This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jen ..... you not to go in the night. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 2. Martin: "I can't go to the party." Martin said that he ..... to the party. A) Can't go. B) Couldn't go. C) Couldn't went. D) Couldn't have gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't go. 3. A:I don't drive.B: ..... A) So am I. B) So do I. C) Neither am I. D) Neither do I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither do I. 4. Identify the correct indirect speech: "Please close the door, " he requested. A) He requested to close the door. B) He requested that I close the door. C) He requested me to close the door. D) He requested that I closed the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He requested me to close the door. 5. She ..... that she was not ready. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 6. "Have you finished with the computer?" A) 1.She asked if had I finished with the computer. B) 2.She asked if I had finished with the computer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2.She asked if I had finished with the computer. 7. Hey! Can you help me change this sentence to direct speech? He mentioned that he was going to the party. A) He said, 'I am going to the party.'. B) He said, 'I was going to the party.'. C) He said, 'I will go to the party.'. D) He mentioned, 'He was going to the party.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said, 'I am going to the party.'. 8. Gina said, "I am unable to upload files using FTP." A) Gina said that she was unable to upload files using FTP. B) Gina said me that she is unable to upload files using FTP. C) Gina said that we are unable to upload files using FTP. D) Gina said I was unable to upload files using FTP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gina said that she was unable to upload files using FTP. 9. He said to me, "Where are you going?" A) He said to me where I was going. B) He asked me where I was going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me where I was going. 10. A:I bought a couch yesterday.B: ..... A) So do I. B) So Am I. C) So did I. D) So I did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So did I. 11. Mary "I don't like painting" Jill: "Mary said (that) she ..... painting" A) Didn't like. B) Hasn't liked. C) Didn't liked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't like. 12. "I am happy to live in France" A) She said she was happy to live in France. B) She had said she was happy to live in France. C) She said she is happy to live in France. D) She said she would be happy to live in France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she was happy to live in France. 13. May: "I love Sarawak. And the Sarawakians were so friendly."May told him that she ..... Sarawak and that the Sarawakians ..... so friendly. A) Loved; have been. B) Loves; had been. C) Loved; had been. D) Loves; are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loved; had been. 14. She said, "I will call you tomorrow." A) She said that she would call me tomorrow. B) She said that she will call me tomorrow. C) She said that she would call me the next day. D) She said that she would call me the day after. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she would call me the next day. 15. Mary: "I will eat steak for dinner."Mary said (that) she ..... eat steak for dinner. A) Will. B) Willing. C) Would. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would. 16. Change the direct speech 'She said, 'I will visit my friend tomorrow" to indirect speech. A) She said that she will visit her friend the next day. B) She said that she will visit her friend yesterday. C) She said that she will visit her friend today. D) She said that she will visit her friend next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she will visit her friend the next day. 17. Kay: "I must arrange a couple of things. But I am free tonight."Kay explained that he ..... a couple of things. But he added that he ..... free that night. A) Has to arrange; was. B) Had to arrange; is. C) Has to arrange; is. D) Had to arrange; was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had to arrange; was. 18. Teacher:Where have you collected your paper?Student:On your table, sir.The teacher asked the student ..... A) Where he has collected his paper. B) Where he collects his paper. C) Where he collected his paper. D) Where he had collected his paper. E) Where he was collecting his paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where he had collected his paper. 19. Marcos: "I go skiing with my family in winter."Javi: "Marcos said (that) he ..... skiing with his family in winter." A) Gone. B) Went. C) Go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 20. Mary:'' Leo, please, don't go"What did she ask Leo? $\rightarrow$ She ..... not to go. A) Asks him. B) Ask him. C) Asked him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asked him. 21. He has been saying, "I hate school." A) He had been saying that he hated school. B) He has been saying that he hates school. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has been saying that he hates school. 22. I asked: "Have you ever been to Kyiv, Ann?" A) I asked Ann if she has ever been to Kyiv. B) I asked Ann if she had ever be to Kyiv. C) I asked Ann if she had ever been to Kyiv. D) I asked Ann if she ever was in Kyiv. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I asked Ann if she had ever been to Kyiv. 23. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They said that we had been copying in the exam. 24. My best friend wanted to know, Did you enjoy the party?" A) She asked me if I'd enjoyed the party. B) She asked me if I enjoyed the party. C) She asked me whether I enjoyed the party. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me if I'd enjoyed the party. 25. They said, that they ..... their plants at seven o'clock tomorrow. A) Will water. B) Would water. C) Will be watering. D) Would be watering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would be watering. 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