This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word will be CHANGED from direct to indirect speech? A) Could. B) Should. C) Shall. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shall. 2. "Me? No, I didn't take Sue's calculator, " said Bob. A) Bob said he didn't take Sue's calculator. B) Bob says he hadn't taken Sue's calculator. C) Bob denied taking Sue's calculator. D) Bob asked if he had taken Sue's calculator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bob denied taking Sue's calculator. 3. Look for the correct option:'Please don't go away, ' she said A) She begged that I not go away. B) She told me not to go away. C) She requested me not to go away. D) She said to please her and not go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She requested me not to go away. 4. Turn direct speech into indirect speech-"Have you got a computer?" A) He wanted to know how I got a computer. B) He wanted a computer. C) He wanted to know whether I had a computer. D) He didn't want a computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wanted to know whether I had a computer. 5. Siska asked Saski, '' Are you busy now?" . It means ..... A) Siska asked Saski if he was busy then. B) Siska asked Saski whether he is busy then. C) Siska asked Saski if she is busy now. D) Saski asked SIska if he was busy then. E) Saski asked Siska whether he was busy then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siska asked Saski if he was busy then. 6. "Where does Maria park her new car these days?" said Ronald. A) Ronald asked where Maria parked her new car these days. B) Ronald wanted to know where Maria parked her new car those days. C) Ronald asked if Maria did park her new car these days where. D) Ronald asked where does Maria park her new car those days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ronald wanted to know where Maria parked her new car those days. 7. He said that the headmaster was sleeping.Turn it into direct speech. A) He said, "The Headmaster is sleeping" . B) He sad, "The Headmaster is sleeping" . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said, "The Headmaster is sleeping" . 8. Kevin asked, "Who went here to open the gate?" A) Kevin asked who had gone there to open the gate. B) Kevin asked who opened the gate. C) Kevin asked who went there to open the gate. D) Kevin asked who had opened the gate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kevin asked who had gone there to open the gate. 9. Choose the correct form of the verb in Indirect Speech.Direct:Fiona asked Marc, "Did you learn Nihongo?"Indirect:Fiona asked Marc whether he ..... Nihongo. A) Has learned. B) Had learned. C) Have learned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had learned. 10. When the spoken words in a narrative are written with speech punctuation-speech marks and associated punctuation, this is called: A) Reported speech. B) Indirect speech. C) Direct speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct speech. 11. Sentences are given direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.Mother said to the daughter, 'Go and change your dress.' A) The mother asked the daughter to change her dress. B) The mother told the daughter to go and change her dress. C) The daughter was being told by her mother to go and change her dress. D) The mother asks the daughter to change her dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mother told the daughter to go and change her dress. 12. This refers to the kind of speech which uses exactly the words of the speaker. A) Part of speech. B) Figures of speech. C) Direct speech. D) Indirect speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct speech. 13. "Do you like him?"she asked A) She asked if I liked him?. B) She asked did you like him?. C) She asked whether you liked him. D) She asked if I liked him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked if I liked him. 14. Change the following direct speech into indirect speech:She said, 'I am going to the park.' A) She is going to play at the park. B) She already went to the park. C) She said that she was going to the park. D) "I am going to the park", is what she said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she was going to the park. 15. Change this sentence to Indirect speech.My Science teacher said, "The Moon is smaller than the Earth." A) My science teacher said that the moon is smaller that the earth. B) My science teacher said that the moon was smaller than the earth. C) My science teacher shouted that the moon is smaller the earth. D) My science teacher said that the moon is bigger than the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My science teacher said that the moon was smaller than the earth. 16. "Don't leave your bag out here, Tommy, " Karen said. A) Karen told Tommy not to leave his bag out there. B) Karen asked Tommy not to leave his bag out there. C) Karen tells Tommy not to leave his bag out there. D) Karen said Tommy not to leave his bag out there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karen told Tommy not to leave his bag out there. 17. Choose the correct option: "Where do you live?" A) Miho asked me where do I live. B) Miho asked me where I lived. C) Miho asked me where did I live. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miho asked me where do I live. 18. Transform:Mom told Harry to tidy his bedroom. A) None of the below. B) Mom demanded Harry, tidy your bedroom!. C) Mom said to Harry, "Tidy your bedrrom". D) Mom told Harry, "tidy your bedroom. ''. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mom said to Harry, "Tidy your bedrrom". 19. "Whose car did you borrow last night?" I asked him. A) I asked him whose car he had borrowed last night. B) I asked him whose car he had borrowed the previous night. C) I asked him whose car did he borrow the previous night. D) I asked him whose car had he borrowed last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I asked him whose car he had borrowed the previous night. 20. Tom said, "I bought a car last week."He said that he had bought a car ..... A) A week ago. B) Last week. C) The week before. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The week before. 21. "Will you be my date?" He asked A) He asked me if I would be his date. B) He asked me to date him. C) He asked me if I will be his date. D) He asked to be his date. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me if I would be his date. 22. She said to him, "It is good to see you!" A) She exclaimed that it was good to see me. B) She exclaimed that she was happy to see him. C) She exclaimed that it is good to see him. D) She exclaimed that it was good to see him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She exclaimed that it was good to see him. 23. "I can give the offer to someone else." the man said.The man said ..... he could give the offer to someone else. A) Where. B) That. C) To. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 24. Teacher said, '' India got independence in 1947." A) Teacher said that India will get independence in 1947. B) Teacher said that India got independence in 1947. C) Teacher said that India had got independence in 1947. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teacher said that India got independence in 1947. 25. Change this sentence to Indirect speech.Audu asked us, "Do you like fishing." A) We told Audu we liked fishing. B) Audu told us he liked fishing. C) Audu asked us if we liked fishing. D) Audu asked us if we liked swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audu asked us if we liked fishing. 26. Lin En, stop playing the fool now !" the class monitor ordered. A) The class monitor orders Lin En to stop playing the fool then. B) The class monitor ordered Lin En to stop playing the fool now. C) The class monitor ordering Lin En to stop playing the fool again. D) The class monitor ordered Lin En to stop playing the fool then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The class monitor ordered Lin En to stop playing the fool then. 27. Direct to Indirect Speech:My daughter said to me, "I can sleep alone." A) My daughter said to me that she can sleep alone. B) My daughter told me that she could sleep alone. C) My daughter told me that she can sleep alone. D) My daughter said to me that she could sleep alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My daughter told me that she could sleep alone. 28. What is the purpose of using punctuation marks in direct and indirect speech? A) To separate dialogue from the rest of the text. B) To emphasize important words in a sentence. C) To indicate the exact words spoken by someone. D) To indicate the speaker's tone or emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To indicate the exact words spoken by someone. 29. Bob told me, "Rachel had worked o hard."Bob told me that ..... A) Rachel works so hard. B) Rachel had worked so hard. C) Rachel had been working so hard. D) Rachel has worked so hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rachel had worked so hard. 30. Indirect speech is used when you are saying what someone said. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesDirect And Indirect Speech Quiz 1Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 2Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 3Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 4Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 5Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 6Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 7Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books