This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct Indirect Speech Transformation – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why are you staring at my feet? A) He asked her why she was staring at his feet. B) He asked her why was she staring at his feet. C) He asked her why she is staring at his feet. D) He asked her why is she staring at his feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked her why she was staring at his feet. 2. I said, "I am dancing" . A) I said that I was dancing. B) I said that she was dancing. C) I said that he was dancing. D) I said that I were dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I said that I was dancing. 3. Astrid: "Where can you keep your money safely?" Astrid asked me ..... A) Where can I keep my money safely. B) Where I could keep my money safely. C) Where could you keep your money safely. D) Where you can keep your money safely. E) Where I can keep my money safely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where I could keep my money safely. 4. Which system of democracy would display the opinions of each and every citizen on every single vote? A) Representative. B) Direct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct. 5. Direct:My mother said, "I will cook dinner tonight." Indirect:My mother said that ..... A) She had cooked dinner that night. B) She would cook dinner that night. C) She is cooking dinner tonight. D) She will cook dinner tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She would cook dinner that night. 6. Choose the direct object.After that time, we paid attention. A) Attention. B) Time. C) After. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attention. 7. Choose the direct object.Our parents warned us to stay on the ranch. A) Ranch. B) Parents. C) Warned. D) Us. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Us. 8. Sofia said my mom, "Can I meet your daughter, Mila?" A) Sofia asked my mom if she could meet her daughter, Mila. B) Sofia asked my mom if she could met her daughter, Mila. C) Sofia asked my mom if she could met her daughter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sofia asked my mom if she could meet her daughter, Mila. 9. Choose the correct verb from the options, and fill in the blanks.D-Father said, "I told you to play outside, Suresh." I-Father said that he ..... Suresh to play outside. A) Told. B) Has told. C) Had told. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had told. 10. He said, '' I have finished my work" A) He said that he has finished the work. B) He said that I had finished the work. C) He said that he had finished the work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he had finished the work. 11. Mr awi said, ''Do you want to go home today" A) Mr awi said whether you wanted to go home that day. B) Mr awi said whether i wanted to go home that day. C) Mr awi said whether he wanted to go home that day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr awi said whether i wanted to go home that day. 12. Tata asked me, " Will you go to my house tomorrow?" A) Tata asked me if I would go to her house tomorrow. B) Tata asked me if I will go to her house the following day. C) Tata asked me if I would go to her house the following day. D) Tata asked me if She would go to my house the following day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tata asked me if I would go to her house the following day. 13. He asked me if I would listen to him.(Change into direct speech) A) He said, "Will you listen to her?". B) He said, "Will you listen to him?". C) He said, "Will you listen to me?". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said, "Will you listen to me?". 14. The teacher narrated, "Sulayman gave the Tarabusaw a heavy blow with his sword." Which among the following is the correct reported speech for this? A) The teacher narrated that Sulayman gave the Tarabusaw a heavy blow with his sword. B) The teacher narrated that Sulayman has given the Tarabusaw a heavy blow with his sword. C) The teacher narrated that Sulayman had given the Tarabusaw a heavy blow with his sword. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher narrated that Sulayman had given the Tarabusaw a heavy blow with his sword. 15. "Your presence will have made my day, " Azil said to Lala. A) Azil said to Lala that her presence would have made his day. B) Azil said to Lala that his presence would have made her day. C) Azil said to Lala that her presence will have made his day. D) Azil said to Lala that her presence would have made her day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Azil said to Lala that her presence would have made his day. 16. Sinta said Bayu, "should we wait Our friends here?" . We know that ..... A) Sinta said Bayu whether they should have waited their friends there. B) Sinta said Bayu shall they wait Our friends there. C) Sinta said Bayu whether they should wait their friends there. D) Sinta said Bayu that they should have waited their friends there. E) Sinta said Bayu whether they should have wait our friends there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sinta said Bayu whether they should have waited their friends there. 17. Wow dont you think its too much Katelyn askedWhich sentence is correctly punctuated? A) "Wow! Don't you think it's too much?" Katelyn asked. B) "Wow! Don't you think it's too much!" Katelyn asked. C) "Wow, don't you think its too much?" Katelyn asked. D) "Wow! Don't you think it's too much, " Katelyn asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Wow! Don't you think it's too much?" Katelyn asked. 18. Did you tell them ..... ? A) Why hadn't you sent the documents'. B) What you had seen in that room. C) How did you find their address. D) Whom did you give the money to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What you had seen in that room. 19. Convert the following sentence: "I saw your father yesterday, " he said to me. A) He said to me that he saw my father the day before. B) He said to me that he had seen my father yesterday. C) He told me that he had seen my father the previous day. D) He told me that he saw your father the previous day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told me that he had seen my father the previous day. 20. Choose the correct verb from the options, and fill in the blanks.D-The peon said, "I was ringing the bell when it started raining." I-The peon said that he ..... ringing the bell when it ..... raining. A) Had been / started. B) Was / started. C) Had been / had started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been / had started. 21. Change into direct speech!Ucha asked me why i hated her A) Ucha said to me, ''why do you hate her". B) Ucha said to me, ''why do you hate me?'. C) Ucha said to me, ''why do you hated her?'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ucha said to me, ''why do you hate me?'. 22. DS: ..... IS:Sinta asks whether I know him. A) Sinta asks, "did you knew him?". B) Sinta asks, "had you known him?". C) Sinta asks, "do you know him?". D) Sinta asks, "did you know him?". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sinta asks, "do you know him?". 23. Sofia said my mom, "Can I meet your daughter, Mila, now?" . We know that ..... A) Sofia asked my mom if she can meet his daughter, Mila, then. B) Sofia asked my mom if she could met her daughter, Mila, then. C) Sofia asked my mom if she could meet her daughter, Mila, then. D) Sofia asked my mom if she could met her daughter, Mila, now. E) Sofia asked my mom if she can meet her daughter, Mila, then. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sofia asked my mom if she could meet her daughter, Mila, then. 24. Turn this sentence into indirect.Sudha said to Ramesh, "What a lovely flower is that!" A) Sudha exclaimed to Ramesh that was a very lovely flower. B) Sudha exclaimed to Ramesh that that was a very lovely flower. C) Sudha exclaimed to Ramesh that this is a very lovely flower. D) Sudha exclaimed to Ramesh that What a lovely flower is that!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sudha exclaimed to Ramesh that that was a very lovely flower. 25. Gary said, "I will go to New York" . A) Gary said that he would not go to New York. B) Gary said that I would go to New York. C) Gary said that he would go to New York. D) Gary asked that he would go to New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gary said that he would go to New York. 26. Leo said, "My friend may come tonight." A) Leo said that his friend might come tonight. B) Leo said that his friend might go that night. C) Leo said that his friend might go tonight. D) Leo said that his friend might come that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leo said that his friend might come that night. 27. Grandfather said, "I saw the ship go down a few years ago." A) Grandfather said that he had seen the ship go down a few years before. B) Grandfather said that I saw the ship go down a few years before. C) Grandfather said he saw the ship go down a few years before. D) Grandfather said that he saw the ship go down a few years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grandfather said that he had seen the ship go down a few years before. 28. Which of the following is NOT a rule for converting direct speech to indirect speech? A) Change pronouns to their corresponding forms. B) Change time expressions as needed. C) Change tenses to the past tense. D) Keep the reporting verb in the present tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keep the reporting verb in the present tense. 29. She said, "My parents are going to Lahore." A) She said that her parents are going to Lahore. B) She said that her parents were going to Lahore. C) She said that her parents had gone to Lahore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that her parents were going to Lahore. 30. My brother said, "We were playing at the park" . A) My brother said they have been playing in the park. B) My brother says they are playing in the park. C) My brother said they were playing in the park. D) My brother said they had been playing in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My brother said they had been playing in the park. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesDirect Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 1Direct Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 3Direct Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 4Direct Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 5Direct Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 6Direct Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 7Direct Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 8Direct Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books