This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The smell of the flowers will protect the vegetables from the insects" , Ana replied. A) Direct speech. B) Interrogative sentence. C) Indirect speech. D) Declarative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech. 2. Which is the correct reported speech of the direct speech below? His father asks him, "What are your plans in college? " A) His father asks him what his plans are in college. B) His father asks him of his plans in college. C) His father asks what your plans are in college?. D) His father asks what are your plans in college?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His father asks him what his plans are in college. 3. Imperative sentences expresses ..... A) Sadness, sorrow, deep grief. B) Command, request, advice, suggestion. C) Happiness, joy, great pleasure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Command, request, advice, suggestion. 4. What is the word that the word 'these' converts to? A) That. B) Those. C) Then. D) There. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Those. 5. Last week/month/year changes to ..... in indirect speech. A) The following week. B) Before. C) Today. D) The previous week/month/year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The previous week/month/year. 6. 'What is the best thing about your job? ' Lisa asked the actor. A) Lisa asked him what the best thing about his job is. B) Lisa asked her what the best thing about her job was. C) Lisa asked him what the best thing about his job was. D) Lisa asked him what is the best thing about his job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lisa asked him what the best thing about his job was. 7. My brother said, "I love to sing." A) My brother said that he loves to sing. B) My brother said that he loved to sing. C) My brother said that he loves singing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother said that he loved to sing. 8. "I've broken your glass, " Tim told me. A) Tim told me that he had broken my glass. B) Tim told me that I have broken his glass. C) Tim told me that I have broken your glass. D) Tim told me that he has broken my glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tim told me that he had broken my glass. 9. Johnny's mother told him: "Put away your toys." A) Johnny's mother told him to putted away his toys. B) Johnny's mother told him put away his toys. C) Johnny's mother told him put away your toys. D) Johnny's mother told him to put away his toys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Johnny's mother told him to put away his toys. 10. Transform this Direct speech into Indirect speech correctly: "There are many wounded patients in the hospital, " the doctor stated. A) The doctor stated that there are many hospitals for the wounded patients. B) The doctor stated that there were many wounded patients in the hospital. C) The doctor stated that there are many doctors in the hospital as patients. D) The doctor stated that there are patients in the wounded hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The doctor stated that there were many wounded patients in the hospital. 11. Susan told him, "I want you to return my book now." A) Susan told him that she wants him to return her book then. B) Susan told him that I wanted him to return my book now.". C) Susan told him that she wanted him to return her book then. D) Susan told him that she wanted him to return her book now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Susan told him that she wanted him to return her book then. 12. Change the sentences using Reported Speech and the correct form of the verbs given. "Kelly, ring the travel agency and ask about the trip to Spain, " Betty said. (tell) A) Betty told Kelly to ring the travel agency and ask about the trip to Spain. B) Betty tells Kelly to ring the travel agency and asked about the trip to Spain. C) Betty telled Kelly to ring the travel agency and ask about the trip to Spain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Betty told Kelly to ring the travel agency and ask about the trip to Spain. 13. With direct speech you have ..... A) Quotation marks. B) 'that'. C) A colon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation marks. 14. June said, "It is my car." A) June said that it was her car. B) June said that it was my car. C) June said that it is my car. D) June said that it is her car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June said that it was her car. 15. Direct Speech:Ray said, "I have completed the series." Indirect Speech: ..... A) Ray said that he has completed the series. B) Ray said that I have completed the series. C) Ray said that he had completed the series. D) Ray said that I had completed the series. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ray said that he had completed the series. 16. Direct speech: "I may become a receptionist in the future, " Karen said.Reported speech:Karen said that she ..... a receptionist in ..... A) Was becoming/ the year. B) Had become/ the past. C) Might become/ the future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might become/ the future. 17. This is a kind of speech that repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. We place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words. A) Active Voice. B) Reported Speech. C) Passive Voice. D) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct Speech. 18. Punctuate this sentence correctly.Well done said the teacher A) "Well done, " said the teacher. B) "Well done, " said the teacher. C) "Well done" , said the teacher. D) "Well done" said the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Well done, " said the teacher. 19. It is a sentence that gives a statement or thought in its original form according to how the original speaker said it. A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) Direct speech. D) Indirect (or Reported) speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct speech. 20. Anna asked him if he played basketball on Wednesdays. A) 'Does she play basketball on Wednesdays? ', Anna asked him. B) 'Will you play basketball on Wednesdays? ', Anna asked him. C) 'Do you play basketball on Wednesdays? ', Anna asked him. D) 'Do I play basketball on Wednesdays? ', Anna asked him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'Do you play basketball on Wednesdays? ', Anna asked him. 21. Change the sentences using Reported Speech and the correct form of the verbs given. "'Please, don't step on my towel" Mary said to her brother. (ask) A) Mary ask her brother not to stepped on her towel. B) Mary asked her brother to step on her towel. C) Mary asked her brother not to step on her towel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary asked her brother not to step on her towel. 22. Identify whether the following sentence is direct speech or indirect speech:-Sita said that she had done her homework. A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. C) None. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 23. Which is NOT a direct speech? A) Alex said that his mother came from Dubai the previous day. B) Farah said, "I am going to the party.". C) Emily said, "I feel I have fever.". D) "I prefer coffee, " Tony said. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alex said that his mother came from Dubai the previous day. 24. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.Rule to remember:(Pronoun) We have to change the pronouns to keep the same meaning of a sentence. "We are the best students, " he said. A) He said they were the best students. B) He said they had been the best students. C) He said they are the best students. D) He said they will be the best students. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said they were the best students. 25. Direct speech:Siska said, "Where do you live? "Indirect speech: ..... A) Siska said that where I live. B) "Where did I live? ". C) Siska asked where I lived. D) She tells me something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Siska asked where I lived. 26. Sally commented that she had travelled to Rome twice the previous year. A) 'I travel to Rome twice'. B) 'I would travel to Rome twice this year'. C) 'I travelled to Rome twice last year'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'I travelled to Rome twice last year'. 27. They said, "We are veterans." A) They said that they were veterans. B) They said that they are veterans. C) They said that we were veterans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they were veterans. 28. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.Rule to remember:Past Tense in the direct becomes Past Perfect or remains unchanged.Angel said, "I brought a pen yesterday" . A) Angel said that she had bought a pen the day before. (I.S). B) Angel said that she has bought a pen the day before. C) Angel said that she will buy a pen the day before. D) Angel said that she had been buying a pen the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angel said that she had bought a pen the day before. (I.S). 29. Convert the following sentence into reported speech:The policeman said to the boy, "Where do you live? " A) "Where do you live? " , the policeman asked the boy. B) The policeman asked the boy where he lives. C) The policeman wanted to know where the boy lives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The policeman asked the boy where he lives. 30. She said, "Do you like coffee? " A) She asked if I like coffee. B) She asked I liked coffee. C) She asked if I liked coffee. D) She asked if I did like coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked if I liked coffee. ← 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