Indirect Speech Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Indirect Speech – Quiz 29
1. He couldn't give me his word but said that if he could finish his work earlier, he _____ to us.
A) Will come.
B) Should come.
C) Has to come.
D) May come.
E) Might come.
2. Choose the correct verb from the options, and fill in the blanks.D-Mihir says, "I will watch a very interesting movie next Sunday."I-Mihir says that he _____ a very interesting movie the following Sunday.
A) Will watch .
B) Would watch.
C) Watch.
D) None of above.
3. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:The police officer said to the boy, "Where do you live?".
A) When speaking to the boy, the police officer asked where do you live?.
B) The police officer wanted to know where the boy lives.
C) The police officer asked the boy where he lives.
D) "Where do you live?", the police officer asked the boy.
4. "I am dancing". This is an indirect speech.
A) False.
B) True.
5. D-" When can we go to meet the Principal tomorrow?" my friend asked me. I-My friend asked me when we could go to meet the Principal _____ .
A) The next day.
B) The previous day.
C) The day before.
D) None of above.
6. X:"What does she say to you?"Y:She told me _____ .
A) She needs help.
B) She has needed help.
C) She had needed help.
D) She needed help.
7. We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us?".
A) We asks them whether they will go to the movie with us.
B) We asks them whether they would go to the movie with us.
C) We asked them whether they will go to the movie with us.
D) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us.
8. Paul:'I won't be at the meeting tomorrow.'Paul said that he _____ at the meeting the following day.
A) Wouldn't be.
B) Won't be.
C) May be.
D) None of above.
9. IDENTIFY WHETHER THE SENTENCE IS IN (DIRECT SPEECH / INDIRECT SPEECH)Paul came in and said, "I'm really hungry.".
A) DIRECT SPEECH.
B) INDIRECT SPEECH.
C) DIRECT-INDIRECT SPEECH.
D) NONE tagsSPEECHESDIRECT INDIRECT SPEECH.
10. Dr. Dennis Galloway realized that a number of mechanical and electrical principlea found in living organisms _____ to improve man-made devices or to invent new ones.
A) Might use.
B) Were going to be use.
C) Could be used.
D) Would have used.
E) Had been used.
11. What word connects the reported and reporting speech in declarative sentences?.
A) If.
B) To.
C) Wh-questions.
D) That.
12. Choose the direct speech that is punctuated correctly.
A) She asked, "May I have your orders?".
B) She asked", May I have your orders.".
C) She asked "May I have your orders".
D) None of above.
13. Spiderman said that he was too tired to protect the city.
A) Direct Speech.
B) Indirect speech.
14. He said, "I was doing it.".
A) He said that he did it.
B) He said that he has done it.
C) He said that he had done it.
D) He said that he had been doing it.
15. He replied, "No, I haven't seen him since lunchtime.".
A) Direct Speech.
B) Indirect speech.
16. My father said to me, "You must work hard".
A) My father told me that you have to work hard.
B) My father told me that I must work hard.
C) My father told me that you must work hard.
D) My father told me that I had to work hard.
17. "Where have you been?" he asked me.
A) He wanted to know where I had been.
B) He wanted to know where you have been.
C) He wanted to know where I have been.
D) He wanted to know where you had been.
18. _____ must become _____ .
A) Want.
B) Could.
C) Had to.
19. Mother:"Where are you going THIS night?".
A) This.
B) These.
C) Those.
D) That.
20. He said, "Don't do this!".
A) He said to not do that.
B) He told me didn't do that.
C) He ordered not to do this.
D) He ordered not to do that.
21. "Would you bring me a cup of coffee, please?".
A) She asked me to bring her a cup of coffee.
B) She asked you to bring her a cup of coffee.
C) She asked him to bring her a cup of coffee.
D) None of above.
22. Julian:"I will have to borrow your pencil."Julian told me (that) _____ would have to borrow _____ pencil.
A) He/me.
B) I/his.
C) Him/I.
D) He/my.
23. Turn direct speech into indirect speech"Have you been to Bristol before?".
A) She asked if I had been to Bristol before.
B) She asked when I went to Bristol.
C) She wanted to go to Bristol.
D) She has been to Bristol.
24. My mum and dad:'We want you to come home now.'-My mum and dad said that _____ .
A) They had wanted me to come home then.
B) They wanted me come home now.
C) We wanted you to come now.
D) They wanted me to come home then.
25. I'm going to meet my penpal for the first time tomorrow.
A) She said she was going to meet her penpal for the first time tomorrow.
B) She said she was going to meet my penpal for the first time tomorrow.
C) She said she is going to meet her penpal for the first time the next day.
D) She said she was going to meet her penpal for the first time the next day.