This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Direct to Indirect Speech:Mary says, "I am coming here." A) Mary says that she was coming here. B) Mary says that she is coming there. C) Mary says that she was coming there. D) Mary says that she is coming there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary says that she is coming there. 2. Vidushi said, "We went for a summer trip." A) Vidushi said they went for a summer trip. B) Vidushi said that they were on a summer trip. C) Vidushi said that they went for a summer trip. D) Vidushi said that they had gone for a summer trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vidushi said that they went for a summer trip. 3. "Thank you for helping me with my homework, " said Will to me. A) Will told me to thank him for helping him with his homework. B) Will thanked me for helping me with my homework. C) Will said thank you for helping him with his homework. D) Will thanked me for helping him with his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will thanked me for helping him with his homework. 4. Choose the correct converted direct speech of this sentence:John exclaimed with wonder that it was a nice shirt. A) John said, Alas! What a nice shirt it is". B) John said, "Wow! What a nice shirt it is". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John said, "Wow! What a nice shirt it is". 5. Which among the following sentences is correctly and properly punctuated? A) "It is time for you to come down, " says the turtle. B) It, is time for you "to come down" says the turtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "It is time for you to come down, " says the turtle. 6. Transform the following statement into indirect speech:The painters say, "We can paint a beautiful picture." A) The painters say that they can paint a beautiful picture. B) The painters said that they can paint a beautiful picture. C) The painters say that they could paint a beautiful picture. D) The painters said that they could paint a beautiful picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The painters say that they could paint a beautiful picture. 7. The policeman asked what I was doing. A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 8. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.(Remember the rule:If the reporting verb is in the Present or Future Tense (e.g., say, will say) there is no change in the tense of the verb in the Indirect speech.) 1) Aksa says, "I eat a mango" . A) Aksa says, that I eats a mango. B) Aksa says, that she is eating a mango. C) Aksa says, that I ate a mango. D) Aksa says, that she eats a mango. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aksa says, that she eats a mango. 9. Do verbs tenses change in indirect/reported speech? A) No. B) Yes. C) It depends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It depends. 10. She said that she did not like strawberries. A) Direct. B) Indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect. 11. "Do you know that the shoes you are wearing aren't a pair?" I asked him. A) I asked him did he know that the shoes he was wearing weren't a pair. B) I asked him if he knew that the shoes he were wearing weren't a pair. C) I asked him if he had known that the shoes he was wearing weren't a pair. D) I asked him if he knew that the shoes he was wearing weren't a pair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I asked him if he knew that the shoes he was wearing weren't a pair. 12. She ..... him to stop following them. A) Said. B) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 13. The students said, "We love studying Science."INDIRECT:The students said that they ..... studying Science. A) Loved. B) Love. C) Have loved. D) Would love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loved. 14. The secretary asked me to fill up that form. A) "Please fill up this form, " the secretary said. B) "Would you like to fill up this form?" said the secretary. C) "Fill up this form, " the secretary said to. D) "Did you fill up this form?" the secretary said. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Please fill up this form, " the secretary said. 15. Patrick said, "Spongebob works in Krusty Krab."The indirect speech is ..... A) Patrick said, Spongebob worked in Krusty Krab. B) Patrick said that Spongebob works in Krusty Krab. C) Patrick said that Spongebob worked in Krusty Krab. D) Patrick said that "Spongebob works in Krusty Krab.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patrick said that Spongebob worked in Krusty Krab. 16. My brother says "I met Tom at the party last night" A) My brother said that he had met Tom at the party last night. B) My brother says that he meets Tom at the party last night". C) My brother says that he had met Tom at the party last night. D) My brother says that he met Tom at the party last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My brother says that he met Tom at the party last night. 17. "Let's eat out tomorrow" She said A) She suggested eating out tomorrow. B) She said that we could eat out the next day. C) She suggested that we should eat out the next day. D) She suggested that we ate out the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She suggested that we should eat out the next day. 18. Guilherme told us that he ..... studying in England but that he didn't like English food. A) Was liking. B) Liked. C) Likes. D) Had liked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liked. 19. Leela said, "These books are theirs.Choose the correct indirect sentence. A) Leela said that these books were theirs. B) Leela said that those books were theirs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leela said that those books were theirs. 20. "Does the little girl understand what her mother is talking about?" he asked me. He asked me ..... A) If the little girl understood what her mother was talking about. B) That the little girl understands what her mother is talking about. C) Does the little girl understand what her mother is talking about. D) That the little girl understood what her mother was talking about. E) Whether the little girl understands what her mother is talking about. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If the little girl understood what her mother was talking about. 21. Sarah said she was not going to tolerate that any more. A) "I am not going to tolerate that any more, " said Sarah. B) "She was not going to tolerate this any more, " said Sarah. C) "I am not going to tolerate this any more, " said Sarah. D) "I was not going to tolerate that any more, " said Sarah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I am not going to tolerate this any more, " said Sarah. 22. Bobby asked, "Can I have some pieces of papers, please?" A) Bobby asked if he could have some pieces of papers. B) Bobby asks if he could have some pieces of papers. C) Can she have some pieces of papers, please? Bobby asked,. D) Bobby is asking if he could have some pieces of papers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bobby asked if he could have some pieces of papers. 23. Tony says, "Do you need my help?" Change to indirect speech! A) Tony says if I needed his help. B) Tony says if I need his help. C) Tony says if he need my help. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tony says if I need his help. 24. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-He said to me, "I don't believe you." A) He told me that he didn't believe me. B) He told me that I don't believe him. C) He told me that he doesn't believe me. D) He told me that I didn't believe him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me that he didn't believe me. 25. Mr. Ravi said to his neighbour, "My house was being built."Mr. Ravi said to hi neighbour that his house ..... A) Is being built. B) Had been being built. C) Had being built. D) Had built. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been being built. 26. Nimfa said that she could see the good in others. What is the direct speech of this sentence? A) Nimfa said, "I could've seen the good in others.". B) Nimfa said, "She could see the good in others.". C) Nimfa said, "I can see the good in others.". D) Nimfa said, "She can see the good in others.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nimfa said, "I can see the good in others.". 27. What does the root word dyna means? A) Light. B) Power. C) Witch. D) Spiderman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power. 28. Turn Indirect speech to direct speech"He said he bought a car." A) I didn't buy a car. B) I bouhgt a car. C) I bought a car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I bought a car. 29. The reported speech is usually used to talk about something that happened in the past. Therefore, the tense of the words used is usually changed into past tense. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 30. How Indirect speech is made: A) Reporting what was said in the words of a narrator. B) Reporting what was said exactly in the words of the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reporting what was said in the words of a narrator. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesDirect And Indirect Speech Quiz 1Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 2Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 4Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 5Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 6Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 7Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 8Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books