Indirect Speech Quiz 58 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Indirect Speech – Quiz 58
1. I told him _____ do it.
A) Not to.
B) To not.
C) Don't.
D) None of them.
2. "I spoke to Jane last week, " she said. She said _____ .
A) I had spoken to Jane a week before.
B) She spoke to Jane a week before.
C) She had spoken to Jane a week before.
D) She had spoken to Jane last week.
3. "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow". He told me that his mother _____ the bus to work tomorrow.
A) Was taking.
B) Is taking.
C) Will take.
D) None of above.
4. Choose the best option for the speech Direct from this sentence:Roger said that Jhoni was a good friend.
A) Roger said:" Jhoni is a good friend".
B) Roger said "Jhoni am a good friend".
C) Roger said " Jhoni was a good friend".
D) Roger said:"Jhoni are a good friend".
5. Punctuate the sentence. Come here said the teacher.
A) "Come here, "said the teacher.
B) "Come here", said the teacher.
C) "Come here"said the teacher.
D) None of above.
6. She said, "They will be leaving soon.".
A) She said that they will leave soon.
B) She said that they are leaving.
C) She said that they would leave soon.
D) She said that they would be leaving soon.
7. We use indirect/reported speech to:.
A) Talk about something that someone has already told us.
B) Talk about spontaneous situations.
C) Talk about actions in progress at a certain time in the future.
D) None of above.
8. "Let's eat out tomorrow" She said.
A) She said that we could eat out the next day.
B) She suggested eating out tomorrow.
C) She suggested that we ate out the next day.
D) She suggested that we should eat out the next day.
9. WHILE REPORTING THE SPEECH SAID TO CHANGE IN.
A) TOLD ME.
B) TOLD.
C) POVERTY.
D) None of above.
10. Match the verb form for direct speech to its change in the indirect/reported speech."Past continuous".
A) Past perfect.
B) Past continuous.
C) Past perfect continuous.
D) Past simple.
11. Which of the following direct sentences is correctly constructed?.
A) Analise said:the test was difficult.
B) Analise said, "The test was difficult.".
C) "Analise said the test was difficult.".
D) Analise said. "The test was difficult.
12. The teacher often says to me, "If you don't work hard, You will fail".
A) . The teacher often says to me that if I don't work hard I shall fail.
B) . The teacher often says to me if I don't work hard I shall fail.
C) . The teacher often said to me that if I don't work hard I shall fail.
D) . The teacher often says to me that if I didn't work hard I shall fail.
13. "Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow, " said David.
A) David said that Mona would be leaving for her native place tomorrow.
B) David said that Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow.
C) David said that Mona left for her native place the next day.
D) David said that Mona would leave for her native place the next day.
14. "Be nice to your brother, " he said.
A) He advised me to be nice to my brother.
B) He said me to be nice to my brother.
C) He told me that I have to be nice to my brother.
D) None of above.
15. Which among the following sentences is correctly and properly punctuated?.
A) "I will go and visit my friend, " said the turtle.
B) "I will go, " and "visit my friend, " said the turtle.
16. Indirect speech.
A) Expresses what was said without using the exact words.
B) Expresses what was said using the exact words.
C) Is where someone expresses their own words.
D) None of above.
17. My best friend wanted to know, Did you enjoy the party?".
A) She asked me if I'd enjoyed the party.
B) She asked me if I enjoyed the party.
C) She asked me whether I enjoyed the party.
D) None of above.
18. "I've always wanted to see the Great Wall of China, " Joey said _____ to see the Great Wall of China.
A) He have always wanted.
B) He has always wanted.
C) He always wanted.
D) He had always wanted.
19. "We're going out this evening."They said _____ .
A) They were going out this evening.
B) They were going out that evening.
C) They're going out this evening.
D) They're going out that evening.
20. Mom said "I am leaving home now".
A) My mom said that she was left home now.
B) My mom said that she was left home then.
C) My mom said that she leaving home now.
D) My mom said she leaving home then.
21. Teller 1, " Good morning, what can I help you mam?"Madam, "Pardon me?"Teller 2, my friends asked you _____ mam.
A) What I can help you.
B) What could he help you.
C) What he could help you.
D) What can I help you.
E) What could I help you.
22. My father said to me, "I met your teacher yesterday."Ans. My father said to me that he had met _____ teacher the previous day.
A) My.
B) His.
C) Her.
D) None of above.
23. 'We've seen four elephants already and it's only our first day.' $\rightarrow$ He said that they _____ four elephants on their first day. Imagine what animals they've seen by now!.
A) Will have seen.
B) Had saw.
C) Had seen.
D) Saw.
24. She said:"Robert Burns wrote poems".
A) She said that Robert Burns had written poems.
B) She said that Robert Burns writes poems.
C) She said that Robert Burns has written poems.
D) She said that Robert Burns wrote poems.
25. "I am working today".
A) She told us she was working that day.
B) She told us she were working that day.
C) She told us she has working that day.
D) None of above.