Indirect Speech Quiz 43 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Indirect Speech – Quiz 43
1. Which of the following is true for reported speech?.
A) Making the changes and then reporting what someone says.
B) Saying the exact words what someone said.
C) Reporting what someone said with own inputs.
D) None of these.
2. "Your mother left the party earlier." Your father said that _____ .
A) My mother had left the party earlier.
B) Your mother left the party earlier.
C) Your mother had left the party earlier.
D) His mother had left the party earlier.
E) My mother left the party earlier.
3. Tom, Mickey and Jerry said that they were eating some cheese.
A) Direct speech.
B) Indirect speech.
4. Maria said, "I have a doctor's appointment at 3:00." Maria said that she _____ a doctor's appointment at 3:00.
A) Has.
B) Having.
C) Had.
D) Have had.
5. In indirect speech reporting verbs are used quite often. For example:to say, to tell, to answer, _____ .
A) Right.
B) Wrong.
6. Mary:"I have had three boy friends."Mary said that she _____ three boy friends.".
A) Has.
B) Has had.
C) Had.
D) Had had.
7. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Copernicus said, "All planets revolve around the Sun.".
A) Copernicus said that all planets revolve around the Sun.
B) Copernicus had said that all planets revolve around the Sun.
C) Copernicus said that all planets revolved around the Sun.
D) Copernicus said that all planets are revolving around the Sun.
8. Everything _____ ready the following day he promised.
A) Will have been.
B) Would be.
C) Would have been.
D) Must have been.
E) Will be.
9. "Please clear the tables after you have finished the food." mother told the girls.
A) Mother says the girls to clear the tables after they had finished the food.
B) Please clear the tables after she have finished the food.mother told the girls.
C) Mother said the girls to clear the tables after they had finished the food.
D) Mother told the girls to clear the tables after they had finished the food.
10. The salesman said, "Are you interested in the scheme?".
A) The salesman asked me if I was interested in the scheme. .
B) The salesman said that if I were interested in the scheme.
C) The salesman asks if I am interested in the scheme.
D) None of above.
11. He asked:"Do you prefer going to the concerts or waching them on TV?".
A) He asked if I prefered going to the concerts or watching them on TV.
B) He asked did I prefer going to the concerts or watching them on TV,.
C) He asked if i had prefered going to the concerts or watching them on TV.
D) None of above.
12. Convert into indirect speech. She said:"Robert Burns wrote poems".
A) She said that Robert Burns has written poems.
B) She said that Robert Burns wrote poems.
C) She said that Robert Burns had written poems.
D) She said that Robert Burns writes poems.
13. "The sun is the star in our solar system."The teacher said _____ .
A) The sun is the star in their solar system.
B) The sun is the star in our solar system.
C) The sun was the star in their solar system.
D) The sun was the star in our solar system.
14. Reinhart asked me where I worked. Direct speech: _____ .
A) "Where do you work?" .
B) "Do you work there?".
C) "Where do I work?".
D) None of above.
15. Jimmy says, "My sister's husband gave me a motorcycle on my birthday.".
A) Jimmy says that his sister's husband had given him a motorcycle on his birthday.
B) Jimmy says that his sister's husband had given me a motorcycle on his birthday.
C) Jimmy says that my sister's husband had given me a motorcycle on my birthday.
D) Jimmy says that her sister's husband had given her a motorcycle on her birthday.
16. John asked me, "What are you doing here?". It means _____ .
A) John asked me what I was doing there?.
B) John said what are you doing here.
C) John asked me what I was doing here?.
D) John asked me what I am doing there?.
E) John asked me what I was doing there.
17. He said, "Would you mind passing me the salt".
A) He asked to have passed the salt.
B) He asked to pass the salt.
C) He minded passing the salt.
D) He ordered to have passed the salt.
18. The boss said, "It's time we began planning our work".
A) The boss said that it was time we had begun planning our work.
B) The boss said that it was time we began planning his work.
C) The boss said that it was time they began planning their work.
D) The boss said that it was time they had begun planning their work.
19. A:I bought a couch yesterday. B: _____ .
A) So I did.
B) So do I.
C) So did I.
D) So Am I.
20. Loungdavanh said, " It is my car.".
A) Loungdavanh said that it was my car.
B) Loungdavanh said that it was her car.
C) Loungdavanh said that it is my car.
D) Loungdavanh said that it is her car.
21. My mom told me, "Clean your room now.".
A) My mom told me to clean my room then.
B) My mom told me that clean my room now.
C) My mom told me if clean my room then.
D) None of above.
22. "Can you please call me back?"-He said _____ back-.
A) To call him.
B) Called me.
C) To called me.
D) Don't call me.
23. "Please bring your own plates and spoons, " she told us.
A) She suggested us to bring our own plates and spoons.
B) She suggest us to bring our own plates and spoons.
C) She suggests us to bring our own plates and spoons.
D) She has suggested us to bring our own plates and spoons.
24. Angel said that she had bought a pen the previous day.
A) Angel said, "She bought a pen tomorrow.".
B) Angel said, "I bought a pen yesterday.".
C) Angel said, "They have had bought a pen the previous day.".
D) Angel said, "I brought a pen yesterday".
25. John:"What are you doing?"John asked me _____ .
A) What I was doing.
B) If I was doing.
C) Wether I was doing.
D) None of above.