This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Indirect Speech:that nightDirect Speech: A) The other night. B) Tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tonight. 2. Andre asked Anton if he wanted to help him. Change to direct speech! A) Andre asked Anton, "Do you want to help hin?". B) Andre asked Anton, " Does he want to help him?". C) Andre asked Anton, "Do you want to help me?". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Andre asked Anton, "Do you want to help me?". 3. Alok says, "4x4 Cube is easy to solve" A) Alok said that 4x4 cube is easier to solve. B) Alok says that 4x4 Cube is easy to solve. C) Alok said that it is easy to solve a 4x4 Cube. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alok says that 4x4 Cube is easy to solve. 4. I would have accompanied you to the show if only you had asked, Henry, " said Harry. A) Harry tells that he would have accompanied Henry to the show if only he had asked. B) Harry told that he would have accompanied Henry to the show if only he had asked. C) Harry says that he would have accompanied Henry to the show if only he had asked. D) Harry said that he would have accompanied Henry to the show if only he had asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harry said that he would have accompanied Henry to the show if only he had asked. 5. He said, " I'm going to work in the fruit shop." A) D. B) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 6. Is this wrong or right:Mary had "a little lamb." A) It is Right. B) It is wrong. C) We cant say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is wrong. 7. In Direct Speech what does 'the previous night' change to A) Tonight. B) Last night. C) Yesterday's night. D) Previous night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last night. 8. "Please don't go away", she said. A) She said to please her and not go away. B) She told me not to go away. C) She begged me not to go away. D) She begged that I not go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She begged me not to go away. 9. DIRECT: "Must I do the shopping?" Matthew asked his mom. INDIRECT:Matthew asked his mom if he ..... do the shopping. A) Musted. B) Had to. C) Might. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had to. 10. All present tenses (simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive) go to ..... tenses in transforming direct to indirect speech. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) Present continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 11. Maria asked us, "Have you seen my notes?"Mari asked us ..... A) Whether we have seen his notes. B) Whether we had seen his notes. C) Whether we had seen her notes. D) Whether we have seen her notes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whether we had seen her notes. 12. His dad said, "I can pick you up today, my son." A) His dad said to me that he could pick you up today. B) His dad told his son that he could pick him up that day. C) Both are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His dad told his son that he could pick him up that day. 13. "Do you like chocolate?" she inquired. A) She inquired if I will like chocolate. B) She inquired if I like chocolate. C) She inquired if I liked chocolate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She inquired if I liked chocolate. 14. Transform the following statement into indirect speech: "The center of the solar system is the sun, " the astronomer said. A) The astronomer said that the center of the solar system was the sun. B) The astronomer says that the center of the solar system is the sun. C) The astronomer says that the center of the solar system was the sun. D) The astronomer said that the center of the solar system is the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The astronomer said that the center of the solar system is the sun. 15. My father asked me at home, "How long have you worked there?" My father asked me ..... A) How long have you worked there. B) How long I have worked there. C) How long I worked there. D) How long I had worked there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How long I had worked there. 16. He said, "I met him in 1950" . He said ..... A) He had been met by him in 1950. B) He used to meet him in 1950. C) He had met him in 1950. D) He was meeting him in 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had met him in 1950. 17. Mary told John "My father warned me last night." A) Mary told John that her father warned her last night. B) Mary told John that her father had warned her the previous night. C) Mary told John that his father had warned me last night. D) Mary told John that her father warned her the previous night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary told John that her father had warned her the previous night. 18. He said, "I will be writing to him soon." A) He said that he would be writing to him soon. B) He said that he would be written to him soon. C) He told that he will be writing to him soon. D) He said that I would be writing to him soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he would be writing to him soon. 19. Marina said that she ..... her ticket. A) Had lost. B) Lost. C) Have lost. D) Loses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lost. 20. "How will you get there?" He asked me how ..... A) Would I get there. B) I would get there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I would get there. 21. He told her, '' Good morning, what can I help you with?" A) He greeted her and asked her what he could help her with. B) He greeted her and asked her what could he help her with. C) He greeted her and asked her that what he could help her with. D) He greeted her and asked her that what could he help her with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He greeted her and asked her what he could help her with. 22. "Would you mind passing the salt?" She ..... A) She asked me pass the salt. B) She asked me to pass the salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me to pass the salt. 23. What is the way to catch the train for Kirrin Island? A) Get across Paris. B) Get across Oxford. C) Get across London. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get across London. 24. Courtney said, "I'm going to the mall." A) Courtney says she is going to the mall. B) Courtney says she will be going to the mall. C) Courtney said that she will go to the mall. D) Courtney said that she was going to the mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Courtney said that she was going to the mall. 25. What is it? It involves quoting the exact words uttered by the person, within inverted commas or quotation marks. A) Paragraph. B) Direct/quoted speech. C) Indirect/reported speech. D) Imperative Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct/quoted speech. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books