This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tom said 'I'm going to London tomorrow.'Five days later you say ..... A) Tom said he is going to London the following day. B) Tom said he was going to London the following day. C) Tom said he was going to London tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom said he was going to London the following day. 2. "Look! It is raining hailstones, " he said.Indirect Speech: ..... A) He exclaimed that it was raining hailstones. B) He exclaimed that it is raining hailstones. C) He exclaimed that it had been raining hailstones. D) He exclaimed that it rained hailstones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He exclaimed that it was raining hailstones. 3. Where is the introductory verb in the following statement:Gen. MacArthur said, "I shall return." A) Shall. B) Gen. C) Return. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Said. 4. It is a report on what someone else said or wrote without using the person's exact words. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. C) Persuasive Speech. D) Argumentative Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 5. The student asked, "May I come in?" A) The student inquired to come in. B) The student asked may I come in. C) The student asked whether he could go in. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The student asked whether he could go in. 6. Suraj says, "My mother is cooking." A) Suraj said that his mother was cooking. B) Suraj says that his mother is cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suraj says that his mother is cooking. 7. She said, "It is cold now." She said that ..... A) It is cold now. B) It was cold then. C) It has been cold then. D) "it is cold now". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was cold then. 8. She requested the interviewer to repeat the question. A) She asked the interviewer, 'Please repeat the question'. B) She said to the interviewer, 'Could you please repeat the question?'. C) She requested the interviewer, 'Please repeat the question.'. D) She asked the interviewer, 'Could you please repeat the question?'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She requested the interviewer, 'Please repeat the question.'. 9. "Where did you find it?" He asked me where ..... A) I found it. B) I had found it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had found it. 10. Has been doing A) Had done. B) Had been doing. C) Did. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been doing. 11. Mother asked Ben, "Are you going to marry her?" A) Mother asked Ben if he was going to marry her. B) Mother asked Ben if he is going to marry her. C) Mother asked Ben that he is going to marry her. D) Mother asked Ben that he was going to marry her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother asked Ben if he was going to marry her. 12. Change:She inquired of me if I thought that was a proper answer to give A) Yes I did,. B) She told me, "How do u think it was a proper answer to give?". C) She said to me, "Do you think that is a proper answer to give? ''. D) She said to me, "have your thought that was a proper answer to give". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said to me, "Do you think that is a proper answer to give? ''. 13. "Don't come here now, it is in vain, you cannot see her" . Martin said. "I am sure about that" . A) Martin surely reminded him not to go there now in vain because he couldn't see her. B) Martin told him not to go there then in vain because he cannot see her and he was sure. C) Martin warned him not to go there in vain because he was sure he couldn't see her then. D) Martin said that he not to go there then in vain because he cannot see her and he was sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martin warned him not to go there in vain because he was sure he couldn't see her then. 14. The monkey says that he will give him half of the fruit in exchange. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 15. If the verb in direct speech is in simple past, what would the tense of the verb be in the indirect or reported speech? A) Simple present. B) Simple past. C) Future. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect. 16. Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:Joseph said, '' I have already written a letter to my family in Dubai." A) Joseph said that he wrote a letter to his family in Dubai. B) Joseph said that he had already written a letter to his family in Dubai. C) Joseph said that he was writing a letter to his family in Dubai. D) Joseph said that he will write a letter to his family in Dubai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph said that he had already written a letter to his family in Dubai. 17. "What did the cashier of the restaurant tell you?"" ..... with credit card." A) Not pay. B) Not paying. C) Not to pay. D) Did not pay. E) Not paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not paying. 18. Sony said, "Where do you come from?" Change to indirect speech! A) Sony said where you come from. B) Sony said where he came from?. C) Sony said where I came from. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sony said where I came from. 19. Mrs. Ratih said, "Badu, Budi, and Bedadu have left these lessons three times" . It means ..... A) Mrs. Ratih said that she has left these lessons three times. B) Mrs. Ratih said that she had left these lessons three times. C) Mrs. Ratih said that they had left these lessons three times. D) Mrs. Ratih said that they have left those lessons three times. E) Mrs. Ratih said that they had left those lessons three times. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Mrs. Ratih said that they had left those lessons three times. 20. "Don't waste your money" she said to the boys. A) She told the boys to waste your money. B) She told the boys to waste their money. C) She told the boys not to waste your money. D) She told the boys not to waste their money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told the boys not to waste their money. 21. "Have you got a work permit?" asked Bill. A) Bill asked if you got a work permit. B) Bill asked if I had a work permit. C) Bill wanted that I had got a work permit. D) Bill asked had you got a work permit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bill asked if I had a work permit. 22. Choose the best option for the speech Direct from this sentence:Roger said that Jhoni was a good friend. A) Roger said: "Jhoni are a good friend". B) Roger said:'' Jhoni is a good friend". C) Roger said '' Jhoni was a good friend" . D) Roger said "Jhoni am a good friend". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roger said:'' Jhoni is a good friend". 23. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-He said, "I live in Germany." A) He told that he lived in Germany. B) He said that he lived in Germany. C) He said that he had lived in Germany. D) He said that he is living in Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he lived in Germany. 24. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.) "I didn't like milk as a child." My sister told me that ..... A) She had not liked milk as a child. B) She didn't like milk as a child. C) She not liked milk as a child. D) I had not liked milk as a child. E) I had not like milk as a child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had not liked milk as a child. 25. "Do not keep me waiting too long, " the man said.The man told him not ..... keep him waiting too long. A) To. B) That. C) If. D) Where. 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