This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 29 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He asked us ..... show our passports. A) To. B) Now. C) Don't. D) That to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 2. Direct to reported speech:'This' turns to ..... A) Those. B) That. C) These. D) Nothing. It stays the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 3. Which of the following indirect sentences is correctly constructed? A) He said:I went to school everyday. B) He said he went to school every day. C) He said, I went to school every day. D) He went to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said he went to school every day. 4. CONVERT INTO DIRECT SPEECHHE SAID HE COULD SPEAK PERFECT SPANISH A) I SAY I COULD SPEAK PERFECT SPANISH. B) I COULD SPEAK PERFECT SPANISH. C) I CAN SPEAK PERFECT SPANISH. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I CAN SPEAK PERFECT SPANISH. 5. The new headmaster asked how long it had been a mixed school. A) The new headmaster told, "How long has it been a mixed school?". B) The new headmaster asked, "How long has it been a mixed school?". C) The new headmaster asked, "How long it had been a mixed school?". D) The new headmaster asked, "If it had been a mixed school long.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The new headmaster asked, "How long has it been a mixed school?". 6. Roselle said, "Humans are mortals." A) Roselle said that humans were mortals. B) Roselle said that humans are mortals. C) Roselle says that humans were mortals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roselle said that humans are mortals. 7. "Is she coming to the party tonight?" he asked. A) He asked if she was coming to the party tonight. B) He asked if she is coming to the party tonight. C) He asked if she is coming to the party tonight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked if she was coming to the party tonight. 8. Lily said, " I'm going to call Sam." A) Lily said she was going to call Sam. B) Lily said she is going to call Sam. C) Lily said she has gone to call Sam. D) Lily said she goes to call Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lily said she was going to call Sam. 9. Direct speech:Indra said to me, "I bought a new laptop."Indirect speech: ..... A) Indra tells me, "I bought a new laptop.". B) Indra said to me that he has bought a new laptop. C) Indra said to me that he buys a new laptop. D) "I have bought a new laptop.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indra said to me that he has bought a new laptop. 10. Choose the best translation to this sentenceThalia said "I feel weak and ill." A) She said that she's not okay. B) She mentioned that she feels weak and ill due to her mental illness. C) She said she felt weak and ill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said she felt weak and ill. 11. How this sentence would look in direct speech, in Portuguese:Paula said that she wrote several emails. A) Paula said: "I write a lot of emails". B) Paula said: "I wrote a lot of emails" . C) Paula said: "I had written several emails" . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paula said: "I write a lot of emails". 12. Ranjan said, "You can not park here!" A) Ranjan said that I may not park here. B) Ranjan said to me that I was unable to park there. C) Ranjan exclaimed that I couldn't park there. D) Ranjan forbade me to park there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ranjan forbade me to park there. 13. The teacher said, " Pass your homework." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 14. Before closing speech marks, should a punctuation mark be used? A) Yes. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) Seldom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 15. "Did you come from France" ?, said Keith to boy. A) Keith asked the boy if he had come from France. B) Keith asked the boy if he come from France. C) Keith asked the boy if he came from France. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keith asked the boy if he had come from France. 16. Mariam said her father is a dentist. A) Mariam said, "Her father is a dentist" . B) Mariam said "My father is a dentist" . C) Mariam says "Her father is a dentist.". D) Mariam said, "My father is a dentist.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mariam said, "My father is a dentist.". 17. Alexa shared, '' I am having fun watching Korean drama" . A) Alexa shared she had fun watching korean drama. B) Alexa shared she is having fun watching korean drama. C) Alexa shared she had been watching korean drama. D) Alexa shared she was having fun watching korean drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alexa shared she was having fun watching korean drama. 18. Transform the following statement into indirect speech: "My pen is missing, " Lander said. A) Lander said that his pen was missing. B) Lander said that my pen was missing. C) Lander said that his pen is missing. D) Lander says that his pen was missing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lander said that his pen was missing. 19. She asked us if we ..... finished the work on Monday. A) Have had. B) Have. C) Had. D) Had to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 20. Kay: "Did you enjoy it?" Kay wondered if ..... it. A) She has enjoyed. B) She had enjoyed. C) She did enjoyed. D) She have enjoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had enjoyed. 21. "I have been working here for 3 years", Vira said. A) Vira said that she had been working here for 3 years. B) Vira said that she has been working there for 3 years. C) Vira said that she had been working there for 3 years. D) Vira said that she has been working here for 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vira said that she had been working there for 3 years. 22. Printing a document is an example of output. A) Yes, because it is the result of processing data. B) No, because it's not the result of processing data. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, because it is the result of processing data. 23. "I shall be at Paris tomorrow, " he said. A) He says that he shall be at Paris tomorrow. B) He says that he should be in Paris tomorrow. C) He said that he will be in Paris tomorrow. D) He said that he should be in Paris tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he should be in Paris tomorrow. 24. Reshma said to Priya, 'Why are you sketching on the wall?' A) Reshma asked Priya why was she sketching on the wall. B) Reshma asked Priya why had she been sketching on the wall. C) Reshma asked Priya that why is she sketching on the wall. D) Reshma asked Priya why she was sketching on the wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reshma asked Priya why she was sketching on the wall. 25. She said, "What a beautiful view!" A) She said that the view is beautiful. B) She exclaimed that the view is beautiful. C) She said that the view had been beautiful. D) She exclaimed that the view was beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She exclaimed that the view was beautiful. 26. The police told them not to drive too fast. The police said, " ..... " A) Not drive too fast please. B) Don't drive too fast in town. C) No drive too fast in town. D) Don't drive to fast in town. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't drive too fast in town. 27. I told him ..... do it. A) To not. B) Don't. C) Not to. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to. 28. She said, "I'm looking for my keys." A) She said that she was looking for her keys. B) She said that she is looking for her keys. C) She said that she looked for her keys. D) She said that she were looking for her keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she was looking for her keys. 29. State whether true or false.Rajeev told me that "he was going to go to Delhi the other day" . A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. The teacher often says to me, "If you don't work hard, You will fail" . A) . The teacher often says to me that if I don't work hard I shall fail. B) . The teacher often says to me if I don't work hard I shall fail. C) . The teacher often said to me that if I don't work hard I shall fail. D) . The teacher often says to me that if I didn't work hard I shall fail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 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