This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He said, "I have been waiting for you." A) He said that he had been waiting for you. B) He said that he had been waiting for me. C) He said that he was waiting for me. D) He said that he has been waiting for me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had been waiting for me. 2. Jerry said, "I could play sports again." A) Jerry said that he could play sports again. B) Jerry said that he could played sports again. C) Jerry said that I could play sports. D) Jerry said he could have played sports again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jerry said that he could play sports again. 3. "Ariana has never been to Turkey, " John reported.John reported that ..... A) Ariana had never been to Turkey. B) Ariana has never been to Turkey. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ariana had never been to Turkey. 4. When Mrs. Dodo opened the door, I asked, "Have you seen Lea?" A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 5. Direct:She said, "I am reading this book now." Indirect:She said that she was reading ..... book ..... A) This, now. B) That, today. C) This, earlier. D) That, then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That, then. 6. Direct:She said, "I can solve this problem now." Indirect:She said that she could solve ..... problem ..... A) This, today. B) Here, earlier. C) That, yesterday. D) That, then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That, then. 7. Imagine Sanya is telling her friend Tara about a race. She excitedly says, 'I will finish it quickly!' Now, how would you change that to indirect speech? A) Sanya said that she would finish it slowly. B) Sanya said that she finished it quickly. C) Sanya said that she would finish it quickly. D) Sanya said that she will finish it quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanya said that she would finish it quickly. 8. "Finish the homework, " said my mom.Select the correct indirect speech: A) My mom said to finish the homework. B) My mom said finish the homework. C) My mom to said finish the homework. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mom said to finish the homework. 9. The tourists:'We missed our plane through our own fault.'-The tourists said ..... A) They missed the plan through my own fault. B) We missed the plane through their own fault. C) They had missed the plane through their own fault. D) They were missing the plane through our own fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had missed the plane through their own fault. 10. Direct:He said, "I did not go to school last week." Indirect:He said that he ..... to school the previous week. A) Has not gone. B) Will not go. C) Did not go. D) Had not gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did not go. 11. "I will sing with the teacher" A) She said she would sing with the teacher. B) She said she sings with the teacher. C) She said she was sing with the teacher. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she would sing with the teacher. 12. Tom said, 'I will help you tomorrow.' A) Tom said that he will help me tomorrow. B) Tom said that he would help me tomorrow. C) Tom said that he would help me the next day. D) Tom said that he will help me the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom said that he would help me the next day. 13. Kay: "Did you go to Mount Santubong?"Kay wanted to know ..... to Mount Santubong. A) If she went / whether she went. B) If she had gone / whether she had gone. C) If she had went / whether she had went. D) If she has gone / whether she has gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If she had gone / whether she had gone. 14. "You will have another chance to raise your grade, " the professor said.The professor said that ..... A) We will have another chance to raise our grades. B) We would have another chance to raise our grades. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We would have another chance to raise our grades. 15. Change from Direct to indirect speech-The teacher says, "The earth is like an orange." A) The teacher exclaimed with sadness that the earth is like an orange. B) The teacher said that the earth was like an orange. C) The teacher says that The earth is like an orange. D) The teacher will say that the earth was like an orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher says that The earth is like an orange. 16. "I'm coming to the party tonight."Ann says ..... A) She's coming to the party tonight. B) She's coming to the party that night. C) She was coming to the party tonight. D) She was coming to the party that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She's coming to the party tonight. 17. "I like jam" Mary said A) Mary said that she like jam. B) Mary said that she likes jam. C) Mary said that I like jam. D) Mary said that she liked jam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary said that she liked jam. 18. He is saying, "I am finishing my homework." A) He is saying that he is finishing his work. B) He is saying that he was finishing my homework. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is saying that he is finishing his work. 19. Imagine Akhil said, 'I will help you.' Now, let's adjust the pronouns and see how it changes! A) Akhil said, 'Akhil will help me.'. B) Akhil said, 'She will help you.'. C) Akhil said, 'They will help me.'. D) Akhil said, 'I will help you.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Akhil said, 'Akhil will help me.'. 20. He says that his brother will help her. A) He will say that his brother will help her. B) He said that his brother would help her. C) He said that his brother will help her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that his brother would help her. 21. The news programme:'We will keep you updated.'-The news programme said ..... A) That he would keep us updated. B) That they would keep us updated. C) That they were keeping us updated. D) That they keep us updated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That they would keep us updated. 22. He said, "I can speak perfect French."He said that he ..... A) Can speak perfect French. B) Will speak perfect French. C) Was speaking perfect French. D) Could speak perfect French. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could speak perfect French. 23. "Where is your book?" the teacher asked Abhishek A) The teacher asked Abhishek that where is your book. B) The teacher asked Abhishek where his book is. C) The teacher asked Abhishek where his book was. D) The teacher asked Abhishek where was his book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher asked Abhishek where his book was. 24. Mary "I will take a guitar lesson tomorrow" Jill: "Mary said (that) she ..... take a guitar lesson ..... " A) Would / that day. B) Would / the next day. C) Will / in one day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would / the next day. 25. Convert into indirect speech. They said:" We have never eaten pears." A) They said that they have never ate pears. B) They said that they have never eaten pears. C) They said that they had never eaten pears. D) They said that they haven't eaten pears. 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