Indirect Speech Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Indirect Speech – Quiz 31
1. My father asked my sister, "Why do you wake up so early?". It means that my father wondered why _____ .
A) Do you wake up so early.
B) She wakes up so early.
C) She does wake up so early.
D) Does she wake up so early.
E) She woke up so early.
2. Peter asked me:"What time is it?".
A) He asked me what time is it.
B) He asked me what time it was.
3. "I was wondering if you could possibly tell me the time?"She _____ .
A) She asked me to tell me the time.
B) She asked me to tell her the time.
4. "Don't smoke!".
A) She told me do not to smoke.
B) She told me not to smoke.
5. Mark:"How much time do you have?"Mark wanted to know _____ .
A) How much time I had .
B) How much time I used to have.
C) How much time I have.
D) None of above.
6. "I can help you tomorrow.".
A) She said that she could help me tomorrow.
B) She said that she could helps me tomorrow.
C) She say that she could help me tomorrow.
D) She said that she can help me tomorrow.
7. Choose the right option:If I were you, I _____ to your sister.
A) Would talked.
B) Would talk.
C) Had talked.
D) Talked.
8. Direct to reported speech:'This' turns to _____ .
A) Those.
B) That.
C) Nothing. It stays the same.
D) These.
9. "I can't go to the party.".
A) Martin said that he couldn't have gone to the party.
B) Martin said that he can't go to the party.
C) Martin said that he couldn't went to the party.
D) Martin said that he couldn't go to the party.
10. WHAT IS THE ANOTHER NAME OF INDIRECT SPEECH.
A) REPORTED SPEECH.
B) REPORTED SPEECH.
C) None of above.
11. Which of the following is an example of a direct speech?.
A) Janus' direct words were that he was writing a letter.
B) Janus directly said that he was writing a letter.
C) Janus' "direct words" were:I was writing a letter.
D) Janus said, "I am writing a letter now.".
12. My grandfather never accepted to visit the doctor and always said that unless he _____ unconscious, he would never visit any doctor.
A) Will.
B) Is.
C) Would.
D) Was.
E) Had been.
13. Marie said, "I need help with my homework".
A) Indirect Speech.
B) Direct Speech.
14. The doctor asked whether he had shown any recovery.
A) The doctor said, "Has he shown any recovery?".
B) The doctor said, "Is he showing any recovery?".
C) The doctor said, "He has shown recovery.".
D) None of above.
15. Grandpa said, "What's the time by your watch?".
A) Grandpa asked me what was the time by my watch.
B) Grandpa asked me what time it has been by my watch.
C) Grandpa asked me what the time were by my watch.
D) Grandpa asked me if what time it was by my watch.
16. She said:"They will have dinner with us today.".
A) She said that they would have dinner with us today.
B) She said that they have dinner with us that day.
C) She said that they will have dinner with us today.
D) She said that they would have dinner with us that day.
17. He said, "I have been a great mentor.".
A) He exclaimed that he was a great mentor.
B) He said that he had been a great mentor.
C) He said that he was a great mentor.
D) He said that he has been a great mentor.
18. "Where have you spent your money?" Julia asked Tom.
A) Julia asked Tom where he spent his money.
B) Tom asked Julia where she had spent her money.
C) Tom asked Julia where she spent her money.
D) Julia asked Tom where he had spent his money.
E) Julia asked Tom where he have spent his money.
19. She asked me what my name was.
A) Direct Speech.
B) Indirect Speech.
20. Mary:" Leo, please, don't go"What did she ask Leo? $\rightarrow$ She _____ not to go.
A) Asked him .
B) Asks him.
C) Ask him.
D) None of above.
21. Susan said, "The kids were waiting for their parents this morning.".
A) Susan said that the kids had been waiting for their parents this morning.
B) Susan said that the kids were waiting for their parents that morning.
C) Susan said that the kids are waiting for their parents that morning.
D) Susan said that the kids had been waiting for their parents that morning.
22. Decide if the following sentence is TRUE or FALSE:"When we use reported speech, the reporting verb is usually in the past form.".
A) FALSE.
B) TRUE.
23. He asked us _____ show our passports.
A) That to.
B) Now.
C) To.
D) Don't.
24. "You should tell me the truth." She said (that) _____ .
A) I should told her the truth.
B) She should tell me the truth.
C) She should not tell me the truth.
D) I should not tell her the truth.
E) I should tell her the truth.
25. I wondered _____ the right thing.
A) Whether I was doing.
B) Am I doing.
C) Was I doing.
D) If I am doing.