This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. REWRITE THESE SENTENCES IN INDIRECT SPEECH 1) Rosie said, 'all my love is gone'. A) Rosie said that, all my love is gone. B) Rosie said That all my love isn't gone. C) Rosie said that all my love is gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosie said that all my love is gone. 2. He said, 'I am going to the market now.' A) He said that he is going to the market now. B) He said that he was going to the market then. C) He said that he went to the market now. D) He said that he is going to the market then. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he was going to the market then. 3. "What are you doing?" she asked. A) She asked me what was I doing. B) She asked me what you were doing. C) She asked me what I was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked me what I was doing. 4. He said, "I was here all last night." A) He said he had been there all last night. B) He said he had been here all last night. C) He said he had been there all the previous night. D) He said he was there all last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he had been there all the previous night. 5. Lily ..... me that she saw Carlos at the party. A) Told. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 6. Teacher:'' Did you do your homework?My teacher asked me if I ..... A) Have done your homework. B) Had done my homework. C) Has done her homework?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done my homework. 7. Wanida: "I have already finished my report." Wanida said that she ..... already finished her report. A) Has. B) Have. C) Had. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 8. The correct word that completes:" Sweep the floor please." Sara said to her sister.Sara ..... her sister to sweep the floor. A) Told. B) Asked. C) Said. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 9. May: "You can come to my place. What time shall we meet?"May suggested that he ..... place and asked him what time ..... A) Can come to her; they shall meet. B) Could come to her; they shall meet. C) Could come to her; they should meet. D) Can come to her; they should meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could come to her; they should meet. 10. Panchito said to turn off the lights.Select the correct direct speech: A) Panchito to said turn off the lights. B) "To turn off the lights, " said Panchito. C) "Turn off the lights, " said Panchito. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Turn off the lights, " said Panchito. 11. Tom said 'I left two years ago' devient ..... A) Tom said he left two years ago. B) Tom said I left two years ago. C) Tom said he had left two years ago. D) Tom said I had left two years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom said he had left two years ago. 12. "Be nice to your brother, " he said.Convert to Indirect Speech A) He said me to be nice to my brother. B) He advised me to be nice to my brother. C) He told me that I have to be nice to my brother. D) He told me that I have to become nice to my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He advised me to be nice to my brother. 13. The girl in the yellow dress screamed, "Buy me a new sandwich now!" A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 14. She says, "I eat an apple a day." A) She said that she ate an apple a day. B) She said that she ates an apple a day. C) She said that she had ate an apple a day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she ate an apple a day. 15. "I must finish this work by tonight, " he said. A) He said that he must finish this work by that night. B) He said that he has to finish this work by tonight. C) He said that he had to finish this work by that night. D) He said he must finish the work by tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he had to finish this work by that night. 16. In simple present tense indirect speech changes into to simple present tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. "I'm not working tomorrow."Andy said ..... A) He's not working tomorrow. B) He wasn't working tomorrow. C) He's not working the next day. D) He wasn't working the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wasn't working the next day. 18. Uma said, "I saw a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo." A) Uma said that she saw a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo. B) Uma said that she was seeing a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo. C) Uma said that she had seen a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uma said that she had seen a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo. 19. "Why did you come late?" she asked. A) She asked me why I come late. B) She asked me why had I come late. C) She asked me why I had come late. D) She asked me why did I come late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked me why I had come late. 20. Convert into indirect speech. You said: "I am cooking now." A) You said that you are cooking now. B) You said that you were cooking then. C) You said that you are cooking now. D) You said that you cooked then. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You said that you were cooking then. 21. My mother: "Mary, what are you doing?"Mary:My mother asked me what ..... A) I am doing. B) I was doing. C) I have been doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was doing. 22. Change to Indirect speech James said to his mother, 'I am leaving for New York tomorrow.' A) James told his mother he is leaving for New York tomorrow. B) James told his mother that he was leaving for New York the next day. C) James told his mother he would be leaving for New York the next day. D) James told his mother that he was leaving for New York tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James told his mother that he was leaving for New York the next day. 23. Change the direct speech 'He said, 'I will come tomorrow" to indirect speech. A) He said that he will come yesterday. B) He said that he will come today. C) He said that he will come next week. D) He said that he would come the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he would come the next day. 24. He said he had a new dragon. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 25. People said, "This was the worst blizzard in 100 years." A) People said this was the worst blizzard in 100 years. B) People said this is the worst blizzard in 100 years. C) People said this has been the worst blizzard in 100 years. D) People said this had been the worst blizzard in 100 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People said this had been the worst blizzard in 100 years. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Strategies Quiz 1Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 2Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 3Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 4Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 6Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 7Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 8Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 9Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books