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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Autumn is the absolute best season Miss Chow exclaimed A) "autumn is the absolute best season, " Miss Chow exclaimed!. B) "autumn is the absolute best season"! Miss Chow exclaimed. C) "Autumn is the absolute best season!" Miss Chow exclaimed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Autumn is the absolute best season!" Miss Chow exclaimed. 2. Reported if/no questions are usually introduced by ..... A) And. B) So. C) If. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If. 3. "They will not have a meeting" he told me.He told me that they ..... A) Would not have a meeting. B) Will no be having a meeting. C) Will not have a meeting. D) Would not meet. E) Would be having a meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would not have a meeting. 4. They said to us, "We are your friends."Ans. They told us that they were ..... friends. A) My. B) Their. C) Our. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our. 5. Sam said: "I want to go to Cambridge" . A) Sam said that he wanted to go Cambridge. B) Sam said that he would want to go Cambridge. C) Sam saidthat he had wanted to go to Cambridge. D) Sam said that he wants to go to Cambridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam said that he wanted to go Cambridge. 6. You always leave the door open.(complain) A) He complained to me about my always leaving the door open. B) He complained to me to always leave the door open. C) He complained about always leaving the door open. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He complained to me about my always leaving the door open. 7. What punctuation do we need here: "Do you live here ..... '' asked Leon. A) !. B) ?. C) . D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 8. Turn it into indirect speech:.Suman said to her brother, "You are very naughty. I will complain against you to mummy." A) Suman told her brother he are very naughty. She will complain against you to mummy. B) Suman told her brother he was very naughty and so she would complain against him to mummy. C) Suman told her brother she was very naughty and so he would complain against her to mummy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suman told her brother he was very naughty and so she would complain against him to mummy. 9. "You must work hard, " Father said. A) Father said that you have to work hard. B) Father said that you must work hard. C) Father said that I must work hard. D) Father said that I had to work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Father said that I had to work hard. 10. I hadn't travelled by underground before I came to London. A) She said that she hadn't travelled by underground before came to London. B) She said that she hadn't travelled underground before she came to London. C) She said that she hadn't travelled by underground before she came to London. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she hadn't travelled by underground before she came to London. 11. Reported statements are usually introduced by the conjunction ..... A) Because. B) Although. C) Despite. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That. 12. She said, '' the boys will help us '' Which one is correct? A) She said that the boys will be help us. B) She said that the boys would help them. C) She said that the boys would help us. D) She said that the boys will help them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that the boys would help us. 13. This book ..... by Anti last year A) Was wrote. B) Was write. C) Was writing. D) Was written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was written. 14. When Sang Woo comes back Ali mused we are going to win thisWhich sentence is correctly punctuated? A) "When Sang Woo comes back, " Ali mused, "we are going to win this!". B) "When Sang Woo comes back, " Ali mused, "We are going to win this!". C) "When Sang Woo comes back!" Ali mused. "We are going to win this!". D) "When Sang Woo comes back, " Ali mused. "We are going to win this!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "When Sang Woo comes back, " Ali mused, "we are going to win this!". 15. He said, "Has anybody been unkind to you?" A) He asked me if anybody had been unkind to me. B) He asked me if anybody had been unkind to him. C) He asked me if anybody had been unkind to you. D) He asked me had anybody been unkind to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me if anybody had been unkind to me. 16. "Where was Alice?" A) I asked where Alice was. B) I asked where was Alice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I asked where Alice was. 17. "Submit the assignment before March, " said the teacher. to the studentsThe indirect speech from that utterance is ..... A) The teacher asked the students not to submit the assignment before March. B) The teacher asked the students to submit the assignment before March. C) The teacher asked the students to submitting the assignment before March. D) The teacher asked the students submitting the assignment before March. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher asked the students to submit the assignment before March. 18. '' My party is tomorrow '' he saidWhich one is correct? A) He said that my party is tomorrow. B) He said that his party is the day before. C) He said that his party was tomorrow. D) He said that his party was the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that his party was the next day. 19. Direct to reported speech:'last week' turns to ..... A) The following week. B) That week. C) Nothing. It stays the same. D) The week before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The week before. 20. She told me, "I always drinks coffee." A) She told me that I always drank coffee. B) She told me that she always drinks coffee. C) She told me that she always drank coffee. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She told me that she always drank coffee. 21. Babita kumari said, "I saw them leave" . A) She said that she seen them leave. B) She said that she had seen them leave. C) Babita kumari said that babita had saw them leave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she had seen them leave. 22. Choose the correct option.My little brother said: "I will never go to the circus again!" A) My little brother said that he would never go to the circus again. B) My little brother said that he was never going to the circus again. C) My little brother said that he would have never gone to the circus again. D) My little brother said that he would have never gone to the circus again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My little brother said that he would never go to the circus again. 23. Pinki said to Gaurav, "Will you help me in my work just now?" A) Pinki asked Gaurav if he would help her in her work just then. B) Pinki asked to Gaurav that will he help her in her work just now. C) Pinki told Gaurav whether he will help her in her work just now. D) Pinki questioned to Gaurav that will you help me in my work just now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pinki asked Gaurav if he would help her in her work just then. 24. Identify the error in this sentence: "Where are you going?" asked Mary. A) The question mark should be outside the quotation marks. B) There is no error. C) The sentence should start with Mary asked,. D) There should be a comma after going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There is no error. 25. Convert the following direct speech into reported speech: "Have you ever been to Paris?" she asked me. A) She asked me if I have ever been to Paris. B) She asked me if I was ever been to Paris. C) She asked me if I ever been to Paris. D) She asked me if I had ever been to Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked me if I had ever been to Paris. 26. "When are you leaving?" A) He wanted to know when I was leaving. B) He wanted to know when I was leaving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted to know when I was leaving. 27. She said, "They were living in Chicago when their son was born." A) She said that they had been living in Chicago when their son was born. B) She said that they have been living in Chicago when their son was born. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that they had been living in Chicago when their son was born. 28. Felix asked, "Mom, may I go to watch a movie?" A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 29. "I can help you tomorrow." A) She said that she could helps me tomorrow. B) She said that she could help me tomorrow. C) She say that she could help me tomorrow. D) She said that she can help me tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she could help me tomorrow. 30. Sarah said she ate two cookies.Sarah: ..... A) '' She eat two cookies". B) '' I eat two cookies". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) '' I eat two cookies". ← 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