This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not a speech reporting verb? A) Walk. B) Run. C) Jump. D) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run. 2. Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo, "Do you really want a child?" The sentence above can be changed into indirect speech ..... A) Buto ijo asked mbok Rondo if she really wants a child. B) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo that she really wants a child. C) Buto Ijo told mbok Rondo that she really wanted a child. D) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo if she really wanted a child. E) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo if he really wanted a child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo if she really wanted a child. 3. "Don't touch it! Leave it alone!" I said A) I am telling him not to touch it but to leave it alone. B) I have told him not to touch it but to leave it alone. C) I said him not to touch it but to leave it alone. D) I told him not to touch it but to leave it alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I told him not to touch it but to leave it alone. 4. My brother reminded me, "Do your homework!"My brother reminded me ..... Do ..... homework. A) For-your. B) To-your. C) For-my. D) To-my. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To-my. 5. ''Jeanna meets her friend every afternoon, " she said. A) D. B) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 6. "This book is really strange, " whispered Markus. A) Wrong punctuation. B) Wrong speech marks. C) Correct. D) Wrong capital letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct. 7. She said, "I got an exam a week ago." She said that ..... A) I got an exam a week before. B) She had got an exam a week before. C) She got an exam a week ago. D) She had got an exam a week later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had got an exam a week before. 8. Mary says, "I am coming here." Convert it into indirect speech. A) Mary said that she is coming there. B) Mary says that she was coming here. C) Mary says that she came here. D) Mary said that she was coming there. E) Mary says that she is coming there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary said that she was coming there. 9. 'Did you meet each other at school?' He asked them ..... A) If they had met at school. B) If did they meet at school. C) Had they met at school. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If they had met at school. 10. Present perfect changes to: A) None. B) Past continuous. C) Present perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None. 11. Eryn said, "We like working in Paris."The indirect speech is ..... A) Eryn said that we liked working in Paris. B) Eryn said that "They liked working in Paris.". C) Eryn said that they like working in Paris. D) Eryn said that they liked working in Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eryn said that they liked working in Paris. 12. He asked me " read your book!" A) He asked me reading my book. B) He asked me to read my book. C) He asked me to read your book. D) He asks me to read my book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked me to read my book. 13. Pick the correct option:She said that her brother was getting married. A) D. She said, 'My brother was getting married.'. B) B. She told to me, 'Her brother is getting married.'. C) A. She said, 'Her brother is getting married.'. D) She said, 'My brother is getting married.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said, 'My brother is getting married.'. 14. If a direct speech has 'now', it becomes ..... in reported speech. A) Next. B) After. C) Present. D) Then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Then. 15. The turtle said, " Please follow my advice." The turtle requested the monkey ..... his advice. A) That. B) To follow. C) Whether. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To follow. 16. She said that she was late for work. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 17. The teacher said, "The wind is a renewable energy source." A) The teacher said that the wind was a renewable energy source. B) The teacher said that the wind is a renewable energy source. C) The teacher told that the wind is a renewable energy source. D) The teacher tells that the wind was a renewable energy source. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher said that the wind is a renewable energy source. 18. How is this direct speech be transformed to indirect or reported speech? Karla said, "I called up my mother to comfort me." A) Karla said that she called up her mother to comfort her. B) Karla said that she had called up her mother to comfort her. C) Karla said that she calls her mother to comfort her. D) Karla said that she was calling her mother to comfort her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karla said that she had called up her mother to comfort her. 19. CONVERT:Clarence said, "Clean your room!" A) Clarence said that I cleaned my room. B) Clarence told me to clean my room. C) Clarence told me I cleaned my room. D) Clarence said to clean his room. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clarence told me to clean my room. 20. He says "What do the pupils study?" He asks ..... A) What the pupils study. B) What the pupils studied. C) What do the pupils study. D) What the pupils have studied study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What the pupils studied. 21. "Where is the nearest gas station?" he asked. A) He asked where the nearest gas station is. B) He asked where the nearest gas station was. C) He asked where was the nearest gas station. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked where the nearest gas station was. 22. When we change the speech, there is a change in A) Tense. B) Voice. C) No change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tense. 23. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.)Ariani said, "I do my homework by myself." A) Ariani said she did her homework by myself. B) Ariani said that I did my homework by myself. C) Ariani said that she did her homework by herself. D) Ariani said that she do her homework by herself. E) Ariani said that I do my homework by myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ariani said that she did her homework by herself. 24. "Wait here!" She ..... A) She told me to wait here. B) She told me to wait here (there). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told me to wait here (there). 25. Change this sentence in Portuguese to Indirect speech:He said: "I translate the text" . A) He said they translated the text. B) He said he translated the text. C) He said he translates the text. D) He said he had translated the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said he translated the text. 26. A ..... , in a direct speech can be before, after or in the middle of what the speaker says. A) Question mark. B) Inverted comma. C) Tag. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tag. 27. Atul said, " I am tired, " A) Atul said that he was tired. B) Atul said I am tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atul said that he was tired. 28. Should this sentence contain speech marks? I am happy, she said. A) NO(because it is indirect speech). B) YES(because it is direct speech). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) YES(because it is direct speech). 29. Teacher:Where have you collected your paper?Student:On your table, sir. The teacher asked the student ..... A) Where he had collected his paper. B) Where he collects his paper. C) Where he collected his paper. D) Where he was collecting his paper. E) Where he has collected his paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where he had collected his paper. 30. Sandra said that she could play guitar. A) Sandra said, "She can play guitar.". B) Sandra said, "I could play guitar.". C) Sandra said, "I can play guitar.". D) Sandra said, "She could play guitar.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sandra said, "I can play guitar.". ← 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