Indirect Speech Quiz
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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.
“I have given up smoking,” said my father.
=> My father said that he … up smoking.
A. gave
B. has given
C. have given
D. had given
She said to them, “This event was able to help you get the scholarship”.
A. She said to them that that event had been able to help them get the scholarship.
B. She said to them that that event had been able to help us get the scholarship.
C. She said to them that that event able to help them get the scholarship.
D. She said to them that that event had been able to help you get the scholarship.
Joe said, “I have an important meeting.”
A. Joe said that he has an important meeting.
B. Joe said that they have an important meeting.
C. Joe said that he had an important meeting.
D. Joe said that they had an important meeting.
The teacher said to me, “Do you like working in teams?
A. The teacher asked me if I liked working in teams.
B. The teacher asked if I liked work in teams.
C. The teacher asked if me I liked working in team.
Bagus asked, “Can I borrow your DVD for a moment?”
A. He asked me whether he can borrow my DVD for a moment.
B. He asked me whether he could borrow your DVD for a moment.
C. He asked me if he can borrow my DVD for a moment.
D. He wanted to know if he could borrow my DVD for a moment or not.
Riri asked, “Vina, where did you go last night?”
A. Riri asked Vina where she go last night.
B. Riri wondered Vina where did she go the night before.
C. Riri wondered Vina where she had gone the night before.
D. Riri asked Vina where had she gone last night.
“My parents are very well now,” said Tom.
=> Tom said that … parents were very well then.
A. he
B. his
C. our
D. we
They said, “He will visit his parents.”
A. They said that he woul to visit his parents.
B. They said that he would visits her parents.
C. They said that he would visit his parents.
My friend said to me, “I am going to my new house now. I shall call you tonight.”
A. My friend told me that he was going to his new house then and he should call me that night.
B. My friend said to me that he was going to his new house then and he should call me that night.
C. My friend told me that he is going to his new house then and he should call me that night.
D. My friend said to me that he was going to his new house now and he should call me tonight.
“Jack wanted to watch the film yesterday,” Judy said.
=> Judy said that Jack … to watch the film the day before.
A. wants
B. wanted
C. has wanted
D. had wanted
Mrs Lee said, “I met Charles two weeks ago.”
=> Mrs Lee said that she met Charles … .
A. two weeks ago
B. two weeks before
C. the next two weeks
D. the following two weeks
He said, “I can’t go to the party tomorrow.”
=> He said that he couldn’t go to the party … .
A. that day
B. the day before
C. the previous day
D. the next day
Alya said, “ I began to understand the answer of question.”
A. She said that she began to understand the answer of question.
B. She wanted to know if she had begun to understand the answer of question.
C. She asked me that he began to understand the answer of question.
D. She said that she had begun to understand the answer of question.
They said, “They take exercise every day.”
A. They said that they took exercise every day.
B. The said they take exercise every day.
C. They said that they will take exercise every day.
Our teacher said, “Submit your assignments next week!”
A. Our teacher ordered us to submit our assignment the following week.
B. Our teacher wanted us to submit our assignment the previous week.
C. Our teacher wanted us to submit your assignment next week.
D. Our teacher ordered us submit your assignment the following week.
We said, “We have been waiting since morning.”
A. We said that we had waited since morning
B. We said that we had been waiting since morning.
C. We said that we waited since morning
He said, “I shall tell Ann about this two weeks ago.”
=> He said that he should tell Ann about … two weeks before.
A. the
B. that
C. these
D. those
She said, “I saw him.”
A. She said who she had seen him
B. She said she saw him
C. She said that she had seen him
She says, “I eat an apple a day.”
A. She says that she eats an apple a day.
B. She said that she ates an apple a day.
C. She said that she had ate an apple a day.
Dion said, “I’m going to meet my girlfriend for the first time tomorrow.”
A. He said that he was going to meet his girlfriend for the first time the following day.
B. He said that he was going to meet his girlfriend for the first time tomorrow.
C. He said that he is going to meet his girlfriend for the first time the next day.
D. He said that he was going to meet my girlfriend for the first time the next day.
My friends said, “Everything will be alright”.
A. My friends said that everything is alright.
B. My friends said that everything was be alright.
C. My friends said that everything would be alright.
D. My friends said that everything will be alright.
They said, “We’ve lived in Indonesia for a long time”.
A. They said they have lived in Indonesia for a long time.
B. They said we have lived in Indonesia for a long time.
C. They said they had lived in Indonesia for a long time.
D. They wanted to know they had lived in Indonesia for a long time.
They said, “We were copying in the exam.”
A. They said that we had copying in the exam.
B. They said that they had been copying in the exam.
C. They said that we had been to to copy in the exam.
Sally said, “I am leaving tomorrow.”
A. Sally said that she is leaving tomorrow.
B. Sally said that she was leaving tomorrow.
C. Sally said that she is leaving the next day.
D. Sally said that she was leaving the next day.
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