Narration Quiz

About the Test

Learner Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Exam Type: Online MCQ
Exam Code: NARRATION4660
Number of Questions: 15
Full Marks: 15

This quiz tests what you learned on the Direct & Indirect Speech page. Some of the questions are easier, some are more difficult. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer! Don’t use any books or websites to help you – the idea is to find your natural level!

Select the correct answer

Q1.	The indirect speech of: “Will you buy hair?” asked Della.
	Della asked if she would buy her hair.
	Della asked will you buy hair?
	Della asked will she buy her hair.
	Della asked if she will buy her hair
Q2.	He said to me, “Where were you staying when you were in Dhaka?” The correct indirect speech is:
	He asked me where I was staying when I was in Dhaka.
	He asked me where I had been staying when I was in Dhaka.
	He asked me where I had been staying when I had been in Dhaka.
	He asked me where I stayed when I was in Dhaka. od bad
Q3.	“I can play ten musical instruments.” She-----.
	pleaded
	demanded
	replied
	said
Q4.	The captain ordered the soldiers to march on. (Direct speech)
	The captain asked, “Soldiers, march on.”
	The captain said to the soldiers, “Please march on.”
	The captain said, “Soldiers, I ask you to march on.”
	The captain said to the soldiers, “March on.”
Q5.	Andy said to Romeo, “Go away”. (Indirect speech)
	Andy asked Romeo to go away.
	Andy requested Romeo to go.
	Andy requested Romeo to go away.
	Andy said to Romeo to go away.
Q6.	Change into indirect speech: “I'll have a cup of tea.” my father said, “because I'm not hungry.”
	My father said that he will have a cup of tea because he was not hungry.
	My father said that he would have had a cup of tea because he was not hungry.
	My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he was not hungry.
	My father said that he would had a cup of tea because he was not hungry.
Q7.	Change the form speech: They said, “We cannot live without air.”
	They said that human cannot live without air.
	They said that we cannot live without air.
	They said that it is possible live without air.
	They realized that people could not live without air.
Q8.	He said, “You are a fool”. Make it indirect.
	He said that you are a fool.
	He said that I was a fool.
	He called me a fool.
	He said that the person he was speaking to was a fool.
Q9.	Change into reported form: She said to me, “Why don't you come on Monday?”
	She told me to not go on Monday.
	She said me why did not she go on Monday.
	She asked me why I did not go on Monday.
	She asked me not to go that day.
Q10.	He said, “Do not be upset, I will help you”. The indirect speech is-----.
	He said to him not to be upset and said that he would help him.
	He said that did not upset I would help you.
	He asked not to upset he would help him.
	He asked not to upset be will be helped him.
Q11.	She said, “I taught in many schools”. What is the indirect speech of the sentence?
	She said: she had taught in many schools.
	She said that she had taught in many schools.
	She said that she taught in many schools.
	She said she had education in many schools.
Q12.	He said to one, “Is not your name Adam?” (Make it indirect)
	I told him that his name is Adam.
	He enquired one if his name was not Adam.
	He exclaimed is not your name Adam.
	He said that his name was Adam.
Q13.	Mother said to me, “Do not tell lie.” Change into indirect narration.
	Mother frightened me not to tell a lie.
	Mother suggested me to not tell a lie.
	Mother advised me not to tell a lie.
	Mother warned me to not to tell a lie.
Q14.	The indirect speech of the sentence: “I have been teaching English for 7 years”, she said.
	She said, she was teaching English for 7 years.
	She said that he had been teaching English for 7 years.
	She was saying that she had been teaching English for 7 years.
	She said that she had been teaching English for 7 years.
Q15.	You said to me, “You are right”. Indirect form is-----.
	You told me that I was right.
	You told me that I am right.
	You told me that you are right.
	You told me that I were right.