This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 35 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How this sentence would look in direct speech, in Portuguese:Paula said that she wrote several emails. A) Paula said: "I write a lot of emails". B) Paula said: "I wrote a lot of emails" . C) Paula said: "I had written several emails" . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paula said: "I write a lot of emails". 2. Ranjan said, "You can not park here!" A) Ranjan said that I may not park here. B) Ranjan said to me that I was unable to park there. C) Ranjan exclaimed that I couldn't park there. D) Ranjan forbade me to park there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ranjan forbade me to park there. 3. The teacher said, " Pass your homework." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 4. Before closing speech marks, should a punctuation mark be used? A) Yes. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) Seldom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 5. "Did you come from France" ?, said Keith to boy. A) Keith asked the boy if he had come from France. B) Keith asked the boy if he come from France. C) Keith asked the boy if he came from France. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keith asked the boy if he had come from France. 6. Mariam said her father is a dentist. A) Mariam said, "Her father is a dentist" . B) Mariam said "My father is a dentist" . C) Mariam says "Her father is a dentist.". D) Mariam said, "My father is a dentist.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mariam said, "My father is a dentist.". 7. Alexa shared, '' I am having fun watching Korean drama" . A) Alexa shared she had fun watching korean drama. B) Alexa shared she is having fun watching korean drama. C) Alexa shared she had been watching korean drama. D) Alexa shared she was having fun watching korean drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alexa shared she was having fun watching korean drama. 8. Transform the following statement into indirect speech: "My pen is missing, " Lander said. A) Lander said that his pen was missing. B) Lander said that my pen was missing. C) Lander said that his pen is missing. D) Lander says that his pen was missing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lander said that his pen was missing. 9. She asked us if we ..... finished the work on Monday. A) Have had. B) Have. C) Had. D) Had to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 10. Kay: "Did you enjoy it?" Kay wondered if ..... it. A) She has enjoyed. B) She had enjoyed. C) She did enjoyed. D) She have enjoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had enjoyed. 11. "I have been working here for 3 years", Vira said. A) Vira said that she had been working here for 3 years. B) Vira said that she has been working there for 3 years. C) Vira said that she had been working there for 3 years. D) Vira said that she has been working here for 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vira said that she had been working there for 3 years. 12. Printing a document is an example of output. A) Yes, because it is the result of processing data. B) No, because it's not the result of processing data. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, because it is the result of processing data. 13. "I shall be at Paris tomorrow, " he said. A) He says that he shall be at Paris tomorrow. B) He says that he should be in Paris tomorrow. C) He said that he will be in Paris tomorrow. D) He said that he should be in Paris tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he should be in Paris tomorrow. 14. Reshma said to Priya, 'Why are you sketching on the wall?' A) Reshma asked Priya why was she sketching on the wall. B) Reshma asked Priya why had she been sketching on the wall. C) Reshma asked Priya that why is she sketching on the wall. D) Reshma asked Priya why she was sketching on the wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reshma asked Priya why she was sketching on the wall. 15. She said, "What a beautiful view!" A) She said that the view is beautiful. B) She exclaimed that the view is beautiful. C) She said that the view had been beautiful. D) She exclaimed that the view was beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She exclaimed that the view was beautiful. 16. The police told them not to drive too fast. The police said, " ..... " A) Not drive too fast please. B) Don't drive too fast in town. C) No drive too fast in town. D) Don't drive to fast in town. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't drive too fast in town. 17. I told him ..... do it. A) To not. B) Don't. C) Not to. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to. 18. She said, "I'm looking for my keys." A) She said that she was looking for her keys. B) She said that she is looking for her keys. C) She said that she looked for her keys. D) She said that she were looking for her keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she was looking for her keys. 19. State whether true or false.Rajeev told me that "he was going to go to Delhi the other day" . A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. The teacher often says to me, "If you don't work hard, You will fail" . A) . The teacher often says to me that if I don't work hard I shall fail. B) . The teacher often says to me if I don't work hard I shall fail. C) . The teacher often said to me that if I don't work hard I shall fail. D) . The teacher often says to me that if I didn't work hard I shall fail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . The teacher often says to me that if I don't work hard I shall fail. 21. It is too late to go out, " Alice said.Alice said that ..... A) It was too late to go out. B) It had been too late to go out. C) It were too late to go out. D) It will be too late to go out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was too late to go out. 22. He says, '' I shall become a politician." A) He said I shall become a politician. B) He says he shall become a politician. C) He says I shall become a politician. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He says he shall become a politician. 23. The reported speech we can take from the story is ..... A) The mother told Malin Kundang that his son was well dressed. B) The crews asked Malin Kundang to deny the old woman. C) Malin Kundang said to the old woman that he had never had a mother like her. D) Malin Kundang asked his crews whether the woman was dirty and ugly. E) Malin Kundang asked his crews if the woman had been ugly and dirty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malin Kundang said to the old woman that he had never had a mother like her. 24. Richard said, "I am going to ride a skateboard next week."Richard said that ..... A) He will be going to ride a skateboard next week. B) He is going to ride a skateboard the following week. C) He was going to ride a skateboard next week. D) He was going to ride a skateboard the following week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was going to ride a skateboard the following week. 25. What punctuation mark is used to tell exactly what the speaker says? A) Comma. B) Period. C) Exclamation point. D) Quotation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quotation mark. ← 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