Indirect Speech Quiz 55 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Indirect Speech – Quiz 55
1. My sister:"I will live abroad next year"She said that she _____ abroad next year.
A) Would live .
B) Was going to live.
C) Will live.
D) None of above.
2. She said to me, 'Start.'.
A) She requested me to start.
B) She asked me to start.
C) She forbade me to start.
D) She advised me to start.
3. I said, " I like sweets".
A) I said that I liked sweets.
B) I say that I like sweets.
C) I said that I like sweets.
D) I say that I liked sweets.
4. D-Mother said, "Sunita, where did I keep the pizza cutter last week?" I-Mother asked Sunita where she had kept the pizza cutter _____ .
A) The previous week.
B) Last week.
C) The following week.
D) None of above.
5. Martin wondered how Kate had finished the report so quickly.Martin asked Kate, " _____ ?.
A) How were you finished the report so quickly.
B) How had she finished the report so quickly.
C) How did you finish the report so quickly.
D) How she finished the report so quickly.
6. Hannah:"I want to go to the football match, but I don't have enough money".Hannah said that she _____ to go to the football match, but she didn't have enough money.
A) Wanted.
B) Wants.
C) Had wanted.
D) None of above.
7. George said, " Elena, please clean the house before the guests arrive." The reported speech becomes:.
A) George requested Elena to clean the house before the guests arrived.
B) George told Elena to clean the house before the guests arrived.
C) George ordered Elena to clean the house before the guests arrived.
D) George said to Elena please clean the house before the guests arrived.
8. If talking about future event, the present tense of the verbs is used in the reported speech.
A) FALSE.
B) TRUE.
9. Khurt:"I was writing a letter yesterday.".
A) Khurt said that he wrote a letter the day before.
B) Khurt said that he was writing a letter the day before.
C) Khurt said that he had written a letter before that day.
D) Khurt said that he had been writing a letter before that day.
10. My uncle:'I haven't eaten since this morning.'-My uncle said that _____ .
A) He hadn't eaten since that morning.
B) He wasn't eating since that morning.
C) He didn't eat since that morning.
D) I haven't eaten since this morning.
11. She said she was seeing her brother _____ .
A) The following day.
B) The previous day.
12. Your friend has just left.
A) He told me that my friend had just left.
B) He told me that your friend had just left.
C) He told me that my friend has just left.
D) He told me that my friend have just left.
13. Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?.
A) Max shouted, "I'll eat you up!".
B) "Max shouted I'll eat you up!".
C) Max shouted I'll eat you up.
D) None of above.
14. "I am going out tonight." Manisha said.
A) Manisha said that she was going out that night.
B) Manisha said that she was going out tonight.
C) Manisha said that she will be going out that night.
D) None of above.
15. "I don't bring enough money now" she said.
A) She told me not to bring enough money now.
B) She told me that she don't bring enough money then.
C) She told me that she didn't bring enough money then.
D) She said she didn't bring enough money.
16. Daniel said, "Where have you been?".
A) Daniel asked me where I had been.
B) Daniel told me where I was.
C) Daniel said that I had not been there.
D) None of above.
17. The secretary said, "Is Mr. Fisher in his office?".
A) The secretary enquired that if Mr. Fisher was in his office.
B) The secretary asked if Mr. Fisher had been in his office.
C) The secretary enquired if Mr. Fisher was in his office.
D) The secretary said that if Mr. Fisher was in his office.
18. Ashley asked me if I had come to the party before. In other words, Ashley said " _____ ".
A) Did you come to the party the day before?.
B) Did you came to the party yesterday?.
C) Do you come to the party before?.
D) Have you come to the party.
E) Did you come to the party yesterday?.
19. "I saw your father yesterday, " he said to me.
A) He told me that he had seen my father the previous day.
B) He told me that he saw your father the previous day.
C) He said to me that he saw my father the day before.
D) He said to me that he had seen my father yesterday.
20. John said he had worked for that company _____ .
A) The year before.
B) The year after.
21. The doctor _____ that there's nothing wrong with me.
A) Told.
B) Said.
22. He said, "I can speak perfect French."He said that he _____ .
A) Will speak perfect French.
B) Can speak perfect French.
C) Was speaking perfect French.
D) Could speak perfect French.
23. Felicia asked, "What is the matter?"Indirect speech: _____ .
A) Felicia asked what the matter was.
B) Felicia asked what the matter is.
C) Felicia asked what is the matter.
D) None of above.
24. The salesman said, "Are you interested in the scheme?".
A) The salesman said that if I was interested in the scheme.
B) The salesman asks if I am interested in the scheme.
C) The salesman said that if I were interested in the scheme.
25. The sage said, "God helps those who help themselves.".
A) The sage said that God helped those who help themselves.
B) The sage said that God helps those who helped themselves.
C) The sage said that God helps those who help themselves.
D) The sage said that God helped those whose helped themselves.