This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Change the following from Indirect to Direct Speech-Mannan said that he had gone to Kerela. A) Mannan said '' I went to Kerela.". B) Mannan said, '' I went to Kerela.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mannan said, '' I went to Kerela.". 2. Transform the following statement into indirect speech:Michael said, "I learned how to play the piano yesterday." A) Michael said that he had learned how to play the piano yesterday. B) Michael says that he learned how to play the piano yesterday. C) Michael said that he learned how to play the piano yesterday. D) Michael says that he had learned how to play the piano yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael said that he had learned how to play the piano yesterday. 3. "I have been working here for 3 years", Vira said. It means that ..... A) She had been working here for 3 years. B) She has been working there for 3 years. C) She had been working there for 3 years. D) She have been working there for 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been working there for 3 years. 4. Which of the following is a speech reporting verb? A) Do. B) Say. C) Ask. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Say. 5. Mr. Bejo told the students, "Please collect your work and prepare to go home." A) Mr. Bejo requested the students to collect their work and prepare to went home. B) Mr. Bejo requested the students to collect their work and prepare to go home. C) Mr. Bejo requested the students that to collect their work and prepare to go home. D) Mr. Bejo requested the students to collected their work and prepare to go home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Bejo requested the students to collect their work and prepare to go home. 6. "They have been studying for hours, " Sarah said. A) Sarah says they had been studying for hours. B) Sarah said they had been studying for hours. C) Sarah said they have been studying for hours. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarah said they had been studying for hours. 7. May: "I've just come back from my holiday in Sarawak." May explained that ..... back from her holiday in Sarawak. A) She had had just come. B) She have just come. C) She had just come. D) She has just come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had just come. 8. "Does she play golf?" He asked me ..... A) That she played golf. B) She played golf. C) If she played golf. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If she played golf. 9. Change this sentence to Indirect speech.Mr Alisu said, "Line up in a straight row, please." A) Mr Alisu begged us to line up in a straight row. B) Mr Alisu lined us up in a row. C) We told Mr Alisu to line up in a straight row. D) Mr Alisu asks us to line up in a straight row. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr Alisu begged us to line up in a straight row. 10. The children said to the teacher, "We want to play." The children told the teacher A) They wanted to play. B) That they wanted to play. C) They want to play. D) That they want to played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That they wanted to play. 11. She said, "It is a long movie." A) She said it is a long movie. B) She said that it was a long movie. C) She said it was a long movie. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that it was a long movie. 12. Prachi said to them, "You will have to do the project on your own." A) Prachi told them that we would have to do the project on our own. B) Prachi told them that they would had to do the project on their own. C) Prachi told them that they would had to do the project on your own. D) Prachi told them that they would have to do the project on their own. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prachi told them that they would have to do the project on their own. 13. She said, "I was practising in Mumbai." A) She said that she had been practising in Mumbai. B) She said that I had been practising in Mumbai. C) She said that she has been practising in Mumbai. D) She said that she was practising in Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she had been practising in Mumbai. 14. FIND THE DIRECT SPEECH FROM THE OPTIONS GIVEN BELOW A) HE SAID HE HADN'T SEEN LILY. B) I HAVENT SEEN LILLY. C) HE SAID HE DID NOT HAVE SEEN LILLY. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I HAVENT SEEN LILLY. 15. "Whose birthday is it?" said Jane. Jane asked whosebirthday ..... A) It is. B) Is it. C) It was. D) It had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was. 16. "If you saw my father, you'd recognize him at once, " she said to me. A) She told me that if I saw her father I'd recognize him at once. B) She said me that if I saw her father I'd recognize him at once. C) She said me that if I saw father I'd recognize him at once. D) She told me that if I saw her father I'd recognize her at once. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told me that if I saw her father I'd recognize him at once. 17. Which indirect speech statement reports this:Lana said, "I am leaving New York City." A) Lana said that she is leaving New York City. B) Lana will be leaving New York City. C) Lana said that she was leaving New York City. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lana said that she was leaving New York City. 18. Choose if the sentence is in Direct or Indirect Speech. Maya said she wanted to visit her friends. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 19. Choose the correct form of the verb in Indirect Speech.Direct:She said, "I had already left the house."Indirect:She said that she ..... already ..... the house. A) Had left. B) Has left. C) Have left. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 20. Ashley asked me if I had come to the party before. In other words, Ashley said " ..... " A) Did you come to the party the day before?. B) Do you come to the party before?. C) Have you come to the party. D) Did you come to the party yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did you come to the party yesterday?. 21. The girl said, "May I come in?Choose the correct indirect speech. A) The girl said that if she could come in. B) The girl asked if she could come in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl asked if she could come in. 22. Mary: "Would you like tea or coffee, Lydia?" Indirect Speech: ..... A) Mary asked Lydia would like tea or coffee. B) Mary asked Lydia whether she would like tea or coffee. C) Mary told Lydia whether she will like tea or coffee. D) Mary said Lydia that she wants tea or coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary asked Lydia whether she would like tea or coffee. 23. The monkey said, "I will have the part with the leaves on." The monkey told the turtle ..... he would have the part with the leaves on. A) That. B) If. C) Whether. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 24. Which is the correct reported speech choice?The teacher told me, "You must pay attention." A) The teacher told me that you had to pay attention. B) The teacher told me that I had to pay attention. C) The teacher told me that I have to pay attention. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher told me that I had to pay attention. 25. True or False?The reported speech is usually one tense back into the past:Pablo, "I like oranges" . Pablo said that he liked oranges. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Simple past changes into: A) Past perfect. B) Past continuous. C) Simple present. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect. 27. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:Mr. Burchell asked the girl, "What is your name?" A) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what is your name. B) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what was your name. C) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what is her name. D) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what her name was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what her name was. 28. Bagas, "How is your life today?" . Bagas wants to know ..... A) How is your life today. B) How are you at that time. C) How I am fine at that time. D) How I was that time. E) How was my life that time. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) How was my life that time. 29. On Tuesday, Abdul told the teacher that he had missed the lesson ..... because he had gone to the embassy in London. A) Yesterday. B) Before day. C) The before day. D) The day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The day before. 30. While converting from direct to indirect speech which of the following changes happen? A) Simple present tense becomes simple future tense. B) Past continuous tense becomes future continuous tense. C) Present continuous tense becomes past continuous tense. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present continuous tense becomes past continuous tense. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDirect And Indirect Speech Quiz 1Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 2Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 3Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 4Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 5Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 6Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 7Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 8Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books