This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Prachi said to them, "You will have to do the project on your own." A) Prachi told them that we would have to do the project on our own. B) Prachi told them that they would have to do the project on their own. C) Prachi told them that they would had to do the project on their own. D) Prachi told them that they would had to do the project on your own. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prachi told them that they would have to do the project on their own. 2. She said, "I was practising in Mumbai." A) She said that she was practising in Mumbai. B) She said that she has been practising in Mumbai. C) She said that I had been practising in Mumbai. D) She said that she had been practising in Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said that she had been practising in Mumbai. 3. FIND THE DIRECT SPEECH FROM THE OPTIONS GIVEN BELOW A) HE SAID HE HADN'T SEEN LILY. B) I HAVENT SEEN LILLY. C) HE SAID HE DID NOT HAVE SEEN LILLY. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I HAVENT SEEN LILLY. 4. "Whose birthday is it?" said Jane. Jane asked whosebirthday ..... A) Is it. B) It was. C) It had been. D) It is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was. 5. "If you saw my father, you'd recognize him at once, " she said to me. A) She said me that if I saw father I'd recognize him at once. B) She told me that if I saw her father I'd recognize him at once. C) She said me that if I saw her father I'd recognize him at once. D) She told me that if I saw her father I'd recognize her at once. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told me that if I saw her father I'd recognize him at once. 6. Which indirect speech statement reports this:Lana said, "I am leaving New York City." A) Lana said that she is leaving New York City. B) Lana will be leaving New York City. C) Lana said that she was leaving New York City. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lana said that she was leaving New York City. 7. Choose if the sentence is in Direct or Indirect Speech. Maya said she wanted to visit her friends. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 8. Choose the correct form of the verb in Indirect Speech.Direct:She said, "I had already left the house."Indirect:She said that she ..... already ..... the house. A) Had left. B) Has left. C) Have left. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 9. Ashley asked me if I had come to the party before. In other words, Ashley said " ..... " A) Have you come to the party. B) Did you come to the party yesterday?. C) Did you come to the party the day before?. D) Do you come to the party before?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you come to the party yesterday?. 10. The girl said, "May I come in?Choose the correct indirect speech. A) The girl asked if she could come in. B) The girl said that if she could come in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girl asked if she could come in. 11. Mary: "Would you like tea or coffee, Lydia?" Indirect Speech: ..... A) Mary said Lydia that she wants tea or coffee. B) Mary asked Lydia would like tea or coffee. C) Mary told Lydia whether she will like tea or coffee. D) Mary asked Lydia whether she would like tea or coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary asked Lydia whether she would like tea or coffee. 12. The monkey said, "I will have the part with the leaves on." The monkey told the turtle ..... he would have the part with the leaves on. A) That. B) If. C) Whether. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 13. Which is the correct reported speech choice?The teacher told me, "You must pay attention." A) The teacher told me that you had to pay attention. B) The teacher told me that I had to pay attention. C) The teacher told me that I have to pay attention. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher told me that I had to pay attention. 14. True or False?The reported speech is usually one tense back into the past:Pablo, "I like oranges" . Pablo said that he liked oranges. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. Simple past changes into: A) Past perfect continuous. B) Simple present. C) Past continuous. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect. 16. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:Mr. Burchell asked the girl, "What is your name?" A) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what is your name. B) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what her name was. C) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what was your name. D) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what is her name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what her name was. 17. Bagas, "How is your life today?" . Bagas wants to know ..... A) How is your life today. B) How was my life that time. C) How are you at that time. D) How I was that time. E) How I am fine at that time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How was my life that time. 18. On Tuesday, Abdul told the teacher that he had missed the lesson ..... because he had gone to the embassy in London. A) Yesterday. B) The before day. C) The day before. D) Before day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The day before. 19. While converting from direct to indirect speech which of the following changes happen? A) Simple present tense becomes simple future tense. B) Past continuous tense becomes future continuous tense. C) Present continuous tense becomes past continuous tense. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present continuous tense becomes past continuous tense. 20. Sentences are given direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.Susie said, "I had read this book before I gave it to you. A) Susie said that she had read that book before she gave it to me. B) Susie said that she had read that book before she had given it to me. C) Susie asked that she had read that book before she gave it to me. D) Susie said that she have been reading that book before she gave it to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Susie said that she had read that book before she had given it to me. 21. Mathew said, "I will go to school next year." Convert it into indirect speech. A) Mathew said that he would go to school the year before. B) Mathew said that he would come to school the year before. C) Mathew said that he will come to school the year after. D) Mathew said that he would come to school the year after. E) Mathew said that he would go to school the following year. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Mathew said that he would go to school the following year. 22. Change the following direct speech into indirect speech:He said, 'I will help you.' A) He said he can help. B) He said he would help me. C) She said he would help me. D) He said you can help him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said he would help me. 23. He asked me, '' what time will the sun set tomorrow?" A) He asked me what time does the sun set the next day. B) He asked me what time the sun would set tomorrow. C) He asked me what time the sun would set the next day. D) He asked me what time would the sun set the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked me what time the sun would set the next day. 24. Hamza said that he wanted a large pizza. A) Indirect. B) Direct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect. 25. Identify and choose the correct speech for the given sentence:The child said, "I need help with my homework." A) Indirect Speech. B) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Speech. 26. 'My best friend at school became a nurse first, then a paramedic.' $\rightarrow$ He told me that his best friend at school ..... a nurse first, then a paramedic. A) Was becoming. B) Would become. C) Has become. D) Had become. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had become. 27. "We have been here for a week." A) They said that we had been here for a week. B) They said that we had been there for a week. C) They said that they had been there for 3 week. D) They said that they had been here for a week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they had been there for 3 week. 28. "Are you sure?" He asked me. A) He asked me if you are sure. B) He asked me if I am sure. C) He asked me if I was sure. D) He asked me if you were sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked me if I was sure. 29. Choose if the sentence is in Direct or Indirect Speech.My friend said she had gone to Nagpur. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 30. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Copernicus said, "All planets revolve around the Sun." A) Copernicus said that all planets revolve around the Sun. B) Copernicus had said that all planets revolve around the Sun. C) Copernicus said that all planets revolved around the Sun. D) Copernicus said that all planets are revolving around the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copernicus said that all planets revolve around the Sun. 31. Leyla said, "I am a unique person." A) DIRECT SPEECH. B) INDIRECT SPEECH. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DIRECT SPEECH. 32. We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us?" A) We ask them whether they will go to the movie with us. B) We asked them whether they will go to the movie with us. C) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. D) We ask them whether they would go to the movie with us. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us. 33. "Have you seen my dog?" she asked me. A) She asked me whether I had seen her dog. B) She asked me that had I seen her dog. C) She asked me if I saw her dog. D) She asked me whether she had seen my dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me whether I had seen her dog. 34. He said that he liked cake. A) Indirect Speech. B) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect Speech. 35. Rohan said, "I have lost all my belongings at the Howrah station this morning." A) Rohan said that I had lost all my belongings at the Howrah station this morning.". B) Rohan said that he had lost all his belongings at the Howrah station that morning. C) Rohan said that he had lost all my belongings at the Howrah station that morning. D) Rohan said that he has lost all his belongings at the Howrah station that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rohan said that he had lost all his belongings at the Howrah station that morning. 36. Jai said, 'I like eating pizza.'(What type of speech is used in the sentence?) A) Direct. B) Indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct. 37. He says that he is very sorry. A) He said, 'He is very sorry'. B) He says, 'I am very sorry'. C) He said, 'He was very sorry'. D) He told me. 'I felt sorry'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said, 'He was very sorry'. 38. Hanny asked Glow that she needed her book back. Change to direct speech! A) Hanny asked Glow, "I need my book back.". B) Hanny asked Glow, "You need your book back.". C) Hanny asked Glow, "She needs her book back.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hanny asked Glow, "I need my book back.". 39. Bindu said to Priya, " I like you a lot." A) Bindu told Priya that she liked her a lot. B) Bindu told Priya that she like her a lot. C) Bindu told Priya that I liked her a lot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bindu told Priya that she liked her a lot. 40. While changing to indirect speech Past perfect Tense changes to ..... A) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. B) Simple Past tense. C) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. D) Past Perfect Tense . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Perfect Tense . 41. "Speak up. I can't hear you, " he said to the new boy A) He told the new boy to speak up as he couldn't hear him. B) He has told the new boy to speak up as he couldn't hear him. C) He said the new boy to speak up as he couldn't hear him. D) He told the new boy to speak up as he couldn't hear anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told the new boy to speak up as he couldn't hear him. 42. Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:Sheila said, "We had a few guests last night." A) Sheila said that they had a few guests the previous night. B) Sheila said that they have had a few guests the previous night. C) Sheila said that we had a few guests the previous night. D) Sheila said that they had a few guests last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sheila said that they had a few guests the previous night. 43. Convert direct to indirect-Rita told her, '' Your friend likes you." A) Rita told her that her friend likes her. B) Rita will tell her that her friend likes you. C) Rita told her friend that she likes her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rita told her that her friend likes her. 44. "I can't drive a lorry, " he said. A) He said that he couldn't drive a lorry. B) He said that I couldn't drive a lorry. C) He said that I can't drive a lorry. D) He said that he can't drive a lorry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he couldn't drive a lorry. 45. COMPLETE:Reported Speech refers to ..... A) How someone else said before. B) How we say the speech of other people. C) When somebody else answered. D) What people are saying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How we say the speech of other people. 46. The turtle said, " When you hear the dog barking, it is time for you to come down." The turtle told the monkey ..... when he heard the dog barking it was time for him to come down. A) That. B) To follow. C) Whether. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 47. Ram said, " My brother plays cricket for Delhi." A) Ram said that my brother played cricket for Delhi. B) Ram says that his brother plays cricket for Delhi. C) Ram said that his brother played cricket for Delhi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ram said that his brother played cricket for Delhi. 48. Reported speech is about ..... A) Reporting television news. B) Reporting second-hand information. C) Mr Porter's speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reporting second-hand information. 49. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:The teacher said to the students "Be quiet while I am talking" A) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she told. B) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she talks. C) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while I am talking. D) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she was talking. 50. Robert said that he might print all the photos. What is the direct speech of this sentence? A) Robert said, "He might print all the photos.". B) Robert said, "I may have printed all the photos.". C) Robert said, "He may print all the photos.". D) Robert said, "I may print all the photos.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert said, "I may print all the photos.". 51. It is also known as quoted speech. A) Indirect Speech. B) Persuasive Speech. C) Direct Speech. D) Argumentative Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct Speech. 52. Mr. Burchell asked the girl, "What is your name?" A) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what was your name. B) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what is your name. C) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what her name was. D) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what is her name. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what her name was. 53. In direct speech, how are the exact words of the speaker presented? A) Using italics. B) Using bold font. C) Using punctuation!?. D) Using "quotation marks". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Using "quotation marks". 54. "What is my name?", she asked me.( Change to indirect speech) A) What is my name she asked me. B) She asked me what my name is. C) She asked me what my name was. D) What is my name she asked. . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked me what my name was. 55. She says, "Now I shall read this book" A) . She says now that she will read this book. B) . She says that now she will read this book. C) . She says that now she would read this book. D) . She says now she will read this book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . She says that now she will read this book. 56. Match the verb form for direct speech to its change in the indirect/reported speech."Simple Present '' A) Past continuous. B) Simple past. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple past. 57. "Are you leaving today or tomorrow morning?" asked his secretary. A) His secretary asked if he was leaving that day or tomorrow morning. B) His secretary asked if he is leaving that day or the following morning. C) His secretary asked if he was leaving that day or the following morning. D) His secretary asked if he had been leaving that day or the following morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His secretary asked if he was leaving that day or the following morning. 58. The police told them, "Don't drive too fast in town" . A) The police told them not to drive too fast in town. B) The police told them not to drove too fast in town. C) The police told them that not to drove too fast in town. D) The police told them that not to drive too fast in town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The police told them not to drive too fast in town. 59. What kind of verb is in the quoted part of a speech? A) Helping Verb. B) Auxiliary Verb. C) Quoted Verb. D) Introductory Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quoted Verb. 60. Maria told us that she was going to visit ..... parents in Italy the next week and wouldn't come to class. A) Her. B) Their. C) Your. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books