This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.)Anton said to me, '' I will call you." A) Anton said he will call me. B) Anton said he would call me. C) Anton said he would call you. D) Anton said he would called me. E) Anton said that I would call you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anton said he would call me. 2. Bagas asked me, "How is your life today?" A) Bagas asked me how is my life that day. B) Bagas asked me how my life was that day. C) Bagas asked me how was my life is that day. D) Bagas asked me how was my life that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bagas asked me how my life was that day. 3. Change this sentence to Indirect speech. John said, " I want to see a film" . A) John said that he had wanted to see a film. B) John said that he wanted to see a film. C) John said, that he wanted to see a film. D) "John said that he wants to see a film. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John said that he wanted to see a film. 4. Our teacher said, "The epic story of Indarapatra and Sulayman come from Mindanao region." Which among the following is the correct reported speech for this? A) Our teacher said, that the epic story of Indarapatra and Sulayman come from Mindanao region. B) Our teacher said that the epic story of Indarapatra and Sulayman came from Mindanao region. C) Our teacher said that the epic story of Indarapatra and Sulayman is from Mindanao region. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our teacher said that the epic story of Indarapatra and Sulayman came from Mindanao region. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. (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. 8. 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 can make use of my car while I am away" . B) Ramesh said to his friend, "You will make use of my car while I was away" . C) Ramesh said to his friend, "Use my car while I go away". D) Ramesh asked his friend, "Will you make use of my car while I am away?". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ramesh said to his friend, "you can make use of my car while I am away" . 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:Sona said, "I go to school every day." A) Sona said 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 says that she goes to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sona said that she goes to school every day. 12. Haris said, "How clever I am" . A) . Haris exclaimed that he was very clever. B) . Haris asked that how Clever he was. C) . Haris said he was very clever. D) . Haris exclaimed that he is very clever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . Haris exclaimed that he was very clever. 13. Is there any change in habitual facts when we make direct Speech to Indirect Speech? A) Not Sure. B) Yes. C) Depends. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No. 14. I said to him, 'Why don't you work hard?' A) I asked him why he wouldn't work hard. B) I asked him why he didn't work hard. C) I asked him why he wasn't working 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. 15. John said, "I am very busy now."John said that he ..... very busy. A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 16. 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. 17. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.)Bruce said, "My mother doesn't have any biological children." A) Bruce said that his mother didn't had any biological children. B) Bruce said that my mother didn't have any biological children. C) Bruce said that his mother doesn't have any biological children. D) Bruce said that his mother didn't have any biological children. E) Bruce said that his mother did have any biological children. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bruce said that his mother didn't have any biological children. 18. "Catherine is completing her homework, " she said. A) She says that Catherine would completing her homework. B) She said that Catherine is completing her homework. C) She said that Catherine was completing her homework. D) She said that Catherine will complete her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that Catherine was completing her homework. 19. 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. 20. Choose the sentence that contains an example of direct speech: A) She said if she had finished her work. B) I will finish my work, she promised. C) She told me that she had finished her work. D) I finished my work, she told me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I finished my work, she told me. 21. 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. 22. The guard asked, "Who are you?" A) The guard asked me who he was. B) The guard asks me who he was. C) The guard asked who he was. D) The guard asked who I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The guard asked who I was. 23. Mateo asked Rainie, "Why are you sad?" A) Mateo asked Rainie why I was sad. B) Mateo asked Rainie why she is sad. C) Mateo asked Rainie why she was sad. D) Rainie smiled back to Mateo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mateo asked Rainie why she was sad. 24. "Be nice to your brother, " he said. A) He asked me not to be nice to your brother. B) He asked me not to be nice to my brother. C) He asked me to be nice to your brother. D) He asked me to be nice to my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He asked me to be nice to my brother. 25. "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. 26. "Be nice to your brother, " he said. Convert to Indirect Speech A) He said me to be nice to my brother. B) He told me that I have to be nice to my brother. C) He advised me to be nice to my brother. D) He told me that I have to become nice to my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He advised me to be nice to my brother. 27. I said, 'Jayesh, you must be more serious.'(This sentence is in direct speech. True or False?) A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. 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. 29. Christine said, "I am going to school." A) Christine said that she will be going to school. B) Christine said that she were going to school. C) Christine said that she was not going to school. D) Christine said that she was going to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christine said that she was going to school. 30. John asked me, "What are you doing here?" A) John asked me what I was doing there. B) John asked me what I am doing there. C) John asked me what I was doing there?. D) John asked me what are you doing there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John asked me what I was doing there. ← 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