This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the tense that a Past Continuous sentence converts to? A) Past Perfect. B) Past Continuous. C) Simple Past. D) Past Perfect Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Perfect Continuous. 2. Reported Speech refers to ..... A) How someone else said before. B) What you are saying. C) How we represent the speech of other people. D) When somebody else said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How we represent the speech of other people. 3. "I'll do it tomorrow." He said he ..... A) Would do it the next day. B) Will do it the next day. C) Is going to do it the next day. D) Could do it the next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would do it the next day. 4. 'Have you read this book? 'He ..... I had read the book. A) Asks me if. B) Asked me if. C) Said that. D) Said that if. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked me if. 5. Mandy said she had forgotten to lock the garage when she had left that morning. A) 'I forgot locking the garage when I left that morning'. B) 'I have forgotten to lock the garage when I have left this morning'. C) 'I must lock the garage when I leave'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'I have forgotten to lock the garage when I have left this morning'. 6. What kind of speech + form is the following:He asked me to have a seat. A) Direct + imperative. B) Indirect + statment. C) Indirect + request. D) Direct + request. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect + request. 7. They asked me, "Do you like our house? " A) They asked me if I like their house. B) They asked me if I liked our house. C) They asked me whether I like our house. D) They asked me whether I liked their house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They asked me whether I liked their house. 8. Change this to direct speech:John asked me why I was sad. A) John asked me, "Why are you sad? ". B) John asked me, "Why are you sad.". C) John asked me, 'Why are you sad?. D) John asked me, "why are you sad? ". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John asked me, "Why are you sad? ". 9. Direct speech: "We will reach our destination tomorrow at 5 a.m, " said the tour guide to us. Reported speech:The tour guide ..... us that we ..... our destination the ..... at 5 a.m. A) Said/ were reaching/ yesterday. B) Told/ would reach/ the next day. C) B. told/ could reach/ tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told/ would reach/ the next day. 10. Identify whether the following sentence is direct speech or indirect speech, Tia said, "I am tired." A) Indirect speech. B) None. C) Direct speech. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct speech. 11. "I am going away for a few days, " Anna said. A) She said that she are going away for a few days. B) She said that she was going away for a few days. C) She said that she is going away for a few days. D) He said that he was going away for a few days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said that she was going away for a few days. 12. "Why don't you go today? "I asked. A) I asked why you did not go that day. B) I asked why did you not go that day. C) I asked why had you not gone that day. D) I asked why you had not gone today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I asked why you did not go that day. 13. "We went out last night" A) She said we went out last night. B) She said they went out last night. C) She said that they had gone out last night. D) She said that they have gone out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that they had gone out last night. 14. David said, "John had already finished work at five." A) David said that John had already finished work at five. B) David said that he had finished his work at five. C) John finished his work at five. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David said that John had already finished work at five. 15. Pam's mother told her to tidy her room then. A) 'Tidy your room then, Pam'. B) 'You must tidy your room'. C) 'Tidy your room now, Pam'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'Tidy your room now, Pam'. 16. Punctuate this sentence correctly.Dilah said youre very kind A) Dilah said 'you're very kind" . B) Dilah said "You're very kind.". C) Dilah said, "you're very kind". D) Dilah said, "You're very kind.". E) Dilah said, "Youre very kind.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dilah said, "You're very kind.". 17. Transform this Direct speech into Indirect speech correctly: "I'm not asking you. I'm ordering you, " the general shouted. A) The general shouted that I'm not asking you. I'm ordering you. B) The general shouted that he was not asking him. I'm ordering him. C) The general shouted that I'm not asking you. He was ordering you. D) The general shouted that he was not asking you. He was ordering you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The general shouted that he was not asking you. He was ordering you. 18. Direct speech is also called as ..... A) Reported speech. B) Indirect speech. C) Unknown speech. D) Quoted speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quoted speech. 19. She said to me, "Are you sure? " A) She asked me if I were sure. B) She asked me if I was sure. C) She asked me if are you sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asked me if I was sure. 20. 'We went to Italy for our holiday last year' Mary and Angela said. A) They said we went to Italy for our holiday last year. B) They said they went to Italy for their holiday last year. C) They said they had gone to Italy for their holiday last year. D) They said they had gone to Italy for their holiday the year before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They said they had gone to Italy for their holiday the year before. 21. The doctor to me:'Please, wait until I call your name.' A) He asked me to wait until he called your name. B) He asked me to wait until I called my name. C) He asked me to wait until he called his name. D) He asked me to wait until he called my name. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He asked me to wait until he called my name. 22. Janci said, "I will read this book next week." A) Janci said that she would read this book next week. B) Janci said that she would read that book the week after. C) Janci said that she will read this book next week. D) Janci said that she would read that book next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Janci said that she would read that book the week after. 23. Write the direct speech of word 'now' . A) That. B) Them. C) Then. D) Near. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Then. 24. Transform this Direct speech into Indirect speech correctly: "Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, " Jorge said. A) Jorge bombed the Pearl Harbor said the Japanese. B) The Japanese said that the Pearl Harbor bombed Jorge. C) The Pearl Harbor said that Jorge bombed the Japanese. D) Jorge said that Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jorge said that Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. 25. Choose the answer with the correct punctuation A) "I want to eat pizza today!" said Mary. B) "I want to eat pizza today" ! said Mary. C) "I want to eat pizza today!" , said Mary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I want to eat pizza today!" said Mary. ← 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