Instructions:
You will be presented with a sentence in Direct/Indirect Speech below. Your task is to carefully read the questions and select the option that expresses the same sentence but in the opposite speech form, either Indirect or Direct Speech. Note: the correct answer is marked as bold.
Direct and Indirect Speech Mulitple Choice Practice Questions
1. Sophia said, “I liked him a lot”.
a. Sophia said that she had liked him a lot.
b. Sophia said she had liked him a lot.
c. Sophia said that she has liked him a lot.
d. Sophia said that she will liked him a lot.
2. John said to me, “I have to win this game.”
a. John told me that he had to win that game.
b. John told me that he must win this game.
c. John told me that he had to win this game.
d. John told me that he must win that game.
3. John said, “Let’s go.”
a. John proposed that they/we should go.
b. John proposed that they/we must go.
c. John requested that they/we should go.
d. John told me that they/we should go.
Recommended: Direct and Indirect Speech Practice Test 1
4. “I am tired,” Mother said “So I want to sleep now.”
a. Mother said she was tired, so she wanted to sleep.
b. Mother said that she tired, so she wanted to sleep.
c. Mother said that she was tired, so she wanted some sleep.
d. Mother said that she was tired, so she wanted to sleep.
5. The guide said to us, “Now, follow me.”
a. The guide requested us to follow him.
b. The guide proposed us to follow him.
c. The guide asked us that we should follow him.
d. The guide asked us to follow him.
6. The student said, “You know, I have nothing to do now.”
a. The student said that he had nothing to do then.
b. The student proposed that he had nothing to do then.
c. The student said he had nothing to do then.
d. The student said that he had nothing to do now.
7. “Could you call me back later?” Convert this into indirect speech.
a. You asked me to call you back later.
b. You told me to call you back later.
c. You asked me that I should call you back later.
d. You asked me that you call back later.
8. “Don’t do that!” Convert this into indirect speech.
a. She ordered me not to do that.
b. She told me that I should not do that.
c. She requested me not to do that.
d. She told me not to do that.
9. “How will they get here?” Convert this into indirect speech.
a. She asked how they would get there.
b. She requested how they would get there.
c. She asked that how they would get there.
d. She told how they would get there.
10. “I had a headache yesterday.” Convert this into indirect speech.
a. She asked that she had had a headache the previous day.
b. She said that she had a headache the previous day.
c. She said that she had had a headache yesterday.
d. She said that she had had a headache the previous day.
11. “It’s been raining since this morning.” Convert this into indirect speech.
a. She said that it had been raining since that morning.
b. She asked that it had been raining since that morning.
c. She said that it had been raining since this morning.
d. She said that it’s been raining since that morning.
12. I said, “John, are you busy now?” Convert this into indirect speech.
a. I asked John if he was busy then.
b. I told John if he was busy then.
c. I asked John if he was busy now.
d. I asked John that he was busy then.
13. She says to me, “You like me, don’t you?” Convert this into indirect speech.
a. She tells me that she thinks I like her.
b. She asked me that she thinks I like her.
c. She tells me if she thinks I like her.
d. She tells me that she thought I like her.
14. Sophia said to me, “You can solve it, can’t you?” Convert this into indirect speech.
a. Sophia told me that she thought I could solve it.
b. Sophia asked me that she thought I could solve it.
c. Sophia told me if she thought I could solve it.
d. Sophia told me that she think I can solve it.
15. John said, “I will go to school next year.” Convert this into indirect speech.
a. John said that he would go to school the year before.
b. John said that he would go to school the following year.
c. John said that he would come to school the year before.
d. John said that he would come to school the year after.
16. What is the term for when we repeat someone else’s words or ideas, rather than stating our own?
a. Direct speech
b. Indirect speech
c. Reported speech
d. Quoted speech
17. In reported speech, we usually change the verb tense from the original statement. Which of the following verb tenses would we use to report a present tense statement?
a. Past simple
b. Past continuous
c. Past perfect
d. Present simple
18. When reporting a statement made in the past, we often use the past perfect tense. Which of the following is an example of a past perfect verb?
a. Said
b. Told
c. Had said
d. Have told
Recommended: Direct and Indirect Speech Practice Test 2
19. In reported speech, we often use the word “that” to introduce a clause. For example: “She said that she was tired.” Is the word “that” always necessary in reported speech?
a. Yes
b. No
20. When reporting a question, we usually use the word “if” or “whether” in place of the original question word (e.g. “who”, “what”, “where”, etc.). For example: “She asked me if I had finished the assignment.” Is this correct?
a. Yes
b. No
21. When reporting a request or command, we often use the word “to” before the verb. For example: “She told me to finish the assignment.” Is this correct?
a. Yes
b. No
22. When changing from direct speech to reported speech, we often need to change the pronouns and possessive adjectives. For example: “I’m going to the store,” becomes “She said she was going to the store.” Is this correct?
a. Yes
b. No
23. Which of the following is a reporting verb?
a. tell
b. go
c. be
24. John asked me where I worked. Choose the correct direct speech.
a. “Do you work there?”
b. “Where do I work?”
c. “Where do you work?”
25. He always asks me not to burn the cookies. Choose the correct direct speech.
a. “Not to burn the cookies!”
b. “Please don’t burn the cookies.”
c. “Do not burn the cookies.”
26. “If it rains, we’ll have to cancel the picnic.” Convert this sentence to reported speech.
a. He said that if it rained, we would have to cancel the picnic.
b. He said if it rained, we would had to cancel the picnic.
c. He said that if it rained, we would had to cancel the picnic.
d. He said that it rained, we would have to cancel the picnic.
27. Which of the following is usually required with reported YES/NO questions?
a. if
b. do
c. why
d. that
28. “Can you pass the salt?” Convert this sentence to reported speech.
a. He asked if I could pass the salt.
b. He asked if I can pass the salt.
c. He asked if you could pass the salt.
d. He wanted that I could pass the salt.
29. “I’m sorry I’m late.”? Convert this sentence to reported speech.
a. She apologized for being late.
b. She requested for being late.
c. She sorry for being later.
d. She apologized that she is being late.
30. “Let’s go to the cinema!” Convert this sentence to reported speech.
a. She suggested going to the cinema.
b. She demanded going to the cinema.
c. She asked that we should go to the cinema.
d. She requested going to the cinema.
31. “I have a headache.” She __ that she had a headache.
a. said
b. told
c. complained
d. expressed
32. “Could you close the window?” she asked. She __ if I could close the window.
a. inquired
b. requested
c. begged
d. demanded
33. “I’m not feeling well.” He __ that he wasn’t feeling well.
a. said
b. told
c. mentioned
d. reported
34. “I’m going to bed early tonight.” She __ that she was going to bed early that night.
a. announced
b. stated
c. declared
d. proclaimed
35. “I’m sorry I forgot your birthday.” He __ for forgetting my birthday.
a. apologized
b. regretted
c. lamented
d. mourned
36. She explained, “I am reading a book.”
a. She explained that I am reading a book.
b. She explained that she was reading a book.
c. She explained that she is reading a book
d. She explained to she was reading a book.
37. He said to me, “Wait until I come”.
a. He asks me to wait until he came.
b. He ordered me to wait until he came.
c. He told me to wait until I came.
d. He asked me to wait until I had come.
Recommended: Direct and Indirect Speech Practice Test 3
38. The girl said, “I must go to Paris tomorrow”.
a. The girl said that she would go to Paris tomorrow.
b. The girl said that she had to go to Paris the next day.
c. The girl said that she will go to Paris the next day.
d. The girl said that she must have gone to Paris that day.
39. “How are you feeling today, John?” asked the doctor.
a. The doctor asked John how he is feeling today.
b. The doctor asked John how he is feeling this day.
c. The doctor asked John how he was feeling that day.
d. The doctor asked John about how he is feeling that day.
40. He said, “She is going to the party, isn’t she?”
a. He said that she had been going to the party and if she weren’t.
b. He said that she was going to the party or not.
c. He confirmed whether she was going to the party or not.
d. He told that she was going to the party.
41. I said to him, “Why are you working so hard?”
a. I asked him why he was working so hard.
b. I asked I asked him why he had been working so hard.
c. I asked him why was he working so hard.
d. I asked him why had he been working so hard.
42. He said to her, “What a cold day!”
a. He exclaimed that it was a very cold day.
b. He told her that it was a cold day.
c. He exclaimed that it was a cold day.
d. He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold day.
43. The student said, “Who dare call you a thief?”
a. The student enquired who dared call him a thief.
b. The student asked who called him a thief.
c. The student told that who dared call him a thief.
d. The student wondered who dared call a thief.
44. James said, “I have won a medal”
a. James said that he had won a medal.
b. James explained that he had won a medal.
c. James said he had won a medal.
d. James said that I had won a medal.
45. John said, “I ought to avoid unhealthy eating”
a. John said that he ought to avoid unhealthy eating.
b. John said he ought to avoid unhealthy eating.
c. John said that he should avoid unhealthy eating.
d. John said that he must avoid unhealthy eating.
46. “I’m not feeling well.”
a. She said that she is not feeling well.
b. She said that she was not feeling well.
c. She said that she will not feel well.
d. She said that she doesn’t feel well.
47. What is the correct way to report the following statement in indirect speech? “I’m not sure if I can come.”
a. He said that he is not sure if he can come.
b. He said that he was not sure if he could come.
c. He said that he will not be sure if he can come.
d. He said that he is not sure if he will be able to come.
48. What is the correct way to report the following statement in indirect speech? “What is your name?”
a. He asked what is your name.
b. He asked what your name was.
c. He asked what your name is.
d. He asked what are your name.
49. What is the correct way to report the following statement in indirect speech? “I don’t know what to do.”
a. She said that she doesn’t know what to do.
b. She said that she didn’t know what to do.
c. She said that she isn’t knowing what to do.
d. She said that she wasn’t knowing what to do.
50. What is the correct way to report the following statement in indirect speech? “I’m not sure if I understand.”
a. She said that she is not sure if she understands.
b. She said that she is not sure if she understands it.
c. She said that she was not sure if she understands it.
d. She said that she was not sure if she understood.
