Indirect Speech Quiz 67 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Indirect Speech – Quiz 67
1. Which sentence below has the punctuation marks done correctly?.
A) "Don't run!" instructed the teacher.
B) "Don't run"! instructed the teacher.
2. While changing direct to indirect speech-Now gets changed into _____ .
A) Then.
B) Them.
C) Sudden.
D) None of the above.
3. ALL OTHER PUNCTUATION MARKS ARE REMOVED IN DIRECT SPEECH.
A) NO.
B) YES OF COURSE.
4. Convert the following sentences into Indirect Speech:The policeman asked me, " Had the thief stolen your watch? ".
A) The policeman asks me whether the thief had stolen my watch.
B) The policemen asked the thief if he has stolen someone's watch.
C) The policeman told me that the thief had stolen my watch.
D) The policeman asked me if the thief had stolen my watch.
5. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-I said to Martin, "This doesn't matter.".
A) I told Martin that that didn't matter.
B) I told Martin that it didn't matter.
C) I told Martin that didn't matter.
D) I told Martin that that is not the matter.
6. Direct:He asked me, "Do you like coffee or tea?"Reported:He asked me _____ I like coffee or tea?.
A) Whether.
B) Which.
7. She told, "My mother will visit me tomorrow.".
A) She told that her mother would visit her the next day.
B) She told that her mother would visit me the next day.
C) She told that her mother would visit her tomorrow.
D) She told that her mother will visit her the next day.
8. David said, "Can we go tomorrow?".
A) David asked if we could go the following day.
B) David asked if we could go tomorrow.
C) David said whether we could go tomorrow.
D) David said if we can go tomorrow.
9. With direct speech you have _____ .
A) Quotation marks.
B) 'that'.
C) None of above.
10. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-She informed, "I can speak perfect German.".
A) She informed that she would speak perfect German.
B) She informed that she could speak perfect German.
C) She informed that she will speak perfect German.
D) She informed that she is able to speak perfect German.
11. My parents asked me, "Why are you crying?".
A) My parents asked me why I was crying.
B) My parents asked me why I am crying.
C) My parents asked me why I had been crying.
D) None of above.
12. Darren says, "My best friend will write a poem for me next week.".
A) Darren says that his best friend will write a poem for him the following week.
B) Darren says that my best friend would write a poem for him the week before.
C) Darren says that my best friend would write a poem for him the following week.
D) Darren says that his best friend would write a poem for him the following week.
13. Turn direct speech into indirect speech-"Have you got a computer?".
A) He wanted to know whether I had a computer.
B) He didn't want a computer.
C) He wanted a computer.
D) He wanted to know how I got a computer.
14. Bob does not like broccoli _____ do I.
A) Nor.
B) Yet.
C) And.
D) But.
15. Choose the correct verb from the options, and fill in the blanks.D-"This is my house and I will protect it with my intelligence, " said Jackie.I-Jackie said that that _____ his house and he _____ protect it with his intelligence.
A) Was / would.
B) Was / will.
C) Is / should.
D) None of above.
16. Sentences are given direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.The teacher said to the boys, 'Have you done your homework?'.
A) The teacher asks the boys to complete their work.
B) The teacher asked the boys if they had done their homework.
C) The teacher told the boy whether they had done their homework or not.
D) The teacher told the boys to complete their homework.
17. "German is easy to learn, " she said. She said that _____ .
A) German were easy to learn.
B) German easy to learn.
C) German is easy to learn.
D) German was easy to learn.
E) German are easy to learn.
18. John said, " My friend may come tonight.".
A) John said that his friend might come tonight.
B) John said that his friend might come that night.
C) John said that his friend might go that night.
D) John said that his friend might go tonight.
19. X:"What does she say to you?"Y:She told me _____ .
A) She had been sad then.
B) She is sad then.
C) She was sad now.
D) She has been sad now.
E) She was sad then.
20. Last week, our teacher told us that we 1 _____ a spelling test at the end of the week on Friday.
A) Can have.
B) Would have.
C) Did have.
D) Had had.
21. If you find my pencil Jia Wen said pass it to me. Which sentence is correctly punctuated?.
A) "If you find my pencil." Jia Wen said "pass it to me.".
B) "If you find my pencil." Jia Wen said, "Pass it to me.".
C) "If you find my pencil, " Jia Wen said, "pass it to me.".
D) "If you find my pencil, " Jia Wen said, "Pass it to me.".
22. Did you tell them _____ ?.
A) Why hadn't you sent the documents'.
B) What you had seen in that room.
C) How did you find their address.
D) Whom did you give the money to.
23. Oleg said:"My room is on the second floor".
A) Indirect Speech.
B) Direct Speech.
24. The judge told the witness, "Tell the truth.".
A) The judge told the witness to tell the truth. .
B) The judge told the witness to be tell the truth.
C) The judge told the witness tell the truth.
D) None of above.
25. She said, "I saw him.".
A) She said that she had seen him .
B) She said who she had seen him.
C) She said she saw him.
D) None of above.