Indirect Speech MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 1

Indirect Speech Test 1

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Question 1

The teacher promised ___ .

A	that we can learn three English songs.
B	if we learn three English songs.
C	we would learn three English songs.
D	whether we would learn three English songs.
E	who will learn three English songs.

Question 2

Bill: “Have you seen any interesting comedy lately, Nancy?” Bill asked Nancy ___ .

A	if he will see an interesting film
B	if he saw an interesting comedy lately
C	what comedy Nancy saw lately
D	if she had seen any interesting comedy lately
E	if she would see an interesting comedy

Question 3

Nick: “Did you see a bird in the tree?” Nick wonders ___ in the tree.

A	if I saw a bird.
B	that I saw a bird.
C	if I had seen a bird.
D	whether I see a bird.
E	if I have seen a bird.

Question 4

Dick to Lucy: Have you received my telegram? Dick asked if ___.

A	Lucy had received his telegram.
B	Lucy has received his telegram
C	Lucy would receive his telegram
D	Lucy will receive his telegram
E	Lucy received his telegram

Question 5

Ann: Write down my address. Ann asked me ___ .

A	he wrote down my address
B	to write down her address
C	he had written her address
D	she writes down her address
E	she wrote down his address

Question 6

He said, “I’m very busy today.” He said ___ .

A	he had been very busy that day
B	he is very busy today
C	he was very busy that day
D	I’m very busy today
E	I had been very busy that day

Question 7

Lena said, “Where have you been yesterday?” Lena asked ___ .

A	where she had been the day before.
B	where she had been yesterday.
C	where she was the day before.
D	where she could be the day before.
E	where she hasn’t been before

Question 8

He thought: “What am I going to do?” He thought ___ .

A	what was he going to do
B	what he was going to do
C	what he is going to do
D	it he was going to do
E	what is he going to do

Question 9

Mother asked me ___ .

A	why I have spent all the money
B	that I had spent all the money
C	if I had spent all the money
D	when I spend all the money
E	if I will spend all the money

Question 10

“Don’t play in the street!”

A	My mother told me don’t play in the street.
B	My mother said to play in the street.
C	She asked me to play in the street.
D	My mother told me not to play in the street.
E	My mother said I should play in the street.

Question 11

Ann: “Is your sister good at English?” Ann asked me ___ .

A	that my sister is good at English
B	if my sister was good at English
C	whether my sister is good at English
D	my sister is good at English
E	her sister was good at English

Question 12

Tom: “Don’t forget to bring my book, Ann”. Tom asked Ann: ___ .

A	that she didn’t forget to bring his book
B	that she doesn’t bring his book
C	not to forget to bring his book
D	not to forget to bring her book
E	if she didn’t forget to bring the book

Question 13

Mother: “We are going to have supper”. Mother says ___ .

A	they are going to have supper
B	they were going to have supper
C	that they would have supper
D	they won’t have supper
E	they haven’t had supper yet

Question 14

Jack said: “I was at home yesterday.” Jack said ___ .

A	he was at home.
B	Jack said he was at home the day before
C	he will be at home.
D	he had been at home a week ago.
E	he had been at home the day before.

Question 15

“Do you go in for sports?”, he asked. He asked ___ .

A	he went in for sports.
B	if I went in for sports.
C	if I’ll go in for sports.
D	I should go in for sports.
E	if I had gone in for sports.

Question 16

“Will Tom help me?” she said. She asked ___ .

A	will Tom help her
B	if Tom would help her
C	whether he will help her
D	whether would he help her
E	that Tom would be helping her

Question 17

Peter said, “Alice, are you busy now?” Peter asked Alice ___ .

A	she was busy.
B	if she was busy then.
C	she would be busy.
D	if she wasn’t busy then.
E	if she is busy.

Question 18

My sister said: “I hope we shall go on an excursion to the lake”. My sister said that ___ on an excursion to the lake”.

A	she hopes we will go
B	she didn’t hope that we shall go
C	she hoped they would go
D	she hoped we were going
E	she hoped we can go

Question 19

Jim and Julia have been in the restaurant for an hour and they have not been served yet. Julia is angry. “You said ___ a good place’’

A	it is
B	it has been
C	it will be
D	it was
E	it can’t be

Question 20

“Did you work at a factory 3 years ago?” she asked her friend. She asked her friend if she ___ .

A	worked at a factory 3 years ago
B	had worked at a factory 3 years before
C	really worked at a factory 3 years before.
D	work at a factory.
E	worked at a factory for 3 years.