Indirect Speech Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Indirect Speech – Quiz 12
1. The guard asked, "Who are you?".
A) The guard asked who I was. .
B) The guard asked who he was.
C) The guard asked me who he was.
D) None of above.
2. Choose the correct option. 'This is the first time I've spoken in public.'.
A) She'll tell them that was the first time she spoke in public.
B) She says that was the first time she had spoken in public.
C) She has said this is the first time she has spoken in public.
D) She told them that had been the first time she spoke in public.
3. Susan told us, "Clean the table now.".
A) We told Susan to clean the table then.
B) Susan told us to cleaned the table then.
C) Susan told us to clean the table then.
D) We told Susan to cleaned the table then.
4. David told his friends, "My Mom wants you all at the party."David told his friends that _____ Mom wanted _____ all at the party.
A) His, them.
B) Their, them.
C) Their, him.
D) None of above.
5. My father told me, "Don't come back home late!" Change to indirect speech!.
A) My father told me not to come back home late.
B) My father told me to not come back home late.
C) My father told me not come back home late.
D) None of above.
6. Mary "I love chocolate" Jill:"Mary said (that) she _____ chocolate".
A) Loved.
B) Loves.
C) Has loved.
D) None of above.
7. What is Direct Speech?.
A) The reporting of speech by rephrasing what the speaker said.
B) The reporting of speech by using similar words to the speaker.
C) The reporting of speech by repeating the exact words of the speaker.
D) The reporting of speech at the exact time it was said.
8. "It would be nice if I could see you again" (Sunday night).
A) He said it will be nice if he can see me again. (Sunday night).
B) He said it would be nice if he could see me again. (sunday night).
9. We mostly use past tense verbs in _____ .
A) Direct speech.
B) Indirect speech.
10. Carla "I'll see you later".
A) Carla says she would see me later.
B) Carla said that she will seen me later.
C) Carla said she would had seen me later.
D) Carla said that she would see me later.
11. "I will give plus 20 if you answer this incorrectly, " said Sir Mark to grade 9 students.
A) Don't pick me.
B) Check letter A.
C) Not this.
D) Sir Mark said to Grade 9 students that he would give plus 20 if they answered this incorrectly.
12. Terrence said that he saw an alien downstairs.
A) Indirect speech.
B) Direct Speech.
13. " I've always loved you both and liked to spend time with you. Please end this quarrel with him." Dorian _____ me to talk with Terry again.
A) Admitted.
B) Proposed.
C) Advised.
D) Exclaimed.
E) Scorned.
14. Mr Ravi said to his neighbour, "My house is being built."(Select the appropriate indirect speech of the above sentence).
A) Mr Ravi told his neighbour that his house was being built.
B) Mr Ravi shouted at his neighbour that his house was being built.
C) Mr Ravi told his neighbour that "his house was being built.".
D) None of above.
15. "I've been living here for ten years, " She told me. It means:.
A) She told me that she had been living here for ten years.
B) She told me that she had been living there for ten years.
C) She told me that she had lived there for ten years.
D) She told me that she had lived here for ten years.
16. Mother said, "Where are you going?".
A) Mother asked me where I am going.
B) Mother asked where I was going.
C) Mother said to me where are you going.
D) Mother said me where I am going.
17. I said, "I shall go."Ans. I said that _____ would go.
A) I .
B) He.
C) They.
D) None of above.
18. In indirect speech, what is the correct transformation of the sentence "Tom said to me, 'I can swim"'?.
A) Tom tells me that he can swim.
B) Tom told me that he can swim.
C) Tom tells me, "I can swim.".
D) Tom told me, "I can swim.".
19. James said that he didn't like the party. 'that' is part of _____ speech.
A) Informal.
B) Formal.
20. "A pilot flies airplanes."Jihan said _____ .
A) A pilot had flown airplanes.
B) A pilot has flown airplanes.
C) A pilot flies airplanes.
D) A pilot flew airplanes.
21. They said:"The house was built last year.".
A) They said that the house has been built last year.
B) They said that the house was built the year before.
C) They said that the house had been built the year before.
D) They said that the house was built last year.
22. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?".
A) The policeman asked the boy where he lives.
B) "Where do you live?", the policeman asked the boy.
C) The policeman wanted to know where the boy lives.
D) None of above.
23. "Shall we clean up this?", they asked.
A) They asked that should they clean up that.
B) They asked that should they clean up this.
C) We asked that should we clean up that.
D) We asked that shall they clean up this.
24. 'I can't go out to the cinema today, ' Noelia said.
A) Noelia said she couldn't go out to the cinema that day.
B) She said she couldn't went out to the cinema today.
C) She said she can't go out to the cinema that day.
D) None of above.
25. Choose the correct verb from the options, and fill in the blanks.D-The old woman always tells me, "I will do whatever it takes to remain healthy."I-The old woman always tells me that she _____ whatever it takes to remain healthy.
A) Will do.
B) Would do.
C) Does.
D) None of above.