This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. David said that he ..... that film the following day A) .will watch. B) .had watched. C) .watches. D) .would watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) .had watched. 2. "Do you know, " said the man, "that you are very smart?" is correctly punctuated-True/False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Spot the ErrorDirect Speech: "I want to buy a toy train, " Mary said.Reported Speech:Mary said I wanted to buy a toy train. A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Pronoun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronoun. 4. Convert the following direct speech into reported speech: "Why are you so late?" he asked. A) He asked why I was so late. B) He asked why I am so late. C) He asked why am I so late. D) He asked why was I so late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked why I was so late. 5. He said that, " He fell down the stairs" A) He said that he had fell down the stairs. B) He said that he had fallen down the stairs. C) He said that he had felt down the stairs. D) He said that he was fallen down the stairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had fallen down the stairs. 6. Why are the students staying outside?Their classroom ..... A) Was cleaned. B) Is cleaning. C) Is being cleaned. D) Being cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is being cleaned. 7. Benny asked, "Are you busy tonight? A) Benny asked if I am busy tonight. B) Benny asked if I was busy that night. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benny asked if I was busy that night. 8. They asked, "Are you coming to the meeting?" A) They asked if they were coming to the meeting. B) They asked if you were coming to the meeting. C) They asked if you are coming to the meeting. D) They asked if they are coming to the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They asked if they were coming to the meeting. 9. Alice:'' My mother is sick"Alice said ..... A) She mother is sick. B) Her mother was sick. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her mother was sick. 10. Rudolf Rassendeyll has ..... hair and straight nose. A) .green. B) .black. C) .yellow. D) .red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) .red. 11. George Featherly works for the British Embassy in ..... A) Strelsau. B) The Alps. C) Paris. D) Ruritania. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paris. 12. Which of the following sentences shows the correct use of a comma before a quotation? A) She said 'Hello.'. B) She said, 'Hello.'. C) She said, Hello.'. D) She said 'Hello',. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said, 'Hello.'. 13. Present continuous changes to A) Past continuous. B) Present simple. C) Past simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past continuous. 14. Peter said, "I'm thirsty and hungry" . A) Peter said that he was thirsty and hungry. B) He said he is thirsty and hungry. C) Peter, that he was thirsty and hungry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter said that he was thirsty and hungry. 15. We can't fix the boiler. A) They said that they couldn't fix the boiler. B) They said that they might not fix the boiler. C) You said that they couldn't fix the boiler. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they couldn't fix the boiler. 16. Which sentences are correct direct speech? A) He said we can go there. B) "We can go there" he said. C) "We could go there" he said. D) He said we could go there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "We can go there" he said. 17. Are sleeping $\Longrightarrow$ A) Was sleeping. B) I'm confused!. C) Is sleeping. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sleeping. 18. She said, "I am happy today." She said that ..... happy that day. A) She is. B) She was. C) She will be. D) I was. E) They were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was. 19. John ..... me that he wanted my camera. A) .told. B) .asked. C) .said. D) .wondered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) .told. 20. "My brother is a soldier", she said.She said that her brother ..... as soldier. A) Is. B) Has been. C) Would be. D) Was. E) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 21. "This composition is due next week, " Ms Teo told the class. A) Ms Teo told the class that this composition was due the following week. B) Ms Teo told the class that that composition was due next week. C) Ms Teo told the class that that composition was due the following week. D) Ms Teo told the class that this composition was due next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ms Teo told the class that that composition was due the following week. 22. No, I didn't break the cup.(deny) A) You denied breaking the cup. B) You denied to break the cup. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You denied breaking the cup. 23. She said, "I saw him yesterday." She said that she ..... him the day before. A) Saw. B) See. C) Seeing. D) Seen. E) Had seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had seen. 24. She asked, "What is your name?" She asked what my name ..... A) Be. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. E) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 25. Carla says, "I am a woman." A) Direct Speech. B) Reported Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 26. Vanshika said that she could do that sum easily.-identify the speech. A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 27. Gitu said he did not like hockey. A) "I don't like hockey" said Gitu. B) "I don't like hockey" . said Gitu. C) "I don't like hockey?" said Gitu. D) "I don't like hockey, " said Gitu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I don't like hockey, " said Gitu. 28. The young man said, "Are you going to let me go?"The young man asked ..... A) If I was going to let me go. B) To let him go. C) If I must let him go. D) That I must let him go. E) If I was going to let him go. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) If I was going to let him go. 29. "Are you alone, my son?" asked a soft voice close behind me. A) A soft voice asked that what I was doing there alone. B) A soft voice said to me were you alone son. C) A soft voice behind me asked If I was alone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A soft voice behind me asked If I was alone. 30. Which is an example of a reporting clause? A) "They muttered". B) She muttered. C) He said she muttered. D) "She muttered". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She muttered. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesDirect Speech Quiz 1Direct Speech Quiz 2Direct Speech Quiz 3Direct Speech Quiz 4Direct Speech Quiz 5Direct Speech Quiz 6Direct Speech Quiz 7Direct Speech Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books