This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Indirect Speech Strategies – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "We're going out this evening."They said ..... A) They're going out this evening. B) They're going out that evening. C) They were going out this evening. D) They were going out that evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were going out that evening. 2. Change the indirect speech to direct speech.The doctor told me to eat more fruit. A) "Eats more fruit, " the doctor told me. B) "Eat more fruit, " the doctor told me. C) "Eat more fruit, " the doctor told to me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Eat more fruit, " the doctor told me. 3. Direct:The boy said, "My mother cooks dinner every night." Indirect:The boy said that his mother ..... dinner every night. A) Cooked. B) Is cooking. C) Has cooked. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooks. 4. Mary told John, "my father warned me last night" Convert to Indirect Speech A) Mary told John that her warned her last night. B) Mary told John that her father had warned her last night. C) Mary told John that his father had warned me last night. D) Mary told John that her father warns her last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary told John that her father had warned her last night. 5. I said, "I met him last night" .I said that I ..... A) Would meet him last night. B) Will meet him tomorrow night. C) Was meeting him last night. D) Had met him the previous night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had met him the previous night. 6. John said he had worked for that company ..... A) The year before. B) The year after. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The year before. 7. Daniel said, "Where have you been?" A) Daniel asked me where I had been. B) Daniel told me where I was. C) Daniel said that I had not been there. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daniel asked me where I had been. 8. Let's have some fun with tenses! Change the tense in this sentence:He said, 'I will finish my homework.' A) He said, 'I had finished my homework.'. B) He said, 'I will be finishing my homework.'. C) He says, 'I will finish my homework.'. D) He said, 'I finished my homework.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said, 'I finished my homework.'. 9. The salesman said, "Are you interested in the scheme?" A) The salesman said that if I were interested in the scheme. B) The salesman asks if I am interested in the scheme. C) The salesman asked me if I was interested in the scheme. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The salesman asked me if I was interested in the scheme. 10. Change from direct to Indirect speech-The teacher will say, "This student deserves an award." A) The teacher will say that this student deserved an award. B) The teacher will say that that student deserved an award. C) The teacher will say that that student deserves an award. D) The teacher said that that student deserves an award. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher will say that that student deserves an award. 11. The doctor ..... her that she needed a surgery. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 12. You ..... that she was going to come. A) Said. B) Told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 13. "I can swim in the sea" A) Aaron said he could swim in the sea. B) Aaron said he can swim in the sea. C) Aaron said he had swum in the sea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aaron said he could swim in the sea. 14. "Borobudur is located in Muntilan."He said ..... A) Borobudur was located in Muntilan. B) Borobudur is located in Muntilan. C) Borobudur had been located in Muntilan. D) Borobudur has been located in Muntilan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Borobudur is located in Muntilan. 15. "I was sleeping when he called, " she said. A) She said that she had been sleeping when he called. B) She said that she was sleeping when he called. C) She said that she had slept when he called. D) She said she had been sleeping when he calls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she had been sleeping when he called. 16. Direct: "We are going to the fair tonight, " they said. Indirect:They said that they were going to the fair ..... A) Today. B) Tomorrow night. C) This evening. D) That night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That night. 17. Change to direct speechI told the stranger that he had followed the wrong way. A) I said to the stranger, "You had followed the wrong way.". B) I asked the stranger, "Have you followed the wrong way?". C) I said to the stranger, "You have followed the wrong way.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I said to the stranger, "You have followed the wrong way.". 18. Direct:He said, "I will come to your house next week." Indirect:He said that he would come to my house ..... A) Tomorrow. B) The following week. C) This week. D) A week after. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The following week. 19. My uncle:'I haven't eaten since this morning.'-My uncle said that ..... A) He wasn't eating since that morning. B) He didn't eat since that morning. C) I haven't eaten since this morning. D) He hadn't eaten since that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He hadn't eaten since that morning. 20. "My father isn't very well."She says ..... A) My father isn't very well. B) My father wasn't very well. C) Her father isn't very well. D) Her father wasn't very well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her father isn't very well. 21. A reporter: "Mr bean is a funny man."The reporter told us Mr bean ..... a funny man. A) Is. B) Were. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 22. "I take my little sister to school" Antony said A) Antony said he takes his sister to school. B) Antony said he took his sister to school. C) Antony said he take his sister to school. D) Antony said he taken his sister to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antony said he took his sister to school. 23. He said, "How much is left to do?" A) He asked how much had been left to do. B) He asked how much had been left to be done. C) He asked how much was left to be done. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked how much was left to be done. 24. Change the direct speech 'He said, 'I want to learn Spanish" to indirect speech. A) He said that he is learning Spanish. B) He said that he wanted to learn Spanish. C) He said that he wants to learn Spanish. D) He said that he will learn Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he wanted to learn Spanish. 25. "Please be quiet, " the teacher said. A) The teacher asked us to please be quiet. B) The teacher asked us to be quiet. C) The teacher requested us to be quiet. D) The teacher told us to be quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher asked us to be quiet. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesIndirect Speech Strategies Quiz 1Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 2Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 3Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 4Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 5Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 6Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 7Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 9Indirect Speech Strategies Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books