This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Turn the direct speech into indirect speech"The instructor asked Ronny if he was ready for the race." A) 'Ronny, are you ready for the race?', the instructor asked. B) 'Ronny, are you ready for the race?', said the instructor. C) 'Ronny, ready for the race?' the instructor said. D) 'Are you ready for the race Ronny?', the instructor asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'Ronny, are you ready for the race?', the instructor asked. 2. The lawyer said, "The law always believes in the evidence." A) The lawyer said that the law always believed in the evidence. B) The lawyer said that the law should always believe in the evidence. C) The lawyer said that the law has always believed in the evidence. D) The lawyer said that the law always believes in the evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The lawyer said that the law always believes in the evidence. 3. Arya said to Tara, 'David will leave for his mother's place tomorrow'. A) Arya told Tara that David will leave for his mother's place tomorrow. B) Arya told Tara that David will leave for his mother's place the next day. C) Arya informed Tara that David would be leaving for his mother's place the next day. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arya informed Tara that David would be leaving for his mother's place the next day. 4. In Direct Speech, the words of the speaker are enclosed within ..... A) Brackets. B) Inverted commas. C) Double inverted commas. D) Hyphens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverted commas. 5. "Please buy some milk" She ..... A) She asked to buy some milk. B) She asked me to buy some milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me to buy some milk. 6. "Did you come from France" ?, said Sara to the boy. A) Sara asked the boy if he come from France. B) Sara said the boy did he come from France. C) Sara asked the boy if he had come from France. D) Sara asked the boy if he came from France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sara asked the boy if he had come from France. 7. Don asked me, "Who is hiding under the bed?"Don asked me who ..... Under the bed. A) Had been hiding. B) Was hiding. C) Were hiding. D) Are hiding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was hiding. 8. Turn direct speech into indirect speech"She says, "I am ill." " A) She says that she is not ill. B) She says that she is ill. C) She did not say anything. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She says that she is ill. 9. Change:Fred said that he hadn't quite finished his breakfast A) Fred said, "he has nto been quite ''. B) Fred said, "I will not finish my breakfast. ''. C) Fred said, "I haven't quite finished my breakfast.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fred said, "I haven't quite finished my breakfast.". 10. Maria asked Sarah why she wasn't ready that day. A) Maria asked, "Why aren't you ready today, Sarah?". B) Maria said, "Why isn't Sarah ready this day?". C) Maria wanted to know, "Why is today Sarah ready?". D) Maria said to Sarah "Why weren't you ready then?". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maria asked, "Why aren't you ready today, Sarah?". 11. Ken said he had already left at school on 2:00 pm. A) Ken said, " I have already left at school on 2:00pm. B) Ken said, " I'm already left at school on 2:00pm.". C) Ken said, " I had already left at school on 2:00pm. D) Ken said, " I had already leaves at school on 2:00pm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ken said, " I had already left at school on 2:00pm. 12. The gardener said, "I have been working for an hour." A) Indirect speech. B) Direct speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct speech. 13. The students said, "We love our school." A) The students said that we loved their school. B) The students said that they loved there school. C) The students said that they loved their school. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The students said that they loved their school. 14. Indirect speech is ..... A) Where someone else expresses what was said. B) Expresses what was said without using the exact words. C) Where someone expresses their own words. D) Expresses what was said using the exact words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expresses what was said without using the exact words. 15. He exclaimed with joy that he had won a prize.Choose the correct Direct Speech. A) He said, "Alas! I won a prize. B) He said, "Hurray! I won a prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said, "Hurray! I won a prize. 16. Indirect Speech:that nightDirect Speech: A) Tonight. B) The other night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tonight. 17. Andre asked Anton if he wanted to help him. Change to direct speech! A) Andre asked Anton, "Do you want to help hin?". B) Andre asked Anton, " Does he want to help him?". C) Andre asked Anton, "Do you want to help me?". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Andre asked Anton, "Do you want to help me?". 18. Alok says, "4x4 Cube is easy to solve" A) Alok said that 4x4 cube is easier to solve. B) Alok says that 4x4 Cube is easy to solve. C) Alok said that it is easy to solve a 4x4 Cube. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alok says that 4x4 Cube is easy to solve. 19. I would have accompanied you to the show if only you had asked, Henry, " said Harry. A) Harry said that he would have accompanied Henry to the show if only he had asked. B) Harry tells that he would have accompanied Henry to the show if only he had asked. C) Harry told that he would have accompanied Henry to the show if only he had asked. D) Harry says that he would have accompanied Henry to the show if only he had asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harry said that he would have accompanied Henry to the show if only he had asked. 20. He said, " I'm going to work in the fruit shop." A) D. B) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 21. Is this wrong or right:Mary had "a little lamb." A) It is Right. B) It is wrong. C) We cant say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is wrong. 22. In Direct Speech what does 'the previous night' change to A) Previous night. B) Yesterday's night. C) Tonight. D) Last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Last night. 23. DIRECT: "Must I do the shopping?" Matthew asked his mom. INDIRECT:Matthew asked his mom if he ..... do the shopping. A) Musted. B) Might. C) Had to. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had to. 24. All present tenses (simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive) go to ..... tenses in transforming direct to indirect speech. A) Future. B) Present. C) Present continuous. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past. 25. Maria asked us, "Have you seen my notes?"Mari asked us ..... A) Whether we had seen his notes. B) Whether we have seen her notes. C) Whether we had seen her notes. D) Whether we have seen his notes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whether we had seen her notes. 26. His dad said, "I can pick you up today, my son." A) His dad said to me that he could pick you up today. B) His dad told his son that he could pick him up that day. C) Both are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His dad told his son that he could pick him up that day. 27. "Do you like chocolate?" she inquired. A) She inquired if I will like chocolate. B) She inquired if I like chocolate. C) She inquired if I liked chocolate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She inquired if I liked chocolate. 28. Transform the following statement into indirect speech: "The center of the solar system is the sun, " the astronomer said. A) The astronomer says that the center of the solar system is the sun. B) The astronomer said that the center of the solar system was the sun. C) The astronomer said that the center of the solar system is the sun. D) The astronomer says that the center of the solar system was the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The astronomer said that the center of the solar system is the sun. 29. My father asked me at home, "How long have you worked there?" My father asked me ..... A) How long I have worked there. B) How long I worked there. C) How long have you worked there. D) How long I had worked there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How long I had worked there. 30. He said, "I met him in 1950" . He said ..... A) He had been met by him in 1950. B) He was meeting him in 1950. C) He had met him in 1950. D) He used to meet him in 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had met him in 1950. 31. Mary told John "My father warned me last night." A) Mary told John that her father warned her last night. B) Mary told John that her father had warned her the previous night. C) Mary told John that his father had warned me last night. D) Mary told John that her father warned her the previous night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary told John that her father had warned her the previous night. 32. He said, "I will be writing to him soon." A) He said that I would be writing to him soon. B) He said that he would be written to him soon. C) He told that he will be writing to him soon. D) He said that he would be writing to him soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he would be writing to him soon. 33. Marina said that she ..... her ticket. A) Loses. B) Had lost. C) Lost. D) Have lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had lost. 34. "How will you get there?" He asked me how ..... A) Would I get there. B) I would get there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I would get there. 35. He told her, '' Good morning, what can I help you with?" A) He greeted her and asked her what he could help her with. B) He greeted her and asked her what could he help her with. C) He greeted her and asked her that what he could help her with. D) He greeted her and asked her that what could he help her with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He greeted her and asked her what he could help her with. 36. "Would you mind passing the salt?" She ..... A) She asked me to pass the salt. B) She asked me pass the salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me to pass the salt. 37. What is the way to catch the train for Kirrin Island? A) Get across Paris. B) Get across Oxford. C) Get across London. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get across London. 38. Courtney said, "I'm going to the mall." A) Courtney says she is going to the mall. B) Courtney says she will be going to the mall. C) Courtney said that she will go to the mall. D) Courtney said that she was going to the mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Courtney said that she was going to the mall. 39. What is it? It involves quoting the exact words uttered by the person, within inverted commas or quotation marks. A) Paragraph. B) Indirect/reported speech. C) Direct/quoted speech. D) Imperative Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct/quoted speech. 40. Last week, our teacher told us that we 1 ..... a spelling test at the end of the week on Friday. A) Can have. B) Would have. C) Had had. D) Did have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would have. 41. '' I have been in Boracay, " Kitty told me. A) Kitty told me that she is in Boracay. B) Kitty told me that she was in Boracay. C) Kitty told me that she had been in Boracay. D) Kitty told me that she has been in Boracay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kitty told me that she had been in Boracay. 42. The children said to their mom, "We may go home late today." A) The children said to their mom that we might go home late that day. B) The children said to their mom that they might go home late that day. C) No correct answer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children said to their mom that they might go home late that day. 43. Convert the following sentences into Indirect Speech:She said to me, "How Eire you getting on with your studies?" A) She asked me how I was getting on with my studies. B) She told me whether am I geeting with on my studies. C) She told her that how she was getting on with her studies. D) She asked me how we were getting on with our studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me how I was getting on with my studies. 44. Toni noted it had been raining all day. A) D. B) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 45. "Pass me the salad, Tom, " asked her. A) She asked Tom to pass her the salad. B) She asked Tom to passed her the salad. C) Both are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked Tom to pass her the salad. 46. Ravi said, "The concert ended yesterday." A) Ravi said that the concert ended the day before. B) Ravi said that the concert ended already. C) Ravi said that the concert had ended yesterday. D) Ravi said that the concert had ended the previous day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ravi said that the concert ended the day before. 47. "I was wondering if you could possibly tell me the time?" She ..... A) She asked me to tell me the time. B) She asked me to tell her the time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me to tell her the time. 48. Kanika said, "I want to eat at the new restaurant." A) Kanika said that she wanted to eat at the new restaurant. B) Kanika said that I want to eat at the new restaurant. C) Kanika said that she want to eat at the new restaurant. D) Kanika said that she want to eat at the new restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kanika said that she wanted to eat at the new restaurant. 49. Identify the sentence that represents direct speech: A) They asked why she was going to the store. B) I am going to the store, she said. C) He wondered if she was going to the store. D) She said that she was going to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I am going to the store, she said. 50. Transform:Mr.Simon said, "five and seven make twelve. '' A) This isn't true!. B) Mr.Simon said that five and seven makes twelve. C) Mr.Simon says that five and seven will make twelve. D) We can't say . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr.Simon said that five and seven makes twelve. 51. Jocelyn said, "I will read this book next week." A) Jocelyn said that she will read this book next week. B) Jocelyn said that she would read this book next week. C) Jocelyn said that she would read that book next week. D) Jocelyn said that she would read that book the week after. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jocelyn said that she would read that book the week after. 52. It is never too late, " PJ said. What is the reported speech of this sentence? A) PJ said that it was never too late. B) PJ said that it will never be too late. C) PJ said it is never too late. D) PJ said that it should never be too late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PJ said that it was never too late. 53. Allintitle:[search phrase] help us ..... A) To search for pages that have at least one of your search words in the title. B) To Limit results to a certain file format, such as PDF or DOC. C) To find pages with all of those words in the title of the page. D) To create an all in one title. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To find pages with all of those words in the title of the page. 54. My father asked my sister, "Why do you wake up so early?" . It means that my father wondered why ..... A) Do you wake up so early. B) She wakes up so early. C) Does she wake up so early. D) She woke up so early. E) She does wake up so early. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She woke up so early. 55. Indirect speech:Mr. Lee told me he was going to Mark's house.Direct speech: ..... A) Mr. Lee told me that he was going to the house. B) Mr. Lee told me I am going to Mark's house. C) Mr. Lee told, "I am going to market.". D) Mr. Lee told, "I am going to Mark's house.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Lee told, "I am going to Mark's house.". 56. Turn direct speech into indirect speech"I need help with my work." A) He said I am doing my homework. B) He said I do not need help with my homework. C) He said, "I need help with my homework.". D) He said I want to do homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said, "I need help with my homework.". 57. The doctor ..... that there's nothing wrong with me. A) Said. B) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 58. He told me, "I was coming with him." A) He told me that I had been coming with him. B) He told me that he had been coming with him. C) He told me that he came with him. D) He told me that I came with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He told me that he had been coming with him. 59. He said to her, 'What a hot day!' A) He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was hot day. B) He exclaimed that it was a hot day. C) He said that it was a hot day. D) He told her that it was a hot day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He exclaimed that it was a hot day. 60. Which of the following is not a speech reporting verb? A) Run. B) Talk. C) Jump. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run. ← 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 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