This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Indirect Speech Transformation – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Indirect Speech Transformation Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What's your passion? A) She wanted to know what is my passion. B) She wanted to know what was my passion. C) She wanted to know what my passion was. D) She wanted to know what was my passion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wanted to know what my passion was. 2. Mr.Budi told Rani, " Study hard" A) Mr. Budi told her to study hard. B) Mr.Budi told she to study hard. C) Mr.Budi told her study hard. D) Mr.Budi told she study hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Budi told her to study hard. 3. Mom said, "I will have cleaned the shirt" . A) Mom allowed me that she would have cleaned the shirt. B) Mom asked that I would clean the shirt. C) Mom said that she would have clean the shirt. D) Mom said that she would have cleaned the shirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mom said that she would have cleaned the shirt. 4. Joshua said Sindy, "could you send the letter?" A) Joshua said Sindy that he could send the letter. B) Joshua said Sindy whether he could have sent the letter. C) Joshua said Sindy if she could have sent the letter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joshua said Sindy if she could have sent the letter. 5. They said, "We are singing a song" . A) They said that we were singing a song. B) They said that they are singing a song. C) They said that they were singing a song. D) They said that they are singing a song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they were singing a song. 6. Martin said, "I work here every day." A) Martin said that he worked here yesterday. B) Martin said that he worked there every day. C) Martin said that he works here every day. D) Martin said that he worked every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Martin said that he worked there every day. 7. Sulayman said that "he was going to save the village people." Is the reported statement written correctly? A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO. 8. Select the correct options showing change of sentences from the Direct to the Indirect speech:Mother said to him, "You have done well" . A) Mother said that you have done well. B) Mother said that he had done well. C) Mother said that I had done well. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mother said that he had done well. 9. They said, "What is your name? ". A) They asked what is your name. B) They asked what your name was. C) They asked what my name was. D) They said what my name is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They asked what my name was. 10. Which reporting verb is appropriate for expressing a strong opinion in indirect speech? A) Mentioned. B) Inquired. C) Insisted. D) Suggested. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insisted. 11. "I can't live without Rida, " Rifky said to Tasya. A) Rifky said to Tasya that he couldn't live without Rida. B) Rifky said to Tasya that I couldn't live without Rida. C) Rifky said to Tasya that he can't live without Rida. D) Rifky said to Tasya that I can't live without Rida. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rifky said to Tasya that he couldn't live without Rida. 12. Choose the correct verb from the options, and fill in the blanks.D-The lion said, "Dear Fox, I am very weak, and all my teeth have fallen out." I-The lion told the fox that he ..... very weak and that all his teeth ..... out. A) Was / have fallen. B) Was / had fallen. C) Is / were fallen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was / had fallen. 13. DS:Our English teacher asks, "how old are you?"The indirect speech of the sentence is ..... A) Our English teacher asks how old I was. B) Our English teacher asks how old I am. C) Our English teacher asks how old am I. D) Our English teacher asks how old was I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our English teacher asks how old I was. 14. When changing direct speech to indirect speech, which of the following is NOT typically adjusted? A) Pronouns. B) Tenses. C) Punctuation. D) Verb forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punctuation. 15. The inspector said, "I'm glad to be with you today" . Direct or Indirect? A) Direct. B) Indirect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct. 16. Select the correct options showing change of sentences from the Direct to the Indirect speech:Ramya said, "I can do this work" A) Ramya said that I can do this work. B) Ramya said that she could do that work. C) Ramya said that she can do this work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ramya said that she could do that work. 17. Bina to her friend, ''don't mess with me" A) Bina warned her friend to not mess with her. B) Bina warned her friend not to mess with her. C) Bina warned her friend not to mess with me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bina warned her friend not to mess with her. 18. Joe said, "I will read this book next week." A) Joe said that she would read this book next week. B) Joe said that she would read that book the week after. C) Joe said that she will read this book next week. D) Joe said that she would read that book next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joe said that she would read that book the week after. 19. Convert the followiing statement: "Sameen said to her father, "Alas! I didn't get the job." A) Sameen exlaimed to her father with happiness that she had not got the job. B) Sameen exclaimed to her father with sorrow that she had not got the job. C) Sameen told her father that she didn't get job. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sameen exclaimed to her father with sorrow that she had not got the job. 20. Choose the correct verb from the options, and fill in the blanks.D- "I am here to meet my best friend, Sara, " said Harita.I-Harita said that she ..... there to meet her best friend, Sara. A) Was. B) Is. C) Had come. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 21. In indirect speech, what is the correct transformation of the sentence "Tom said to me, 'I can swim" '? A) Tom told me, "I can swim.". B) Tom told me that he can swim. C) Tom tells me, "I can swim.". D) Tom tells me that he can swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom told me that he can swim. 22. They said:" We have never eaten pears." A) They said that they have never ate pears. B) They said that they have never eaten pears. C) They said that they had never eaten pears. D) They said that they haven't eaten pears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They said that they had never eaten pears. 23. Kiran asked me, "Did you see the Cricket match on television last night" ? A) Kiran asked me did I see the Cricket match on television the last night. B) Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night. C) Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the last night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night. 24. Wida said Roni, "why Will you marry me?" . We can conclude that ..... A) Wida said Roni she would marry him. B) Wida said Roni she would have married him. C) Wida said Roni he would have married her. D) Wida said Roni he would marry her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wida said Roni he would marry her. 25. She said, ''I will never leave you" A) She said that I would never leave you. B) She said that she would never leave you. C) She said that she would never leave me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she would never leave me. 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