This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the direct speech:'Where are you going?' he asked. A) 'Where are you going?'. B) 'Where you are going?' he asked. C) He asked, 'Where are you going?'. D) 'Where are you going' he asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked, 'Where are you going?'. 2. 'She said, 'I will visit Paris next year." into indirect speech. A) She said that she will visit Paris next year. B) She said that she would visit Paris the following year. C) She said that she had visited Paris next year. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she would visit Paris the following year. 3. It is well known that if the number of positive charges ..... the number of negative charges, the atom is neutral. A) Equals. B) Equalled. C) Have equalled. D) Was equalled. E) Would equal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equals. 4. My doctor warned me ..... the despair or exhaustion that I ..... along the way. A) Not fearing/ must inevitably feel. B) Fearing/ could inevitably feel. C) Not to fear/ shall inevitably feel. D) To fear/ had to inevitably feel. E) Not to fear/ would inevitably feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Not to fear/ would inevitably feel. 5. Vocabulary:We could see the spinning air of the ..... from several kilometers away. A) Emergency. B) Tornado. C) First-aid kit. D) Landslide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tornado. 6. 'She said, 'I do not like chocolate." into indirect speech. A) She said that she did not like chocolate. B) She said that she does not like chocolate. C) She said that she had not liked chocolate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she did not like chocolate. 7. 'She said, 'I am going to the market." into indirect speech. A) She said that she was going to the market. B) She said that she goes to the market. C) She said that she had gone to the market. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she was going to the market. 8. Where is the bathroom?Do you know ..... A) Do you know where is the bathroom. B) Do you know where the bathroom is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do you know where the bathroom is. 9. Which option is incorrect? The Met Office ..... drivers to stay off the roads because of the snow. A) Warned. B) Wanted. C) Announced. D) Reminded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Announced. 10. 'He asked, 'Will you help me?" into indirect speech. A) He asked if I would help him. B) He asked if I will help him. C) He asked if I help him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked if I would help him. 11. 'He asked, 'How can I solve this problem?" into indirect speech. A) He asked how he could solve that problem. B) He asked how he can solve that problem. C) He asked how he was solving that problem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked how he could solve that problem. 12. Use appropriate pronouns: "I will meet you at the cafe." said Monita A) She said she would meet you at the cafe. B) She said she will meet you at the cafe. C) She said I will meet you at the cafe. D) She said she would meet her at the cafe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she would meet you at the cafe. 13. State whether the sentence below is written as Direct Speech or Indirect Speech."Can I please go to the bathroom?" asked Marty. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 14. Vocabulary:The city government set up ..... for the peoplethat had been evacuated from their homes. A) An emergency. B) A flashlight. C) A shelter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A shelter. 15. It was believed that respiration invariably ..... the combination of cellular fuel with oxygen. A) Would have involved. B) Involved. C) Is involved. D) Has been involving. E) Might be involved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involved. 16. He couldn't give me his word but said that if he could finish his work earlier, he ..... to us. A) May come. B) Will come. C) Has to come. D) Should come. E) Might come. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Might come. 17. In which sentence do you have to change the modal verb in reported speech? A) 'You mustn't take photos in the museum.'. B) 'I'm starving. I could eat a horse.'. C) 'I must finish my essay by tomorrow.'. D) 'You shouldn't tease your sister like that.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'I must finish my essay by tomorrow.'. 18. 'He said, 'I am watching TV now." into indirect speech. A) He said that he was watching TV then. B) He said that he watched TV now. C) He said that he had watched TV then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was watching TV then. 19. 'She asked, 'Did you complete your assignment?" into indirect speech. A) She asked if I had completed my assignment. B) She asked if I completed my assignment. C) She asked if I was completing my assignment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked if I had completed my assignment. 20. Did you see my cat around here? Can you tell me ..... A) Can you tell me if you saw my cat around here. B) Can you tell me did you see my cat around here. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can you tell me if you saw my cat around here. 21. Convert to indirect speech:Hanna: "I have completed my project." A) She said, 'I completed my project.'. B) She said that she has completed her project. C) She said that she had completed her project. D) She said that she completed her project. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she had completed her project. 22. My friends are the ..... that are going to choose, this time'. A) One. B) Ones. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ones. 23. Kay: "What are you doing here, May? I haven't seen you since August."Kay asked May ..... , and he said ..... since August. A) What she was doing here; he had not seen her. B) What she was doing there; he has not seen her. C) What she was doing here; he has not seen her. D) What she was doing there; he had not seen her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What she was doing there; he had not seen her. 24. We mostly use past tense verbs in ..... A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 25. Scientists said they ..... to extract proteins from plants to make fuel, which now became an ordinary practice. A) Are trying. B) Try. C) Have tried. D) Tried. E) Have been trying. 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