Indirect Speech Quiz 64 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍

1. "Whose birthday is it?" said Jane. Jane asked whosebirthday _____ .

A) It was.

B) Is it.

C) It is.

D) It had been.

2. " I have been in Boracay, " Kitty told me.

A) Kitty told me that she is in Boracay.

B) Kitty told me that she has been in Boracay.

C) Kitty told me that she was in Boracay.

D) Kitty told me that she had been in Boracay.

3. She said, "Do you love me?".

A) She asked did I love her.

B) She asked if I loved her.

C) She asked that I loved her.

D) She asked if I love her.

4. I asked Martha _____ to enter law school.

A) If she was planning.

B) Are you planning.

C) Is she planning.

D) Was she planning.

5. Which among the following sentences is correctly and properly punctuated?.

A) "It is time for you to come down, " says the turtle.

B) It, is time for you "to come down" says the turtle.

6. "Please take me to the park, Father, " the little boy said.

A) The little boy asked his father to take him to the park.

B) The little boy said his father to take him to the park.

C) The little boy asks his father to take him to the park.

D) The little boy have asked his father to take him to the park.

7. Change the following from Indirect to Direct Speech-Mannan said that he had gone to Kerela.

A) Mannan said " I went to Kerela.".

B) Mannan said, " I went to Kerela.".

8. Melissa said, "I have been to India three times.".

A) She said that she had been to India three times. .

B) Melissa said that I had been to India three times.

C) She said that she has been to India three times.

D) None of above.

9. "Can you please lock the door when you leave?".

A) They told us to lock the door when we left.

B) They asked us to lock the door when we left.

10. Arti said to Jack that, she was planning a birthday party! Convert to Direct Speech.

A) Arti said to Jack, " I am planning a birthday party!".

B) Arti said to Jack, I am planning a birthday party!.

C) Arti said to Jack, that I am planning a birthday party!".

D) None of these.

11. "Do you plan to publish your poems?" Greg asked Jean.

A) Greg asked Jean if she planned to publish her poems.

B) Greg asked Jean do you plan to publish your poems.

C) Greg asked Jean if she plans to publish her poems.

D) None of above.

12. The teacher said, "Boys fail because they do not study regularly.".

A) The teacher said that the boys failed because they did not study regularly. .

B) The teacher said that the boys failed because they do not study regularly.

C) The teacher said that boys fail because they do not study regularly.

D) None of above.

13. Sung said, "You must have dinner with me.".

A) Sung said that I must have dinner with him.

B) Sung said that I had to have dinner with him.

C) Sung said that you had to have dinner with him.

D) Sung said that I must have had dinner with him.

14. I said, "I am dancing".

A) I said that I were dancing.

B) I said that I was dancing.

C) I said that she was dancing.

D) I said that he was dancing.

15. My parents advised my sister _____ too much money on clothes.

A) Not spend.

B) Do not spend.

C) Not spending.

D) Did not spend.

E) Not to spend.

16. When do we use indirect speech instead of direct speech?.

A) When we want to summarize what someone has said.

B) When we want to emphasize the exact words spoken by someone.

C) When we want to change the tone or emotion of what someone has said.

D) When we want to add our own words to what someone has said.

17. "Do you plan to publish your poems?" Greg asks Jean _____ to publish her poems.

A) If she planned.

B) Does she plans.

C) If she plans.

D) Whether she planned.

18. "I was sleeping when Julie called.".

A) She said that she had been sleeping when Julie called.

B) She said that she is sleeping when Julie called.

C) She said that she been sleeping when Julie called.

D) She say that she had been sleeping when Julie called.

19. Teacher "What is your name?".

A) Teached said that what is my name.

B) Teacher asked me what my name was.

C) Teached asked me what is my name.

D) Teacher said to me what my name was.

20. "Can you help me with my research?"-Sam asked me _____ with his homework-.

A) To help me.

B) Told him to help.

C) Help him to.

D) To help him with.

21. Direct Speech is _____ .

A) The reporting of speech by using similar words to the speaker.

B) The reporting of speech by repeating the exact words of the speaker.

C) The reporting of speech at the exact time it was said.

D) The reporting of speech by rephrasing what the speaker said.

22. They said, "They take exercise every day.".

A) They said that they took exercise every day.

B) The said they take exercise every day.

C) They said that they will take exercise every day.

D) None of above.

23. "Be careful on the street, " said the police officer. Select the correct indirect speech:.

A) The police officer said to be careful on the street.

B) The police officer is said to be careful on the street.

C) Said to be careful on the street the police officer.

D) None of above.

24. Ann:"I go to school every day."Ann said _____ .

A) That she went to school every day.

B) That she go each day to school.

C) That she could go school every day.

D) That she went to school next month.

25. He says, "They will hurt you".

A) He said to me that they would hurt me.

B) He said to me that they would hurt you.

C) He said to me that they will hurt me.

D) He said to me that he would be hurt me.