This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He said, "I forgot my keys." He said that he ..... his keys. A) Forget. B) Forgot. C) Forgetting. D) Had forgotten. E) Forgets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had forgotten. 2. "Quick, Tom, your house is on fire!" Mr Smith shouted A) "Quick, Tom, " Mr Smith shouted "your house is on fire!". B) "Quick, Tom, your house is" Mr Smith shouted "on fire!". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Quick, Tom, " Mr Smith shouted "your house is on fire!". 3. I said to my brother, "Let us go to some hill station for a change." A) I asked my brother to go to some hill station for a change. B) I permitted my brother to go to some hill station for a change. C) I asked my brother if he would go to some hill station for a change. D) I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change. 4. In Reported Speech, "Past Simple" becomes: A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) Past Perfect Simple. D) Past Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Perfect Simple. 5. She said, "I don't like ice cream." She said that she ..... like ice cream. A) Don't. B) Didn't. C) Doesn't. D) Hasn't. E) Didn't like. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't. 6. Identify the correct indirect speech for the following direct speech:'He said, "I will go to the market tomorrow."' A) He said that he will go to the market tomorrow. B) He said that he would go to the market the next day. C) He said that he would go to the market tomorrow. D) He said that he will go to the market the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he would go to the market the next day. 7. In direct speech where can a reporting clause be used? A) Before speech. B) In the middle of speech. C) After speech. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. Would you like to go out to dinner with me?(invite sb) A) He invited me to go out to dinner with him. B) He invited me going out to dinner with him. C) He invited that I go out to dinner with him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He invited me going out to dinner with him. 9. He said, "I will call you later." A) He said that he would call me later. B) He told me that he will call me later. C) He said to me that he will call me later. D) He said that he will call me later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he would call me later. 10. "Close the door, please!"He ordered him ..... the door. A) To close. B) To be closed. C) Close. D) Closed. E) That to close. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To close. 11. Choose the correct answer.Dexter said: "I've bought a new car recently." A) He said that he had bought a new car recently. B) He said that he bought a new car recently. C) He said that he has bought a new car recently. D) He said that he would have bought a new car recently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he had bought a new car recently. 12. The teacher said to me, 'Do you know the answer?' A) The teacher asked me if / whether I knew the answer. B) The teacher said to me if I knew the answer. C) The teacher asked to me did I knew the answer. D) The teacher asked me if did I know the answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher asked me if / whether I knew the answer. 13. Turn it into indirect speech:.Suman said to her brother, "You were littering the room and made a mess of it." A) Suman complained to her brother that you were littering the room and made a mess of it. B) Suman complained to her brother that he was littering the room and made 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: C) Suman complained to her brother that he had been littering the room and had made a mess of it. 14. He said, " I am a student." Ans. He said that ..... was a student. A) I. B) He. C) You. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He. 15. Rassendyll pretended that he would go to the ..... to write a book about social problems in the country. A) Alps. B) Cairo. C) Strelsau. D) Dresden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alps. 16. I promise I won't forget again.(promise) A) You promised not forgetting again. B) You promised that you won't forget again. C) You promised not to forget again. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You promised that you won't forget again. 17. What kind of speech is this sentence?Jerome said that he left the meeting an hour ago. A) Direct speech. B) Reported speech. C) Imperative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reported speech. 18. "Don't touch that!" he warned.He warned me ..... touch that. A) Not to. B) To not. C) Didn't. D) Don't. E) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not to. 19. " I'm angry with you" A) She said she was angry with me. B) She said she is angry with me. C) She say she was angry with me. D) She said she is angries with me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she was angry with me. 20. Punctuation apa yang digunakan untuk menunjukkan ucapan langsung? A) Koma. B) Titik. C) Tanda kutip. D) Apostrof. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tanda kutip. 21. The teacher said to Ram, "You do not study."Ans. The teacher told Ram that ..... did not study. A) I. B) You. C) He. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He. 22. I told him that he was not working hard. A) I told to him, "You are not working hard.". B) I said, "You are not working hard.". C) I said to him, "You are not working hard.". D) I said to him, "He is not working hard.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I said to him, "You are not working hard.". 23. Change into direct speech:I told Hana that she looked so beautiful. A) I told Hana, " I look so beautiful.". B) I told Hana, " She looks so beautiful.". C) I told Hana, " You look so beautiful.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I told Hana, " You look so beautiful.". 24. "You have brought books for me, " Jessica said. A) Jessica said that I brought books for her. B) Jessica said that I had brought books for her. C) Jessica said that I have brought books for her. D) Jessica said that I have been brought books for her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jessica said that I had brought books for her. 25. Mr Lee said Kim wasn't home. A) Mr Lee said, "Kim isn't home. B) Mr Lee said, "Kim isn't home.". C) Mr Lee said, "Kim isn't home". D) Mr lee said "Kim isn't home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr Lee said, "Kim isn't home.". ← 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