Indirect Speech MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 4

Question 1

“Don’t make so much noise, Michael,” said Ellen. Ellen told Michael _____ so much noise.

Accepted Answer

not to make

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to make

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do make

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don’t make

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didn’t make

Question 2

A foreigner asked: “How do English people spend their Sundays?” A foreigner asked how _____ their Sundays.

Accepted Answer

English people spent

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do English people spend

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did English people spend

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English people spending

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had English people spent

Question 3

The film director was asked _____.

Accepted Answer

if he had ever won an Oscar

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if he likes to play on grass

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which airline he works for

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that he took part in the concert

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why he is nervous before the match

Question 4

The police officer asked us _____.

Accepted Answer

where we were going

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are we going that way

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when did the tram stop

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if could we stop at the traffic light

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whether did we speak English

Question 5

He said that _____.

Accepted Answer

they were going to the nearest post-office

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is his friend learning English

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will our classroom be cleaned tomorrow

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was his car stolen a few weeks before

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is there nothing to do

Question 6

He said to her, “Don’t enter the room.” He ordered her _____ the room.

Accepted Answer

not to enter

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to enter

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didn’t enter

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doesn’t enter

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do not enter

Question 7

“How far do I have to walk?” she asked me. She wanted to know how far _____ to walk.

Accepted Answer

she had

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she has

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I have

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I had

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she will have

Question 8

She told him that she _____ to see him the following day.

Accepted Answer

would come

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will come

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come

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came

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comes

Question 9

“Did you sleep well?” I asked him. I asked him if _____ well.

Accepted Answer

he had slept

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he sleeps

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did he sleep

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you slept

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you did sleep

Question 10

“Were you at the zoo last night?” asks Jane. Jane asks _____ at the zoo last night.

Accepted Answer

if I was

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that I was

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if I had been

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if I am

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whether was I

Question 11

“Whose birthday is it?” said Jane. Jane asked whose birthday _____.

Accepted Answer

it was

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was it

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it

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is it

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it had been

Question 12

“Where do you live?” the boy asked. The boy wanted to know where _____.

Accepted Answer

I lived

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do I live

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did I live

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I living

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I had lived

Question 13

“Where did you live?” my boss asked. My boss wanted to know where _____.

Accepted Answer

I had lived

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do I live

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did I live

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I live

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had I lived

Question 14

“I spoke to Jane last week,” she said. She said _____.

Accepted Answer

she had spoken to Jane a week before.

Answer

I spoke to Jane last week.

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she had spoken to Jane last week.

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I had spoken to Jane a week before.

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she has spoken to Jane a week before.

Question 15

“Don’t wait for me, Ann,” said Tom. Tom told Ann _____.

Accepted Answer

not to wait for him

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to wait for him

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didn’t wait for him

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don’t wait for him

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if she waited for him

Question 16

The manager asks the secretary _____.

Accepted Answer

if Mr. Smith will be busy at 11 tomorrow

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if Mr. Smith would be busy at 11 the next day

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if Mr. Smith had been busy at 11

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has Mr. Smith been busy by 11 today

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will Mr. Smith be busy at 11 tomorrow

Question 17

He was sure that he _____ this time.

Accepted Answer

wouldn’t fail

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will fail

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fails

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fail

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will not fail

Question 18

“Can you open the door for me, my son?” asked an old woman. An old woman asked a young man _____ the door for her.

Accepted Answer

to open

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can he open

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he opens

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does he open

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if can he open

Question 19

She said, “I lost the key of my room.” She said that _____.

Accepted Answer

she had lost the key of her room

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she lost the key of my room

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I had lost the key of my room

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I lose the key of my room

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she has lost the key of her room

Question 20

I asked Nelly, “What are you looking for?” I asked Nelly what _____ looking for.

Accepted Answer

she was

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are you

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were you

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was she

Answer

she is

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