This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 22 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The guard asked, "Who are you?" A) The guard asked who he was. B) The guard asked me who he was. C) The guard asks me who he was. D) The guard asked who I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The guard asked who I was. 2. Mateo asked Rainie, "Why are you sad?" A) Mateo asked Rainie why she was sad. B) Mateo asked Rainie why I was sad. C) Mateo asked Rainie why she is sad. D) Rainie smiled back to Mateo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mateo asked Rainie why she was sad. 3. "Be nice to your brother, " he said. A) He asked me to be nice to my brother. B) He asked me not to be nice to my brother. C) He asked me to be nice to your brother. D) He asked me not to be nice to your brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me to be nice to my brother. 4. "Call the witness!" asked the judge.The indirect speech from the sentence above is ..... A) The judge asked called the witness. B) The judge asked whether call the witness. C) The judge asked if they call the witness. D) The judge asked to call the witness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The judge asked to call the witness. 5. "Be nice to your brother, " he said. Convert to Indirect Speech A) He said me to be nice to my brother. B) He advised me to be nice to my brother. C) He told me that I have to be nice to my brother. D) He told me that I have to become nice to my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He advised me to be nice to my brother. 6. I said, 'Jayesh, you must be more serious.'(This sentence is in direct speech. True or False?) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Hannah: "I want to go to the football match, but I don't have enough money" .Hannah said that she ..... to go to the football match, but she didn't have enough money. A) Wants. B) Wanted. C) Had wanted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted. 8. Christine said, "I am going to school." A) Christine said that she was going to school. B) Christine said that she will be going to school. C) Christine said that she were going to school. D) Christine said that she was not going to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christine said that she was going to school. 9. John asked me, "What are you doing here?" A) John asked me what are you doing there. B) John asked me what I am doing there. C) John asked me what I was doing there. D) John asked me what I was doing there?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John asked me what I was doing there. 10. Past perfect tense direct speeches remain the same tense even in indirect speeches. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Monica said, "I have finished my homework." Convert it into indirect speech. A) Monica said that she had finished her homework. B) Monica said that she had finished my homework. C) Monica said that she has finished her homework. D) Monica said that she has finished my homework. E) Monica said that she has to finish my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monica said that she had finished her homework. 12. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:He said, "I like this song." A) He said that I liked this song. B) He said that he likes this song. C) He said that he liked that song. D) He said that he likes that song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he liked that song. 13. I like strawberries ..... bananas on my cereal. A) Nor. B) But. C) And. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And. 14. Shabnum said, "Mummy is resting in her room." A) Shabnum said my mother is taking rest. B) Shabnum said that mummy was taking rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shabnum said that mummy was taking rest. 15. The teacher said, "The earth revolves around the sun." A) The teacher said that the earth is revolves around the sun. B) The teacher said that the earth revolved around the sun. C) The teacher says that the earth revolves around the sun. D) The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun. 16. The students said, "It is very hot."INDIRECT:The students said that it ..... very hot. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 17. He says, "I am glad to be here this evening." He says that ..... A) He is glad to be here this evening. B) He was glad to be here this evening. C) I am glad to be here this evening. D) I was glad to be here this evening. E) I am glad to being here this evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was glad to be here this evening. 18. What needs to be corrected in this sentence? He said, "He likes to play football" . A) Change period to question mark. B) Full stop must come first before the closing speech mark. C) He should be in small letter. D) Remove the comma after "said". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full stop must come first before the closing speech mark. 19. So she told the giant that Timun Mas was too small and skinny to eat yet and asked him to come back in 2 years.From the sentence we can conclude that ..... A) Timun Mas was eatable for the giant. B) Timun Mas was too old to be consumed by the giant. C) Timun Mas would come in the next 2 years to the giant. D) It was not the right time for giant to take care Timun Mas. E) It was not the proper time for the giant to take Timun Mas from Mbok Rondo. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) It was not the proper time for the giant to take Timun Mas from Mbok Rondo. 20. In direct speech, do we change the tense of the reported speech? A) Yes. B) Sometimes. C) Only for past tense. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No. 21. She told him she was happy. A) D. B) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 22. "I am going out tonight." Manisha said. A) Manisha said that she was going out tonight. B) Manisha said that she was going out that night. C) Manisha said she was going out that night. D) Manisha said that she will be going out that night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manisha said that she was going out tonight. 23. "I've always wanted to see the Great Wall of China, " Joey said. A) Joey said he had always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. B) Joey said he wanted to see the Great Wall of China. C) Joey said he has always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. D) Joey said I wanted to see the Great Wall of China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joey said he had always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. 24. "Do your homework!" She ..... A) She told me to do my homework. B) She told do my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told me to do my homework. 25. What did the fly hear about the spider's bed? A) Anyone who sleeps on the bed becomes a friend of the spider. B) Anyone who sleeps on its bed never wakes up. C) Anyone who sleeps on the bed becomes big in size. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anyone who sleeps on its bed never wakes up. 26. SAY WHEATHER THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT OR NOT-VARIA TOLD YUKO SHE SENDED THE LETTER LAST WEEK A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 27. Choose the correct form of the verb in Indirect Speech.Direct:She asked him, "What do you want from me?" Indirect:She asked him what he ..... from her. A) Wanted. B) Want. C) Wants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanted. 28. Kay: "Did you go to Mount Santubong?" Kay wanted to know ..... to Mount Santubong. A) If she went / whether she went. B) If she had gone / whether she had gone. C) If she had went / whether she had went. D) If she has gone / whether she has gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If she had gone / whether she had gone. 29. My mother said, "I put your lunchbox here."The indirect speech is ..... A) My mother said that she put my lunchbox there. B) My mother said that she putted my lunchbox there. C) My mother said that I put your lunchbox here. D) My mother said that I put your lunchbox there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mother said that she put my lunchbox there. 30. Nesa: "I am going to Canada tonight." Indirect Speech: ..... A) Nesa said that she goes to Canada that night. B) Nesa said that she is going to Canada that night. C) Nesa said that she went to Canada that night. D) Nesa said that she was going to Canada that night. 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