Kumpulan Latihan Soal Direct and
Indirect Speech
• Multiple choice
1. Did they eat out together yesterday?
a. He asked me if they had eaten out yesterday.
b. He asked me if they had eaten out together the day before.
c. He asked me if they has eaten out together the day before.
d. He asked me if they have eaten out together the day before.
2. Don’t turn off the light now.
a. He told me don’t turn off the light at that time.
b. He told me not to turn off the light at that time.
c. He told me didn’t turn off the light at that time.
d. He told me didn’t turn off the light at now.
3. What’s your passion?
a. She wanted to know what is my passion.
b. She wanted to know what was my passion.
c. She wanted to know what my passion was.
d. She wanted to know what was my passion.
4. I begin to understand the concept of biodiversity.
a. He asked me that he began to understand the concept of biodiversity.
b. He wanted to know if he began to understand the concept of biodiversity.
c. He said that he began to understand the concept of biodiversity.
d. He said that I began to understand the concept of biodiversity.
5. Your friend has just left.
a. He told me that your friend had just left.
b. He told me that my friend has just left
c. He told me that my friend had just left.
d. He told me that my friend have just left.
6. Can I borrow your pencil for a moment?
a. She asked me if she can borrow my pencil for a moment.
b. She asked me whether she can borrow my pencil for a moment.
c. She asked me whether she could borrow my pencil for a moment.
d. She asked me whether I could borrow her pencil for a moment.
7. Why are you staring at my feet?
a. He asked her why she is staring at his feet.
b. He asked her why she was staring at his feet.
c. He asked her why was she staring at his feet.
d. He asked her why is she staring at his feet.
8. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
a. He said that the sun rose in the east and sets in the west.
b. He said that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
c. He asked if the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
d. He said that the sun rise in the east and set in the west.
9. I’m going to meet my penpal for the first time tomorrow.
a. She said she was going to meet her penpal for the first time the next day.
b. She said she was going to meet my penpal for the first time tomorrow.
c. She said she was going to meet her penpal for the first time tomorrow.
d. She said she is going to meet her penpal for the first time the next day.
10. We have been here for a week.
a. They said they had been there for a week.
b. They said they had been here for a week.
c. They said we had been there for a week.
d. They said they has been here for a week.
11. Who is sitting beside Tom?
a. He asked me who was sitting beside Tom that time.
b. He asked me was sitting beside Tom that time.
c. He asked me who is sitting beside Tom.
d He asked me who is Tom sitting beside.
12. Please wait for me at the bus stop.
a. Endy told me to wating her at the bus stop.
b. Endy told me waited for her at the bus stop that time.
c. Endy told me waited for me at the bus stop that time.
d. Endy told me waits for her at the bus stop that time.
13. Window-shopping is my favorite hobby.
a. Septi said that window-shopping is her favorite hobby.
b. Septi said that if window-shopping was my favorite hobby.
c. Septi said that window-shopping was my favorite hobby.
d. Septi said that window-shopping was her favorite hobby.
14. I ate some beef burgers yesterday.
a. Jean said that she have eat some beef burgers the day before.
b. Jean said that she has ate some beef burgers the day before.
c. Jean said that she had been eaten some beef burgers the day before.
d. Jean said that she had been eat some beef burgers yesterday.
15. This is the bag which I bought yesterday.
a. He said that was the bag which he had been bought the day before.
b. He said that was the bag which I bought the day before.
c. He said that the bag was which he had buy the day before.
d. He said that was the bag which I had been bought the day before.
16. Who is hiding under the bed?
a. Mom wanted to know why was hiding under the bed.
b. Mom said she was hiding under the bed.
c. Mom wanted to hiding under the bed.
d. Mom wanted to know who was hiding under the bed.
17. Elisa had been living in Bangok before she moved to Jakarta.
a. Firmansyah said that Elisa have live in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta.
b. Firmansyah said that Elisa had been living in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta.
c. Firmansyah said that Elisa is living in Bangkok before she moved to Jakarta.
d. Firmansyah said that Elisa was in Bangkok before she move to Jakarta.
18. I have been travelling around the world for over three years.
a. Grandpa said he had been travelling around the world for over three years.
b. Grandpa said he have been travel around the world for over three years.
c. Grandpa said he was travel around the world for over three years.
d. Grandpa said he is travelling around the world for over three years.
19. When you pushed me, I was holding my phone.
a. Keyza said when you push him, he was holding my phone.
b. Keyza said when I push him, he was holding his phone.
c. Keyza said when I pushed him, he was holding his phone.
d. Keyza said when I pushed him, he is holding my phone.
20. My name is Harry.
a. He said his name is Harry.
b. He said his name might Harry.
c He said his name will Harry.
d. He said his name has Harry.
• Essay
1. Nina said: “Your garden is really beautiful.”
Answer:
Nina said that my garden was really beautiful
2. Ronald: "Where does Maria park her car?"
Answer:
Ronald asked me where Maria parked her car
3. Mark: "Has John arrived?"
Answer:
Mark asked me if John had arrived
4. Christopher: "Do you want to dance?"
Answer:
Christopher asked me if I wanted to dance
5. Betty: "When did you come?"
Answer:
Betty wanted to know when I had come
6. Mandy: "Can I help you?"
Answer:
Mandy asked me if she could help me
7. Andrew: "Will Mandy have lunch with Sue?"
Answer:
Andrew asked me if Mandy would have lunch with Sue
8. Justin: "What are you doing?"
Answer:
Justin asked me what I was doing
9. Elisabeth: "Did you watch the latest film?"
Answer:
Elisabeth asked me if I had watched the latest film
10. Frank: "How much pocket money does Lisa get?"
Answer:
Frank wanted to know how much pocket money Lisa got
11. Anne: "Must I do the shopping?"
Answer:
Anne asked if she had to do the shopping
12. Jamie: "Don't eat so much junk food!"
Answer:
Jamie told me not to eat so much junk food
13. Lisa: “Fly via Paris!"
Answer:
Lisa told me to fly via Paris
14. Jane: “Watch the new film!"
Answer:
Jane asked me to watch the new film
15. Denise: “Open the door!"
Answer:
Denise told me to open the door
16. Teacher: "Don't forget your homework!"
Answer:
The teacher told me not to forget my homework
17. Karen: “Please play football in the garden!"
Answer:
Karen asked me to play football in the garden
18. Mike: “Shout at Peter!"
Answer:
Mike told me to shout at Peter
19. Yvonne: "Don't talk to your neighbour!"
Answer:
Yvonne told me not to talk to my neighbour
20. Marcel: "Don't sing that song!"
Answer:
Marcel told me not to sing that song
21. He said that he worked in a bank.
Aswer:
He said, “I work in a bank”
22. I told to Jeery that I could fix this computer immediately
Answer:
I told Jerry, “I can fix this computer soon”
23. John told to Anne that he will pick her up at seven o’clock tonight
Answer:
John tells Anne “I will pick you up at seven o’clock tonight”
24. My mother said that this flower needs to be watering frequently.
Answer:
My mother says, “This flower needs to be watering frequently”
25. She asks me wether I am sleepy
Answer:
She asks me, “Are you sleepy?”
26. He told me that he went to work everyday
Answer:
He told me, “I go to work everyday.”
27. He told me that he had gone to Bandung yesterday
Answer:
He told me, “I went to Bandung yesterday”
28. She told me that she would have gone there if she had been me.
Answer:
She told me, “I should go there if I were you.”
29. Father asked to my sister not to go alone in the middle of the night.
Answer:
Father said to my sister: “don’t go alone in the middle of the night
30. He asked me how I would go there
Answer:
He asked me : “How will you go there ?”
