Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 11
1. Transform the following statement into indirect speech:"The center of the solar system is the sun, " the astronomer said.
A) The astronomer said that the center of the solar system was the sun.
B) The astronomer says that the center of the solar system is the sun.
C) The astronomer says that the center of the solar system was the sun.
D) The astronomer said that the center of the solar system is the sun.
2. My father asked me at home, "How long have you worked there?"My father asked me _____ .
A) How long I worked there.
B) How long I had worked there.
C) How long have you worked there.
D) How long I have worked there.
3. Austin says, "I see the clouds.".He tells me that he _____ the clouds.
A) Sees.
B) See.
C) Had seen.
D) Saw.
4. He said, "I met him in 1950". He said _____ .
A) He used to meet him in 1950.
B) He had been met by him in 1950.
C) He was meeting him in 1950.
D) He had met him in 1950.
5. Mary told John "My father warned me last night.".
A) Mary told John that his father had warned me last night.
B) Mary told John that her father warned her the previous night.
C) Mary told John that her father had warned her the previous night.
D) Mary told John that her father warned her last night.
6. He said, "I will be writing to him soon.".
A) He said that he would be written to him soon.
B) He said that he would be writing to him soon.
C) He told that he will be writing to him soon.
D) He said that I would be writing to him soon.
7. Marina said that she _____ her ticket.
A) Had lost.
B) Have lost.
C) Loses.
D) Lost.
8. "How will you get there?" He asked me how _____ .
A) I would get there.
B) Would I get there.
9. He told her, " Good morning, what can I help you with?".
A) He greeted her and asked her what he could help her with.
B) He greeted her and asked her what could he help her with.
C) He greeted her and asked her that what he could help her with.
D) He greeted her and asked her that what could he help her with.
10. "I will call you tonight, " said Sally to her brother.
A) Sally told her brother that she would call him that night.
B) Sally told her brother that he would call her that night.
C) Both are correct.
D) Neither is correct.
11. "Would you mind passing the salt?"She _____ .
A) She asked me to pass the salt.
B) She asked me pass the salt.
12. What is the way to catch the train for Kirrin Island?.
A) Get across London.
B) Get across Paris.
C) Get across Oxford.
D) None of these.
13. My parents advised my sister _____ too much money on clothes.
A) Did not spend.
B) Not to spend.
C) Not spend.
D) Not spending.
E) Do not spend.
14. Mum said, "It is windy today.".
A) Mum said that it was windy today.
B) Mum said that it is windy that day.
C) Mum said that it is windy today.
D) Mum said that it was windy that day.
15. Fitria asked me what happen there. Fitria said, " _____ ".
A) What does happens here?.
B) What happened here?.
C) What did happen here?.
D) What happens here?.
E) What happens there?.
16. The teacher said to the students "Be quiet while I am talking".
A) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she is talking.
B) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she talks.
C) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she told.
D) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while I am talking.
17. Courtney said, "I'm going to the mall.".
A) Courtney said that she was going to the mall.
B) Courtney says she is going to the mall.
C) Courtney says she will be going to the mall.
D) Courtney said that she will go to the mall.
18. What is it? It involves quoting the exact words uttered by the person, within inverted commas or quotation marks.
A) Imperative Sentence.
B) Indirect/reported speech.
C) Paragraph.
D) Direct/quoted speech.
19. Last week, our teacher told us that we 1 _____ a spelling test at the end of the week on Friday.
A) Did have.
B) Can have.
C) Would have.
D) Had had.
20. " I have been in Boracay, " Kitty told me.
A) Kitty told me that she is in Boracay.
B) Kitty told me that she has been in Boracay.
C) Kitty told me that she had been in Boracay.
D) Kitty told me that she was in Boracay.
21. The children said to their mom, "We may go home late today.".
A) The children said to their mom that they might go home late that day.
B) The children said to their mom that we might go home late that day.
C) No correct answer.
D) None of above.
22. Convert the following sentences into Indirect Speech:She said to me, "How Eire you getting on with your studies?".
A) She told me whether am I geeting with on my studies.
B) She told her that how she was getting on with her studies.
C) She asked me how we were getting on with our studies.
D) She asked me how I was getting on with my studies.
23. Toni noted it had been raining all day.
A) D.
B) I.
24. "Pass me the salad, Tom, " asked her.
A) She asked Tom to pass her the salad.
B) She asked Tom to passed her the salad.
C) Both are correct.
D) None of above.
25. Ravi said, "The concert ended yesterday.".
A) Ravi said that the concert ended already.
B) Ravi said that the concert had ended yesterday.
C) Ravi said that the concert had ended the previous day.
D) Ravi said that the concert ended the day before.