This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mr. Johnson asked Mary, "When can you finish the letter?" Mr. Johnson asked Mary ..... A) When can you finish the letter. B) When can she finish the letter. C) When you can finish the letter. D) When she could finish the letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When she could finish the letter. 2. Mario told us to conserve water. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 3. Which of the following is an example of a direct speech? A) Janus said, "I am writing a letter now.". B) Janus directly said that he was writing a letter. C) Janus' direct words were that he was writing a letter. D) Janus' "direct words" were:I was writing a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Janus said, "I am writing a letter now.". 4. Which is the correct reported speech choice?John asked Mary, "Why do you get angry with me?" A) John asked Mary why she got angry with him. B) John asked Mary why she gets angry with him. C) John asked Mary why she is angry with him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John asked Mary why she got angry with him. 5. Teacher: "Tom, read the story, please" . Teacher askedTom ..... A) To read the story. B) Read the story. C) That he reads it. D) Whether he reads the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To read the story. 6. This is the bag which I bought yesterday. A) He said that was the bag which he had been bought the day before. B) He said that was the bag which I bought the day before. C) He said that the bag was which he had buy the day before. D) He said that was the bag which I had been bought the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that was the bag which he had been bought the day before. 7. What's missing from this sentence? He said, "be calm please and listen to my words." A) Capital letter. B) Quotation mark. C) Exclamation mark. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capital letter. 8. Which of the following is the correct difference between direct and indirect speech? A) Direct speech is the exact words of the speaker and indirect speech is the interpretation of someone else. B) Direct speech has inverted commas and indirect speech has semi colon. C) None of these. D) Direct speech can have any tense and indirect speech is usually in past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct speech can have any tense and indirect speech is usually in past tense. 9. Speech marks are also known as what? A) Inverted commas. B) Quotation marks. C) Both of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the above. 10. True or False?In the reported speech we cannot leave out the word that:Kevin said that he was twenty. Kevin said he was twenty. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. The Professor said that nobody could solve the problem. A) The Professor said, 'Nobody can solve the problem'. B) The Professor said, 'Nobody could solve the problem'. C) The Professor exclaimed, 'Nobody could solve the problem'. D) The Professor exclaimed, 'Nobody can solve the problem?'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Professor said, 'Nobody could solve the problem'. 12. Turn direct speech into indirect speech"I was walking along the Street." A) He didn't walk along the street. B) He was not liking to walk along the street. C) He said he had been walking along the Street. D) He liked to walk along the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said he had been walking along the Street. 13. He ..... me what the latest numbers are. A) Says. B) Said. C) Ask. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked. 14. If you find my pencil Jia Wen said pass it to me. Which sentence is correctly punctuated? A) "If you find my pencil." Jia Wen said, "Pass it to me.". B) "If you find my pencil, " Jia Wen said, "Pass it to me.". C) "If you find my pencil, " Jia Wen said, "pass it to me.". D) "If you find my pencil." Jia Wen said "pass it to me.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "If you find my pencil, " Jia Wen said, "pass it to me.". 15. "I am going to the cinema tonight, " said Yaw A) Indirect. B) Direct. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct. 16. Rosa said, "I liked coffee." A) Rosa said that she likes cofffee. B) Rosa said that she had liked coffee. C) Rosa said that she had been liking coffee. D) Rosa said that she was like coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rosa said that she had liked coffee. 17. My mom told me last night if I had had a spare time. It means ..... A) My mom asked me, "Do you have a spare time?". B) My mom asked me, "Have you had a spare time?". C) My mom asked me, "Did you have a spare time?". D) My mom asked me, Did I have a spare time?". E) My mom asked me, '' Had you had a spare time?". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My mom asked me, "Did you have a spare time?". 18. Identify the speech;Father told us to not touch his laptop. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech. 19. The monkey says, "I will give you half of the fruit in exchange." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 20. Which word will be CHANGED from direct to indirect speech? A) Could. B) Should. C) Shall. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shall. 21. "Me? No, I didn't take Sue's calculator, " said Bob. A) Bob denied taking Sue's calculator. B) Bob asked if he had taken Sue's calculator. C) Bob says he hadn't taken Sue's calculator. D) Bob said he didn't take Sue's calculator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bob denied taking Sue's calculator. 22. Look for the correct option:'Please don't go away, ' she said A) She begged that I not go away. B) She told me not to go away. C) She requested me not to go away. D) She said to please her and not go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She requested me not to go away. 23. Turn direct speech into indirect speech-"Have you got a computer?" A) He wanted to know whether I had a computer. B) He wanted to know how I got a computer. C) He wanted a computer. D) He didn't want a computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted to know whether I had a computer. 24. Siska asked Saski, '' Are you busy now?" . It means ..... A) Siska asked Saski if he was busy then. B) Saski asked Siska whether he was busy then. C) Siska asked Saski if she is busy now. D) Siska asked Saski whether he is busy then. E) Saski asked SIska if he was busy then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siska asked Saski if he was busy then. 25. "Where does Maria park her new car these days?" said Ronald. A) Ronald asked where Maria parked her new car these days. B) Ronald wanted to know where Maria parked her new car those days. C) Ronald asked if Maria did park her new car these days where. D) Ronald asked where does Maria park her new car those days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ronald wanted to know where Maria parked her new car those days. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDirect And Indirect Speech Quiz 1Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 2Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 3Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 4Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 5Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 6Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 7Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 8Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books