Quiz direct and indirect speech

1. Change the sentence below into indirect speech!

Ernest said "my family is coming tomorrow morning".

• A. Ernest said his family is coming tomorrow morning

• B. Ernest said his family will be coming tomorrow morning

• C. Ernest said his family was coming the following morning

• D. Ernest said his family would be coming the following morning

2. "I'll see you later", Tim promised. The indirect speech of the sentence is....

• A. Tim has promised he will see me later

• B. He promised to see me later

• C. Tim had promised I will see you later

• D. Tim promised that he would see me later

3. Change the following sentence into indirect speech for number 3-5!

Johnny said "I ate some beef burgers yesterday".

• A. Johnny said that he have eat some beef burgers the day before

• B. Johnny said that he has ate some beef burgers the day before

• C. Johnny said that he had been eaten some beef burgers the day before

• D. Johnny said that he had been eat some beef burgers yesterday

4. She said "this is the bag which I bought yesterday".

• A. She said that was the bag which she had been bought the day before

• B. She said that was the bag which I bought the day before

• C. She said that the bag was which she had buy the day before

• D. She said that was the bag which I had been bought the day before

5. Julian said that "Meli had been living in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta".

• A. Julian said that Meli have live in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta

• B. Julian said that Melissa had been living in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta

• C. Julian said that Meli is living in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta

• D. Julian said that Meli was in Bangkok before she move to Jakarta

6. "Don't turn off the light now", said her.

• A. She told me don't turn off the light at that time

• B. She told me not to turn off the light at that time

• C. She told me didn't turn off the light at that time

• D. She told me didn't turn off the light at now

7. "You're friend has just left", said her.

• A. She told me that your friend had just left

• B. She told me that my friend has just left

• C. She told me that my friend had just left

• D. She told me that my friend have just left

8. Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• A. The headmaster warned the students, "pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month".

• B. The headmaster warned the students : pay your school fee not later that tenth every month.

• C. The headmaster warned the students, "pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month!"

• D. The headmaster warned the students, pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month.

9. The right answer of indirect sentences below is....

• A. He said that he likes her

• B. He said that him likes she

• C. He said "I like you"

• D. He said that I like you

10. Change the sentence into direct speech!

I said that I wasn't able to do it

• A. I said, "I'm not able to do it"

• B. I said, "I wasn't able to do it"

• C. I say, "I'm not able to do it"

• D. I say, "I hadn't been able to do it"