This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Speech > Direct Speech – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct Speech Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Don't be late, " she told him.She told him ..... be late. A) Not. B) Don't. C) Didn't. D) Not to. E) Doesn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not to. 2. What is the correct punctuation for this sentence? "I love ice cream" said Lucy. A) A comma after cream. B) A period after cream. C) A comma after love. D) A comma after said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A period after cream. 3. The teacher asked Rina, "Why did you make many mistakes?."The teacher wondered ..... many mistakes. A) Why she had made. B) Why did you make. C) You make why. D) Why you make. E) Why I make. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why she had made. 4. The teacher said, "Suresh, you are wasting your time" . A) The teacher told Suresh that he was wasting his time. B) The teacher told that he was wasting my time. C) The teacher told Suresh was wasting his time. D) The teacher told Suresh that he is wasting his time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher told Suresh that he was wasting his time. 5. What is wrong? "this is my favourite shirt, " said Tim. A) Missing capital letter. B) Don't need a speech tag. C) Missing full stop. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missing capital letter. 6. When a character starts speaking, a writer should start ..... A) A new page. B) A new line. C) A new reporting clause. D) A new chart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A new line. 7. My mum asked: "Why didn't you go for a walk instead of playing the game?" A) My mum advised me to go for a walk. B) My mum told me to go for a walk instead of playing the game. C) Why hadn't you gone for a walk instead of playing the game? my mum asked. D) My mum goes for a walk instead of playing game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mum told me to go for a walk instead of playing the game. 8. The headmaster would like the school yard ..... by every student before tomorrow A) Sweep. B) Sweeping. C) Have swept. D) To be swept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have swept. 9. DIRECT: "Must I do the shopping?" Matthew asked his mom.INDIRECT:Matthew asked his mom if he ..... do the shopping. A) Musted. B) Had to. C) Might. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had to. 10. She said, "I am going to the store later." A) She says that she is going to the store later. B) She said that she will go to the store later. C) She said that she was going to the store later. D) She said that she is going to the store later. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she was going to the store later. 11. Transform the following sentence from DIRECT SPEECH to INDIRECT SPEECH: "They are watching a movie, " he said. A) He said they were watching a movie. B) He said they were watching a movie. C) He said they watched a movie. D) He said they had watched a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said they were watching a movie. 12. Transform the following sentence from DIRECT SPEECH to INDIRECT SPEECH: "I have to finish this report, " she said. A) She said she had to finish the report. B) She said she must finish the report. C) She said she finished the report. D) She said she has to finish the report. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she had to finish the report. 13. She asked me, "May I borrow your book?"She asked me ..... book. A) May I borrow your. B) Might she borrow my. C) If may she borrow my. D) If she might borrow my. E) If might she borrow my. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If she might borrow my. 14. Choose the correct option. Marry: "I don't like onion!" A) She said that she hadn't liked onion. B) She said that she would like onion. C) She said that she didn't like onion. D) She said that she wasn't liking onion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said that she didn't like onion. 15. My friend said that he would see me later. A) Direct speech. B) Reported speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reported speech. 16. This bag ..... by that factory next week. A) Will produce. B) Will be produced. C) Will be producing. D) Will produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be produced. 17. What is wrong with: "Please stop shouting, Harry." "I have a headache, " explained Susie. A) The comma should be after the speech marks. B) The speech marks after Harry are unnecessary and shouldn't be there. C) The comma before Harry shouldn't be there. D) There is nothing wrong with the punctuation. E) The first full stop should be a comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speech marks after Harry are unnecessary and shouldn't be there. 18. The correct example for direct speech is ..... A) Vinu said iam happy todya. B) Rita said, '' I love music" . C) Megan said, what a beautiful garden. D) John said '' why are you late today?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rita said, '' I love music" . 19. He said, "I am going to the gym." He said that he ..... going to the gym. A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. E) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 20. "Was the hotel expensive?" A) She asked me if the hotel had been expensive. B) She asked me if the hotel was expensive. C) She asked me if the hotel have been expensive. D) She asked me if the hotel has been expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She asked me if the hotel had been expensive. 21. Autumn is the absolute best season Miss Chow exclaimed A) "autumn is the absolute best season, " Miss Chow exclaimed!. B) "autumn is the absolute best season"! Miss Chow exclaimed. C) "Autumn is the absolute best season!" Miss Chow exclaimed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Autumn is the absolute best season!" Miss Chow exclaimed. 22. Reported if/no questions are usually introduced by ..... A) And. B) So. C) If. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If. 23. "They will not have a meeting" he told me.He told me that they ..... A) Will not have a meeting. B) Would not have a meeting. C) Will no be having a meeting. D) Would be having a meeting. E) Would not meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would not have a meeting. 24. They said to us, "We are your friends."Ans. They told us that they were ..... friends. A) My. B) Their. C) Our. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our. 25. Sam said: "I want to go to Cambridge" . A) Sam said that he wanted to go Cambridge. B) Sam saidthat he had wanted to go to Cambridge. C) Sam said that he wants to go to Cambridge. D) Sam said that he would want to go Cambridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam said that he wanted to go Cambridge. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDirect Speech Quiz 1Direct Speech Quiz 2Direct Speech Quiz 3Direct Speech Quiz 4Direct Speech Quiz 6Direct Speech Quiz 7Direct Speech Quiz 8Direct Speech Quiz 9Direct Speech Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books