This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He said, "run quickly" in imperative sentence changes to ..... A) He ordered to run quickly. B) He ordered. C) He said to run. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He ordered to run quickly. 2. "I'll do the washing-up later." A) She said I'll do the washing-up later. B) She said she will do the washing-up later. C) She said that she would do the washing-up later. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she would do the washing-up later. 3. She said, "I am working in a hospital." Change the sentence to reported speech. A) She told me that I was working in a hospital. B) She told me that she was working in a hospital. C) She told, I was working in a hospital. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told me that she was working in a hospital. 4. "They would help if they could." A) She said they will help if they could. B) She said that they would help if they could. C) She said they could help if they could. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that they would help if they could. 5. Change to reported speech. Noora said A) "These shoes don't fit me.". B) "These shoes are mine.". C) "These shoes are not mine.". D) That those shoes didn't fit her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That those shoes didn't fit her. 6. The teacher ..... me to complete my work on time A) Told. B) Said. C) Order. D) Request. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 7. "My friends are having dinner" , said Manish.Convert into reported speech. A) Manish said his friends were having dinner. B) Manish told about his friends' dinner. C) Manish said his friends are having dinner. D) Manish and his friends were having dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manish said his friends were having dinner. 8. Which is the correct way to change this to direct speech? Simon asked me what my favourite colour was. A) Simon asks, "What's your favourite colour? ". B) Simon asked, Whats your favourite colour.". C) Simon asked, "What's your favourite colour? ". D) Simon asked, "What's your favourite colour.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simon asked, "What's your favourite colour? ". 9. What is the tense that a Simple Present tense sentence converts to? (When converting a sentence from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech) A) Past Continuous. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) Simple Past. D) Past Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple Past. 10. Kuldip said "I was writing a letter yesterday." A) Kuldip said that he had been writing a letter before that day. B) Kuldip said that he was writing a letter the day before. C) Kuldip said that he had written a letter before that day. D) Kuldip said that he wrote a letter the day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kuldip said that he had been writing a letter before that day. 11. Change this to direct speech:Mariam said her father is a dentist. A) Mariam said, "Her father is a dentist" . B) Mariam said "My father is a dentist" . C) Mariam says "Her father is a dentist.". D) Mariam said, "My father is a dentist.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mariam said, "My father is a dentist.". 12. John asked me, "What are you doing? " . A) John said what are you doing. B) John asked me what I am doing. C) John asked me what I was doing. D) John asked me what I were doing. E) John asked me what I had done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John asked me what I was doing. 13. "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived." A) She said that she has been waiting for the bus when he arrived. B) She said I was waiting for the bus when he arrived. C) She said i had been waiting for the bus when he arrived. D) She said that she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She said that she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived. 14. He said, "I am a man. "Which of the following is the indirect form of the statement. A) He said that he was a man. B) He said that he is a man. C) He said that I am a man. D) He said that I was a man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said that he is a man. 15. (Convert all the sentences given in the Quiz to Indirect speech)John said, "I love this town." A) John said that he love this town. B) John said that he loved this town. C) John said that he loved that town. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John said that he loved that town. 16. Meera said to Ramesh, "I will go there tomorrow. "Change into indirect speech A) Meera told that she will go there tomorrow. B) Meera said to Ramesh, " that she will go there tomorrow. C) Meera told Ramesh that she would go there the next day. D) Meera said that she will go there tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meera told Ramesh that she would go there the next day. 17. Direct Speech:She said, "I will go to the market" . Indirect Speech: ..... A) She said that she would go to the market. B) She said that I would go to the market. C) She said that she will go to the market. D) She said that I will go to the market. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said that she would go to the market. 18. She said, " I will call you." A) She said that I will call you. B) She said that she would call me. C) She said that she will call me. D) She said that she may call me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she would call me. 19. What is missing in the sentence below? The teacher said, "we will meet online at 7:30 am." A) Quotation marks. B) An exclamation mark. C) A capital letter. D) A question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An exclamation mark. 20. Ravi said, ' I will finish my work by next week"Change into reported speech. A) Ravi said that he would finish his work by next week. B) Ravi said that he would finish his work by the following week. C) Ravi will finish his work next week. D) Ravi told me he will finish his work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ravi said that he would finish his work by the following week. 21. Diana:" I went to Bali last month. "Diana said that she ..... A) Goes to Bali last month. B) Go to Bali last month. C) Went to Bali the month before. D) Had gone to Bali the month before. E) Had gone to Bali last month. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had gone to Bali the month before. 22. "I haven't seen Amy recently, " Steve said. A) He said he hadn't seen Amy recently. B) He said he hasn't seen Amy recently. C) Steve said he hadn't saw Amy recently. D) He said he seen Amy recently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said he hadn't seen Amy recently. 23. Change into indirect speech:She says, "The sun rises in the East." A) She says that the sun rose in the East. B) She said that the sun rose in the East. C) She says that the sun rises in the East. D) She said that the sun rises in the East. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She says that the sun rises in the East. 24. 'I want to go to the library and work on my paper, ' said Isaiah.The sentence above is an example of direct speech. Choose the sentence below that correctly transforms this sentence into indirect speech. A) Isaiah said, 'He wanted to go to the library and work on his paper.'. B) Isaiah says he wants to go to the library and work on his paper. C) I want to go to the library and work on my paper, Isaiah said. D) Isaiah said he wanted to go to the library and work on his paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isaiah said, 'He wanted to go to the library and work on his paper.'. 25. Ann said: "My mother bought this dress . "Ann said that ..... A) My mother had bought this dress. B) His mother buy this dress. C) Her mother bought that dress. D) Her mother had bought this dress. E) Her mother had bought that dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Her mother had bought that dress. ← 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