Indirect Speech Quiz 51 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Indirect Speech – Quiz 51
1. Indirect speech is _____ .
A) Expresses what was said without using the exact words.
B) Where someone else expresses what was said.
C) Where someone expresses their own words.
D) Expresses what was said using the exact words.
2. 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, then.
C) Sofia asked my mom if she could meet her daughter, Mila, then.
D) Sofia asked my mom if she could met her daughter, Mila, now.
3. D-Shyam said, " When will we finish yesterday's homework, Anil?" I-Shyam asked Anil when they would finish _____ homework.
A) The previous day's.
B) That very day's.
C) The following day's.
D) None of above.
4. What is it? It involves quoting the exact words uttered by the person, within inverted commas or quotation marks.
A) Direct/quoted speech.
B) Indirect/reported speech.
C) Imperative Sentence.
D) Paragraph.
5. May:"I've just come back from my holiday in Sarawak." May explained that _____ back from her holiday in Sarawak.
A) She have just come.
B) She had just come.
C) She has just come.
D) She had had just come.
6. "I see the clouds.". He told me that she _____ the clouds.
A) Saw .
B) Sees.
C) Is seeing.
D) None of above.
7. He said to me, "I have often told you not to play with fire, ".
A) He told me that I had often told me not to play with fire.
B) He told me that he has often told me not to play with fire.
C) He told me that he had often told him not to play with fire.
D) He told me that he had often told me not to play with fire.
8. Example:Mita said, "I have finished painting."Which of the following is a correct reported version _____ .
A) Mita said that she had finished painting.
B) Mita said to me I have finished painting.
C) Mita had finished painting as to what she said.
D) None of these.
9. Susi told Susan to wait for her. Change to direct speech!.
A) Susi told Susan, "Wait for me!".
B) Susi told Susan, "Wait for her!".
C) Susi told Susan, "Waited for me!".
D) None of above.
10. "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 here for ten years.
D) She told me that she had lived there for ten years.
E) She told me that she has been living there for ten years.
11. They say that they are having their meal now.
A) "We were having our meal then, " they say.
B) "We are having our meal now, " they say.
C) "We were having our meal then, " they said.
D) "We are having our meal now, " they said.
12. My mom told me last night if I had had a spare time. It means _____ .
A) My mom asked me, "Have you had a spare time?".
B) My mom asked me, "Did you have a spare time?".
C) My mom asked me, "Do you have a spare time?".
D) My mom asked me, Did I have a spare time?".
E) My mom asked me, " Had you had a spare time?".
13. We have been here for a week.
A) They said they had been here for a week.
B) They said we had been there for a week.
C) They said they has been here for a week.
D) They said they had been there for a week.
14. CHOOSE THE CORRECT PRONOUNDIRECT:Anna said, "I am happy.'REPORTED:Anna said that _____ happy.
A) We.
B) She.
15. Dinda said Hanif, "where are you when I came to your home?". We can say that _____ .
A) Dinda said Hanif where he were when she had come to his home.
B) Dinda said Hanif where he was when she came to his home.
C) Dinda said Hanif where she were when she came to her home.
D) Dinda said Hanif where she were when she came to her home.
16. Convert the following into Indirect Speech-Aarshia says, "The sun rises in the East.".
A) Aarshia says that the sun rises in the east.
B) Aarshia said the sun rose in the east.
17. "Do you like him?"she asked.
A) She asked if I liked him.
B) She asked did you like him?.
C) She asked if I liked him?.
D) She asked whether you liked him.
18. Convert the following sentence:Kelly said that she was feeling sick that day.
A) Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today".
B) Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today.".
C) Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today?.
D) Kelly said "I am feeling sick today.".
19. "Tidy your room!"She _____ .
A) She told me to tidy my room.
B) She told to tidy my room.
20. The tourists:'We missed our plane through our own fault.'-The tourists said _____ .
A) We missed the plane through their own fault.
B) They were missing the plane through our own fault.
C) They had missed the plane through their own fault.
D) They missed the plan through my own fault.
21. Harry said to me, 'Are you interested in this offer?'.
A) Harry asked me if I was interested in that offer.
B) Harry asked to me if i was interested in this offer.
C) Harry said to me that are you interested in this offer.
D) Harry asked me that if I am interested in this offer.
22. "Catherine is completing her homework, " she said.
A) She says that Catherine would completing her homework.
B) She said that Catherine is completing her homework.
C) She said that Catherine was completing her homework.
D) She said that Catherine will complete her homework.
23. Which among the following sentences is correctly and properly punctuated?.
A) "I will teach him a lesson, " said the turtle.
B) "I, " will teach him a lesson, said the turtle.
24. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?".
A) "Where do you live?", the policeman asked the boy.
B) The policeman asked the boy where he lives.
25. Rohan said, "I have lost all my belongings at the Howrah station this morning.".
A) Rohan said that he had lost all his belongings at the Howrah station that morning.
B) Rohan said that I had lost all my belongings at the Howrah station this morning.".
C) Rohan said that he had lost all my belongings at the Howrah station that morning.
D) Rohan said that he has lost all his belongings at the Howrah station that morning.