This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Turn it into indirect speech:.Suman said to her brother, "You will surely litter the room and make a mess of it." A) Suman complained to her brother that he would be littering the room and was making a mess of it. B) Suman complained to her brother that he would litter the room and would make a mess of it. C) Suman complained to her brother that he had been littering the room and had made a mess of it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suman complained to her brother that he would litter the room and would make a mess of it. 2. "I'm hungry and I want something to eat" Jenny said. A) "I'm hungry" Jenny said "and I want something to eat". B) "I'm hungry and I want something" Jenny said "to eat". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I'm hungry" Jenny said "and I want something to eat". 3. She said, "When I was a child, I wasn't afraid of ghosts." A) She said that when she had been a child she wasn't afraid of ghosts. B) She said that when she was a child she wasn't afraid of ghosts. C) She said that when she was a child she hadn't been afraid of ghosts. D) She said that when she was a child she wasn't not afraid of ghosts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that when she was a child she wasn't afraid of ghosts. 4. He said, "Ravi, why are you sounding so depressed today?" A) He asked Ravi why he was sounding so depressed that day. B) He asked Ravi that why was he sounding so depressed that day. C) He told Ravi why he sounded so depressed today. D) He asked Ravi why did he sound so depressed that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He asked Ravi why did he sound so depressed that day. 5. "Cooper sang", today was the best day ever! A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 6. What's wrong with this sentence?She asked, "Did Ananya's team win the football match" ? A) There should be a full-stop after "match" . B) The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks. C) There should not be a comma before the spoken words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks. 7. Transform the following sentence from DIRECT SPEECH to INDIRECT SPEECH: "I will call you tomorrow, " Mark said A) Mark said he will call me the next day. B) Mark said he was going to call me the next day. C) Mark said he would call me the next day. D) Mark said he would call me tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mark said he would call me tomorrow. 8. Ken said to me, " Why are you mad?" A) Ken asked me that why are you mad. B) Ken asked me why I was mad. C) Ken asked me that why I was mad. D) Ken asked me why I am mad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ken asked me why I was mad. 9. Speech marks are needed for ..... A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. C) Reported Speech. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 10. Contoh dari kalimat langsung adalah? A) Dia berkata bahwa dia akan tiba nanti. B) Mereka menyebutkan bahwa mereka dalam perjalanan. C) Dia berkata, 'Saya akan segera ada di sana.'. D) Dia bertanya apakah saya akan segera ada di sana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dia berkata, 'Saya akan segera ada di sana.'. 11. The girl said, "I read in the morning" . A) She told that she read in the morning. B) The girl said that she read in the morning. C) The girl said she read in the morning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl said that she read in the morning. 12. A:Why does the baby next door keep crying?B:As usual, it ..... by the babysitter. A) Is neglegcting. B) Is neglected. C) Is to be neglected. D) Neglected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is neglected. 13. Peter asked me: "What time is it?" A) He asked me what time it was. B) He asked me what time is it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me what time it was. 14. Identifyif the sentence is written in Direct Speech or written in Indirect/Reported Speech.Aira said, "The exam is difficult." A) DIRECT SPEECH. B) REPORTED SPEECH. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DIRECT SPEECH. 15. Change into direct speech:Thomas said to his wife that he would have a meeting the following day. A) Thomas said to his wife, " I would have a meeting tomorrow.". B) Thomas said to his wife, " I will have a meeting tomorrow.". C) Thomas said to his wife, " He will have a meeting tomorrow.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas said to his wife, " I will have a meeting tomorrow.". 16. James said that he didn't like the party.'that' is part of ..... speech A) Formal. B) Informal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formal. 17. Kate said, "I am writing my assignment." A) Reported clause. B) Reporting clause. C) Reported verb. D) Reporting verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reporting verb. 18. "he will go to the store" Said, Max. A) Max said that he would gone to the store. B) Max said that he would had go to the store. C) Max said he will go to the store. D) Max is saying that he will go to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Max said that he would gone to the store. 19. "What time does the train leave?" she asked.She asked what time the train ..... A) Leaves. B) Has left. C) Leave. D) Left. E) Leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left. 20. National Monument ..... by an engineer in 1940. A) Was built. B) Was being built. C) Will be built. D) Is built. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was built. 21. Change the time from direct to reportedToday => ..... A) The whole day. B) That days. C) That day. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That day. 22. "Have they finished the test?" A) She asked if they finished the test. B) She asked if they have finished the test. C) She asked had they finished the test. D) She asked if they had finished the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked if they had finished the test. 23. Turn it into indirect speech:.Suman said to her brother, "You are littering the room and making a mess of it." A) Suman complained to her brother that he was littering the room and was making a mess of it. B) Suman complained to her brother that he was littering the room and made a mess of it. C) Suman complained to her brother that he had been littering the room and had made a mess of it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suman complained to her brother that he was littering the room and was making a mess of it. 24. You must not arrive late tonight. (forbid) A) She forbade me to arriving late that night. B) She forbade me to arrive late that night. C) She forbade me that I would arrive late that night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She forbade me to arrive late that night. 25. True or FalseThis is an example of Reported Speech."She said that she was going to the market, " he explained. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. He said, "I forgot my keys." He said that he ..... his keys. A) Forgot. B) Forgets. C) Forgetting. D) Forget. E) Had forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had forgotten. 27. "Quick, Tom, your house is on fire!" Mr Smith shouted A) "Quick, Tom, " Mr Smith shouted "your house is on fire!". B) "Quick, Tom, your house is" Mr Smith shouted "on fire!". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Quick, Tom, " Mr Smith shouted "your house is on fire!". 28. I said to my brother, "Let us go to some hill station for a change." A) I permitted my brother to go to some hill station for a change. B) I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change. C) I asked my brother to go to some hill station for a change. D) I asked my brother if he would go to some hill station for a change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change. 29. In Reported Speech, "Past Simple" becomes: A) Past Simple. B) Past Perfect Simple. C) Past Perfect. D) Past Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Simple. 30. She said, "I don't like ice cream." She said that she ..... like ice cream. A) Hasn't. B) Didn't like. C) Doesn't. D) Don't. E) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Didn't. 31. Identify the correct indirect speech for the following direct speech:'He said, "I will go to the market tomorrow."' A) He said that he will go to the market the next day. B) He said that he would go to the market the next day. C) He said that he would go to the market tomorrow. D) He said that he will go to the market tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he would go to the market the next day. 32. In direct speech where can a reporting clause be used? A) Before speech. B) In the middle of speech. C) After speech. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 33. Would you like to go out to dinner with me?(invite sb) A) He invited me to go out to dinner with him. B) He invited me going out to dinner with him. C) He invited that I go out to dinner with him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He invited me going out to dinner with him. 34. He said, "I will call you later." A) He said that he would call me later. B) He told me that he will call me later. C) He said to me that he will call me later. D) He said that he will call me later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he would call me later. 35. "Close the door, please!"He ordered him ..... the door. A) To close. B) Close. C) To be closed. D) Closed. E) That to close. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To close. 36. Choose the correct answer.Dexter said: "I've bought a new car recently." A) He said that he had bought a new car recently. B) He said that he bought a new car recently. C) He said that he has bought a new car recently. D) He said that he would have bought a new car recently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he had bought a new car recently. 37. The teacher said to me, 'Do you know the answer?' A) The teacher asked to me did I knew the answer. B) The teacher asked me if / whether I knew the answer. C) The teacher said to me if I knew the answer. D) The teacher asked me if did I know the answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher asked me if / whether I knew the answer. 38. He said, " I am a student." Ans. He said that ..... was a student. A) I. B) He. C) You. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He. 39. Rassendyll pretended that he would go to the ..... to write a book about social problems in the country. A) Cairo. B) Dresden. C) Alps. D) Strelsau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alps. 40. I promise I won't forget again.(promise) A) You promised not forgetting again. B) You promised that you won't forget again. C) You promised not to forget again. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You promised that you won't forget again. 41. What kind of speech is this sentence?Jerome said that he left the meeting an hour ago. A) Imperative. B) Reported speech. C) Declarative. D) Direct speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reported speech. 42. "Don't touch that!" he warned.He warned me ..... touch that. A) Not to. B) Don't. C) No. D) To not. E) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not to. 43. " I'm angry with you" A) She said she is angries with me. B) She said she is angry with me. C) She say she was angry with me. D) She said she was angry with me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said she was angry with me. 44. Punctuation apa yang digunakan untuk menunjukkan ucapan langsung? A) Koma. B) Titik. C) Tanda kutip. D) Apostrof. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tanda kutip. 45. The teacher said to Ram, "You do not study."Ans. The teacher told Ram that ..... did not study. A) I. B) You. C) He. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He. 46. I told him that he was not working hard. A) I said to him, "He is not working hard.". B) I said to him, "You are not working hard.". C) I said, "You are not working hard.". D) I told to him, "You are not working hard.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I said to him, "You are not working hard.". 47. Change into direct speech:I told Hana that she looked so beautiful. A) I told Hana, " I look so beautiful.". B) I told Hana, " She looks so beautiful.". C) I told Hana, " You look so beautiful.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I told Hana, " You look so beautiful.". 48. "You have brought books for me, " Jessica said. A) Jessica said that I brought books for her. B) Jessica said that I had brought books for her. C) Jessica said that I have brought books for her. D) Jessica said that I have been brought books for her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jessica said that I had brought books for her. 49. 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 isn't home. D) Mr Lee said, "Kim isn't home.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr Lee said, "Kim isn't home.". 50. In Reported Speech, "am/is/are going to" becomes A) Was/were going to. B) Might. C) Would. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/were going to. 51. David said that he ..... that film the following day A) .will watch. B) .had watched. C) .watches. D) .would watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) .had watched. 52. "Do you know, " said the man, "that you are very smart?" is correctly punctuated-True/False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. Spot the ErrorDirect Speech: "I want to buy a toy train, " Mary said.Reported Speech:Mary said I wanted to buy a toy train. A) Noun. B) Pronoun. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pronoun. 54. Convert the following direct speech into reported speech: "Why are you so late?" he asked. A) He asked why I am so late. B) He asked why I was so late. C) He asked why am I so late. D) He asked why was I so late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked why I was so late. 55. He said that, " He fell down the stairs" A) He said that he had fell down the stairs. B) He said that he had fallen down the stairs. C) He said that he had felt down the stairs. D) He said that he was fallen down the stairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had fallen down the stairs. 56. Why are the students staying outside?Their classroom ..... A) Is cleaning. B) Is being cleaned. C) Being cleaned. D) Was cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is being cleaned. 57. Benny asked, "Are you busy tonight? A) Benny asked if I am busy tonight. B) Benny asked if I was busy that night. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benny asked if I was busy that night. 58. They asked, "Are you coming to the meeting?" A) They asked if they are coming to the meeting. B) They asked if you were coming to the meeting. C) They asked if you are coming to the meeting. D) They asked if they were coming to the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They asked if they were coming to the meeting. 59. Alice:'' My mother is sick"Alice said ..... A) She mother is sick. B) Her mother was sick. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her mother was sick. 60. Rudolf Rassendeyll has ..... hair and straight nose. A) .black. B) .yellow. C) .red. D) .green. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) .red. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesDirect Speech Quiz 1Direct Speech Quiz 2Direct Speech Quiz 3Direct Speech Quiz 4Direct Speech Quiz 6Direct Speech Quiz 7Direct Speech Quiz 8Direct Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books