This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 13 (32 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.(Remember the rule:Present Perfect in the direct becomes Past Perfect.)Kamal said, "I have done my home work" . A) Kamal said that he had done his home work. B) Kamal said that he is doing his home work. C) Kamal said that he had done my home work. D) Kamal said that I had done his home work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kamal said that he had done his home work. 2. Direct Speech:My brother and his friends said, "We were playing in the park" . Indirect Speech: ..... A) My brother and his friends said that they had been playing in the park. B) My brother and his friends said that they were playing in the park. C) My brother and his friends said that we had been playing in the park. D) My brother and his friends said that we were playing in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother and his friends said that they had been playing in the park. 3. Change to indirect speech:She asked me, "What is your name? " A) She said to me what my name was. B) She asked me what is your name?. C) She asked me what was my name. D) She asked me what my name was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked me what my name was. 4. "How old are you? " asked Hannah. A) Hannah asked me how old was she. B) Hannah asked me how she was. C) Hannah asked me how old I am. D) Hannah asked me how old I was. E) Hannah asked me how old you are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hannah asked me how old I was. 5. "Luis visited the farm, " Selmo said. A) Direct speech. B) Passive voice. C) Indirect speech. D) Active voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech. 6. Indirect speech of the given direct speech[ Steve said " I am very happy today. " A) Steve said that he was very happy that day. B) Steven said that he was very happy that day. C) Steve said that he was very happy. D) Steve said he was very happy today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steve said that he was very happy that day. 7. Change the sentences using Reported Speech and the correct form of the verbs given. "Where did I leave my ticket? " , Mr Jones asked himself. (wonder) A) Mr Jones wondered where he had left his ticket. B) Mr Jones wonder where he left his ticket. C) Mr Jones asked where he had left his ticket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr Jones wondered where he had left his ticket. 8. What is the phrase that the word 'yesterday' converts to? A) The following day. B) That day. C) That night. D) The previous day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The previous day. 9. Doni:" Don't watch that video!"Doni asked me ..... that video A) Not to watch. B) To not watch. C) Not watch. D) To watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not to watch. 10. He said, "I will phone you when I get back." A) Would phone me when she got back. B) He said he would phone me when he got back. C) He said he would phone me when she got back. D) She would phone me when she got back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said he would phone me when he got back. 11. What is the appropriate reported speech of the statement "Kyle always wears jacket" ? A) He said that Kyle will always wear a jacket. B) He said that Kyle always wear a jacket. C) He said that Kyle always wears a jacket. D) He said that Kyle always wore a jacket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that Kyle always wore a jacket. 12. The teacher told us: "Don't open your books yet" . A) The teacher told us to don't open your books yet. B) The teacher told us to didn't open our books. C) The teacher told us not to open our books. D) The teacher told us to don't opened your books yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher told us not to open our books. 13. She said, "I must go." A) She said that I must go. B) She said that she had to go. C) She had to go. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had to go. 14. Change this into indirect speech.We don't want to watch tv. A) The children said that they didn't want to watch T.V. B) The children said"We don't want to watch T.V. C) The children told we hate to watch tv. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The children said that they didn't want to watch T.V. 15. Which sentence is correct? Lydia said, "Mr Darcy kissed Lizzie on the mouth this morning." A) Lydia said that Mr Darcy kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. B) Lydia said, that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. C) Lydia said that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. D) Mr Darcy said that Lizzie had kissed him on the mouth that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lydia said that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. 16. He told me that his friend gave him a bar of chocolate. A) "My friend gave me a bar of chocolate, " he said. B) "My friend gives me a bar of chocolate, " he said. C) "Give me a bar of chocolate, " he said to his friend. D) "He gave me a bar of chocolate, " he told his friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "My friend gave me a bar of chocolate, " he said. 17. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.(Remember the rule:If the reporting verb is in the Present or Future Tense (e.g., say, will say) there is no change in the tense of the verb in the Indirect speech.)1) Aksa says, "I eat a mango" . A) Aksa says, that she eats a mango. B) Aksa says, that I eats a mango. C) Aksa says, that I ate a mango. D) Aksa says, that she is eating a mango. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aksa says, that she eats a mango. 18. The passenger wanted to know when the plane would land. A) 'When would the plane land? '. B) 'When will the plane land? '. C) 'When did the plane land? '. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'When will the plane land? '. 19. He asked me: "Where's my pen? " A) He asked me where his pen was. B) He asked where his pen was. C) He ask me where my pen was. D) He asked me where was my pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me where his pen was. 20. Direct speech: "I can't go hiking with you because I hurt my ankle yesterday, " Ryan said to Fiona.Reported speech:Ryan told Fiona that he ..... hiking with her because he ..... his ankle ..... A) Couldn't go/ had hurt/ the previous day. B) Wouldn't go/ could hurt/ the day before. C) Can't go/ has hurt/ yesterday. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couldn't go/ had hurt/ the previous day. 21. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.(Remember the rule:If Reporting Verb is in the Past Tense, all Present Tenses of the Direct Speech are changed to the coresponding Past Tenses.)1) Jahnvii said, "I write a letter" . A) Jahnvii said that I wrote a letter. B) Jahnvii said that she is writing a letter. C) Jahnvii said that she had been writing a letter. D) Jahnvii said that she wrote a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jahnvii said that she wrote a letter. 22. 'Are you excited about Christmas? 'He asked the children ..... excited about Christmas. A) That they are. B) If they were. C) If they are. D) That they were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If they were. 23. What is correct direct speech? A) "I Was Going To School.". B) "I am going to school.". C) "I was at home.". D) "I was happy.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I am going to school.". 24. My brother said, "Don't shout at mum." A) My brother told me not to shout at mum. B) My bother asked me to relax. C) I was shouting at my mum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother told me not to shout at mum. 25. What is the phrase that the word 'today' converts to? A) The previous day. B) That night. C) The next day. D) That day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That day. 26. "He works in a bank." she said A) She say that he works in a bank. B) She said that he worked in a bank. C) She said that he work in a bar. D) She said that he works in a bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that he worked in a bank. 27. Tony asked me when we would meet for dinner. A) 'Where would we meet for dinner? '. B) 'When will we meet for dinner? '. C) 'Do we meet for dinner? '. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'When will we meet for dinner? '. 28. "He could read when he was three" . A) She said he could read when he is three. B) She said that she could read when she was three. C) She said that he could read when he was three. D) She said he can read when he was three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that he could read when he was three. 29. Joan said that she visited her grandparents in the province. A) Indirect speech. B) Dependent clause. C) Independent clause. D) Direct speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect speech. 30. He reported that there are children playing along the highway. A) Direct Speech. B) Passive Voice. C) Active Voice. D) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect Speech. 31. My friend said that she had watched that movie. Convert into direct speech A) That movie is already watched by my friend. B) My friend watched the movie. C) My friend said that she had watched that movie. D) My friend had watched the movie already. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My friend said that she had watched that movie. 32. "Shawn asked Marissa to repot the plants in the garden" , the young girl blurted. A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. C) Direct Speech. 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