This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I said to them that I had not taken my book from there.(Select the appropriate direct speech of the above sentence) A) I said to them that I have not taken my book from here. B) I said to them, "I have not taken my book from here.". C) I said to them, "I have not taken my book from here." !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I said to them, "I have not taken my book from here.". 2. "I'll give you your money back tomorrow." . A) She promised me to give the money back the next day. B) She promised to give me back the money the next day. C) She promise that she will give me the money tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She promised me to give the money back the next day. 3. Is this sentence is the direct speech correct:Kamala said '' The cookies were delicious" . A) Yes, Correct. B) No, Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, Wrong. 4. Turn Indirect speech to direct speech"He said that he was living in Paris." A) I am living in Paris. B) I am living in Pairs. C) I am not living in Paris. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I am living in Paris. 5. Which of the following is the correction for this INCORRECT direct speech? This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life:says Prof. Lee. A) "This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life" :says Prof. Lee. B) "This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life" says Prof. Lee. C) "This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life, " says Prof. Lee. D) "This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life." says Prof. Lee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life, " says Prof. Lee. 6. "When will they meet?" He asked me when ..... A) Would they meet. B) They would meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They would meet. 7. He said, "The horse has been fed." A) He said that the horse has been fed. B) He said he fed the horse. C) He said that the horse had been fed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that the horse had been fed. 8. CONVERT:Jun said, "We saw them." A) Jun said that they had seen them. B) Jun said that we saw them. C) Jun said that we had seen them. D) Jun said that they have seen them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jun said that they had seen them. 9. In indirect speech, do we change the tense of the reported speech? A) Yes. B) Only for past tense. C) Sometimes. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 10. Transform the following statement into indirect speech: "We have prepared the salad, " said the students. A) The students say that they had prepared the salad. B) The students said that they have prepared the salad. C) The students say that they had prepared the salad. D) The students said that they had prepared the salad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The students said that they had prepared the salad. 11. Yuri asked, "Has Feiyin arrived?" A) Yuri asked if had Feiyin arrived. B) Yuri asked if Feiyin arrived. C) Yuri asked if Feiyin has arrived. D) Yuri asked if Feiyin had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yuri asked if Feiyin had arrived. 12. Choose if the sentence is in Direct or Indirect Speech. "I am watching TV, " she said. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 13. Three days ago a friend told me that she was going to visit me ..... but she didn't arrive. A) Tomorrow. B) Next day. C) The day before. D) The next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The next day. 14. The traveler asked me to book him a seat in a non-smoker. A) "Please book me a seat in a non-smoker, " said the traveler. B) "Will he book me a seat in a non-smoker, " said the traveler. C) "Book me a seat in a non-smoker, " said the traveler. D) "Please ask her to book me a seat in a non-smoker, " said the traveler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Please book me a seat in a non-smoker, " said the traveler. 15. What is the type of this statement; He said to me, "please help me" . A) Indirect Speech for Interrogative. B) Indirect Speech of Imperative Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect Speech for Interrogative. 16. I said to him, "I do not believe you." A) I said to him that I do not believe you. B) I told him that I do not believe you. C) I told him that I did not believe him . D) I said to him that I did not believe you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I told him that I did not believe him . 17. "Think well before you answer, " the detective warned her. A) The detective warned her to have thought before she answered. B) The detective warned her thought well before she answered. C) The detective warned her think well before she answered. D) The detective warned her to think well before she answered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The detective warned her to think well before she answered. 18. The man asked, "What is your name?" A) The man asked what you name was. B) The man asked what my name was. C) The man asked what my name were. D) The man asked what was my name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The man asked what my name was. 19. Change this sentence to Indirect speech.The little girl said, "I am lost." A) The little girl is lost. B) The little girl said that she was lost. C) The little girl said that she is lost. D) The little girl was lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The little girl said that she was lost. 20. Identify the speech;She said, "I am going to the market" A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 21. They say that they are having their meal now. A) "We are having our meal now, " they said. B) "We were having our meal then, " they said. C) "We were having our meal then, " they say. D) "We are having our meal now, " they say. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "We are having our meal now, " they say. 22. She said to the shopkeeper, "How much is the price of this book?" A) She asked the shopkeeper how much the price of the book was. B) She asked the shopkeeper how much the price of the book is. C) She told to the shopkeeper how much the price of the book was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked the shopkeeper how much the price of the book was. 23. Which one shows the correct punctation? A) "Where are you going" asked Abdul Kazam?. B) "Where are you going?" asked Abdul Kazam. C) "Where are you going" ? asked Abdul Kazam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Where are you going?" asked Abdul Kazam. 24. The farmer said, "The goat died in the night." A) The farmer said that the goat had died in the night. B) The farmer said the goat died. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The farmer said that the goat had died in the night. 25. She told her parents that she ..... in the reading room at that moment. A) Is working. B) Has been working. C) Will be working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was working. ← 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