This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Kay: "I must arrange a couple of things. But I am free tonight." Kay explained that he ..... a couple of things. But he added that he ..... free that night. A) Has to arrange; was. B) Had to arrange; is. C) Had to arrange; was. D) Has to arrange; is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had to arrange; was. 2. She said to me, "Start." A) She requested me to start. B) She asked me to start. C) She advised me to start. D) She said me to start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me to start. 3. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options. (Remember the rule:Present Continuous in the direct becomes Past Continuous.) Jeeya said, "I am going to church" . A) Jeeya said that I was going to church. B) Jeeya said that she was going to church. C) Jeeya said that she went to church. D) Jeeya said that she will go to church. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jeeya said that she was going to church. 4. The principal said to the students, '' Why are you not taking my examination?" A) The principal asked the students why they were not taking the examination. B) The principal asked the students that why they are not taking examination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The principal asked the students why they were not taking the examination. 5. Is this Direct Speech or Indirect Speech?She said that she hadn't completed her homework. A) Indirect Speech. B) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect Speech. 6. While changing to indirect speechFuture Continuous Tense changes to? A) Present Conditional. B) Past Conditional. C) Conditional Continuous. D) Future Conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conditional Continuous. 7. "Do you know about her?" Mom asked me. A) Mom asked me if I had known about her. B) Mom asked me whether I do know about her. C) Mom asked me if I knew about her. D) Mom asked me whether I did know about her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mom asked me if I knew about her. 8. "Are you alright?"Eliseo asked him ..... he was alright. A) To. B) If. C) That. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If. 9. We use indirect/reported speech to: A) Talk about spontaneous situations. B) Talk about something that someone has already told us. C) Talk about actions in progress at a certain time in the future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talk about something that someone has already told us. 10. While converting from direct to indirect, the pronoun 'I' changes to ..... A) Him or her. B) He or she. C) His or her. D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He or she. 11. The secretary said, "Is Mr. Fisher in his office?" A) The secretary enquired that if Mr. Fisher was in his office. B) The secretary asked if Mr. Fisher had been in his office. C) The secretary enquired if Mr. Fisher was in his office. D) The secretary said that if Mr. Fisher was in his office. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The secretary enquired if Mr. Fisher was in his office. 12. "When are you going back to Japan?" A) He asked when I was going back to Japan. B) He asked when was I going back to Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked when was I going back to Japan. 13. Micknaly said, '' I have finished my homework." A) Micknaly said that she has finished my homework.". B) Micknaly said that she had finished her homework.". C) Micknaly said that she has finished her homework.". D) Micknaly said that she had finished my homework.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Micknaly said that she had finished her homework.". 14. She says, ''What time you will be home?" A) D. B) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 15. Which of the sentences below is a reported speech? A) "I like her sweet and loving presence.". B) The boy said, '' Sam arrived late at the party.". C) Simon, what are you doing here!. D) The front desk officer said that she encountered a very boastful guest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The front desk officer said that she encountered a very boastful guest. 16. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us?" A) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. B) We asks them whether they will go to the movie with us. C) We asks them whether they would go to the movie with us. D) We asked them whether they will go to the movie with us. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. 17. Convert (imperative) Direct to Indirect-He said to her, '' Go there." A) He exclaimed to go there. B) He ordered her to go there. C) He ordered her that she should go there. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He ordered her to go there. 18. "Don't make a mess!" She ..... A) She told me not to make a mess. B) She not to make a mess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told me not to make a mess. 19. "Don't lean your bicycles against my windows, boys, " said the shopkeeper. A) The shopkeeper told the boys don't lean their bicycles against his windows. B) The shopkeeper said the boys not to lean their bicycles against his windows. C) The shopkeeper told the boys not to lean their bicycles against his windows. D) The shopkeeper told not to lean their bicycles against his windows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The shopkeeper told the boys not to lean their bicycles against his windows. 20. Turn Indirect speech to direct speech."She/He said that she hadn't seen George recently." A) I have seen George lately. B) I haven't seen George recently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I haven't seen George recently. 21. My father told me, "Don't come back home late!" Change to indirect speech! A) My father told me not to come back home late. B) My father told me to not come back home late. C) My father told me not come back home late. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My father told me not to come back home late. 22. "Bob, my friend is getting married next week, so you are invited" . Ted said. A) Ted said Bob his friend was getting married the following week and he was invited. B) Ted told that his friend is getting married following week and Bob was invited. C) Ted said his friend got married the following week and Bob was invited. D) Ted told Bob that his friend was getting married the following week and Bob was invited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ted told Bob that his friend was getting married the following week and Bob was invited. 23. Father said, '' I will buy the new book today." A) Father said that I will buy the new book today. B) Father said that he would buy the new book that day. C) Father said that he would buy the new book today. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Father said that he would buy the new book that day. 24. I remember last month our teacher told us he would buy us chocolate ..... but he forgot and he never bought us any. A) After week. B) The next week. C) The after week. D) Next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The next week. 25. "I will give plus 20 if you answer this incorrectly, " said Sir Mark to grade 9 students. A) Not this. B) Don't pick me. C) Sir Mark said to Grade 9 students that he would give plus 20 if they answered this incorrectly. D) Check letter A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir Mark said to Grade 9 students that he would give plus 20 if they answered this incorrectly. 26. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:He asked me, "Can you open your book?" A) He asks me to open my book. B) He asked me to open my book. C) He asked me opening my book. D) He asked me to open your book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me to open my book. 27. Indirect speech is also known as ..... A) Quoted speech. B) Reported speech. C) Direct speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reported speech. 28. "Where have you been?" he asked his friend.He asked his friend ..... he had been. A) If. B) Where. C) To. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where. 29. Rama said, "Mom, I can't do this." A) Rama told his mom that she couldn't do that. B) Rama told his mom that he couldn't do that. C) Rama told that his couldn't do that. D) Rama said that Mom he couldn't do that. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rama told his mom that he couldn't do that. 30. Toni said to me, "I wish I knew the information earlier." A) Toni told me that she wished she knew the information earlier. B) Toni told me that she wished she had known the information earlier. C) Toni told me that she wished she knew the information before. D) None of these. 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