This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the speech;She said, "I am going to the market" A) Indirect Speech. B) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Speech. 2. They say that they are having their meal now. A) "We were having our meal then, " they say. B) "We are having our meal now, " they said. C) "We are having our meal now, " they say. D) "We were having our meal then, " they said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "We are having our meal now, " they say. 3. She said to the shopkeeper, "How much is the price of this book?" A) She asked the shopkeeper how much the price of the book was. B) She asked the shopkeeper how much the price of the book is. C) She told to the shopkeeper how much the price of the book was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked the shopkeeper how much the price of the book was. 4. Which one shows the correct punctation? A) "Where are you going" asked Abdul Kazam?. B) "Where are you going?" asked Abdul Kazam. C) "Where are you going" ? asked Abdul Kazam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Where are you going?" asked Abdul Kazam. 5. The farmer said, "The goat died in the night." A) The farmer said that the goat had died in the night. B) The farmer said the goat died. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The farmer said that the goat had died in the night. 6. She told her parents that she ..... in the reading room at that moment. A) Is working. B) Will be working. C) Has been working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was working. 7. Max asked me, "How must does this pen cost?" A) He asked me how much that pen cost. B) He asked me how much that pen costed. C) He asked me how much did that pen cost. D) He asked me how much did that pen costed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me how much that pen cost. 8. Direct to Indirect Speech:Jullie said to me, "I have to win this game." A) Jullie told me that she must win this game. B) Jullie told me that she had to win this game. C) Jullie told me that she must win that game. D) Jullie told me that she had to win that game. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jullie told me that she had to win that game. 9. How Direct Speech is delivered: A) Reporting what was said in the narrator's words. B) Reporting what was said exactly in the words of the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reporting what was said exactly in the words of the speaker. 10. Convert( assertive) direct to indirect speech-Vineetha said, '' The information is being downloaded from the internet." A) Vineetha informed that the information was being downloaded from the internet. B) Vineetha exclaimed sorrowfully that the information was being downloaded from the internet. C) Vineetha informed the information was being downloaded from the internet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vineetha informed that the information was being downloaded from the internet. 11. We use inverted comas in A) Indirect speech. B) Direct speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct speech. 12. 'I had lived in four countries by the age of ten.' $\rightarrow$ She said that she ..... in four countries by the age of ten. A) Had lived. B) Will have lived. C) Had been living. D) Lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lived. 13. Alice asked me how long I ..... A) Had been waiting. B) Am waiting. C) Have been waiting. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 14. My friend said to me, "Has your father returned from Calcutta?" A) My friend told me that his father had returned from Calcutta. B) My friend asked me if my father had returned from Calcutta. C) My friend enquired me if his father had returned from Calcutta. D) My friend said to me that my father has returned from Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend asked me if my father had returned from Calcutta. 15. "I saw a great movie yesterday, " she said with excitement. A) She said with excitement she saw a great movie yesterday. B) She said with excitement she had seen a great movie the day before. C) She said with excitement she saw a great movie the day before. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said with excitement she had seen a great movie the day before. 16. Do you have to use 'that' with all reported speech sentences? A) No, only with statements. B) No. C) Yes. D) No, only with requests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 17. Convert into indirect speechShe said to me, "I have a beautiful watch" A) She told me that I had a beautiful watch. B) She told me that she had a beautiful watch. C) She told me that she had the beautiful watch. D) She told me that she has a beautiful watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told me that she had a beautiful watch. 18. Choose the correct form of the verb in Indirect Speech.Direct:He said, "Jill went to the clinic yesterday."Indirect:He said that Jill ..... to the clinic the day before. A) Have gone. B) Had gone. C) Has gone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. 19. John said, "I am very busy now." A) John said that he was very busy then. B) John said that he is very busy now. C) John said that he was very busy now. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John said that he was very busy then. 20. Joe said I had always been his friend. A) "You had always been my friend, " said Joe. B) "You have always been my friend, " said Joe. C) "You were always my friend, " said Joe. D) "You are always my friend, " said Joe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "You have always been my friend, " said Joe. 21. Example:Rita said, "Your painting is really nice." Which of the following is a correct reported speech? A) Rita said that his painting was really nice. B) Rita said that your painting is really nice. C) Rita said that my painting is really nice. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rita said that his painting was really nice. 22. Toni said to me, "I wish I knew the information earlier" . It means ..... A) Tono wish that he had known the information earlier. B) Tono wish that he knew the information earlier. C) Tono wished that he knew the information earlier. D) Tono wishes that he had knew the information earlier. E) Tono wished that he had known the information earlier. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tono wished that he had known the information earlier. 23. 'There was an accident outside the supermarket'. A) He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket. B) He said there were an accident outside the supermarket. C) He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket. 24. Change the following into Indirect speech-I said to the students, "You should do the duties." A) I told the students that they should do the duties. B) I want that students should do the duties. C) I said to the students that I should do the duties. D) I asked the students to do the duties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I told the students that they should do the duties. 25. We do not change verb tenses in indirect/reported speech when A) The fact being reported is a general truth. B) The reporting verb is in the simple present tense. C) Both options are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both options are correct. 26. She said she lives with her mother. A) Indirect Speech. B) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect Speech. 27. He says that he is the tallest boy in the class. A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 28. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.) "Your mother left the party earlier." Your father said that ..... A) My mother had left the party earlier. B) My mother left the party earlier. C) His mother had left the party earlier. D) Your mother left the party earlier. E) Your mother had left the party earlier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mother had left the party earlier. 29. Melissa said, "I have been to India three times." A) Melissa said that I had been to India three times. B) She said that she has been to India three times. C) She said that she had been to India three times. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she had been to India three times. 30. Transform the following statement into indirect speech:Tricia said, "Our tour guide has arrived." A) Tricia said that their tour guide had arrived. B) Tricia said that our tour guide has arrived. C) Tricia said that their tour guide has arrived. D) Tricia said that our tour guide had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tricia said that their tour guide had arrived. ← 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