This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Will become A) Would become. B) Would became. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would become. 2. Indirect speech:Mr. Lee told me he was going to Mark's house.Direct speech: ..... A) Mr. Lee told me I am going to Mark's house. B) Mr. Lee told, "I am going to Mark's house.". C) Mr. Lee told me that he was going to the house. D) Mr. Lee told, "I am going to market.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Lee told, "I am going to Mark's house.". 3. Turn direct speech into indirect speech"I need help with my work." A) He said, "I need help with my homework.". B) He said I do not need help with my homework. C) He said I am doing my homework. D) He said I want to do homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said, "I need help with my homework.". 4. The doctor ..... that there's nothing wrong with me. A) Said. B) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 5. He told me, "I was coming with him." A) He told me that he had been coming with him. B) He told me that I had been coming with him. C) He told me that he came with him. D) He told me that I came with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told me that he had been coming with him. 6. He said to her, 'What a hot day!' A) He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was hot day. B) He told her that it was a hot day. C) He exclaimed that it was a hot day. D) He said that it was a hot day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He exclaimed that it was a hot day. 7. Which of the following is not a speech reporting verb? A) Run. B) Jump. C) Talk. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run. 8. Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo, "Do you really want a child?" The sentence above can be changed into indirect speech ..... A) Buto ijo asked mbok Rondo if she really wants a child. B) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo that she really wants a child. C) Buto Ijo told mbok Rondo that she really wanted a child. D) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo if she really wanted a child. E) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo if he really wanted a child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo if she really wanted a child. 9. "Don't touch it! Leave it alone!" I said A) I told him not to touch it but to leave it alone. B) I have told him not to touch it but to leave it alone. C) I am telling him not to touch it but to leave it alone. D) I said him not to touch it but to leave it alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I told him not to touch it but to leave it alone. 10. My brother reminded me, "Do your homework!"My brother reminded me ..... Do ..... homework. A) For-your. B) To-your. C) For-my. D) To-my. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To-my. 11. ''Jeanna meets her friend every afternoon, " she said. A) D. B) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 12. "This book is really strange, " whispered Markus. A) Correct. B) Wrong speech marks. C) Wrong punctuation. D) Wrong capital letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 13. She said, "I got an exam a week ago." She said that ..... A) I got an exam a week before. B) She had got an exam a week before. C) She got an exam a week ago. D) She had got an exam a week later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had got an exam a week before. 14. Mary says, "I am coming here." Convert it into indirect speech. A) Mary says that she is coming there. B) Mary said that she is coming there. C) Mary said that she was coming there. D) Mary says that she was coming here. E) Mary says that she came here. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary said that she was coming there. 15. 'Did you meet each other at school?' He asked them ..... A) If they had met at school. B) If did they meet at school. C) Had they met at school. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If they had met at school. 16. Present perfect changes to: A) None. B) Past continuous. C) Present perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None. 17. Eryn said, "We like working in Paris."The indirect speech is ..... A) Eryn said that we liked working in Paris. B) Eryn said that they liked working in Paris. C) Eryn said that "They liked working in Paris.". D) Eryn said that they like working in Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eryn said that they liked working in Paris. 18. He asked me " read your book!" A) He asked me to read my book. B) He asked me reading my book. C) He asked me to read your book. D) He asks me to read my book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me to read my book. 19. Pick the correct option:She said that her brother was getting married. A) A. She said, 'Her brother is getting married.'. B) B. She told to me, 'Her brother is getting married.'. C) She said, 'My brother is getting married.'. D) D. She said, 'My brother was getting married.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said, 'My brother is getting married.'. 20. Didn't give A) Hadn't given. B) Had not gave. C) Gave. D) Would give. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't given. 21. If a direct speech has 'now', it becomes ..... in reported speech. A) After. B) Then. C) Next. D) Present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Then. 22. The turtle said, " Please follow my advice." The turtle requested the monkey ..... his advice. A) That. B) To follow. C) Whether. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To follow. 23. She said that she was late for work. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 24. The teacher said, "The wind is a renewable energy source." A) The teacher said that the wind was a renewable energy source. B) The teacher said that the wind is a renewable energy source. C) The teacher told that the wind is a renewable energy source. D) The teacher tells that the wind was a renewable energy source. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher said that the wind is a renewable energy source. 25. How is this direct speech be transformed to indirect or reported speech? Karla said, "I called up my mother to comfort me." A) Karla said that she called up her mother to comfort her. B) Karla said that she had called up her mother to comfort her. C) Karla said that she calls her mother to comfort her. D) Karla said that she was calling her mother to comfort her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karla said that she had called up her mother to comfort her. 26. CONVERT:Clarence said, "Clean your room!" A) Clarence said that I cleaned my room. B) Clarence told me I cleaned my room. C) Clarence told me to clean my room. D) Clarence said to clean his room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clarence told me to clean my room. 27. He says "What do the pupils study?" He asks ..... A) What do the pupils study. B) What the pupils study. C) What the pupils studied. D) What the pupils have studied study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What the pupils studied. 28. "Where is the nearest gas station?" he asked. A) He asked where the nearest gas station is. B) He asked where the nearest gas station was. C) He asked where was the nearest gas station. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked where the nearest gas station was. 29. When we change the speech, there is a change in A) Tense. B) Voice. C) No change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tense. 30. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.)Ariani said, "I do my homework by myself." A) Ariani said that she do her homework by herself. B) Ariani said that she did her homework by herself. C) Ariani said she did her homework by myself. D) Ariani said that I did my homework by myself. E) Ariani said that I do my homework by myself. 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