This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following means to feel bad about something? A) Old thing. B) Jolly glad. C) None of these. D) To take to heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To take to heart. 2. My parents asked me, "Why are you crying?" A) My parents asked me why I was crying. B) My parents asked me why I am crying. C) My parents asked me why I had been crying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My parents asked me why I was crying. 3. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.)Budi and Yanto said, '' We don't like our new apartment." A) Budi and Yanto said that they don't like their new apartment. B) Budi and Yanto said that we don't like their new apartment. C) Budi and Yanto said that they didn't like their new apartment. D) Budi and Yanto said that they don't like our new apartment. E) Budi and Yanto said that they didn't like our new apartment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Budi and Yanto said that they didn't like their new apartment. 4. Change the speech.Ramesh informed his friend that he could make use of his car while he was away. A) Ramesh said to his friend, "You will make use of my car while I was away" . B) Ramesh asked his friend, "Will you make use of my car while I am away?". C) Ramesh said to his friend, "you can make use of my car while I am away" . D) Ramesh said to his friend, "Use my car while I go away". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ramesh said to his friend, "you can make use of my car while I am away" . 5. CONVERT INTO INDIRECT SPEECHI WAS SLEEPING WHEN ANNET CALLED A) HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN SLEEPING WHEN ANNET CALLED. B) HE SAID THAT HE WAS SLEEPING WHEN ANNET CALLED. C) HE HAD BEEN SLEEPING WHEN ANNET CALLED SAID HIM. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN SLEEPING WHEN ANNET CALLED. 6. Punctuate the sentence. Come here said the teacher A) "Come here", said the teacher. B) "Come here, "said the teacher. C) "Come here"said the teacher. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Come here, "said the teacher. 7. Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:Sona said, "I go to school every day." A) Sona says that she goes to school every day. B) Sona said that she had gone to school every day. C) Sona said that she went to school every day. D) Sona said that she goes to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sona said that she goes to school every day. 8. Haris said, "How clever I am" . A) . Haris exclaimed that he is very clever. B) . Haris exclaimed that he was very clever. C) . Haris said he was very clever. D) . Haris asked that how Clever he was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . Haris exclaimed that he was very clever. 9. Is there any change in habitual facts when we make direct Speech to Indirect Speech? A) No. B) Not Sure. C) Depends. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 10. I said to him, 'Why don't you work hard?' A) I asked him why he wasn't working hard. B) I asked him why he didn't work hard. C) I asked him why he wouldn't work hard. D) I asked him why didn't you work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I asked him why he didn't work hard. 11. John said, "I am very busy now."John said that he ..... very busy. A) Is. B) Were. C) Had been. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 12. The priest said, 'Be quiet and listen to my words.' A) The priest said them to be quiet and listen to his words. B) The priest told them that they should be quiet and listen to his words. C) The priest urged them to be quiet and to listen to his words. D) The priest said they should be quiet and listen to him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The priest urged them to be quiet and to listen to his words. 13. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.)Bruce said, "My mother doesn't have any biological children." A) Bruce said that his mother did have any biological children. B) Bruce said that his mother didn't have any biological children. C) Bruce said that his mother doesn't have any biological children. D) Bruce said that my mother didn't have any biological children. E) Bruce said that his mother didn't had any biological children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bruce said that his mother didn't have any biological children. 14. "Catherine is completing her homework, " she said. A) She said that Catherine will complete her homework. B) She said that Catherine was completing her homework. C) She said that Catherine is completing her homework. D) She says that Catherine would completing her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that Catherine was completing her homework. 15. The landlord said, "You should leave if you can not pay the rent." A) The landlord asks me to leave if I didn't pay the rent. B) The landlo asked me to leave if I couldn't pay the rent. C) The landlord asked me to leave if I would not be paying the rent. D) The landlord asked me to leave or pay the rent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The landlo asked me to leave if I couldn't pay the rent. 16. Choose the sentence that contains an example of direct speech: A) She told me that she had finished her work. B) She said if she had finished her work. C) I will finish my work, she promised. D) I finished my work, she told me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I finished my work, she told me. 17. What is Indirect Speech? A) Shows a person's exact words. Quotation marks (" ") are a sign that the words are the exact words that a person used. B) Is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used. 18. The guard asked, "Who are you?" A) The guard asked who I was. B) The guard asks me who he was. C) The guard asked me who he was. D) The guard asked who he was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The guard asked who I was. 19. Mateo asked Rainie, "Why are you sad?" A) Rainie smiled back to Mateo. B) Mateo asked Rainie why she was sad. C) Mateo asked Rainie why I was sad. D) Mateo asked Rainie why she is sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mateo asked Rainie why she was sad. 20. "Be nice to your brother, " he said. A) He asked me not to be nice to my brother. B) He asked me to be nice to my brother. C) He asked me not to be nice to your brother. D) He asked me to be nice to your brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me to be nice to my brother. 21. "Call the witness!" asked the judge.The indirect speech from the sentence above is ..... A) The judge asked called the witness. B) The judge asked whether call the witness. C) The judge asked if they call the witness. D) The judge asked to call the witness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The judge asked to call the witness. 22. "Be nice to your brother, " he said. Convert to Indirect Speech A) He said me to be nice to my brother. B) He advised me to be nice to my brother. C) He told me that I have to be nice to my brother. D) He told me that I have to become nice to my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He advised me to be nice to my brother. 23. I said, 'Jayesh, you must be more serious.'(This sentence is in direct speech. True or False?) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Hannah: "I want to go to the football match, but I don't have enough money" .Hannah said that she ..... to go to the football match, but she didn't have enough money. A) Wants. B) Wanted. C) Had wanted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted. 25. Christine said, "I am going to school." A) Christine said that she was going to school. B) Christine said that she will be going to school. C) Christine said that she was not going to school. D) Christine said that she were going to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christine said that she was going to school. 26. John asked me, "What are you doing here?" A) John asked me what I was doing there. B) John asked me what I was doing there?. C) John asked me what I am doing there. D) John asked me what are you doing there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John asked me what I was doing there. 27. Past perfect tense direct speeches remain the same tense even in indirect speeches. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:He said, "I like this song." A) He said that he likes that song. B) He said that he likes this song. C) He said that I liked this song. D) He said that he liked that song. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he liked that song. 29. I like strawberries ..... bananas on my cereal. A) Nor. B) But. C) And. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And. 30. Shabnum said, "Mummy is resting in her room." A) Shabnum said that mummy was taking rest. B) Shabnum said my mother is taking rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shabnum said that mummy was taking rest. 31. The teacher said, "The earth revolves around the sun." A) The teacher said that the earth revolved around the sun. B) The teacher said that the earth is revolves around the sun. C) The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun. D) The teacher says that the earth revolves around the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun. 32. The students said, "It is very hot."INDIRECT:The students said that it ..... very hot. A) Was. B) Are. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 33. He says, "I am glad to be here this evening." He says that ..... A) I am glad to being here this evening. B) I am glad to be here this evening. C) He was glad to be here this evening. D) He is glad to be here this evening. E) I was glad to be here this evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was glad to be here this evening. 34. What needs to be corrected in this sentence? He said, "He likes to play football" . A) Change period to question mark. B) Full stop must come first before the closing speech mark. C) He should be in small letter. D) Remove the comma after "said". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full stop must come first before the closing speech mark. 35. So she told the giant that Timun Mas was too small and skinny to eat yet and asked him to come back in 2 years.From the sentence we can conclude that ..... A) Timun Mas was eatable for the giant. B) Timun Mas would come in the next 2 years to the giant. C) Timun Mas was too old to be consumed by the giant. D) It was not the proper time for the giant to take Timun Mas from Mbok Rondo. E) It was not the right time for giant to take care Timun Mas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was not the proper time for the giant to take Timun Mas from Mbok Rondo. 36. In direct speech, do we change the tense of the reported speech? A) Yes. B) Only for past tense. C) Sometimes. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No. 37. She told him she was happy. A) D. B) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 38. "I am going out tonight." Manisha said. A) Manisha said that she will be going out that night. B) Manisha said she was going out that night. C) Manisha said that she was going out tonight. D) Manisha said that she was going out that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manisha said that she was going out tonight. 39. "I've always wanted to see the Great Wall of China, " Joey said. A) Joey said he had always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. B) Joey said he wanted to see the Great Wall of China. C) Joey said he has always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. D) Joey said I wanted to see the Great Wall of China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joey said he had always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. 40. "Do your homework!" She ..... A) She told do my homework. B) She told me to do my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told me to do my homework. 41. What did the fly hear about the spider's bed? A) Anyone who sleeps on the bed becomes a friend of the spider. B) Anyone who sleeps on its bed never wakes up. C) Anyone who sleeps on the bed becomes big in size. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anyone who sleeps on its bed never wakes up. 42. SAY WHEATHER THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT OR NOT-VARIA TOLD YUKO SHE SENDED THE LETTER LAST WEEK A) INCORRECT. B) CORRECT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INCORRECT. 43. Choose the correct form of the verb in Indirect Speech.Direct:She asked him, "What do you want from me?" Indirect:She asked him what he ..... from her. A) Wanted. B) Want. C) Wants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanted. 44. Kay: "Did you go to Mount Santubong?" Kay wanted to know ..... to Mount Santubong. A) If she had gone / whether she had gone. B) If she went / whether she went. C) If she has gone / whether she has gone. D) If she had went / whether she had went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If she had gone / whether she had gone. 45. My mother said, "I put your lunchbox here."The indirect speech is ..... A) My mother said that I put your lunchbox there. B) My mother said that she putted my lunchbox there. C) My mother said that I put your lunchbox here. D) My mother said that she put my lunchbox there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My mother said that she put my lunchbox there. 46. Nesa: "I am going to Canada tonight." Indirect Speech: ..... A) Nesa said that she was going to Canada that night. B) Nesa said that she goes to Canada that night. C) Nesa said that she is going to Canada that night. D) Nesa said that she went to Canada that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nesa said that she was going to Canada that night. 47. Direct to Indirect Speech:My brother said, "I went to school yesterday." A) My brother said that he had gone to school the next day. B) My brother said that he had gone to school the previous day. C) My brother said that he had gone to school yesterday. D) My brother said that he had gone to school the day after. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother said that he had gone to school the previous day. 48. Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:Teacher said, "First finish your work and then play." A) Teacher ordered the students to first finished their work and then play. B) Teacher said to the students to first finish your work and then play. C) Teacher ordered the students to first finish their work and then play. D) Teacher ordered the students to first finish your work and then play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teacher ordered the students to first finish their work and then play. 49. Direct Speech:She said, "I'll go shopping."What's the indirect speech? A) She said she should go shopping. B) She said I will go shopping. C) She said she will go shopping. D) She said she would go shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said she would go shopping. 50. What kind of verb is in the introductory part of a speech? A) Helping Verb. B) Introductory Verb. C) Auxiliary Verb. D) Quoted Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introductory Verb. 51. "I will call you tomorrow, " she said. A) She said she will call you tomorrow. B) She says she will call you tomorrow. C) She said she would call you tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she would call you tomorrow. 52. Past perfect and past perfect continuous transforms to: A) I don't know. B) Present perfect continuous. C) Past continuous. D) It will remain the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It will remain the same. 53. From direct speech to indirect speech:If the reporting verb is in a present tense, the verbs from the direct speech ..... A) Change into a future tense. B) Have to be changed to a corresponding past tense. C) Will stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will stay the same. 54. "Return to the ship immediately!" the officer ordered his men. A) The officer orders his men to return to the ship immediately. B) The officer ordered his men to returning to the ship immediately. C) The officer had ordered his men to return to the ship immediately. D) The officer ordered his men to return to the ship immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The officer ordered his men to return to the ship immediately. 55. He said, "No one can live without water."(Change to Indirect Speech) A) He asked whether someone would live without water. B) He tells no one can live without water. . C) He said no one would live without water. D) He said no one can can live without water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said no one can can live without water. 56. He said to me, "1 was observing you at the party" . A) He told to me that he had been observing me at the party. B) He told me that he had been observing her at the party. C) He told me that he had been observing me at the party. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told me that he had been observing me at the party. 57. Jayanthi said, " I have forgotten to lock the cupboard." A) Jayanthi said I forgot to lock the cupboard. B) Jayanthi said that she had forgotten to lock the cupboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jayanthi said that she had forgotten to lock the cupboard. 58. Which alternative has only coordinating conjunctions? A) FOR-AND-SO. B) FOR-NOR-SINCE. C) AFTER-BEFORE-IF. D) YET-BUT-EVEN THOUGH. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FOR-AND-SO. 59. Indirect speech of 'yesterday'? A) The previous day. B) The day before. C) None. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both. 60. What type of speech is does not have to be within quotes or reported word-to word. A) Direct or quoted speech. B) Indirect or reported speech. 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