Narration C2

About the Test

Learner Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Exam Type: Online MCQ
Exam Code: NARRATION6175
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!

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Narration MCQs C2 3 (6175)

15 Questions Attempt 1 of 1 No Time Limit

Q1

“He said that he had done the work”. The direct speech is-----.

A He said, “I will do the work.”

B He said, “The work will be done by me.”

C He said, “He did the work.”

D He said, “I do the work.”

Q2

Choose the correct indirect speech: She asked me, “Are you happy in your new job?”

A She asked me if I had been happy in my new job.

B She asked me if I was happy in my new job.

C She asked me if I have been happy in my new job.

D She asked me whether I am happy in my new job.

Q3

Luna said, "Where have you been yesterday?" Luna 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.

Q4

The indirect form of the sentence: We were told, “The match had already started when she arrived” is-----.

A We were told the match had already started when she arrived.

B We were told the match had already started when she had arrived.

C We were told the match had already been started when she arrived.

D We were told the match already started when she had arrived.

Q5

She exclaimed with joy that the bird was very lovely. Make it direct.

A She said, “The bird is very lovely”.

B She said, “It is a lovely bird”.

C She said, “How lovely the bird is!”

D She said, “How lovely is the bird!”

Q6

She said to him, “Are you an engineer?” Its indirect form of speech is:

A She asked him that he was an engineer.

B She said to him that he was an engineer.

C She asked him if he was an engineer.

D She said to him if he is an engineer.

Q7

Select the correct narration of the sentence: He said to me that I might come with him.

A He said to me, “You may come with me”.

B He said to me, “I may come with him”.

C He said to me, “He may go with me”.

D He said to me, “I could go with him”.

Q8

'He questioned softly why I failed.' Change this sentence into reported speech.

A He questioned softly, “Why do you fail?”

B He questioned softly, “Why did I fail?”

C He told softly, “Why have you failed?”

D He said softly, “Why had I failed?”

Q9

“I will have a cup of tea”, my father said. (Make it indirect)

A My father said that he will have a cup of tea.

B My father said that he would have had a cup of tea.

C My father said that he had a cup of tea.

D My father said that he would have a cup of tea.

Q10

My friend said to me, “Go home at once.”

A My friend asked me go home at once.

B My friend asked me to go home at once.

C My friend said me go home at once.

D My friend told me to went home at once.

Q11

Brinda said to me, 'What is your name? (What is the indirect form of the sentence?)

A Brinda asked what was my name

B Brinda asked me my name.

C What my name is, Brinda asked.

D Brinda asked me what my name was.

Q12

He said to me, “Why have you beaten my dog?” (Make it indirect).

A He enquired me why had I had beaten his dog.

B He demanded me why had I beaten his dog.

C He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog.

D He asked me why I have had beaten his dog.

Q13

The old man said, “Curse the flood.” The indirect form of the sentence is-----.

A The old man said that the flood be cursed.

B The old man cursed the flood.

C The old man told that the flood is cursed.

D The old man was cursing the flood.

Q14

He said, “I can do the work.” The indirect narration is-----.

A He said that he will do the work.

B He said that he could do the work.

C He said that he can do the work.

D He told that he could do the work.

Q15

The indirect form of the sentence: He said, “We cannot be quite happy in this life” should be-----.

A He said that we could not be quite happy in this life.

B He said that we cannot be quite happy in this life.

C He said that they cannot be quite happy in this life.

D He said that we cannot be quite happy in this life.