This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the sentence, 'He asked 'What time is it?', where should the comma be placed? A) After the word 'he'. B) After the word 'asked'. C) Before the word 'asked'. D) After the word 'time'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the word 'asked'. 2. I can walk with my ..... A) Hands. B) Knees. C) Feet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feet. 3. Punctuate the sentenceAniq shouted help A) Aniq shouted, "Help!". B) Aniq shouted, "help!". C) Aniq shouted"Help!". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aniq shouted, "Help!". 4. We use reported speech to: A) Talk about spontaneous situations. B) Talk about something that someone has already told us. C) Talk about actions in progress at a certain time in the future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talk about something that someone has already told us. 5. Quoting the exact words uttered by the person is called as ..... A) INDIRECT SPEECH. B) ACTIVE VOICE. C) DIRECT SPEECH. D) PASSIVE VOICE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DIRECT SPEECH. 6. The old lady in the inn wanted ..... to be the New king A) Michael. B) Rassendyll. C) Rudolf Elphberg. D) Sapt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael. 7. That's how I crashed the car. A) She explained to me how she had crashed the car. B) She explained to me that she had crashed the car. C) She explained me crashing the car. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She explained to me how she had crashed the car. 8. I won't see you tomorrow. A) She said that she wouldn't see tomorrow. B) She said that she wouldn't see me tomorrow. C) She said that wouldn't see me tomorrow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she wouldn't see me tomorrow. 9. You've worked for the whole day said Molly are you tired A) "You've worked for the whole day, " said Molly, '' are you tired?". B) "You've worked for the whole day." Said Molly. "Are you tired.". C) "You've worked for the whole day, " said Molly. "Are you tired?". D) "You've worked for the whole day, said Molly. Are you tired?". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "You've worked for the whole day, " said Molly. "Are you tired?". 10. Omar said that he ..... there before. A) .had been. B) .has been. C) .have had. D) .had had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) .had been. 11. He said, "I can finish this project by next week." A) He said that he can finish this project by next week. B) He said that he could finish this project by next week. C) He said that he finishes this project by next week. D) He says that he can finish this project by next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he could finish this project by next week. 12. Dev said, "I will clean my house tomorrow."Dev said that he ..... his house the next day. A) Is cleaning. B) Will clean. C) Would clean. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would clean. 13. Ramy informed me ..... he could solve the problem. A) .if. B) . whether. C) .that. D) . this. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) .that. 14. A comma should go AFTER which word in the sentence below?Miller whined "Are we there yet?" A) Whined. B) Miller. C) Yet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whined. 15. Harry said to me, 'Are you interested in this offer?' A) Harry said to me that are you interested in this offer. B) Harry asked me that if I am interested in this offer. C) Harry asked me if I was interested in that offer. D) Harry asked to me if i was interested in this offer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harry asked me if I was interested in that offer. 16. What is the error in this dialogue? "I'm hungry, " said Jack "let's eat." A) There is no error. B) There should be a period after Jack. C) There should be a comma after Jack. D) The comma after hungry should be a period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There should be a comma after Jack. 17. "Have you seen my red coat?" asked George. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 18. We use ..... in reported speech when using questions A) If. B) Can. C) Had. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If. 19. Choose the correct option.He told me he had been ill for a couple of weeks. A) 'I'll be ill for a couple of weeks.'. B) 'I may ill for a couple of weeks.'. C) 'I've been ill for a couple of weeks.'. D) 'I could be ill for a couple of weeks.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'I've been ill for a couple of weeks.'. 20. He said, "I will have been happy." A) He said that I would have been happy. B) He said that he would have been happy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he would have been happy. 21. Ali ..... that he was going to the club the following day. A) .told. B) .said. C) .ordered. D) . asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) .said. 22. Hassan suggested that I ..... a doctor. A) .saw. B) . should see. C) .had seen. D) .saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . should see. 23. Choose the correct option.Bob: "Don't go there alone." A) Bob asked me didn't go there alone. B) Bob asked me not to go there alone. C) Bob asked me do not to go there alone. D) Bob asked me hadn't gone there alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bob asked me not to go there alone. 24. Your application is under review.(inform) A) He informed my application being under review. B) He informed me to my application is under review. C) He informed me that my application was under review. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He informed me that my application was under review. 25. He asked, "What are you doing?" A) Direct speech. B) Reported speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech. ← 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