This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Reported Speech, "am/is/are going to" becomes A) Would. B) Was/were going to. C) Could. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was/were going to. 2. David said that he ..... that film the following day A) .would watch. B) .will watch. C) .watches. D) .had watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) .had watched. 3. "Do you know, " said the man, "that you are very smart?" is correctly punctuated-True/False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Spot the ErrorDirect Speech: "I want to buy a toy train, " Mary said.Reported Speech:Mary said I wanted to buy a toy train. A) Noun. B) Pronoun. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pronoun. 5. Convert the following direct speech into reported speech: "Why are you so late?" he asked. A) He asked why I was so late. B) He asked why was I so late. C) He asked why am I so late. D) He asked why I am so late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked why I was so late. 6. He said that, " He fell down the stairs" A) He said that he had fell down the stairs. B) He said that he had fallen down the stairs. C) He said that he had felt down the stairs. D) He said that he was fallen down the stairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had fallen down the stairs. 7. Why are the students staying outside?Their classroom ..... A) Is being cleaned. B) Being cleaned. C) Was cleaned. D) Is cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is being cleaned. 8. Benny asked, "Are you busy tonight? A) Benny asked if I am busy tonight. B) Benny asked if I was busy that night. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benny asked if I was busy that night. 9. They asked, "Are you coming to the meeting?" A) They asked if you were coming to the meeting. B) They asked if they are coming to the meeting. C) They asked if you are coming to the meeting. D) They asked if they were coming to the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They asked if they were coming to the meeting. 10. Alice:'' My mother is sick"Alice said ..... A) She mother is sick. B) Her mother was sick. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her mother was sick. 11. Rudolf Rassendeyll has ..... hair and straight nose. A) .yellow. B) .green. C) .black. D) .red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) .red. 12. George Featherly works for the British Embassy in ..... A) Paris. B) The Alps. C) Ruritania. D) Strelsau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paris. 13. Which of the following sentences shows the correct use of a comma before a quotation? A) She said, 'Hello.'. B) She said 'Hello.'. C) She said, Hello.'. D) She said 'Hello',. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said, 'Hello.'. 14. Present continuous changes to A) Past continuous. B) Present simple. C) Past simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past continuous. 15. Peter said, "I'm thirsty and hungry" . A) Peter said that he was thirsty and hungry. B) He said he is thirsty and hungry. C) Peter, that he was thirsty and hungry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter said that he was thirsty and hungry. 16. We can't fix the boiler. A) They said that they couldn't fix the boiler. B) They said that they might not fix the boiler. C) You said that they couldn't fix the boiler. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they couldn't fix the boiler. 17. Which sentences are correct direct speech? A) He said we could go there. B) "We can go there" he said. C) "We could go there" he said. D) He said we can go there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "We can go there" he said. 18. Are sleeping $\Longrightarrow$ A) Is sleeping. B) Was sleeping. C) I'm confused!. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sleeping. 19. She said, "I am happy today." She said that ..... happy that day. A) She was. B) She is. C) She will be. D) I was. E) They were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was. 20. John ..... me that he wanted my camera. A) .said. B) .asked. C) .wondered. D) .told. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) .told. 21. "My brother is a soldier", she said.She said that her brother ..... as soldier. A) Was. B) Is. C) Will be. D) Would be. E) Has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 22. "This composition is due next week, " Ms Teo told the class. A) Ms Teo told the class that this composition was due next week. B) Ms Teo told the class that this composition was due the following week. C) Ms Teo told the class that that composition was due next week. D) Ms Teo told the class that that composition was due the following week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ms Teo told the class that that composition was due the following week. 23. No, I didn't break the cup.(deny) A) You denied breaking the cup. B) You denied to break the cup. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You denied breaking the cup. 24. She said, "I saw him yesterday." She said that she ..... him the day before. A) Saw. B) See. C) Had seen. D) Seeing. E) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had seen. 25. She asked, "What is your name?" She asked what my name ..... A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. E) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. ← 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