This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Turn Indirect speech to direct speech"He said he bought a car." A) I didn't buy a car. B) I bouhgt a car. C) I bought a car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I bought a car. 2. The reported speech is usually used to talk about something that happened in the past. Therefore, the tense of the words used is usually changed into past tense. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 3. How Indirect speech is made: A) Reporting what was said exactly in the words of the speaker. B) Reporting what was said in the words of a narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reporting what was said in the words of a narrator. 4. She says, "I am the class captain." A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech. 5. Jack said: "I was at home yesterday." Jack said ..... A) He was at home. B) He will be at home. C) He had been at home a week ago. D) He had been at home the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had been at home the day before. 6. The man asked the clerk, "Do you sell teapot in this store?" A) The man asked the clerk if he sold teapot in that store. B) The man asked the clerk that he sold teapot in that store. C) No correct answer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The man asked the clerk if he sold teapot in that store. 7. Which is the correct meaning of this indirect speech?"I have visited the the ancient city of Anuradhapura, " she said A) She said that she had visited the ancient city of Anuradhapura. B) She said that she has not visited the ancient city of Anuradhapura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she had visited the ancient city of Anuradhapura. 8. He asked me, "What are you doing?"He asked me ..... A) What I am doing. B) What am I doing. C) What I was doing. D) What was I doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I was doing. 9. John, '' I am going to visit my grandma next week" . It means A) John said that he was going to visit my grandma the following week. B) John said that he is going to visit his grandma the following week. C) John said that he was going to visit his grandma the following week. D) John said that he is going to visit my grandma the following week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John said that he was going to visit his grandma the following week. 10. Which of these is direct speech? A) I fell in love with the beautiful beach in Sri Lanka. B) Alice fell in love with the beautiful beach in Sri Lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I fell in love with the beautiful beach in Sri Lanka. 11. I will study hard. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 12. The time word 'tomorrow' in direct speech turns into ..... in reported speech. A) Yesterday. B) The day after. C) The next day. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The next day. 13. "I've been living here for ten years, " She told me. It means: A) She told me that she had lived there for ten years. B) She told me that she had been living here for ten years. C) She told me that she had been living there for ten years. D) She told me that she has been living there for ten years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She told me that she had been living there for ten years. 14. She asked me, 'Would you like to join us?' A) She asked me if I will help her. B) She asked me if I could help her. C) She asked me if I would help her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked me if I would help her. 15. I said, "I can do the sum" .Which type of sentence is this? A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 16. "Please clear the tables after you have finished the food." mother told the girls. A) Please clear the tables after she have finished the food.mother told the girls. B) Mother told the girls to clear the tables after they had finished the food. C) Mother says the girls to clear the tables after they had finished the food. D) Mother said the girls to clear the tables after they had finished the food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mother told the girls to clear the tables after they had finished the food. 17. "I am not going to tolerate this any more, " said Sarah. It is an example of: A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 18. Direct speech:Siska said, "Where do you live?"Indirect speech: ..... A) "Where did I live?". B) Siska said that where I live. C) She tells me something. D) Siska asked where I lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Siska asked where I lived. 19. Which sentence is correct?Lydia said:'Mr Darcy kissed Lizzie on the mouth this morning.' A) Mr Darcy said that Lizzie had kissed him on the mouth that morning. B) Lydia said that Mr Darcy kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. C) Lydia said, that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. D) Lydia said that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lydia said that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning. 20. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:My brother says "I met Tom at the party last night" A) My brother says that he had met me at the party last night. B) My brother said that he had met Tom at the party last night. C) My brother says that he met Tom at the party last night. D) My brother says that he meets Tom at the party last night". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My brother says that he met Tom at the party last night. 21. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options. Remember the rule:Present Perfect Continuous in the direct becomes Past Perfect Continuous. He said, "I have been reading a novel" . (D.S) A) He said that he had been reading a novel. B) He said that I had been reading a novel. C) He said that he is reading a novel. D) He said that he would reading a novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he had been reading a novel. 22. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONVERT STATEMENTS INTO INDIRECT SPEECH A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 23. Change this statement into INDIRECT SPEECH.She said, "I'll go shopping." A) She said she would go shopping. B) She said she will go shopping. C) She said she should go shopping. D) She said I will go shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she would go shopping. 24. Which of the following direct speech is correctly written? A) The boy said, I want a new set of encyclopedia. B) The boy said that he wanted a new encyclopedia. C) The boy said, "I want a new set of encyclopedia.". D) "The boy said, I want a new set of encyclopedia.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boy said, "I want a new set of encyclopedia.". 25. Who is the speaker in this statement? James told his mother, "I am leaving tomorrow." A) Mother. B) The guest. C) Father. D) James. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James. 26. What is direct speech? A) Direct speech is where the exact words spoken by a person are written in quotation marks. B) Direct speech is where the words spoken by a person are completely ignored and not written in quotation marks. C) Direct speech is where the exact words spoken by a person are summarized and written in quotation marks. D) Direct speech is where the words spoken by a person are not exact and are written without quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech is where the exact words spoken by a person are written in quotation marks. 27. I asked Brian why he didn't go back to Singapore. A) "Why did you go back to Singapore, Brian?" I said. B) "Why don't you go back to Singapore, Brian?" I said. C) "Brian, go back to Singapore, please?" I said. D) "Brian, why do you go back to Singapore?" I said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Brian, why do you go back to Singapore?" I said. 28. "I will call you tonight, " said Sally to her brother. A) Sally said to her brother that she would call him that night. B) Sally said to her brother that he would call her that night. C) Both are correct. D) Neither is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sally said to her brother that she would call him that night. 29. He said to me, "What are you doing?" A) He asked me what I was doing. B) He said to me what I was doing. C) He said to me what I am doing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me what I was doing. 30. He advised us to make good use of our time as we wouldn't get such an opportunity again. A) "Make good use of your time. You won't get such an opportunity again, " he said to us. B) "To make good use of your time. You won't get such an opportunity again, " he said to us. C) "Make good use of your time. You wouldn't get such an opportunity again" , he said us. D) "Make good use of your time. You won't get such an opportunity again, " he told to us. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Make good use of your time. You won't get such an opportunity again, " he said to us. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDirect And Indirect Speech Quiz 1Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 2Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 3Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 5Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 6Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 7Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 8Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 9Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books