This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.)Bruce said, "My mother doesn't have any biological children." A) Bruce said that his mother doesn't have any biological children. B) Bruce said that my mother didn't have any biological children. C) Bruce said that his mother didn't had any biological children. D) Bruce said that his mother didn't have any biological children. E) Bruce said that his mother did have any biological children. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bruce said that his mother didn't have any biological children. 2. "Catherine is completing her homework, " she said. A) She says that Catherine would completing her homework. B) She said that Catherine is completing her homework. C) She said that Catherine will complete her homework. D) She said that Catherine was completing her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said that Catherine was completing her homework. 3. The landlord said, "You should leave if you can not pay the rent." A) The landlord asks me to leave if I didn't pay the rent. B) The landlo asked me to leave if I couldn't pay the rent. C) The landlord asked me to leave if I would not be paying the rent. D) The landlord asked me to leave or pay the rent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The landlo asked me to leave if I couldn't pay the rent. 4. Choose the sentence that contains an example of direct speech: A) I finished my work, she told me. B) She told me that she had finished her work. C) She said if she had finished her work. D) I will finish my work, she promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I finished my work, she told me. 5. What is Indirect Speech? A) Shows a person's exact words. Quotation marks (" ") are a sign that the words are the exact words that a person used. B) Is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used. 6. The guard asked, "Who are you?" A) The guard asked who he was. B) The guard asked me who he was. C) The guard asks me who he was. D) The guard asked who I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The guard asked who I was. 7. Mateo asked Rainie, "Why are you sad?" A) Mateo asked Rainie why she was sad. B) Mateo asked Rainie why I was sad. C) Mateo asked Rainie why she is sad. D) Rainie smiled back to Mateo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mateo asked Rainie why she was sad. 8. "Be nice to your brother, " he said. A) He asked me to be nice to my brother. B) He asked me not to be nice to my brother. C) He asked me to be nice to your brother. D) He asked me not to be nice to your brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked me to be nice to my brother. 9. "Call the witness!" asked the judge.The indirect speech from the sentence above is ..... A) The judge asked called the witness. B) The judge asked whether call the witness. C) The judge asked if they call the witness. D) The judge asked to call the witness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The judge asked to call the witness. 10. "Be nice to your brother, " he said. Convert to Indirect Speech A) He said me to be nice to my brother. B) He advised me to be nice to my brother. C) He told me that I have to be nice to my brother. D) He told me that I have to become nice to my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He advised me to be nice to my brother. 11. I said, 'Jayesh, you must be more serious.'(This sentence is in direct speech. True or False?) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Hannah: "I want to go to the football match, but I don't have enough money" .Hannah said that she ..... to go to the football match, but she didn't have enough money. A) Wants. B) Wanted. C) Had wanted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted. 13. Christine said, "I am going to school." A) Christine said that she was going to school. B) Christine said that she will be going to school. C) Christine said that she were going to school. D) Christine said that she was not going to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christine said that she was going to school. 14. John asked me, "What are you doing here?" A) John asked me what are you doing there. B) John asked me what I am doing there. C) John asked me what I was doing there. D) John asked me what I was doing there?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John asked me what I was doing there. 15. Past perfect tense direct speeches remain the same tense even in indirect speeches. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Monica said, "I have finished my homework." Convert it into indirect speech. A) Monica said that she had finished her homework. B) Monica said that she had finished my homework. C) Monica said that she has finished her homework. D) Monica said that she has finished my homework. E) Monica said that she has to finish my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monica said that she had finished her homework. 17. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:He said, "I like this song." A) He said that I liked this song. B) He said that he likes this song. C) He said that he liked that song. D) He said that he likes that song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he liked that song. 18. I like strawberries ..... bananas on my cereal. A) Nor. B) But. C) And. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And. 19. Shabnum said, "Mummy is resting in her room." A) Shabnum said my mother is taking rest. B) Shabnum said that mummy was taking rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shabnum said that mummy was taking rest. 20. The teacher said, "The earth revolves around the sun." A) The teacher said that the earth is revolves around the sun. B) The teacher said that the earth revolved around the sun. C) The teacher says that the earth revolves around the sun. D) The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun. 21. The students said, "It is very hot."INDIRECT:The students said that it ..... very hot. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 22. He says, "I am glad to be here this evening." He says that ..... A) He is glad to be here this evening. B) He was glad to be here this evening. C) I am glad to be here this evening. D) I was glad to be here this evening. E) I am glad to being here this evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was glad to be here this evening. 23. What needs to be corrected in this sentence? He said, "He likes to play football" . A) Change period to question mark. B) Full stop must come first before the closing speech mark. C) He should be in small letter. D) Remove the comma after "said". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full stop must come first before the closing speech mark. 24. So she told the giant that Timun Mas was too small and skinny to eat yet and asked him to come back in 2 years.From the sentence we can conclude that ..... A) Timun Mas was eatable for the giant. B) Timun Mas was too old to be consumed by the giant. C) Timun Mas would come in the next 2 years to the giant. D) It was not the right time for giant to take care Timun Mas. E) It was not the proper time for the giant to take Timun Mas from Mbok Rondo. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) It was not the proper time for the giant to take Timun Mas from Mbok Rondo. 25. In direct speech, do we change the tense of the reported speech? A) Yes. B) Sometimes. C) Only for past tense. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No. ← 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