This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Are you crazy ..... " Mum asked loudly. A) . B) ,. C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 2. "Your friends are my friends." He told us.He told us that ..... A) Our friends were my friends. B) Your friends were his friends. C) Your friends were my friends. D) His friends were my friends. E) My friends were his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your friends were his friends. 3. They said that they had been driving through the desert ..... A) Yesterday. B) The previous day. C) Sunday previously. D) The last day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The previous day. 4. He said. "Mary is picking some flowers now."He said that Mary ..... A) Will be picking some flowers now. B) Was picking some flowers then. C) Picks some flowers then. D) Is picking some flowers now. E) Picked some flowers yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was picking some flowers then. 5. She asked if I collected the English project. A) She asked, '' do you collect the English project?". B) She asked, '' have you collected the English project?". C) She asked, '' did you collect the English project?". D) She asked, '' had you collected the English project?". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked, '' do you collect the English project?". 6. Is $\Longrightarrow$ A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) Won't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 7. "Don't be anyone else, be yourself" A) My friend told to me to be myself. B) "Be yourself" my friend said. C) My friend told me to be myself. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My friend told me to be myself. 8. I said, "I am leaving for Delhi." A) I said that I have been leaving for Delhi. B) I said that he was leaving for Delhi. C) I said that I was leaving for Delhi. D) I said that he is leaving for Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I said that I was leaving for Delhi. 9. He said that he was sleeping when Mary called. A) Direct speech. B) Reported speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reported speech. 10. Rey writes, "To see is to believe." A) Direct Speech. B) Reported Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 11. The boy said, "the teacher teaches me" . A) The boy said that the teacher taught him. B) He said that the teacher teach me. C) The boy said teacher taught him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy said that the teacher taught him. 12. "When I went to town I bought some new shoes." Mrs Peters said. A) "When I went to town" Mrs Peters said "I bought some new shoes.". B) "When I" Mrs Peters said "went to town I bought some new shoes.". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "When I went to town" Mrs Peters said "I bought some new shoes.". 13. Choose the sentence below that added appropriate commas where necessary. "Marcenia is very upset" she whispered. A) "Marcenia is very upset!" she whispered. B) "Marcenia, is very upset" she whispered. C) "Marcenia is very, upset" she whispered. D) "Marcenia is very upset, " she whispered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Marcenia is very upset, " she whispered. 14. Simon asked me what my favourite colour was. A) Simon said, "What's your favourite colour?". B) Simon said, "Whats your favourite colour?". C) Simon said, "What's your favourite colour.". D) Simon said, Whats your favourite colour.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simon said, "What's your favourite colour?". 15. The ..... tells you who is speaking. A) Reporting phrase. B) End punctuation. C) Comma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reporting phrase. 16. "My father has arrived from London", she said.She said that ..... from London. A) His father had arrived. B) Her father has arrived. C) His father has arrived. D) My father has arrived. E) Her father had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Her father had arrived. 17. "Jordan cried", I scratched my knee when I fell! A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 18. Transform the following sentence from DIRECT SPEECH to INDIRECT SPEECH: "We may be late, " they said. A) They said they might be late. B) They said they will be late. C) They said they might be late. D) They said they must be late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said they might be late. 19. You should see the doctor. (advise) A) I advised her to see the doctor. B) I advised that she should see a doctor. C) I advised her seeing the doctor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I advised her to see the doctor. 20. Select the sentence that has used inverted commas correctly. A) The manager called, "Bring me that bag!". B) "The manager called, bring back that bag!". C) "The manager called, " Bring back that bag!. D) The manager called, Bring back that bag!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The manager called, "Bring me that bag!". 21. She said, "We are going to the park." She said that they ..... going to the park. A) Were. B) Is. C) Are. D) Was. E) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 22. The police officer told me, "You must drive slowly here" . A) The police officer told me that I had to drive slowly here. B) The police officer told me that you had to drive slowly here. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The police officer told me that I had to drive slowly here. 23. Turn it into indirect speech:.Suman says her brother, "You are very naughty. I will complain against you to mummy." A) Suman tells her brother he is very naughty and so she will complain against him to mummy. B) Suman tells her brother he was very naughty and so she would complain against him to mummy. C) Suman tells her brother she was very naughty and so he would complain against her to mummy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suman tells her brother he is very naughty and so she will complain against him to mummy. 24. "I shall remain here and the tailor won't be able to find me, " said she A) She said that she should remain there and the tailor won't be able to find me. B) She said that she should remain there and the tailor would not be able to find her. C) She said that she would remain there and the tailor would not be able to find her. D) She said that, she could remain here and the tailor would not find her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she would remain there and the tailor would not be able to find her. 25. "Where is my book?" she asked.She asked where her book ..... A) Was. B) Be. C) Is. D) Will. E) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 26. In Reported Speech, "can" becomes: A) Was/were going to. B) Might. C) Would. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could. 27. "Do you like Zoom lessons or physical lessons more?" ..... Miss Tsang. A) Asked. B) Asks. C) Asks. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asked. 28. What punctuation is needed in this sentence? "Let's go to the park" suggested Mia. A) A comma after suggested. B) A comma after go. C) A period after park. D) A comma after park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A period after park. 29. My friend: "you can be whatever you want"My friend told me that ..... A) I could be whatever I wanted. B) I can be whatever I wanted. C) I should be whatever I wanted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I could be whatever I wanted. 30. My grandmother is walking ..... A) Fast. B) Slowly. C) High. D) None of the above. 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