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📝 Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 12
1. "I was wondering if you could possibly tell me the time?"She _____ .
A) She asked me to tell me the time.
B) She asked me to tell her the time.
2. Kanika said, "I want to eat at the new restaurant.".
A) Kanika said that she wanted to eat at the new restaurant.
B) Kanika said that she want to eat at the new restaurant.
C) Kanika said that I want to eat at the new restaurant.
D) Kanika said that she want to eat at the new restaurant.
3. Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?.
A) The headmaster warned the students:pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month.
B) The headmaster warned the students, 'pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month'.
C) The headmaster warned the students, pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month.
D) The headmaster warned the students, 'pay your school fee not later than the tenth every month!'.
4. Identify the sentence that represents direct speech:.
A) I am going to the store, she said.
B) She said that she was going to the store.
C) He wondered if she was going to the store.
D) They asked why she was going to the store.
5. Transform:Mr.Simon said, "five and seven make twelve. ".
A) Mr.Simon said that five and seven makes twelve.
B) This isn't true!.
C) Mr.Simon says that five and seven will make twelve.
D) We can't say _____.
6. Jocelyn said, "I will read this book next week.".
A) Jocelyn said that she would read that book next week.
B) Jocelyn said that she would read that book the week after.
C) Jocelyn said that she will read this book next week.
D) Jocelyn said that she would read this book next week.
7. It is never too late, " PJ said. What is the reported speech of this sentence?.
A) PJ said that it will never be too late.
B) PJ said that it was never too late.
C) PJ said it is never too late.
D) PJ said that it should never be too late.
8. Allintitle:[search phrase] help us _____ .
A) To find pages with all of those words in the title of the page.
B) To search for pages that have at least one of your search words in the title.
C) To Limit results to a certain file format, such as PDF or DOC.
D) To create an all in one title.
9. "I have been there" explained Rayna. She told me that she _____ there.
A) Had been .
B) Has been.
C) Was.
D) None of above.
10. My father asked my sister, "Why do you wake up so early?". It means that my father wondered why _____ .
A) She does wake up so early.
B) Does she wake up so early.
C) Do you wake up so early.
D) She wakes up so early.
E) She woke up so early.
11. Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?.
A) "You are looking in the wrong direction", said the detective.
B) "You are looking in the wrong direction" said the detective.
C) "You are looking in the wrong direction said the detective".
D) "You are looking in the wrong direction, " said the detective.
12. Will become.
A) Would become.
B) Would became.
13. Indirect speech:Mr. Lee told me he was going to Mark's house.Direct speech: _____ .
A) Mr. Lee told, "I am going to Mark's house.".
B) Mr. Lee told me that he was going to the house.
C) Mr. Lee told me I am going to Mark's house.
D) Mr. Lee told, "I am going to market.".
14. Turn direct speech into indirect speech"I need help with my work.".
A) He said I am doing my homework.
B) He said, "I need help with my homework.".
C) He said I want to do homework.
D) He said I do not need help with my homework.
15. The doctor _____ that there's nothing wrong with me.
A) Said.
B) Told.
16. He told me, "I was coming with him.".
A) He told me that I came with him.
B) He told me that I had been coming with him.
C) He told me that he came with him.
D) He told me that he had been coming with him.
17. Select the indirect speech examples.
A) Ron said that he went to the tennis court yesterday.
B) Mary said that she had a little lamb.
18. He said to her, 'What a hot day!'.
A) He said that it was a hot day.
B) He told her that it was a hot day.
C) He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was hot day.
D) He exclaimed that it was a hot day.
19. John said, "I love this town.".
A) John said that he loved this town.
B) John says that he loved this town.
C) John says I love this town.
D) John said that I loved this town.
20. Which of the following is not a speech reporting verb?.
A) Run.
B) Jump.
C) Walk.
D) Talk.
21. Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo, "Do you really want a child?"The sentence above can be changed into indirect speech _____ .
A) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo if she really wanted a child.
B) Buto ijo asked mbok Rondo if she really wants a child.
C) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo that she really wants a child.
D) Buto Ijo told mbok Rondo that she really wanted a child.
E) Buto Ijo asked mbok Rondo if he really wanted a child.
22. Which of the following direct sentences is correctly constructed?.
A) "I will be one of the greatest musicians in the future" said the young violinist.
B) "I will be one of the greatest musicians in the future, said the young violinist.".
C) "I will be one of the greatest musicians in the future, " said the young violinist.
D) "I will be one of the greatest musicians in the future." said the young violinist.
23. "Don't touch it! Leave it alone!" I said.
A) I have told him not to touch it but to leave it alone.
B) I am telling him not to touch it but to leave it alone.
C) I told him not to touch it but to leave it alone.
D) I said him not to touch it but to leave it alone.
24. My brother reminded me, "Do your homework!"My brother reminded me _____ Do _____ homework.
A) To-your.
B) For-my.
C) For-your.
D) To-my.
25. "Jeanna meets her friend every afternoon, " she said.
A) D.
B) I.