This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The doctor said to me: "You really should stay in bed and not go to work this week. "The doctor ..... me to stay in bed and not go to work that week. A) Announced. B) Advised. C) Offered. D) Persuaded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advised. 2. "What are you doing now? " the policeman asked me. A) The policeman asked me what are you doing now. B) The policeman asked what I was doing at that time. C) The policeman asked me what I was doing before. D) The policeman asks me what I am doing at that time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The policeman asked what I was doing at that time. 3. She asked me: "Are you cold? " A) She asked me if I were cold. B) She asked me I was cold. C) She asked me if I was cold. D) She asked me if she was cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked me if I was cold. 4. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.Remember the rule:(If the direct speech contains the Universal Truth, the tense of the direct speech remains unchanged even if the reporting verb is in the past.)The teacher said, "The Sun rises in the East" . A) The teacher says that the Sun rises in the East. B) The teacher said that the Sun rises in the East. C) The teacher said that the Sun had been rising in the East. D) The teacher said that the Sun rose in the East. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher said that the Sun rises in the East. 5. The captain said, " This is an occasion to celebrate" . Change the sentence to reported speech. A) The captain said that this is an occasion to celebrate. B) The captain said that it was an occasion to celebrate. C) The captain said to celebrate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The captain said that it was an occasion to celebrate. 6. John stated that he is the leader of the youth in their locality. A) Direct speech. B) Indirect speech. C) Active voice. D) Passive voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech. 7. What do you mean by direct speech? A) The reporting of speech by repeating the actual words of a speaker. B) A word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things ( common noun ), or to name a particular one of these. C) A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence. D) Words that describe or modify other words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reporting of speech by repeating the actual words of a speaker. 8. He said, "I'll be there at 2 pm." A) He said that he would be there at 2 pm. B) He said he was there at 2 pm. C) He said he cannot come at 2 pm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he would be there at 2 pm. 9. Direct speech: ..... Indirect speech:The doctor said not to smoke. A) The doctor said, "Don't smoke!". B) The doctor said, "Not smoke!". C) The doctor said, " Not to smoke!". D) The doctor said, "I don't smoke!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The doctor said, "Don't smoke!". 10. When we change from 'Direct speech' to 'Reported speech' we: A) Change the verb to one tense in the past. B) Keep the verb the same. C) Change the verb to one tense in the future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change the verb to one tense in the past. 11. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.Remember the rule:Present Perfect Continuous in the direct becomes Past Perfect Continuous.He said, "I have been reading a novel" . (D.S) A) He said that he had been reading a novel. B) He said that I had been reading a novel. C) He said that he is reading a novel. D) He said that he would reading a novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he had been reading a novel. 12. What is meant when we speak about "reported speech? " A) Direct speech. B) "If-clause" sentences. C) Giving an order!. D) Indirect speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect speech. 13. Choose the statement which gives the CORRECT rule in changing direct speech to reported speech. A) Do not mind the pronouns in the sentences. B) Tenses of the verb must not be changed in any of the statements. C) Use the past tense of the verb with sentences that have general truth. D) When the reporting verb is in a present or future tense, we do not change the tense of the verb inside the quotation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use the past tense of the verb with sentences that have general truth. 14. 'I left my homework at home', said Diego. A) He said that he had left my homework at home. B) Diego said that he left his homework at home. C) Diego said that he had left his homework at home. D) He said that he has left his homework at home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diego said that he had left his homework at home. 15. He said, " I'm waiting for Ann" . Change the sentence to reported speech. A) He said that he was waiting for Ann. B) He said that I was waiting for Ann. C) He said that I am waiting for Ann. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he was waiting for Ann. 16. Convert into simple past-RITU IS LEAVING TODAY A) Was. B) Is. C) Has been leaving. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 17. What is the meaning of direct speech? A) The meaning of direct speech is being cool and stylish. B) Meaning of direct speech is only inverted commas. C) Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks. D) Direct speech is a sentence that is spoke like king and queen's language using inverted commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks. 18. Direct to indirect speech. A) Traveled. B) Will travel. C) Travel. D) Would travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would travel. 19. "Don't make so much noise!" said JanetJanet told me ..... so much noise. A) To not make. B) Not to make. C) Didn't make. D) Not making. E) Don't make. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to make. 20. Sanjay asked me if I had a pen.Convert into direct speech. A) "Do you have a pen? " Sanjay. B) Sanjay said, "Do you have a pen? ". C) Sanjay exclaimed "Do you have a pen!". D) Sanjay asked, " Can I have a pen? ". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanjay said, "Do you have a pen? ". 21. The girl:" Did you see my handphone? "The girl asked me if ..... her handphone A) I see. B) I saw. C) She saw. D) She had seen. E) I had seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) I had seen. 22. Please pick the fitting direct speech to below indirect speech:You asked me if they lived here. A) They live here?. B) Where do they live?. C) Their apartment is over there!. D) Is this the place they live in?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where do they live?. 23. My Mother asked Ben, "Are you going to marry her? " A) Mother asked Ben if he was going to marry her. B) Mother asked Ben if he is going to marry her. C) Mother asks Ben if he is going to marry her. D) Mother asks Ben if he was going to marry her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother asked Ben if he was going to marry her. 24. My sister asked me, "Why do you call me last week? My sister asked me why A) I call you last week. B) I called you last week. C) I had called you last week. D) I had called you the week before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I had called you the week before. 25. The teacher to Lisa:'Do your homework in silence.' A) The teacher told her to do your homework in silence. B) The teacher told her to do her homework in silence. C) The teacher told them to do their homework in silence. D) The teacher told her to do his homework in silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher told her to do her homework in silence. ← 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