This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Professor said that nobody could solve the problem. A) The Professor said, 'Nobody can solve the problem'. B) The Professor said, 'Nobody could solve the problem'. C) The Professor exclaimed, 'Nobody could solve the problem'. D) The Professor exclaimed, 'Nobody can solve the problem?'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Professor said, 'Nobody could solve the problem'. 2. Turn direct speech into indirect speech"I was walking along the Street." A) He didn't walk along the street. B) He was not liking to walk along the street. C) He said he had been walking along the Street. D) He liked to walk along the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he had been walking along the Street. 3. He ..... me what the latest numbers are. A) Says. B) Said. C) Ask. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked. 4. If you find my pencil Jia Wen said pass it to me. Which sentence is correctly punctuated? A) "If you find my pencil." Jia Wen said, "Pass it to me.". B) "If you find my pencil, " Jia Wen said, "Pass it to me.". C) "If you find my pencil, " Jia Wen said, "pass it to me.". D) "If you find my pencil." Jia Wen said "pass it to me.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "If you find my pencil, " Jia Wen said, "pass it to me.". 5. "I am going to the cinema tonight, " said Yaw A) Indirect. B) Direct. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct. 6. Rosa said, "I liked coffee." A) Rosa said that she likes cofffee. B) Rosa said that she had liked coffee. C) Rosa said that she had been liking coffee. D) Rosa said that she was like coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rosa said that she had liked coffee. 7. My mom told me last night if I had had a spare time. It means ..... A) My mom asked me, "Do you have a spare time?". B) My mom asked me, "Have you had a spare time?". C) My mom asked me, "Did you have a spare time?". D) My mom asked me, Did I have a spare time?". E) My mom asked me, '' Had you had a spare time?". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My mom asked me, "Did you have a spare time?". 8. Identify the speech;Father told us to not touch his laptop. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 9. The monkey says, "I will give you half of the fruit in exchange." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 10. Which word will be CHANGED from direct to indirect speech? A) Could. B) Should. C) Shall. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shall. 11. "Me? No, I didn't take Sue's calculator, " said Bob. A) Bob denied taking Sue's calculator. B) Bob asked if he had taken Sue's calculator. C) Bob says he hadn't taken Sue's calculator. D) Bob said he didn't take Sue's calculator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bob denied taking Sue's calculator. 12. Look for the correct option:'Please don't go away, ' she said A) She begged that I not go away. B) She told me not to go away. C) She requested me not to go away. D) She said to please her and not go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She requested me not to go away. 13. Turn direct speech into indirect speech-"Have you got a computer?" A) He wanted to know whether I had a computer. B) He wanted to know how I got a computer. C) He wanted a computer. D) He didn't want a computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted to know whether I had a computer. 14. Siska asked Saski, '' Are you busy now?" . It means ..... A) Siska asked Saski if he was busy then. B) Saski asked Siska whether he was busy then. C) Siska asked Saski if she is busy now. D) Siska asked Saski whether he is busy then. E) Saski asked SIska if he was busy then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siska asked Saski if he was busy then. 15. "Where does Maria park her new car these days?" said Ronald. A) Ronald asked where Maria parked her new car these days. B) Ronald wanted to know where Maria parked her new car those days. C) Ronald asked if Maria did park her new car these days where. D) Ronald asked where does Maria park her new car those days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ronald wanted to know where Maria parked her new car those days. 16. He said that the headmaster was sleeping.Turn it into direct speech. A) He said, "The Headmaster is sleeping" . B) He sad, "The Headmaster is sleeping" . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said, "The Headmaster is sleeping" . 17. Kevin asked, "Who went here to open the gate?" A) Kevin asked who had opened the gate. B) Kevin asked who opened the gate. C) Kevin asked who went there to open the gate. D) Kevin asked who had gone there to open the gate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kevin asked who had gone there to open the gate. 18. Choose the correct form of the verb in Indirect Speech.Direct:Fiona asked Marc, "Did you learn Nihongo?"Indirect:Fiona asked Marc whether he ..... Nihongo. A) Has learned. B) Had learned. C) Have learned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had learned. 19. When the spoken words in a narrative are written with speech punctuation-speech marks and associated punctuation, this is called: A) Reported speech. B) Indirect speech. C) Direct speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct speech. 20. Sentences are given direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.Mother said to the daughter, 'Go and change your dress.' A) The mother asked the daughter to change her dress. B) The mother told the daughter to go and change her dress. C) The daughter was being told by her mother to go and change her dress. D) The mother asks the daughter to change her dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mother told the daughter to go and change her dress. 21. This refers to the kind of speech which uses exactly the words of the speaker. A) Indirect speech. B) Part of speech. C) Figures of speech. D) Direct speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct speech. 22. "Do you like him?"she asked A) She asked did you like him?. B) She asked whether you liked him. C) She asked if I liked him?. D) She asked if I liked him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She asked if I liked him. 23. Change the following direct speech into indirect speech:She said, 'I am going to the park.' A) She is going to play at the park. B) "I am going to the park", is what she said. C) She said that she was going to the park. D) She already went to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she was going to the park. 24. Change this sentence to Indirect speech.My Science teacher said, "The Moon is smaller than the Earth." A) My science teacher said that the moon is smaller that the earth. B) My science teacher said that the moon was smaller than the earth. C) My science teacher shouted that the moon is smaller the earth. D) My science teacher said that the moon is bigger than the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My science teacher said that the moon was smaller than the earth. 25. "Don't leave your bag out here, Tommy, " Karen said. A) Karen told Tommy not to leave his bag out there. B) Karen tells Tommy not to leave his bag out there. C) Karen asked Tommy not to leave his bag out there. D) Karen said Tommy not to leave his bag out there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karen told Tommy not to leave his bag out there. 26. Choose the correct option: "Where do you live?" A) Miho asked me where do I live. B) Miho asked me where I lived. C) Miho asked me where did I live. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miho asked me where do I live. 27. Transform:Mom told Harry to tidy his bedroom. A) None of the below. B) Mom demanded Harry, tidy your bedroom!. C) Mom said to Harry, "Tidy your bedrrom". D) Mom told Harry, "tidy your bedroom. ''. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mom said to Harry, "Tidy your bedrrom". 28. "Whose car did you borrow last night?" I asked him. A) I asked him whose car he had borrowed last night. B) I asked him whose car he had borrowed the previous night. C) I asked him whose car had he borrowed last night. D) I asked him whose car did he borrow the previous night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I asked him whose car he had borrowed the previous night. 29. Tom said, "I bought a car last week."He said that he had bought a car ..... A) A week ago. B) Last week. C) The week before. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The week before. 30. "Will you be my date?" He asked A) He asked me if I will be his date. B) He asked me to date him. C) He asked me if I would be his date. D) He asked to be his date. 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