This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Willem said, "I was driving a bus" Which one is correct? A) Willem said that I had driving a bus. B) Willem said that he had been driving a bus. C) Willem said that he was drove a bus. D) Willem said that I have driven a bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Willem said that he had been driving a bus. 2. He asked, "Can you finish this by tomorrow?" A) He asked if I could finish this by tomorrow. B) He asked if I can finish this by tomorrow. C) He asks if I can finish this by tomorrow. D) He asked if I will finish this by tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked if I could finish this by tomorrow. 3. "Tinu, where have you been all these days?" asked the Principal. A) The Principal asked to Tinu where was he all those days. B) The Principal asked Tinu where he has been all those days. C) The Principal asked Tinu where had he been all those days. D) The Principal asked Tinu where he had been all those days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Principal asked Tinu where he had been all those days. 4. Transform the following sentence from DIRECT SPEECH to INDIRECT SPEECH: "I can help you with that, " she told him. A) She told him she was helping him with that. B) She told him she would help him with that. C) She told him she can help him with that. D) She told him she could help him with that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told him she could help him with that. 5. Which sentence is correct reported speech? A) They said we have gone home. B) They said we went home. C) They said they have gone home. D) They said they had gone home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They said they had gone home. 6. "I am a Filipino, " Daniel said. A) DIRECT. B) REPORTED. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DIRECT. 7. The boy confessed There is no wolf coming A) The boy confessed, "there is no wolf coming.". B) The boy confessed, "There is no wolf coming.". C) The boy confessed: "there is no wolf coming.". D) The boy confessed: "There is no wolf coming.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boy confessed, "There is no wolf coming.". 8. "I don't like fast food." A) He said he don't like fast food. B) He said that he didn't like fast food. C) He said that he doesn't like fast food. D) He said he hadn't liked fast food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he didn't like fast food. 9. The teacher asked me, "Do you like working in teams? A) The teacher asked if I liked working in teams. B) The teacher asked if I liked work in teams. C) The teacher asked if I liked working in team. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher asked if I liked working in teams. 10. What is wrong with this sentence? "Stop it, Pete" said Sue. A) The comma should not be there. B) There should be a full stop after Pete. C) There should be a comma after Pete. D) There is nothing wrong with this sentence. E) The sentence should start with:Sue said, "Stop ". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There should be a comma after Pete. 11. In the sentence, 'She said, 'I will be there soon', ' where should the comma be placed? A) After the word 'will be'. B) At the end of the sentence. C) After the word 'said'. D) Before the word 'I'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the word 'said'. 12. True or FalseIn Reported Speech, the present tense is often changed to the past tense. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. He said, "I will go to the market tomorrow." He said that he ..... to the market the next day. A) Goes. B) Would go. C) Went. D) Is going. E) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would go. 14. A ..... separates the reporting phrase from the spoken words. A) Quotation mark. B) Comma. C) Capital letter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma. 15. My sister said, '' I don't like cakes." A) Direct speech. B) Reported speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech. 16. He told me, "She has been waiting for you for long time"He told me that she ..... for me for a long time. A) Is waiting. B) Was waiting. C) Will be waiting. D) Has been waiting. E) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had been waiting. 17. Identifyif the sentence is written in Direct Speech or written in Indirect/Reported Speech. "You'll never guess what I've just seen!" said Sam excitedly. A) DIRECT SPEECH. B) REPORTED SPEECH. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DIRECT SPEECH. 18. "It's hot outside, " Ben whined. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 19. In transforming direct to indirect speech, past continuous tense goes to ..... tense. A) Present perfect continuous. B) Present perfect. C) Past perfect continuous. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect continuous. 20. He asked her, "Are you leaving tomorrow?"He asked her if ..... the next day. A) I was leaving. B) He is leaving. C) She is leaving. D) She was leaving. E) He was leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was leaving. 21. "Are we leaving?" ..... A) Ask john. B) Asked john. C) John ask. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked john. 22. "We had at least 5 topics to do the project, " she said. A) They had at least 5 topics to did that project. B) She said they have at least 5 topics to do the project. C) She said they had had at least 5 topics to do the project. D) She said we had at least 5 topics to do the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said they had had at least 5 topics to do the project. 23. He said to his servant, "Why are you so lazy today?" A) He asked his servant why he was so lazy that day. B) He asked his servant why he was being so lazy that day. C) He asked his servant why he had been so lazy that day. D) He asked his servant why was he so lazy that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked his servant why he was so lazy that day. 24. My friend said to me, "I will meet you at the park tomorrow." A) My friend told me that he will meet you at the park the next day. B) My friend said to me he would meet me at the park the next day. C) My friend told me that he would meet me at the park the next day. D) My friend told me he would meet you at the park tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My friend told me that he would meet me at the park the next day. 25. What type of word is said? A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 26. True or False:We always need a speech tag (eg. said Leon) after speech marks. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. The result of the test ..... yesterday. A) Is being announced. B) Was announced. C) Will be annouced. D) Is announced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was announced. 28. Steve asked: "Can you drive?" A) He asked me if I could drive. B) He asked me if can I drive?. C) He asked me if could I drive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me if I could drive. 29. "You must always finish your greens before you start dessert ..... '' reminded Father.In the above quote, what punctuation should be placed in the space between the end of "dessert" and the end quotation mark? A) An exclamation point. B) A full stop (period). C) A comma. D) A question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comma. 30. What is the correct way to punctuate this sentence? "I can't believe it said Tom." A) I can't believe it, said Tom.". B) I can't believe it said Tom.". C) I can't believe it, " said Tom. D) I can't believe it said, Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I can't believe it, " said Tom. ← 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