This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Write whether the sentence is direct or indirect speech;Leela said, "Please bring some fruits from the market." A) Indirect Speech. B) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Speech. 2. Mohan said that he had been feeling ill today.(select the appropriate direct speech of the sentence) A) Mohan said, "I was feeling ill yesterday.". B) Mohan said, "I have been feeling ill today.". C) Mohan said, "I have been feeling ill yesterday.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohan said, "I have been feeling ill today.". 3. Which of these is indirect speech? A) He told us that you could see lion and blue whales in Sri Lanka. B) '' He told us that you could see lion and blue whales in Sri Lanka" . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told us that you could see lion and blue whales in Sri Lanka. 4. Who was very good at getting porters and taxis? A) Julian. B) George. C) Anne. D) Timmy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Julian. 5. "Go to bed!" She ..... A) She told me to go to bed. B) She told me go to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told me to go to bed. 6. Sania thought, "There is no hope of winning the match now." A) Sania thought that there was no hope for winning the match now. B) Sania thought that there was no hope for winning the match then. C) Sania thought that there is no hope for winning the match then. D) Sania thought that there had been no hope for winning the match then. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sania thought that there was no hope for winning the match then. 7. Rishikesh said, "I was the one who clapped the most on Raghav's birthday" A) Rishikesh said that he was the one who clapped the most on Raghav's birthday. B) Rishikesh said that he is the one who clapped the most on his birthday. C) Rishikesh says that he is the one who claps the most on Raghav's birthday. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rishikesh said that he was the one who clapped the most on Raghav's birthday. 8. Becca said ''I had gone there last month" She said that ..... A) I had gone there last month. B) I have gone there last month. C) I was going there last month. D) I had gone there the previous month. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I had gone there the previous month. 9. She said, "Shut the door!" A) She asked me whether I would shut the door. B) She ordered me to shut the door. C) She said that I should shut the door. D) She shouted and said to shut the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that I should shut the door. 10. Nancy said, "I may leave tomorrow." A) Nancy said that she might leave the next day. B) Nancy said that she might leave tomorrow. C) Nancy asked if she should leave the next day. D) Nancy informed me to leave tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nancy said that she might leave tomorrow. 11. My mom ..... that I had to find a new girlfriend. A) Said. B) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 12. Change:The examiner called out, "time is up, stop writing. '' A) The examiner commanded to stop writing as the time could be up. B) The examiner commanded to stop writing as the time is up. C) None. D) The examiner told us to not write as time had been over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) None. 13. Direct to Indirect Speech:Mary says, "I am coming here." A) Mary says that she is coming there. B) Mary says that she is coming there. C) Mary says that she was coming there. D) Mary says that she was coming here. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary says that she is coming there. 14. Vidushi said, "We went for a summer trip." A) Vidushi said that they went for a summer trip. B) Vidushi said that they were on a summer trip. C) Vidushi said that they had gone for a summer trip. D) Vidushi said they went for a summer trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vidushi said that they went for a summer trip. 15. "Thank you for helping me with my homework, " said Will to me. A) Will said thank you for helping him with his homework. B) Will thanked me for helping me with my homework. C) Will thanked me for helping him with his homework. D) Will told me to thank him for helping him with his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will thanked me for helping him with his homework. 16. Choose the correct converted direct speech of this sentence:John exclaimed with wonder that it was a nice shirt. A) John said, "Wow! What a nice shirt it is". B) John said, Alas! What a nice shirt it is". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John said, "Wow! What a nice shirt it is". 17. Which among the following sentences is correctly and properly punctuated? A) It, is time for you "to come down" says the turtle. B) "It is time for you to come down, " says the turtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "It is time for you to come down, " says the turtle. 18. Transform the following statement into indirect speech:The painters say, "We can paint a beautiful picture." A) The painters say that they could paint a beautiful picture. B) The painters said that they could paint a beautiful picture. C) The painters say that they can paint a beautiful picture. D) The painters said that they can paint a beautiful picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The painters say that they could paint a beautiful picture. 19. The policeman asked what I was doing. A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 20. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.(Remember the rule:If the reporting verb is in the Present or Future Tense (e.g., say, will say) there is no change in the tense of the verb in the Indirect speech.) 1) Aksa says, "I eat a mango" . A) Aksa says, that she is eating a mango. B) Aksa says, that I eats a mango. C) Aksa says, that she eats a mango. D) Aksa says, that I ate a mango. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aksa says, that she eats a mango. 21. Do verbs tenses change in indirect/reported speech? A) No. B) Yes. C) It depends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It depends. 22. She said that she did not like strawberries. A) Indirect. B) Direct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect. 23. "Do you know that the shoes you are wearing aren't a pair?" I asked him. A) I asked him if he knew that the shoes he were wearing weren't a pair. B) I asked him did he know that the shoes he was wearing weren't a pair. C) I asked him if he knew that the shoes he was wearing weren't a pair. D) I asked him if he had known that the shoes he was wearing weren't a pair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I asked him if he knew that the shoes he was wearing weren't a pair. 24. She ..... him to stop following them. A) Said. B) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 25. The students said, "We love studying Science."INDIRECT:The students said that they ..... studying Science. A) Loved. B) Love. C) Have loved. D) Would love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loved. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDirect And Indirect Speech Quiz 1Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 2Direct 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 9Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books