This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 26 (27 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. What is the phrase that the word 'yesterday' converts to? A) The following day. B) The previous day. C) That day. D) That night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The previous day. 3. Doni:" Don't watch that video!"Doni asked me ..... that video A) Not watch. B) Not to watch. C) To watch. D) To not watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to watch. 4. He said, "I will phone you when I get back." A) He said he would phone me when he got back. B) She would phone me when she got back. C) Would phone me when she got back. D) He said he would phone me when she got back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said he would phone me when he got back. 5. What is the appropriate reported speech of the statement "Kyle always wears jacket" ? A) He said that Kyle always wore a jacket. B) He said that Kyle will always wear a jacket. C) He said that Kyle always wear a jacket. D) He said that Kyle always wears a jacket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that Kyle always wore a jacket. 6. 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 not to open our books. C) The teacher told us to don't opened your books yet. D) The teacher told us to didn't open our books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher told us not to open our books. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. Which sentence is correct? Lydia said, "Mr Darcy kissed Lizzie on the mouth this morning." A) Lydia said that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. B) Mr Darcy said that Lizzie had kissed him on the mouth that morning. C) Lydia said, that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. D) Lydia said that Mr Darcy kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lydia said that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. 10. He told me that his friend gave him a bar of chocolate. A) "Give me a bar of chocolate, " he said to his friend. B) "My friend gave me a bar of chocolate, " he said. C) "He gave me a bar of chocolate, " he told his friend. D) "My friend gives me a bar of chocolate, " he said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "My friend gave me a bar of chocolate, " he said. 11. 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 is eating a mango. B) Aksa says, that I eats a mango. C) Aksa says, that I ate a mango. D) Aksa says, that she eats a mango. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aksa says, that she eats a mango. 12. 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? '. 13. Direct speech:Indra said to me, "I bought a new laptop. "Indirect speech: ..... A) "I have bought a new laptop.". B) Indra tells me, "I bought a new laptop.". C) Indra said to me that he buys a new laptop. D) Indra said to me that he has bought a new laptop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indra said to me that he has bought a new laptop. 14. He asked me: "Where's my pen? " A) He asked where his pen was. B) He ask me where my pen was. C) He asked me where his pen was. D) He asked me where was my pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked me where his pen was. 15. 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. 16. 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 she wrote a letter. B) Jahnvii said that she had been writing a letter. C) Jahnvii said that I wrote a letter. D) Jahnvii said that she is writing a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jahnvii said that she wrote a letter. 17. 'Are you excited about Christmas? 'He asked the children ..... excited about Christmas. A) If they were. B) If they are. C) That they are. D) That they were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If they were. 18. What is correct direct speech? A) "I was happy.". B) "I was at home.". C) "I Was Going To School.". D) "I am going to school.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I am going to school.". 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. "He works in a bank." she said A) She said that he works in a bank. B) She say that he works in a bank. C) She said that he worked in a bank. D) She said that he work in a bar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that he worked in a bank. 22. 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? '. 23. "He could read when he was three" . A) She said that he could read when he was three. B) She said he can read when he was three. C) She said he could read when he is three. D) She said that she could read when she was three. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that he could read when he was three. 24. Joan said that she visited her grandparents in the province. A) Independent clause. B) Indirect speech. C) Direct speech. D) Dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 25. He reported that there are children playing along the highway. A) Passive Voice. B) Indirect Speech. C) Active Voice. D) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 26. My friend said that she had watched that movie. Convert into direct speech A) My friend watched the movie. B) My friend had watched the movie already. C) That movie is already watched by my friend. D) My friend said that she had watched that movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My friend said that she had watched that movie. 27. "Shawn asked Marissa to repot the plants in the garden" , the young girl blurted. A) Independent clause. B) Direct Speech. C) Indirect Speech. D) Dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Speech. ← PreviousRelated 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