This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Direct speech: "We will reach our destination tomorrow at 5 a.m, " said the tour guide to us. Reported speech:The tour guide ..... us that we ..... our destination the ..... at 5 a.m. A) Said/ were reaching/ yesterday. B) Told/ would reach/ the next day. C) B. told/ could reach/ tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told/ would reach/ the next day. 2. Identify whether the following sentence is direct speech or indirect speech, Tia said, "I am tired." A) Indirect speech. B) None. C) Direct speech. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct speech. 3. "I am going away for a few days, " Anna said. A) She said that she was going away for a few days. B) She said that she are going away for a few days. C) He said that he was going away for a few days. D) She said that she is going away for a few days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she was going away for a few days. 4. "Why don't you go today? "I asked. A) I asked why you did not go that day. B) I asked why you had not gone today. C) I asked why did you not go that day. D) I asked why had you not gone that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I asked why you did not go that day. 5. "We went out last night" A) She said that they have gone out. B) She said we went out last night. C) She said that they had gone out last night. D) She said they went out last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that they had gone out last night. 6. David said, "John had already finished work at five." A) David said that John had already finished work at five. B) David said that he had finished his work at five. C) John finished his work at five. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David said that John had already finished work at five. 7. Pam's mother told her to tidy her room then. A) 'Tidy your room then, Pam'. B) 'You must tidy your room'. C) 'Tidy your room now, Pam'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'Tidy your room now, Pam'. 8. Punctuate this sentence correctly.Dilah said youre very kind A) Dilah said 'you're very kind" . B) Dilah said, "you're very kind". C) Dilah said "You're very kind.". D) Dilah said, "Youre very kind.". E) Dilah said, "You're very kind.". Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Dilah said, "You're very kind.". 9. Transform this Direct speech into Indirect speech correctly: "I'm not asking you. I'm ordering you, " the general shouted. A) The general shouted that I'm not asking you. I'm ordering you. B) The general shouted that he was not asking him. I'm ordering him. C) The general shouted that I'm not asking you. He was ordering you. D) The general shouted that he was not asking you. He was ordering you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The general shouted that he was not asking you. He was ordering you. 10. Direct speech is also called as ..... A) Quoted speech. B) Unknown speech. C) Indirect speech. D) Reported speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quoted speech. 11. She said to me, "Are you sure? " A) She asked me if I were sure. B) She asked me if I was sure. C) She asked me if are you sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me if I was sure. 12. 'We went to Italy for our holiday last year' Mary and Angela said. A) They said they had gone to Italy for their holiday last year. B) They said we went to Italy for our holiday last year. C) They said they had gone to Italy for their holiday the year before. D) They said they went to Italy for their holiday last year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said they had gone to Italy for their holiday the year before. 13. The doctor to me:'Please, wait until I call your name.' A) He asked me to wait until he called your name. B) He asked me to wait until I called my name. C) He asked me to wait until he called his name. D) He asked me to wait until he called my name. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He asked me to wait until he called my name. 14. Janci said, "I will read this book next week." A) Janci said that she would read that book next week. B) Janci said that she would read this book next week. C) Janci said that she will read this book next week. D) Janci said that she would read that book the week after. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Janci said that she would read that book the week after. 15. Write the direct speech of word 'now' . A) Then. B) Near. C) That. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 16. Transform this Direct speech into Indirect speech correctly: "Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, " Jorge said. A) Jorge said that Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. B) The Japanese said that the Pearl Harbor bombed Jorge. C) Jorge bombed the Pearl Harbor said the Japanese. D) The Pearl Harbor said that Jorge bombed the Japanese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jorge said that Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. 17. Choose the answer with the correct punctuation A) "I want to eat pizza today!" said Mary. B) "I want to eat pizza today" ! said Mary. C) "I want to eat pizza today!" , said Mary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I want to eat pizza today!" said Mary. 18. The doctor said to me: "You really should stay in bed and not go to work this week. "The doctor ..... me to stay in bed and not go to work that week. A) Announced. B) Offered. C) Advised. D) Persuaded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Advised. 19. "What are you doing now? " the policeman asked me. A) The policeman asked me what are you doing now. B) The policeman asks me what I am doing at that time. C) The policeman asked me what I was doing before. D) The policeman asked what I was doing at that time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The policeman asked what I was doing at that time. 20. She asked me: "Are you cold? " A) She asked me if I was cold. B) She asked me I was cold. C) She asked me if I were cold. D) She asked me if she was cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me if I was cold. 21. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.Remember the rule:(If the direct speech contains the Universal Truth, the tense of the direct speech remains unchanged even if the reporting verb is in the past.)The teacher said, "The Sun rises in the East" . A) The teacher said that the Sun had been rising in the East. B) The teacher said that the Sun rose in the East. C) The teacher said that the Sun rises in the East. D) The teacher says that the Sun rises in the East. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher said that the Sun rises in the East. 22. The captain said, " This is an occasion to celebrate" . Change the sentence to reported speech. A) The captain said that this is an occasion to celebrate. B) The captain said that it was an occasion to celebrate. C) The captain said to celebrate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The captain said that it was an occasion to celebrate. 23. John stated that he is the leader of the youth in their locality. A) Indirect speech. B) Passive voice. C) Direct speech. D) Active voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect speech. 24. What do you mean by direct speech? A) Words that describe or modify other words. B) A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence. C) The reporting of speech by repeating the actual words of a speaker. D) A word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things ( common noun ), or to name a particular one of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The reporting of speech by repeating the actual words of a speaker. 25. He said, "I'll be there at 2 pm." A) He said that he would be there at 2 pm. B) He said he was there at 2 pm. C) He said he cannot come at 2 pm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he would be there at 2 pm. 26. Direct speech: ..... Indirect speech:The doctor said not to smoke. A) The doctor said, "I don't smoke!". B) The doctor said, " Not to smoke!". C) The doctor said, "Don't smoke!". D) The doctor said, "Not smoke!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The doctor said, "Don't smoke!". 27. When we change from 'Direct speech' to 'Reported speech' we: A) Change the verb to one tense in the past. B) Keep the verb the same. C) Change the verb to one tense in the future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change the verb to one tense in the past. 28. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.Remember the rule:Present Perfect Continuous in the direct becomes Past Perfect Continuous.He said, "I have been reading a novel" . (D.S) A) He said that I had been reading a novel. B) He said that he is reading a novel. C) He said that he had been reading a novel. D) He said that he would reading a novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he had been reading a novel. 29. What is meant when we speak about "reported speech? " A) Direct speech. B) "If-clause" sentences. C) Indirect speech. D) Giving an order!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect speech. 30. Choose the statement which gives the CORRECT rule in changing direct speech to reported speech. A) Do not mind the pronouns in the sentences. B) Tenses of the verb must not be changed in any of the statements. C) When the reporting verb is in a present or future tense, we do not change the tense of the verb inside the quotation mark. D) Use the past tense of the verb with sentences that have general truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use the past tense of the verb with sentences that have general truth. 31. 'I left my homework at home', said Diego. A) Diego said that he had left his homework at home. B) He said that he has left his homework at home. C) He said that he had left my homework at home. D) Diego said that he left his homework at home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diego said that he had left his homework at home. 32. He said, " I'm waiting for Ann" . Change the sentence to reported speech. A) He said that he was waiting for Ann. B) He said that I was waiting for Ann. C) He said that I am waiting for Ann. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was waiting for Ann. 33. Convert into simple past-RITU IS LEAVING TODAY A) Had. B) Has been leaving. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 34. What is the meaning of direct speech? A) The meaning of direct speech is being cool and stylish. B) Meaning of direct speech is only inverted commas. C) Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks. D) Direct speech is a sentence that is spoke like king and queen's language using inverted commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks. 35. Direct to indirect speech. A) Would travel. B) Travel. C) Traveled. D) Will travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would travel. 36. "Don't make so much noise!" said JanetJanet told me ..... so much noise. A) Not making. B) To not make. C) Not to make. D) Didn't make. E) Don't make. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to make. 37. Sanjay asked me if I had a pen.Convert into direct speech. A) Sanjay said, "Do you have a pen? ". B) "Do you have a pen? " Sanjay. C) Sanjay asked, " Can I have a pen? ". D) Sanjay exclaimed "Do you have a pen!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanjay said, "Do you have a pen? ". 38. The girl:" Did you see my handphone? "The girl asked me if ..... her handphone A) I saw. B) She saw. C) I had seen. D) I see. E) She had seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had seen. 39. Please pick the fitting direct speech to below indirect speech:You asked me if they lived here. A) They live here?. B) Where do they live?. C) Their apartment is over there!. D) Is this the place they live in?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where do they live?. 40. My Mother asked Ben, "Are you going to marry her? " A) Mother asked Ben if he is going to marry her. B) Mother asked Ben if he was going to marry her. C) Mother asks Ben if he was going to marry her. D) Mother asks Ben if he is going to marry her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mother asked Ben if he was going to marry her. 41. My sister asked me, "Why do you call me last week? My sister asked me why A) I call you last week. B) I called you last week. C) I had called you last week. D) I had called you the week before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I had called you the week before. 42. The teacher to Lisa:'Do your homework in silence.' A) The teacher told her to do his homework in silence. B) The teacher told them to do their homework in silence. C) The teacher told her to do her homework in silence. D) The teacher told her to do your homework in silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher told her to do her homework in silence. 43. What is the phrase that the word 'tonight' converts to? A) The next day. B) That day. C) That night. D) The following day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That night. 44. Change this to direct speech:Mr Lee said Kim wasn't home. A) Mr Lee said, "Kim isn't home.". B) Mr Lee said, "Kim isn't home". C) Mr Lee said, "Kim wasn't home.". D) Mr Lee said "Kim isn't home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr Lee said, "Kim isn't home.". 45. Rita said, "Shall we go to the temple? "Change to indirect speech with the correcting reporting verb. A) Rita told me to go to the temple . B) Rita and I will be going to the temple . C) Rita suggested going to the temple. D) Rita wants to go to the temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rita suggested going to the temple. 46. Direct speech: ..... Indirect speech:The teacher asked us how we were doing. A) The teacher asked us, "How are we doing? ". B) The teacher asked us, "How are you doing? ". C) The teacher asked us, "How were we doing? ". D) The teacher asked us, "How were you doing? ". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher asked us, "How are you doing? ". 47. Direct speech: ..... Indirect speech:The teacher told us to be diligent. A) The teacher told us, "Be diligent!". B) The teacher told us, "To be diligent!". C) The teacher told us, "We are diligent!". D) The teacher told us, "You are diligent!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher told us, "Be diligent!". 48. This is also called as Indirect Speech. A) Reported. B) Disclosed. C) Recited. D) Declared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reported. 49. X: "What does she say to you? "Y:She told me ..... A) She had needed help. B) She has needed help. C) She needed help. D) She needs help. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She needed help. 50. "Don't do it!" my mum said A) She asked me not to do it. B) She told me to not do it. C) She ask me not to do it. D) She told me not to do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told me not to do it. 51. Rony:" I drive a car today. "Rony said that ..... A) He drove a car today. B) I drive a car that day. C) He drove a car that day. D) I drive a car today. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He drove a car that day. 52. "I exercised yesterday." Andra said that ..... A) Andra said that he exercises yesterday. B) Andra said that I exercised yesterday. C) Andra said that he exercise the day before. D) Andra said that I exercise the day before. E) Andra said that he had exercised the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Andra said that he had exercised the day before. 53. Dan's sister refused to do the washing up for him. A) 'I won't do the washing up for you, Dan'. B) 'I didn't do the washing up'. C) 'I was doing the washing up'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'I won't do the washing up for you, Dan'. 54. Peter said, "Don't worry, I will fix it." A) Peter told me don't worry and he will fix it. B) Peter told me don't worry and that he would fix it. C) Peter told me to not worry and that he would fix it. D) Peter told me not to worry and that he would fix it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peter told me not to worry and that he would fix it. 55. If the reported speech expresses universal truth, a scientific fact, habitual action, the tenses do not change. A) True. B) False. C) I have no idea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. Change the sentences using Reported Speech and the correct form of the verbs given. "Can I invite my friends over for dinner, Mum? " Fay wanted to know. (ask) A) Fay asked her mother if she could invite her friends over for dinner. B) Fay asked her mother if she can invite her friends over for dinner. C) Fay asks her mother if she can invite her friends over for dinner. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fay asked her mother if she could invite her friends over for dinner. 57. What is the tense that a Simple Past sentence converts to? A) Simple Past. B) Past Continuous. C) Past Perfect Continuous. D) Past Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Perfect. 58. Which is the correct reported speech of the direct speech below? She said, "I can dance." A) She said she could dance. B) She said she can dance. C) She said, she could dance. D) She said, She can dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she could dance. 59. Transform this Direct speech into Indirect speech correctly: "I'm at your service, "I stated. A) He stated that I am at your service. B) He stated that he was at your service. C) I stated that I am your service. D) I stated that he is at your service. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He stated that he was at your service. 60. Dini:" Where do you buy this bag? Dini asked me where ..... A) I bought this bag. B) I buy this bag. C) I had bought this bag. D) I bought that bag. E) I had bought that bag. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I bought that bag. ← 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