Indirect Speech Quiz 22 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍

1. The landlord said, "You should leave if you can not pay the rent.".

A) The landlo asked me to leave if I couldn't pay the rent.

B) The landlord asks me to leave if I didn't pay the rent.

C) The landlord asked me to leave if I would not be paying the rent.

D) The landlord asked me to leave or pay the rent.

2. "I'm not working tomorrow."Andy said _____ .

A) He wasn't working the next day.

B) He wasn't working tomorrow.

C) He's not working the next day.

D) He's not working tomorrow.

3. The student:'I'm doing the best I can.'-The student told them that _____ .

A) I was doing the best I could.

B) He was doing the best he could.

C) He has done the best he can.

D) He would do the best he could.

4. What's wrong with this sentence? I said to him, "Why are you working so hard"?.

A) "Why" should be lowercased.

B) There should be a full-stop after "hard".

C) The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks.

D) There should not be a comma before the spoken words begin.

5. He says, "I am coming back this week.".

A) He says that I am coming back this week.

B) He says that he is coming back this week.

6. "We can communicate smoothly".

A) They said that they can communicate smoothly.

B) They said that we can communicate smoothly.

C) They said that they could communicate smoothly.

D) We said that we could communicating slowly.

7. He said, "Who is this beautiful woman?".

A) He asked if that a beautiful woman was.

B) He said if that was a beautiful woman.

C) He asked who that beautiful woman was.

D) He asked whowas that beautiful woman.

8. "What do the reporters usually ask the authorities nowadays?" " _____ Indonesia will soon be able to overcome the economic problem very soon.".

A) Whom.

B) In case.

C) About which.

D) Whether.

9. Which sentence is incorrect?.

A) Kevin wondered what his friends were doing.

B) John's neighbour asked him why he had taken the fence down.

C) I asked someone where the station was.

D) The customer wanted to know how much does the shirt cost.

10. Tata asked me, " Will you go to my house tomorrow?".

A) Tata asked me if I will go to her house the following day.

B) Tata asked me if She would go to my house the following day.

C) Tata asked me if I would go to her house the following day.

D) Tata asked me if I would go to her house tomorrow.

11. 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.

12. The priest said, 'Be quiet and listen to my words.'.

A) The priest urged them to be quiet and to listen to his words.

B) The priest said them to be quiet and listen to his words.

C) The priest told them that they should be quiet and listen to his words.

D) The priest said they should be quiet and listen to him.

13. He said, "Did you go to the theatre yesterday?".

A) He said whether he had gone to the theatre the day before.

B) He asked if I went to the theatre the day before yesterday.

C) He answered if you wenr to the theatre the day before.

D) He asked if I had gone to the theatre the day before.

14. My sister asked me, "Why were you late last week?".

A) My sister asked me why I had been late the before.

B) My sister asked me why I was late the week before.

C) My sister asked me why I was so handsome.

D) My sister is beautiful.

15. Ana said to Andi" Don't open your window!".

A) Ana said to Andi not to open his window.

B) Ana said to Andi not to open her window.

C) Ana said to Andi not to open my window.

D) Ana said to Andi to not open his window.

16. " I'm angry with you".

A) She said she is angry with me.

B) She said she was angry with me.

C) She said she is angries with me.

D) She say she was angry with me.

17. He said, "How is your mother?".

A) He asked if his mother was how.

B) He asked how was his mother.

C) He asked how my mother was.

D) He asked if how his mother had been.

18. Sofia said my mom, "Can I meet your daughter, Mila, now?". We know that _____ .

A) Sofia asked my mom if she can meet her daughter, Mila, then.

B) Sofia asked my mom if she could met her daughter, Mila, now.

C) Sofia asked my mom if she can meet his daughter, Mila, then.

D) Sofia asked my mom if she could met her daughter, Mila, then.

E) Sofia asked my mom if she could meet her daughter, Mila, then.

19. He says, "I am glad to be here this evening." He says that _____ .

A) I am glad to being here this evening.

B) He was glad to be here this evening.

C) I was glad to be here this evening.

D) I am glad to be here this evening.

E) He is glad to be here this evening.

20. "I never make mistakes, " he said.

A) He said that I never made mistakes.

B) He said that he never has made mistakes.

C) He said that he never made mistakes.

D) He said that he will never made mistakes.

E) He said that he never makes mistakes.

21. I said to you, "I don't believe you."Indirect speech: _____ .

A) I said that I didn't believe you.

B) I said I don't believe you.

C) I said to you that I didn't believe.

D) None of above.

22. If the reporting verb is in a past tense:A verb in the past simple from the direct speech sentence turns into _____ .

A) A verb in the present perfect.

B) Past continuous.

C) A verb in the past perfect continuous.

D) A verb in the past perfect.

23. They said to us, "We are your friends."Ans. They told us that they were _____ friends.

A) Our .

B) My.

C) Their.

D) None of above.

24. Debora said, "I have completed the task".

A) Debora said that she has completed the task.

B) Debora said that she have completed the task.

C) Debora said that she would complete the task.

D) Debora said that she had completed the task.

25. "What is your surname, Lea?"I asked Lea _____ .

A) If Lea was her surename.

B) Whether her surname was Lea.

C) That Lea was her surname.

D) What her surename was.