This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In direct speech the words which are actually spoken go inside ..... A) Question mark. B) Exclamation mark. C) Word. D) Speech marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speech marks. 2. May suggested that he ..... place and asked him what time ..... A) Can come to her; they shall meet. B) Could come to her; they shall meet. C) Could come to her; they should meet. D) Can come to her; they should meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could come to her; they should meet. 3. I said to her, "I can drink 5 litres of water."Ans. I told her that ..... could drink 5 litres of water. A) I. B) You. C) She. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 4. I may not go to work abroad. A) She told me that she might not go to work abroad. B) We told me that she might not go to work abroad. C) She told me that she can't go to work abroad. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told me that she might not go to work abroad. 5. What punctuation do we use to show someone is speaking? A) Full stops . B) Commas, ,. C) Speech marks '' ''. D) Apostrophes ' '. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speech marks '' ''. 6. Change into direct speech:Harry said to his sister that their mom was cooking then. A) Harry said to his sister, " Our mom was cooking now.". B) Harry said to his sister, " Our mom is cooking now.". C) Harry said to his sister, " Their mom is cooking now.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harry said to his sister, " Our mom is cooking now.". 7. He said, "I have finished my homework." He said that he ..... finished his homework. A) Has. B) Had. C) Will. D) Was. E) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 8. He said, "I've worked here for 10 years." Which one is correct? A) He said that he had worked there for 10 years. B) He said that he have work here for 10 years. C) He said that he had worked for 10 years. D) He said that he was had worked hear for 10 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he had worked there for 10 years. 9. James said, "I bought my own car." A) Direct Speech. B) Reported Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 10. Where should the comma be placed in this sentence? "I need to leave now" said Emma. A) After leave. B) After now. C) After said. D) Before the closing quotation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before the closing quotation mark. 11. Alex said he traveled to Cuzco.Alex: ..... A) '' My travel to Cuzco". B) "I travel to Cuzco". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I travel to Cuzco". 12. Olivia announced that she released an album recently. A) Interrogative Speech. B) Reported Speech. C) Declarative Speech. D) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reported Speech. 13. The ring ..... on the table yesterday. A) Is putted. B) Was putted. C) Was putting. D) Was put. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was put. 14. '' I am not a good doctor, '' he saidWhich one is correct? A) He says that I am not a good doctor. B) He says that he was not a good doctor. C) He said that he was not a good doctor. D) He said that I was not a good doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that he was not a good doctor. 15. Paul told me, "My mother will celebrate her birthday next week." A) Paul told me that my mother would celebrate her birthday next week. B) Paul told me that his mother would celebrate her birthday next week. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paul told me that his mother would celebrate her birthday next week. 16. Choose the correct option.He told me he would lend me the money. A) 'I'm going to lend you the money.'. B) 'I'll lend you the money.'. C) 'I lent you the money.'. D) 'I'm lending you the money.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'I'll lend you the money.'. 17. Turn it into indirect speech:.Suman said to her brother, "Did you complete your work?" A) Suman asked her brother if he had completed his work. B) Suman asked her brother did you complete your work. C) Suman asked her brother if he completed his work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suman asked her brother if he had completed his work. 18. "Where is your house?" Frank asked Linda A) Frank asked Linda where her house was. B) Frank asked Linda where Frank's house was. C) Frank asked Linda where was her house. D) Frank asked Linda where is her house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frank asked Linda where her house was. 19. Choose the correct answer. Steve said: "I work every day." A) Steve said that he was working every day. B) Steve said that he had worked every day. C) Steve said that he worked every day. D) Steve said that he would work every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steve said that he worked every day. 20. The correct passive sentence uses past perfect tense is A) Prita is always called by Dandy. B) My gown had been washed before I took a nap. C) The Piano was being played when the kid fell down. D) The bread has just been eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My gown had been washed before I took a nap. 21. The wool has been (weave) by grandmother to be a good swater.The correct words to replace the verb in the brackets is ..... A) Weaved. B) Weaves. C) Wove. D) Woven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Woven. 22. "What is your hobby?" is an example for ..... type of sentence. A) DECLARATIVE. B) INTERROGATIVE. C) IMPERATIVE. D) EXCLAMATORY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INTERROGATIVE. 23. "He works in a bank" . A) She said that he worked in a bank. B) She said that he works in a bank. C) She said that he work in a bank. D) She said that she work in a bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that he worked in a bank. 24. Father:" Do you have money? "My father asked me Whether I ..... A) Have money. B) Has money. C) Had money. D) Had had money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had money. 25. What is the word that the word 'now' converts to? A) Then. B) There. C) That. D) Those. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. ← 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