This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Has fallen A) Fell. B) Has fallen. C) Had fallen. D) Would fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had fallen. 2. Direct to Indirect Speech:My brother said, "I went to school yesterday." A) My brother said that he had gone to school yesterday. B) My brother said that he had gone to school the day after. C) My brother said that he had gone to school the previous day. D) My brother said that he had gone to school the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My brother said that he had gone to school the previous day. 3. Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:Teacher said, "First finish your work and then play." A) Teacher ordered the students to first finished their work and then play. B) Teacher said to the students to first finish your work and then play. C) Teacher ordered the students to first finish their work and then play. D) Teacher ordered the students to first finish your work and then play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teacher ordered the students to first finish their work and then play. 4. Direct Speech:She said, "I'll go shopping."What's the indirect speech? A) She said she will go shopping. B) She said she should go shopping. C) She said she would go shopping. D) She said I will go shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she would go shopping. 5. What kind of verb is in the introductory part of a speech? A) Introductory Verb. B) Quoted Verb. C) Helping Verb. D) Auxiliary Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introductory Verb. 6. "I will call you tomorrow, " she said. A) She said she will call you tomorrow. B) She says she will call you tomorrow. C) She said she would call you tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she would call you tomorrow. 7. Past perfect and past perfect continuous transforms to: A) I don't know. B) Past continuous. C) It will remain the same. D) Present perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It will remain the same. 8. From direct speech to indirect speech:If the reporting verb is in a present tense, the verbs from the direct speech ..... A) Change into a future tense. B) Have to be changed to a corresponding past tense. C) Will stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will stay the same. 9. "Return to the ship immediately!" the officer ordered his men. A) The officer ordered his men to return to the ship immediately. B) The officer had ordered his men to return to the ship immediately. C) The officer ordered his men to returning to the ship immediately. D) The officer orders his men to return to the ship immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The officer ordered his men to return to the ship immediately. 10. He said, "No one can live without water."(Change to Indirect Speech) A) He said no one would live without water. B) He asked whether someone would live without water. C) He said no one can can live without water. D) He tells no one can live without water. . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said no one can can live without water. 11. He said to me, "1 was observing you at the party" . A) He told to me that he had been observing me at the party. B) He told me that he had been observing her at the party. C) He told me that he had been observing me at the party. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told me that he had been observing me at the party. 12. Jayanthi said, " I have forgotten to lock the cupboard." A) Jayanthi said that she had forgotten to lock the cupboard. B) Jayanthi said I forgot to lock the cupboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jayanthi said that she had forgotten to lock the cupboard. 13. Which alternative has only coordinating conjunctions? A) FOR-AND-SO. B) FOR-NOR-SINCE. C) AFTER-BEFORE-IF. D) YET-BUT-EVEN THOUGH. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FOR-AND-SO. 14. Indirect speech of 'yesterday'? A) The previous day. B) The day before. C) None. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both. 15. What type of speech is does not have to be within quotes or reported word-to word. A) Indirect or reported speech. B) Direct or quoted speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect or reported speech. 16. Meera said, " Wow! What a beautiful place is it." A) Meera said how beautiful this place is. B) Meera said This is a beautiful place. C) Meera exclaimed with wonder that it was a beautiful place. D) Meera exclaimed with sorrow that it was a beautiful place. . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meera exclaimed with wonder that it was a beautiful place. 17. Match the verb form for direct speech to its change in the indirect/reported speech."Simple Past" A) Simple past. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect. 18. Reported Speech is used to: A) Talk about a report. B) Is when we tell someone what another person said. C) Is used to describe past actions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is when we tell someone what another person said. 19. He said to us, "What did he have last night?" A) He asked us what had he had the last night. B) He asked us that what did he have the previous night. C) He asked us what he had had the previous night. D) He inquired of us what had he have last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked us what he had had the previous night. 20. Mark wanted to know what ..... A) Had he got mark. B) Mark had he got. C) He had got mark. D) Mark he had got. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mark he had got. 21. Diane said, "I love Indian food." A) Diane said that she loved Indian food. B) Diane said that she hated Indian food. C) Diane said that she loves Indian food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diane said that she loved Indian food. 22. My father said he never got up late A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 23. Jen said, "I like drawing sketches." A) Jen said that she liked drawing sketches. B) Jen said that she has liked drawing sketches. C) Jen said that she liked to draw sketches. D) Jen said that she had like drawing sketches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jen said that she liked drawing sketches. 24. Martha said that she joined the Tiktok challenge A) DIRECT SPEECH. B) REPORTED SPEECH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) REPORTED SPEECH. 25. "Don't watch late-night horror movies, " I warned them. A) I warned them not to watch late-night horror movies. B) I warned them not watch late-night horror movies. C) I warned them don't watch late-night horror movies. D) I warned that they didn't watch late-night horror movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I warned them not to watch late-night horror movies. 26. Keshav said, "Rita is busy right now." A) Keshav said Rita was busy. B) Keshav informed that Rita was busy then. C) Keshav said Rita had been busy. D) Keshav informed that Rita is busy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keshav informed that Rita was busy then. 27. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:Mary told John, "My father warned me last night." A) Mary told John that her warned her last night. B) Mary told John that her father had warned her last night. C) Mary told John that his father had warned me last night. D) Mary told John that her father warns her last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary told John that her father had warned her last night. 28. You said, "He is a very good athlete." A) You said that he is a very good athlete. B) You said that he was a very good athlete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You said that he was a very good athlete. 29. I said, "Please come to the party." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 30. What are the common reporting verbs used in indirect speech? A) Said, told, asked. B) Ran, jumped, talked. C) Ate, drank, slept. D) Played, danced, sang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said, told, asked. ← 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