This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Can you help me?" she asked.She asked if I ..... help her. A) Can. B) May. C) Could. D) Would. E) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 2. "She's living in Paris for a few months." A) She say that she was living in Paris for a few months. B) She said that she is living in Paris for a few months. C) She said that she was living in Paris for a few months. D) She said that she was live in Paris for a few months. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she was living in Paris for a few months. 3. The teacher asked her, " Have you finished your homework?" A) The teacher enquired her if you have finished your homework. B) The teacher enquired her if she had finished her homework. C) The teacher asked her if she has finished her homework. D) The teacher asked her if she had finished her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher enquired her if she had finished her homework. 4. "I've finished my homework so can I watch TV now?" Amy said. A) "I've finished" Amy said "my homework so can I watch TV now?". B) "I've finished my homework" Amy said "so can I watch TV now?". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I've finished my homework" Amy said "so can I watch TV now?". 5. They said, "We have been waiting for the tickets for three hours." A) They said that they had been waiting for the tickets for three hours. B) The said that we had been waiting for the tickets for three hours. HIDE ANSWER. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they had been waiting for the tickets for three hours. 6. Amr told me his brother ..... abroad the next day. A) .had travelled. B) .has travelled. C) .will travel. D) .was travelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) .was travelling. 7. His father ordered him to go to his room and study. A) His father said to him, "Go and study in your room.". B) His father said, "Go to your room and study.". C) His father shouted, "Go right now to your study room". D) His father said firmly, "Go and study in your room.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His father said, "Go to your room and study.". 8. "I was sleeping when Julie called." A) She said that she is sleeping when Julie called. B) She said that she been sleeping when Julie called. C) She said that she had been sleeping when Julie called. D) She say that she had been sleeping when Julie called. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she had been sleeping when Julie called. 9. 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. 10. "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". 11. She said, "When I was a child, I wasn't afraid of ghosts." A) She said that when she was a child she wasn't afraid of ghosts. B) She said that when she was a child she hadn't been afraid of ghosts. C) She said that when she had been a child she wasn't afraid of ghosts. D) She said that when she was a child she wasn't not afraid of ghosts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that when she was a child she wasn't afraid of ghosts. 12. Which of these sentences has the correct punctuation? A) Max shouted, "I'll eat you up!". B) "Max shouted I'll eat you up!". C) "Max shouted" I'll eat you up. D) Max shouted I'll eat you up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Max shouted, "I'll eat you up!". 13. He said, "Ravi, why are you sounding so depressed today?" A) He told Ravi why he sounded so depressed today. B) He asked Ravi that why was he sounding so depressed that day. C) He asked Ravi why he was sounding so depressed that day. 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. 14. "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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. Ken said to me, " Why are you mad?" A) Ken asked me why I was mad. B) Ken asked me that why I was mad. C) Ken asked me that why are you mad. D) Ken asked me why I am mad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ken asked me why I was mad. 18. 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. 19. Contoh dari kalimat langsung adalah? A) Mereka menyebutkan bahwa mereka dalam perjalanan. B) Dia bertanya apakah saya akan segera ada di sana. C) Dia berkata bahwa dia akan tiba nanti. D) Dia berkata, 'Saya akan segera ada di sana.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dia berkata, 'Saya akan segera ada di sana.'. 20. 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. 21. A:Why does the baby next door keep crying?B:As usual, it ..... by the babysitter. A) Is to be neglected. B) Is neglegcting. C) Neglected. D) Is neglected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is neglected. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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.". 25. 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. 26. Kate said, "I am writing my assignment." A) Reported verb. B) Reporting verb. C) Reporting clause. D) Reported clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reporting verb. 27. "he will go to the store" Said, Max. A) Max is saying that he will go to the store. B) Max said he will go to the store. C) Max said that he would had go to the store. D) Max said that he would gone to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Max said that he would gone to the store. 28. "What time does the train leave?" she asked.She asked what time the train ..... A) Has left. B) Leaves. C) Leave. D) Left. E) Leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left. 29. National Monument ..... by an engineer in 1940. A) Was being built. B) Is built. C) Was built. D) Will be built. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was built. 30. 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. ← 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