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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mike said, "When are you leaving?" A) He asked us when we were leaving. B) He asked us when we are leaving. C) He asked us when we have been leaving. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked us when we were leaving. 2. Is this Direct Speech or Indirect Speech?Sheela said to Reena, "I will be going to the cinema." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 3. "Why can't I reach the clearing?" Nato said.Nato asked himself ..... he couldn't reach the clearing. A) Why. B) How. C) When. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why. 4. Identify and choose the correct speech for the given sentence:She said that her wish was to score high in exams. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 5. "Lucy, would you like me to bake a cake for your birthday party? '' Ann said. A) Ann asked if she will bake a cake for Lucy's birthday party. B) Ann wanted to know if she had baked a cake for Lucy's birthday party. C) Ann asked Lucy if she wanted her to bake a cake for her birthday party. D) Ann said she was going to bake a cake for Lucy's birthday party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ann asked Lucy if she wanted her to bake a cake for her birthday party. 6. "Could you bring the book tonight?" She ..... A) . She asked me to bring the book tonight (that night). B) . She to bring the book tonight (that night). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . She asked me to bring the book tonight (that night). 7. WHAT ARE THE CORRECT EXAMPLES OF DIRECT SPEECH? A) SHE SAID, " I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF THE BUS STOP. B) SHE SAID, SHE IS WORKING IN OFFICE. C) I SAID I AM EATING ICE-CREAM. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SHE SAID, " I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF THE BUS STOP. 8. When we convert a question from direct to indirect speech A) It retains its form as a question. B) It becomes a statement. C) It becomes passive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It becomes a statement. 9. What type of Indirect Speech is sentence for changing interrogative (question) sentence into indirect speech we have to observe the nature of question and then change it into indirect speech according to it rules for indirect speech. A) Indirect Speech of Imperative Sentence. B) Indirect Speech for Interrogative (Question). C) Indirect Speech of Exclamatory Sentences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech for Interrogative (Question). 10. Turn Direct speech into indirect speech"The judge commanded them to call the accused in the court." A) The Judge said, 'Call the accused in the court'. B) The Judge ordered, 'Call the accused in the court'. C) The Judge commanded, 'Call the accused in the court'. D) The Judge said to them, 'Call the accused in the court'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Judge commanded, 'Call the accused in the court'. 11. She warned them to be careful crossing roads and reminded me to drive on the right. A) "To be careful crossing roads, " she said, "and remember to drive on the right.". B) "Be careful crossing roads, " she said, "and to remember to drive on the right.". C) "Be careful crossing roads, " she said, " and remember to drive on the right.". D) "Be careful crossing roads, " she told, "and remind to drive on the right.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Be careful crossing roads, " she said, " and remember to drive on the right.". 12. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options. Rule to remember:(Pronoun) We have to change the pronouns to keep the same meaning of a sentence. "We are the best students, " he said. A) He said they had been the best students. B) He said they were the best students. C) He said they are the best students. D) He said they will be the best students. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said they were the best students. 13. Mr. Bill asked the students ..... their test. A) Have they finished. B) Whether they have finished. C) If they have finished. D) Have they finish. E) Whether they had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Whether they had finished. 14. Which one is NOT changed from direct to indirect speech? A) Subject of the introductory clause. B) Place. C) Tense. D) Pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject of the introductory clause. 15. Rahul said, "I have done my HW." A) Rahul said he have done his HW. B) Rahul said that he had done his HW. C) Rahul told he had done his HW. D) Rahul said that he has been doing my HW. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rahul said that he had done his HW. 16. Is this Direct Speech or Indirect Speech?Paul asked, "Can I borrow that book for sometime?" A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 17. He said, 'I have read this novel.' A) He said that he read that novel. B) He said that he had read this novel. C) He said that he has read this novel. D) He said that he had read that novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he had read that novel. 18. I'll be there tomorrow. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 19. "Which way did he go out?" Asked the young woman.The young woman asked which way ..... A) Had he gone out. B) He go out. C) He had gone out. D) He went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had gone out. 20. Louis said, "I don't have a computer."The indirect speech is ..... A) Louis said that she didn't have a computer. B) Louis said that I don't have a computer. C) Louis said that he didn't have a computer. D) Louis said that I didn't have a computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Louis said that he didn't have a computer. 21. Turn direct speech into indirect speech"Have you been to Bristol before?" A) She asked when I went to Bristol. B) She asked if I had been to Bristol before. C) She wanted to go to Bristol. D) She has been to Bristol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked if I had been to Bristol before. 22. Decide if the following sentences are true [T] or false [F]"When we use reported speech, the reporting verb is usually in the past, e.g. Linda said." A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 23. State whether the sentence below is written as Direct Speech or Indirect Speech. The boy said that it was his pen. A) Indirect Speech. B) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect Speech. 24. Choose if the sentence is in Direct or Indirect Speech.Mahesh said he lived in Bangalore. A) Indirect Speech. B) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect Speech. 25. Sentences are given direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.The teacher said to the boys, 'Have you done your homework?' A) The teacher told the boys to complete their homework. B) The teacher asked the boys if they had done their homework. C) The teacher told the boy whether they had done their homework or not. D) The teacher asks the boys to complete their work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher asked the boys if they had done their homework. 26. SOLANA SAID TO LECITA ''LET'S TEAM UP WITH MIA" A) INDIRECT. B) DIRECT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DIRECT. 27. "Where do you live?" the boy asked. The boy wantedto know where ..... A) Did I live. B) I lived. C) I had lived. D) I live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I lived. 28. The teacher said, "Water boils at 100 degree Celsius." A) The teacher said that water had boiled at 100 degree Celsius. B) The teacher said that water was boiling at 100 degree Celsius. . C) The teacher said that water boils at 100 degree Celsius. D) The teacher said that water boiled at 100 degree Celsius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher said that water boils at 100 degree Celsius. 29. Navin said, " I am worried about the results." A) Navin said that I am worried about the results. B) Navin said that he was worried about the results. C) Navin says that he is worried about the results. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Navin said that he was worried about the results. 30. The teacher forgot to ask ..... A) Why the boys were absent. B) That the boys were absent. C) Were the boys absent. D) When the boys absent. E) If the boys absent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why the boys were absent. 31. Lukman said, "I can improve my English by practicing a lot with my friends." He said that ..... A) I can improve my English by practicing a lot with his friends. B) He could improve his English by practicing a lot with his friends. C) He improved my English by practicing a lot with his friends. D) He could improve my English by practicing a lot with his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He could improve his English by practicing a lot with his friends. 32. X told Y, "What does she say to you?" A) X told Y what she said to him. B) X told Y what she told him. C) X told Y what she did say to him. D) X told Y what did she say to him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X told Y what she said to him. 33. Choose if the sentence is in Direct or Indirect Speech. "I didn't have time to do my homework, " she replied to the teacher. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 34. Charlie said, "I do not know how to make tea." (Select the appropriate Indirect speech of the above sentence) A) Charlie said that she did not know how to make tea. B) Charlie had said that she did not know how to make tea. C) Charlie said that she had not known how to make tea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charlie said that she did not know how to make tea. 35. Stanley said, "I don't go to the gym very often."The indirect speech is ..... A) Stanley said that he didn't go to the gym very often. B) Stanley said that he doesn't go to the gym very often. C) Stanley said that I didn't go to the gym very often. D) Stanley said that I don't go to the gym very often. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanley said that he didn't go to the gym very often. 36. "Would you mind lending me a pencil?" She ..... A) . She asked me to lend her a pencil. B) . She asked to lend her a pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . She asked me to lend her a pencil. 37. I said to the boy, "Will you step with me into the garden?" A) I asked the boy if he would step with me into the garden. B) I requested the boy to step with me in the garden. C) I said to the boy if he would step with me in the garden. D) I said to the boy if he would like to step with me in the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I asked the boy if he would step with me into the garden. 38. In Interrogative sentence of the sentence begins with Wh type word the word that is replaced by? A) Could . B) That. C) If. D) The question word itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The question word itself. 39. Convert the following sentence into direct speech:Sandra said that she could play guitar. A) Sandra said, "She can play guitar.". B) Sandra said, "I could play guitar.". C) Sandra said, "I can play guitar.". D) Sandra said, "She could play guitar.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sandra said, "I can play guitar.". 40. Select one example for Direct speech. A) She asked us not to do that. B) They told her they would arrive a little late. C) He asked me to have a seat. D) She said, '' I am hungry" . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said, '' I am hungry" . 41. John said, "I might go home with my sister tomorrow." A) John said that he might go home with his sister the next day. B) John said that he might go home with his sister tomorrow. C) John said that he might go home with my sister tomorrow. D) John said that he might go home with my sister tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John said that he might go home with his sister the next day. 42. Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:My mother said, "The postman has brought four letters today." A) My mother said that the postman brought four letters that day. B) My mother said that the postman had brought four letters that day. C) My mother said that the postman has brought four letters that day. D) My mother said that the postman had brought four letters today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mother said that the postman had brought four letters that day. 43. Which of the following means 'silky and shiny'? A) Snugly. B) Gauzy. C) Spy. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gauzy. 44. The advertisement said, " If you answer the questions correctly you may win $ 100." A) The advertisement said that if we had answered the questions correctly we might win$ 100. B) The advertisement said to us that if we answered the questions correctly we may win $ 100. C) The advertisement said that if we answered the questions correctly we might win $ 100. D) The advertisement said us if we answer the questions correctly we might win $ 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The advertisement said that if we answered the questions correctly we might win $ 100. 45. Change this sentence to Indirect speech.Ona said, "I hate mangoes." A) Ona says he hates mangoes. B) Ona said he liked mangoes. C) Ona said that he hated mangoes. D) Ona said that he hated mango. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ona said that he hated mangoes. 46. She said, "He is singing well" . A) He said that he sang well. B) He says that he was singing well. C) He said that he was singing well. D) He said that he is singing well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he was singing well. 47. Lila: "Don't go into the jungle, Mark." Indirect Speech: ..... A) Lila told Mark to had gone into the jungle. B) Lila told Mark to go into the jungle. C) Lila told Mark to not gone into the jungle. D) Lila told Mark to not go into the jungle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lila told Mark to not go into the jungle. 48. Change the following from Direct to Indirect Speech-Shivani said, '' I am busy now." A) Shivani enquired that I will be busy tomorrow. B) Shivani said that she was busy then. C) Shivani was saying she is busy now. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shivani said that she was busy then. 49. She said, "They will be leaving soon." A) She said that they will leave soon. B) She said that they would leave soon. C) She said that they would be leaving soon. D) She said that they are leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that they would be leaving soon. 50. Bi said: "I went to Nhi's party yesterday" A) Bi said that I had gone to Nhi's party the day before. B) Bi said that she had gone to Nhi's party the day before. C) Bi said that she went to Nhi's party the day before. D) Bi said that she had gone to Nhi's party yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bi said that she had gone to Nhi's party the day before. 51. "If I were you, I would do this game twice" A) If he were me, I would have done that game twice, he told me. B) He told me that if he had been me, he would do that game twice. C) He told me if he had been me, he would have done that game twice. D) He told me that if he were me, he would do that game twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He told me that if he were me, he would do that game twice. 52. "Dawn hurt herself during P.E. lesson this morning, " Mary said. A) Mary tells that Dawn had hurt herself during P.E. lesson that morning. B) Mary says that Dawn had hurt herself during P.E. lesson that morning. C) Mary said that Dawn had hurt herself during P.E. lesson that morning. D) Mary told Dawn had hurt herself during P.E. lesson that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary said that Dawn had hurt herself during P.E. lesson that morning. 53. "Do the washing-up!" She ..... A) She me to do the washing-up. B) She told me to do the washing-up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told me to do the washing-up. 54. Priscilla asked how and when I discovered the truth. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 55. "Give me some, too, " The turtle said. A) Indirect Speech. B) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Speech. 56. I haven't seen Merex recently. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 57. Identify and choose the correct speech for the given sentence:The boy said he bought a new phone. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 58. "There are usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons, " said the receptionist. A) "There are usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons, " said the receptionist. B) There are usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons told the receptionist. C) The receptionist said that there were usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons. D) The receptionist tells that there were usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The receptionist said that there were usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons. 59. My mom told me, "Clean your room now." A) My mom told me if clean my room then. B) My mom tells me if she can clean my room. C) My mom told me to clean my room then. D) My mom told me that clean my room now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My mom told me to clean my room then. 60. The teacher said, "Be quiet, boys." A) The teacher said that they boys should be quite. B) The teacher called the boys and ordered them to be quite. C) The teacher urged the boys to be quite. D) The teacher commanded the boys that they be quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher urged the boys to be quite. ← 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