This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 37 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Would you mind lending me a pencil?" She ..... A) . She asked to lend her a pencil. B) . She asked me to lend her a pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . She asked me to lend her a pencil. 2. I said to the boy, "Will you step with me into the garden?" A) I requested the boy to step with me in the garden. B) I said to the boy if he would like to step with me in the garden. C) I said to the boy if he would step with me in the garden. D) I asked the boy if he would step with me into the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I asked the boy if he would step with me into the garden. 3. In Interrogative sentence of the sentence begins with Wh type word the word that is replaced by? A) That. B) The question word itself. C) If. D) Could . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The question word itself. 4. Convert the following sentence into direct speech:Sandra said that she could play guitar. A) Sandra said, "She can play guitar.". B) Sandra said, "I could play guitar.". C) Sandra said, "I can play guitar.". D) Sandra said, "She could play guitar.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sandra said, "I can play guitar.". 5. Select one example for Direct speech. A) They told her they would arrive a little late. B) He asked me to have a seat. C) She said, '' I am hungry" . D) She asked us not to do that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said, '' I am hungry" . 6. John said, "I might go home with my sister tomorrow." A) John said that he might go home with my sister tomorrow. B) John said that he might go home with my sister tomorrow. C) John said that he might go home with his sister the next day. D) John said that he might go home with his sister tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John said that he might go home with his sister the next day. 7. Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:My mother said, "The postman has brought four letters today." A) My mother said that the postman had brought four letters today. B) My mother said that the postman brought four letters that day. C) My mother said that the postman has brought four letters that day. D) My mother said that the postman had brought four letters that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My mother said that the postman had brought four letters that day. 8. Which of the following means 'silky and shiny'? A) Snugly. B) Gauzy. C) Spy. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gauzy. 9. The advertisement said, " If you answer the questions correctly you may win $ 100." A) The advertisement said us if we answer the questions correctly we might win $ 100. B) The advertisement said that if we had answered the questions correctly we might win$ 100. C) The advertisement said to us that if we answered the questions correctly we may win $ 100. D) The advertisement said that if we answered the questions correctly we might win $ 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The advertisement said that if we answered the questions correctly we might win $ 100. 10. Which of the following punctuation marks is usually enclosed in a direct speech? A) .,. B) , " ". C) :;. D) ->. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) , " ". 11. Change this sentence to Indirect speech.Ona said, "I hate mangoes." A) Ona said he liked mangoes. B) Ona says he hates mangoes. C) Ona said that he hated mango. D) Ona said that he hated mangoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ona said that he hated mangoes. 12. She said, "He is singing well" . A) He said that he was singing well. B) He says that he was singing well. C) He said that he is singing well. D) He said that he sang well. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was singing well. 13. Lila: "Don't go into the jungle, Mark." Indirect Speech: ..... A) Lila told Mark to go into the jungle. B) Lila told Mark to had gone into the jungle. C) Lila told Mark to not go into the jungle. D) Lila told Mark to not gone into the jungle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lila told Mark to not go into the jungle. 14. Change the following from Direct to Indirect Speech-Shivani said, '' I am busy now." A) Shivani enquired that I will be busy tomorrow. B) Shivani said that she was busy then. C) Shivani was saying she is busy now. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shivani said that she was busy then. 15. She said, "They will be leaving soon." A) She said that they would leave soon. B) She said that they are leaving. C) She said that they would be leaving soon. D) She said that they will leave soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that they would be leaving soon. 16. Didn't see A) Hadn't seen. B) Saw. C) Hasn't seen. D) Would see. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't seen. 17. Bi said: "I went to Nhi's party yesterday" A) Bi said that I had gone to Nhi's party the day before. B) Bi said that she had gone to Nhi's party the day before. C) Bi said that she went to Nhi's party the day before. D) Bi said that she had gone to Nhi's party yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bi said that she had gone to Nhi's party the day before. 18. "If I were you, I would do this game twice" A) He told me that if he were me, he would do that game twice. B) He told me if he had been me, he would have done that game twice. C) If he were me, I would have done that game twice, he told me. D) He told me that if he had been me, he would do that game twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me that if he were me, he would do that game twice. 19. "Dawn hurt herself during P.E. lesson this morning, " Mary said. A) Mary told Dawn had hurt herself during P.E. lesson that morning. B) Mary said that Dawn had hurt herself during P.E. lesson that morning. C) Mary says that Dawn had hurt herself during P.E. lesson that morning. D) Mary tells that Dawn had hurt herself during P.E. lesson that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary said that Dawn had hurt herself during P.E. lesson that morning. 20. "Do the washing-up!" She ..... A) She me to do the washing-up. B) She told me to do the washing-up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told me to do the washing-up. 21. Priscilla asked how and when I discovered the truth. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 22. "Give me some, too, " The turtle said. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 23. I haven't seen Merex recently. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 24. Identify and choose the correct speech for the given sentence:The boy said he bought a new phone. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 25. "There are usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons, " said the receptionist. A) "There are usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons, " said the receptionist. B) There are usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons told the receptionist. C) The receptionist said that there were usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons. D) The receptionist tells that there were usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The receptionist said that there were usually more girls than boys taking piano lessons. 26. My mom told me, "Clean your room now." A) My mom told me that clean my room now. B) My mom told me to clean my room then. C) My mom told me if clean my room then. D) My mom tells me if she can clean my room. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mom told me to clean my room then. 27. The teacher said, "Be quiet, boys." A) The teacher said that they boys should be quite. B) The teacher called the boys and ordered them to be quite. C) The teacher urged the boys to be quite. D) The teacher commanded the boys that they be quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher urged the boys to be quite. 28. Speech marks indicate ..... A) Who is actually speaking. B) What a person has said. C) How loud someone is talking. D) The way they are talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What a person has said. 29. It is when the main idea of what someone had said is reported. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. C) .... Persuasive Speech. D) Informative Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 30. If talking about future event, the present tense of the verbs is used in the reported speech. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. 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