Direct /Indirect Speech Quiz

1.My teacher said, Time and tide wait for no man.

1.He said that time and tide wait for no man.
2.He said that time and tide waits for no man.
3.He said that time and tide waited for no man.
4.He said that time and tide had waited for no man.
2.She said, Her father is sick.
1.She said that he was being sick.

2.She said that he was sick.

3.She said that he had been sick.

4.She said that he is sick.

3.Wanna said, Where are you going?

1.Wanna said where you are going.

2.Wanna said where I am going.

3.Wanna asked where you were going.

4.Wanna asked where I was going.

4.Jane said to John, Speak French, please.

1.Jane said to John to speak French, please
2.Jane told John to speak French, please.
3.Jane said to John to speak French.
4.Jane told John to speak French.
5.My mother said to me, Are you sleeping?
1.My mother told me that I was sleeping.
2.My mother said that I was sleeping.
3.My mother asked me if I was sleeping.
4.My mother told me to sleep.
6.Danny said, Dont talk in class.
1.Danny told me that dont talk in class.

2.Danny told me not talk in class.

3.Danny said that not talk in class.

4.Danny said that he didnt talk in class.

7.My neighbor said to me, What are you doing ?

1.My neighbor asked if what I was doing.
2.My neighbor asked what I was doing.
3.my neighbor asked me what I was doing
4.My neighbor said to me what I was doing.
8.He said, Ill go shopping.
1.He said hell go shopping.

2.He said he would go shopping.

3.He said that he will go shopping.

4.He asked me that I would go shopping.

9. Sit up, he said to the girls.

1.He said to the girls sit up.

2.He told the girls to sit up.

3.He told the girls that they sit up.

4.He said to the girls that they should sit up.

10.He said to me, I saw you yesterday.

1.He said to me that he saw me the day before.
2.He said to me that he had seen me yesterday.
3.He told me that he had seen me the previous day.
4.He told me that he saw me the previous day.
11. "I am Harrison Ford," he said.
1.He said that I was Harrison Ford.

2.He said that I he is Harrison Ford.

3.He said that he was Harrison Ford.

4.He said that she was Harrison Ford.

1 2. "He was tall, dark and handsome," said Margaret.

1.Margaret said that he were tall, dark and handsome.
2. Margaret said that she were tall, dark and handsome.
3.Margaret said that he has been tall, dark and handsome.
4. Margaret said that he had been tall, dark and handsome.

13. "My next boyfriend will be bright," she stated.

1. She stated that her next boyfriend is bright.
2. She stated that her next boyfriend will be bright.
3. She stated that her next boyfriend is will bright.
4. She stated that her next boyfriend would be bright.
14. "They returned from holiday suntanned,"Jenny told us
1. Jenny told us that they had returned from holiday suntanned.
2. Jenny told us that they will return from holiday tanned.
3. Jenny told us that they was returned from holiday tanned.
4. Jenny told us that they return from holiday tanned.
15. "What is the opposite of 'humble'?" the quizmaster asked.
1. The quizmaster asked what was the opposite of 'humble'.
2. The quizmaster asked what the opposite of 'humble' were.
3. The quizmaster asked what were the opposite of 'humble'.
4. The quizmaster asked what the opposite of 'humble' was.
16. "Who did their homework well?" inquired the teacher.
1. The teacher inquired who doed their homework well.
2. The teacher inquired who had done their homework well.
3. The teacher inquired who did do their homework well.
4. The teacher inquired who was done their homework well.
17. "Will you have your nose pierced?" demanded her mother.
1. Her mother shouted if she would have her nose pierced.
2. Her mother shouted if she had had her nose pierced.
3. Her mother shouted if she will have her nose pierced.
4. Her mother shouted if she has her nose pierced.

18. "Optimism makes you feel better," said the psychologist.

1. The psychologist said optimism will make everyone feel better.
2. The psychologist said optimism makes everyone feel better.
3. The psychologist said optimism made everyone feel better.
4. The psychologist said optimism will maked everyone feel better.
19. "How does it work?" he asked the engineer.
1. He asked the engineer how it had worked.
2. He asked the engineer how it would work.
3. He asked the engineer how it worked.
4. He asked the engineer how it works.
20. "Can you come tomorrow?" she shouted at me.
1. She shouted at me will I come tomorrow.
2. She shouted at me if I will come tomorrow.
3. She shouted at me will you can come tomorrow.
4. She shouted at me if I could come tomorrow.
21. Annes "I love aikido."
Michael: "Agnes said (that) she ___ aikido."
1. loved

2. Loves

3. loving

22. Magda: "I went skiing."

John: "Magda said (that) she ___ skiing."
1. went

2. had gone

3. have gone

23. Simon: "I will eat pizza for dinner."

Kate: "Simon said (that) he ___ eat pizza for dinner."
1. willing

2. Will

3. would

24. Maria: "I have been to Greece"

Donata: "Maria said (that) she ___ to Greece."
1. had been

2. has been

3. was being

25. Peter: "I have had three cars."

Simon: "Peter said (that) she ___ three cars.
1. has

2. has had

3. had had

26. Victoria: "I'm going to go to Poland."

John: "Victoria said (that) she ___ going to go to Poland."
1. is

2. was

3. went

27. Anna: "I don't like coffee."

Eric: "Anna said (that) she ___ like coffee."
1. doesn't

2. don't

3. didn't

28. Roman: "I have never been to London."

Alicia: "Roman said (that) he ___ never been to London."
1. had

2. has

3. have

29. Joanna: "I was swimming."

Simon: "Joanna said (that) she ___ swimming.
1. has been

2. had been

3. have been

30. Hania: "I had a cat."

Ela: Hania said (that) she had ___ a cat."
1. have

2. has

3. had

31. Simon: "I can't swim."

Donata: "Simon said (that) she ___ swim."
1. can't

2. couldn't

3. can not

32. Jack: "I won't buy a new car."

Kasia: "Jacek said (that) she ___ by a new car."
1. won't

2. will

3. wouldn't

33.Mary: "I have to do my laundry."

Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ to do her laundry."
1. had

2. has.

3. Have

34. Jordan said, "I cook rice every day." Jordan said that she____rice every day.
1. cook

2. cooking

3. cooked

4. cooks

35 . Jordan said, "I am cooking rice." Jordan said that she____rice.

1. was cooking

2. were cooking

3. cooked

4. cooking

36. Jordan said, "I may cook rice." Jordan said that she____rice.
1. may cook

2. might cook

3. cooking

4.cooks

37. She said, "It's raining here." She said that it____raining____.
1. were, there
3. was, here
38. "That umbrella is mine."
1. was umbrella

2. was, there
4. were, here
She said that this umbrella_____
2. was mine

3. was hers

39. He asked me, 'Have you finished reading the newspaper?'

1. He asked me if had I finished reading the newspaper.
2. He asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper.
3. He asked me if I finished reading the newspaper.
40. They said, 'We've lived here for a long time.'
1. They said they have lived there for a long time.
2. They said they lived here for a long time.
3. They said they had lived there for a long time.

4. Hers

Rewrite the following in the Reported Speech.

1. He said, "I have eaten my lunch."
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2. She said, "I am doing a degree at the university"
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3 The teacher said to the class, "Pay attention."
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4. My mother said to me, "Buy some bananas for me."
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5. My father said to me, "Don't waste your money."
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6. She said to me, "Where is the hospital?."
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7. My friend said to me. "Don't be late tomorrow."
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8. He asked me, "When will the train arrive?"
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9. His teacher said to him, "Try to do it by yourself."
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1. He said, "I have eaten my lunch."

He said that he had eaten his lunch.
2 She said, "I am doing a degree at the university"
She said that she was doing a degree at the university.
3 The teacher said to the class, "Pay attention."
The teacher told the class to pay attention.
4 My mother said to me, "Buy some bananas for me."
My mother told/asked me to buy some bananas.
5 My father said to me, "Don't waste your money."
My father told me not to waste my money.
6 She said to me, "Where is the hospital?."
She asked me where the hospital is.
7 My friend said to me. "Don't be late tomorrow."
My friend asked me not to be late tomorrow.
8 He asked me, "When will the train arrive?"
He asked me when the train will arrive.
9 His teacher said to him, "Try to do it by yourself."
His teacher told him to try to do it by himself.