This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Run!" Judy ..... A) Screamed. B) Said. C) Laughed. D) Explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Screamed. 2. Lalit said, " I eat chowmein" . A) Lalit said that he was eat chowmein. B) He said I eat chowmein. C) Lalit told He eat chowmein. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lalit said that he was eat chowmein. 3. I wondered ..... the right thing. A) Whether I was doing. B) If I am doing. C) Was I doing. D) Am I doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whether I was doing. 4. Rose blamed Rassendyll as he was ..... A) .from a wealthy family. B) .her family was more important. C) .he was without a job. D) .he was good at German. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) .he was without a job. 5. Mr. Andrew explained that the earth ..... a planet. A) .was. B) .is. C) .had been. D) .will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) .is. 6. She said, "I will call you tomorrow." She said that she ..... call me the next day. A) Will. B) Would. C) Should. D) Might. E) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would. 7. My mother ..... me a fairytale every day. A) Tell. B) Tells. C) Say. D) Says. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tells. 8. She asked, "Do you know where the library is?" She asked if I ..... where the library was. A) Know. B) Knew. C) Knowing. D) Knows. E) Has known. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knew. 9. Transform the following sentence from DIRECT SPEECH to INDIRECT SPEECH: "We are going to the park, " they said. A) They said they were going to the park. B) They said they are going to the park. C) They said they had gone to the park. D) They said they went to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said they were going to the park. 10. Pick the correct pronoun:"I'm still cleaning" My mother said.My mother said ..... was still cleaning? A) My mother. B) She. C) Her. D) Hers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She. 11. I said, "I shall go."Ans. I said that ..... would go. A) He. B) They. C) I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I. 12. Which of the following sentences demonstrates the correct use of a comma after an introductory phrase? A) After finishing his homework; John went out to play with his friends. B) After finishing his homework John, went out to play with his friends. C) After finishing his homework, John went out to play with his friends. D) After finishing his homework John went out to play with his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After finishing his homework, John went out to play with his friends. 13. Turn it into indirect speech:.Suman says to her brother, "You will wash all the dishes today." A) Suman tells her brother that he will wash all the dishes that day. B) Suman tells her brother that he would wash all the dishes that day. C) Suman tells her brother that she will wash all the dishes that day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suman tells her brother that he will wash all the dishes that day. 14. Samantha told me that she has four pets in their house. A) Reported Speech. B) Direct Speech. C) Informative Speech. D) Entertainment Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reported Speech. 15. When is it appropriate to use a comma before a quotation? A) When the quotation is a question. B) When the quotation is a proper noun. C) When the quotation is a complete sentence. D) When the quotation is being introduced by a reporting verb or a signal phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the quotation is being introduced by a reporting verb or a signal phrase. 16. She said, "I am going to the market now." A) She said that she was going to the market now. B) She told me that she is going to the market now. C) She said to me that she is going to the market now. D) She said that she is going to the market now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she was going to the market now. 17. "Can you help me?" she asked.She asked if I ..... help her. A) Can. B) Could. C) Will. D) May. E) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 18. "She's living in Paris for a few months." A) She said that she was living in Paris for a few months. B) She said that she is living in Paris for a few months. C) She said that she was live in Paris for a few months. D) She say that she was living in Paris for a few months. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she was living in Paris for a few months. 19. The teacher asked her, " Have you finished your homework?" A) The teacher enquired her if you have finished your homework. B) The teacher asked her if she had finished her homework. C) The teacher asked her if she has finished her homework. D) The teacher enquired her if she had finished her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher enquired her if she had finished her homework. 20. "I've finished my homework so can I watch TV now?" Amy said. A) "I've finished" Amy said "my homework so can I watch TV now?". B) "I've finished my homework" Amy said "so can I watch TV now?". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I've finished my homework" Amy said "so can I watch TV now?". 21. They said, "We have been waiting for the tickets for three hours." A) They said that they had been waiting for the tickets for three hours. B) The said that we had been waiting for the tickets for three hours. HIDE ANSWER. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they had been waiting for the tickets for three hours. 22. Amr told me his brother ..... abroad the next day. A) .will travel. B) .was travelling. C) .has travelled. D) .had travelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) .was travelling. 23. His father ordered him to go to his room and study. A) His father said to him, "Go and study in your room.". B) His father said, "Go to your room and study.". C) His father shouted, "Go right now to your study room". D) His father said firmly, "Go and study in your room.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His father said, "Go to your room and study.". 24. "I was sleeping when Julie called." A) She said that she is sleeping when Julie called. B) She said that she been sleeping when Julie called. C) She said that she had been sleeping when Julie called. D) She say that she had been sleeping when Julie called. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she had been sleeping when Julie called. 25. Turn it into indirect speech:.Suman said to her brother, "You will surely litter the room and make a mess of it." A) Suman complained to her brother that he would be littering the room and was making a mess of it. B) Suman complained to her brother that he would litter the room and would make a mess of it. C) Suman complained to her brother that he had been littering the room and had made a mess of it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suman complained to her brother that he would litter the room and would make a mess of it. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDirect Speech Quiz 1Direct Speech Quiz 2Direct Speech Quiz 3Direct Speech Quiz 4Direct Speech Quiz 5Direct Speech Quiz 6Direct Speech Quiz 7Direct Speech Quiz 8Direct Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books