This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I can't drive a lorry, " he said. A) He said that he couldn't drive a lorry. B) He said that he can't drive a lorry. C) He said that I couldn't drive a lorry. D) He said that I can't drive a lorry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he couldn't drive a lorry. 2. COMPLETE:Reported Speech refers to ..... A) How someone else said before. B) How we say the speech of other people. C) When somebody else answered. D) What people are saying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How we say the speech of other people. 3. The turtle said, " When you hear the dog barking, it is time for you to come down." The turtle told the monkey ..... when he heard the dog barking it was time for him to come down. A) That. B) To follow. C) Whether. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 4. Ram said, " My brother plays cricket for Delhi." A) Ram said that my brother played cricket for Delhi. B) Ram says that his brother plays cricket for Delhi. C) Ram said that his brother played cricket for Delhi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ram said that his brother played cricket for Delhi. 5. Reported speech is about ..... A) Reporting television news. B) Reporting second-hand information. C) Mr Porter's speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reporting second-hand information. 6. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:The teacher said to the students "Be quiet while I am talking" A) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she was talking. B) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while I am talking. C) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she told. D) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she talks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she was talking. 7. Robert said that he might print all the photos. What is the direct speech of this sentence? A) Robert said, "He might print all the photos.". B) Robert said, "I may have printed all the photos.". C) Robert said, "He may print all the photos.". D) Robert said, "I may print all the photos.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert said, "I may print all the photos.". 8. It is also known as quoted speech. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. C) Persuasive Speech. D) Argumentative Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 9. Mr. Burchell asked the girl, "What is your name?" A) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what is your name. B) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what was your name. C) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what is her name. D) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what her name was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what her name was. 10. In direct speech, how are the exact words of the speaker presented? A) Using "quotation marks". B) Using italics. C) Using punctuation!?. D) Using bold font. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using "quotation marks". 11. "What is my name?", she asked me.( Change to indirect speech) A) What is my name she asked me. B) She asked me what my name was. C) She asked me what my name is. D) What is my name she asked. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me what my name was. 12. She says, "Now I shall read this book" A) . She says that now she will read this book. B) . She says that now she would read this book. C) . She says now she will read this book. D) . She says now that she will read this book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . She says that now she will read this book. 13. Match the verb form for direct speech to its change in the indirect/reported speech."Simple Present '' A) Past continuous. B) Simple past. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple past. 14. "Are you leaving today or tomorrow morning?" asked his secretary. A) His secretary asked if he had been leaving that day or the following morning. B) His secretary asked if he was leaving that day or the following morning. C) His secretary asked if he was leaving that day or tomorrow morning. D) His secretary asked if he is leaving that day or the following morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His secretary asked if he was leaving that day or the following morning. 15. The police told them, "Don't drive too fast in town" . A) The police told them not to drove too fast in town. B) The police told them not to drive too fast in town. C) The police told them that not to drove too fast in town. D) The police told them that not to drive too fast in town. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The police told them not to drive too fast in town. 16. What kind of verb is in the quoted part of a speech? A) Introductory Verb. B) Quoted Verb. C) Helping Verb. D) Auxiliary Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quoted Verb. 17. Maria told us that she was going to visit ..... parents in Italy the next week and wouldn't come to class. A) My. B) Her. C) Your. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her. 18. She said, "I'm going to the salon." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 19. The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?" A) The policeman asked the boy where he lives. B) The policeman asked the boy where he lived. C) The policeman asked the boy where did he live. D) The policeman asked the boy where did he lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The policeman asked the boy where he lived. 20. Direct speech:She said, "I will take an English class."Indirect speech: ..... A) She told that she would take an English class. B) "I will take an English class, " said Jessica. C) She told me I will take an English class. D) She tell me something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told that she would take an English class. 21. What tense does 'may' change to in indirect speech? A) Might. B) Could. C) Should. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might. 22. Which of the following is a special feature of an indirect speech? A) It always denotes the exact words of the speaker. B) It always ends with an exclamation mark. C) It always has inverted commas in it. D) It always ends with a full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It always ends with a full stop. 23. Change this sentence to direct speechChitra said that she will go to the shop today. A) Chitra said that she, "is going to the shop today" . B) Chitra said, "I will go to the shop today" . C) Chitra told that, "She will go to the shop today" . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chitra said, "I will go to the shop today" . 24. These repeats or quotes the exact words that were spoken. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 25. When I spoke to Belen, yesterday, she said that she ..... to a party the night before. A) Went. B) Had gone. C) Was going. D) Did go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. ← 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