. Vocabulary:If you lose electricity, you'll need ..... because your lights won't work. A) A flashlight. B) A first-aid kit. C) Non-perishable food. D) An emergency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A flashlight. 18. Change the tense:Bayu: "I am watching a movie.' A) He said that I had watched a movie. B) He said that he is going to watch a movie. C) He said that I will watch a movie. D) He said that he was watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he was watching a movie. 19. Riri asked, "Vina, where did you go last night?" A) Riri asked Vina where she go last night. B) Riri wondered Vina where did she go the night before. C) Riri wondered Vina where she had gone the night before. D) Riri asked Vina where had she gone last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Riri wondered Vina where she had gone the night before. 20. Experts advise parents that they ..... to protect the child by only keeping him/her warm. A) Would not try. B) Should not try. C) Couldn't try. D) Can't have tried. E) Wouldn't have tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should not try. 21. Everything ..... ready the following day he promised. A) Will be. B) Would be. C) Will have been. D) Would have been. E) Must have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would be. 22. Change the following sentence into indirect speech. We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us?" A) We asks them whether they will go to the movie with us. B) We asks them whether they would go to the movie with us. C) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. D) We asked them whether they will go to the movie with us. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. 23. She said to them, "This event was able to help you get the scholarship" . A) She said to them that that event had been able to help them get the scholarship. B) She said to them that that event had been able to help us get the scholarship. C) She said to them that that event able to help them get the scholarship. D) She said to them that that event had been able to help you get the scholarship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said to them that that event had been able to help them get the scholarship. 24. Choose the correct option. The counsellor ..... slow down. A) Advised to. B) Suggested me. C) Recommended. D) Invited me to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invited me to. 25. The teacher claimed that we ..... well in the last exams. A) Didn't perform. B) Wasn't performing. C) Haven't been performing. D) Haven't performed. E) Hadn't been performing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't perform. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Quiz 1Indirect Speech Quiz 2Indirect Speech Quiz 3Indirect Speech Quiz 5Indirect Speech Quiz 6Indirect Speech Quiz 7Indirect Speech Quiz 8Indirect Speech Quiz 9Indirect Speech Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books