This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 22 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The boys:" We are boring. "The boys said that ..... A) We are boring. B) We were boring. C) They are boring. D) They were boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were boring. 2. What is the word that the word 'Sir, Madam' converts to? A) Mister, Mrs. B) Elder. C) Greeted. D) Respectfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respectfully. 3. She said that she couldn't come to the party on Friday. A) "I can come to the party on Friday, " she said. B) "She can come to the party on Friday, " she said. C) "I could come to the party on Friday, " she said. D) "I can't come to the party on Friday, " she said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I can't come to the party on Friday, " she said. 4. David said to Anna, "Mona will leave for her native place." A) David told Anna that Mona will leave for her native place. B) David told Anna that Mona left for her native place. C) David told Anna that Mona would leave for her native place. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David told Anna that Mona would leave for her native place. 5. Kevin asked, " Do you love me? "Kevin asked me if ..... A) I love him. B) I loved him. C) He loved me. D) He loves me. E) He had loved me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I loved him. 6. Choose the correct example for "exclamatory sentence" . A) He arrived late at the airport. B) Angie did not do her assignment on time. C) Hurray! we won the first place. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hurray! we won the first place. 7. "Tanya, did you see that monkey? " asked Jim. A) Same. B) "Tanya, did you see that monkey, " asked Jim. C) Tanya, did you see that monkey? " asked Jim. D) "Tanya, did you see that monkey? " asked Jim,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Same. 8. Direct speech: ..... Indirect speech:Bob said to Carla that she hadn't been lazy the week before. A) Bob said to Carla, " You weren't lazy last week.". B) Bob said to Carla, " She wasn't lazy last week.". C) Bob said to Carla, " You hadn't been lazy last week.". D) Bob said to Carla, " She hadn't been lazy last week.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bob said to Carla, " You weren't lazy last week.". 9. When changing from direct to reported speech, we A) Change the tense of the verb. B) Change words like pronouns. C) Remove speech marks. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. Direct Speech:They said, "We have been living in the forest for 4 years" . Indirect Speech: ..... A) They said that they had been living in the forest for 4 years. B) They said that they have been living in the forest for 4 years. C) They said that we had been living in the forest for 4 years. D) They said that we have been living in the forest for 4 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They said that they had been living in the forest for 4 years. 11. Direct speech: "My sister has bought all the necessary camping gear" , Kate said. Reported speech:Kate said that ..... sister ..... all the necessary camping gear. A) Her/ was buying. B) Your/ was bought. C) Her/ had bought. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her/ had bought. 12. Is puncuation envolved in direct speech? A) Yes very much so. B) Im not to sure. C) NO definitley not. D) It could be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes very much so. 13. He said, "where is the library? " in interrogative sentence will change to ..... A) He said that he wanted to go to the library. B) He enquired where the library was. C) It does not change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He enquired where the library was. 14. Convert this into direct speech.She said she could swim. A) She said "I can swim. B) She said I have to swim. C) She said "We should swim". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said "I can swim. 15. Emma said, "My teacher is going to London tomorrow." A) Emma said, "My teacher is in London.". B) Emma said that she is going to London tomorrow. C) Emma said that her teacher was going to London the following / the next day. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emma said that her teacher was going to London the following / the next day. 16. This is utilized to give a statement of what someone else has said but without using the exact words. A) Reported Speech. B) Narration. C) Direct Speech. D) Reporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reported Speech. 17. Dessi:" I played tennis yesterday." Dessi said that A) She plays tennis yesterday. B) She played tennis yesterday. C) She had played tennis the day before. D) She has played tennis r the day before. E) She have played tennis yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had played tennis the day before. 18. 'I won't go shopping tomorrow, ' said Monica. A) Monica said she wouldn't go shopping the next day. B) She said she won't go shopping the next day. C) She said she would go shopping the next day. D) She said he would go shopping tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monica said she wouldn't go shopping the next day. 19. The teacher said, "The equator is the line that divides earth into two hemispheres" .Change into indirect speech A) The teacher said that the equator is the line that divides earth into two hemispheres. B) The teacher said that the equator was the line that divides earth into two hemispheres. C) The teacher told that that equator is the line that divides earth into two hemispheres. D) The teacher was saying that the equator divides the earth into two hemispheres. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher said that the equator is the line that divides earth into two hemispheres. 20. He said, "I lived in London last year." A) He said that he lived in London the year before. B) He said that he had lived in London the year before. C) He said that he has lived in London the year before. D) He said that he had lived in London last year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he had lived in London the year before. 21. Transform this Indirect speech into Direct speech correctly:The president mentioned that the surprise attack had a disastrous effect. A) "The effect was surprised by the president, " the president mentioned. B) "The surprise attack had a disastrous effect, " the president mentioned. C) "The president was surprised by the attack, " the president mentioned. D) The president had a disastrous effect to the attack, " the president mentioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The surprise attack had a disastrous effect, " the president mentioned. 22. Direct speech:She said, "I will take an English class. "Indirect speech: ..... A) She told that she would take an English class. B) "I will take an English class, " said Jessica. C) She told me I will take an English class. D) She tell me something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told that she would take an English class. 23. "I saw your father yesterday, " he told me. A) He told me that he saw my father the previous day. B) He told me that he had seen my father yesterday. C) He told me that he had seen my father the previous day. D) He told me that he saw your father the previous day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He told me that he had seen my father the previous day. 24. 'Why do you like your job? ', the reporter asked the actress. A) The reporter asked her why she likes her job. B) The reporter asked her why did she like her job. C) The reporter asked her why she liked her job. D) The reporter asked her why does she like her job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The reporter asked her why she liked her job. 25. The teacher remarked that our exams were really well. A) 'Your exams are really well, children'. B) 'The exams were really well'. C) 'Our exams are good'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'Your exams are really well, children'. ← 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