This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 25 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Bob, my friend is getting married next week, so you are invited" . Ted said. A) Ted said Bob his friend was getting married the following week and he was invited. B) Ted told that his friend is getting married following week and Bob was invited. C) Ted said his friend got married the following week and Bob was invited. D) Ted told Bob that his friend was getting married the following week and Bob was invited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ted told Bob that his friend was getting married the following week and Bob was invited. 2. Father said, '' I will buy the new book today." A) Father said that I will buy the new book today. B) Father said that he would buy the new book that day. C) Father said that he would buy the new book today. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Father said that he would buy the new book that day. 3. I remember last month our teacher told us he would buy us chocolate ..... but he forgot and he never bought us any. A) Next week. B) The next week. C) The after week. D) After week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The next week. 4. "I will give plus 20 if you answer this incorrectly, " said Sir Mark to grade 9 students. A) Sir Mark said to Grade 9 students that he would give plus 20 if they answered this incorrectly. B) Not this. C) Check letter A. D) Don't pick me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Mark said to Grade 9 students that he would give plus 20 if they answered this incorrectly. 5. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:He asked me, "Can you open your book?" A) He asked me to open my book. B) He asked me opening my book. C) He asked me to open your book. D) He asks me to open my book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me to open my book. 6. Indirect speech is also known as ..... A) Quoted speech. B) Reported speech. C) Direct speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reported speech. 7. "Where have you been?" he asked his friend.He asked his friend ..... he had been. A) To. B) That. C) If. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where. 8. Rama said, "Mom, I can't do this." A) Rama said that Mom he couldn't do that. B) Rama told his mom that he couldn't do that. C) Rama told his mom that she couldn't do that. D) Rama told that his couldn't do that. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rama told his mom that he couldn't do that. 9. Toni said to me, "I wish I knew the information earlier." A) Toni told me that she wished she knew the information earlier. B) Toni told me that she wished she had known the information earlier. C) Toni told me that she wished she knew the information before. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toni told me that she wished she had known the information earlier. 10. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.)Anton said to me, '' I will call you." A) Anton said he will call me. B) Anton said he would call me. C) Anton said he would call you. D) Anton said he would called me. E) Anton said that I would call you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anton said he would call me. 11. Bagas asked me, "How is your life today?" A) Bagas asked me how was my life that day. B) Bagas asked me how is my life that day. C) Bagas asked me how my life was that day. D) Bagas asked me how was my life is that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bagas asked me how my life was that day. 12. Change this sentence to Indirect speech. John said, " I want to see a film" . A) "John said that he wants to see a film. B) John said that he wanted to see a film. C) John said, that he wanted to see a film. D) John said that he had wanted to see a film. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John said that he wanted to see a film. 13. Our teacher said, "The epic story of Indarapatra and Sulayman come from Mindanao region." Which among the following is the correct reported speech for this? A) Our teacher said, that the epic story of Indarapatra and Sulayman come from Mindanao region. B) Our teacher said that the epic story of Indarapatra and Sulayman came from Mindanao region. C) Our teacher said that the epic story of Indarapatra and Sulayman is from Mindanao region. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our teacher said that the epic story of Indarapatra and Sulayman came from Mindanao region. 14. Which of the following means to feel bad about something? A) Old thing. B) Jolly glad. C) None of these. D) To take to heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To take to heart. 15. My parents asked me, "Why are you crying?" A) My parents asked me why I was crying. B) My parents asked me why I am crying. C) My parents asked me why I had been crying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My parents asked me why I was crying. 16. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.)Budi and Yanto said, '' We don't like our new apartment." A) Budi and Yanto said that they don't like their new apartment. B) Budi and Yanto said that we don't like their new apartment. C) Budi and Yanto said that they didn't like their new apartment. D) Budi and Yanto said that they don't like our new apartment. E) Budi and Yanto said that they didn't like our new apartment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Budi and Yanto said that they didn't like their new apartment. 17. Change the speech.Ramesh informed his friend that he could make use of his car while he was away. A) Ramesh asked his friend, "Will you make use of my car while I am away?". B) Ramesh said to his friend, "you can make use of my car while I am away" . C) Ramesh said to his friend, "Use my car while I go away". D) Ramesh said to his friend, "You will make use of my car while I was away" . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ramesh said to his friend, "you can make use of my car while I am away" . 18. CONVERT INTO INDIRECT SPEECHI WAS SLEEPING WHEN ANNET CALLED A) HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN SLEEPING WHEN ANNET CALLED. B) HE SAID THAT HE WAS SLEEPING WHEN ANNET CALLED. C) HE HAD BEEN SLEEPING WHEN ANNET CALLED SAID HIM. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN SLEEPING WHEN ANNET CALLED. 19. Punctuate the sentence. Come here said the teacher A) "Come here", said the teacher. B) "Come here, "said the teacher. C) "Come here"said the teacher. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Come here, "said the teacher. 20. Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:Sona said, "I go to school every day." A) Sona said that she had gone to school every day. B) Sona said that she went to school every day. C) Sona said that she goes to school every day. D) Sona says that she goes to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sona said that she goes to school every day. 21. Haris said, "How clever I am" . A) . Haris exclaimed that he was very clever. B) . Haris said he was very clever. C) . Haris exclaimed that he is very clever. D) . Haris asked that how Clever he was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . Haris exclaimed that he was very clever. 22. Is there any change in habitual facts when we make direct Speech to Indirect Speech? A) Yes. B) No. C) Depends. D) Not Sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 23. I said to him, 'Why don't you work hard?' A) I asked him why didn't you work hard. B) I asked him why he didn't work hard. C) I asked him why he wouldn't work hard. D) I asked him why he wasn't working hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I asked him why he didn't work hard. 24. John said, "I am very busy now."John said that he ..... very busy. A) Is. B) Had been. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 25. The priest said, 'Be quiet and listen to my words.' A) The priest said them to be quiet and listen to his words. B) The priest told them that they should be quiet and listen to his words. C) The priest urged them to be quiet and to listen to his words. D) The priest said they should be quiet and listen to him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The priest urged them to be quiet and to listen to his words. ← 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