TEST: MCQs
1. Direct: "I will visit my grandparents next week," said Jane.
Indirect:
a) Jane said that she will visit her grandparents the following week.
b) Jane said that she would visit her grandparents the following week.
c) Jane said that she would visit her grandparents next week.
d) Jane said that she will visit her grandparents next week.
2. Direct: "I am watching a movie right now," said Tom.
Indirect:
a) Tom said that he was watching a movie at that moment.
b) Tom said that he was watching a movie right now.
c) Tom said that he is watching a movie right then.
d) Tom said that he is watching a movie at that moment.
3. Direct: "I have finished my homework," Sarah told her teacher.
Indirect:
a) Sarah told her teacher that she had finished her homework.
b) Sarah told her teacher that she has finished her homework.
c) Sarah told her teacher that she will have finished her homework.
d) Sarah told her teacher that she had been finished her homework.
4. Direct: "I will buy a new car next month," said Mark.
Indirect:
a) Mark said that he will buy a new car the following month.
b) Mark said that he would buy a new car the following month.
c) Mark said that he will buy a new car next month.
d) Mark said that he would buy a new car next month.
5. Direct: "We have been studying English for two years," they said.
Indirect:
a) They said that they had been studying English for two years.
b) They said that they have been studying English for two years.
c) They said that they will have been studying English for two years.
d) They said that they had been studying English since two years.
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6. Direct: "I saw him at the party yesterday," said Rachel.
Indirect:
a) Rachel said that she has seen him at the party the day before.
b) Rachel said that she saw him at the party yesterday.
c) Rachel said that she had seen him at the party yesterday.
d) Rachel said that she had seen him at the party the day before.
7. Direct: "I will be attending the conference next week," said the CEO.
Indirect:
a) The CEO said that he will be attending the conference the following week.
b) The CEO said that he would attend the conference the following week.
c) The CEO said that he will be attending the conference next week.
d) The CEO said that he would be attending the conference next week.
8. Direct: "I had been waiting for the bus for an hour," said Alice.
Indirect:
a) Alice said that she had been waiting for the bus for an hour.
b) Alice said that she has been waiting for the bus for an hour.
c) Alice said that she would have been waiting for the bus for an hour.
d) Alice said that she had been waiting for the bus since an hour.
9. Direct: "They will finish the project on time," said the manager.
Indirect:
a) The manager said that they will finish the project on time.
b) The manager said that they would finish the project on time.
c) The manager said that they will finish the project in time.
d) The manager said that they would finish the project in time.
10. Direct: "We were enjoying the party when it started raining," they said.
Indirect:
a) They said that they were enjoying the party when it starts raining.
b) They said that they were enjoying the party when it started raining.
c) They said that they had been enjoying the party when it starts raining.
d) They said that they had been enjoying the party when it started raining.