Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 16
1. What is direct speech?.
A) Direct speech is a form of speech where the exact words spoken by a person are quoted and enclosed in quotation marks.
B) Direct speech is a form of speech where the words spoken by a person are paraphrased.
C) Direct speech is a form of speech where the exact words spoken by a person are written in italics.
D) Direct speech is a form of speech where the words spoken by a person are summarized.
2. The monkey says that he will give him half of the fruit in exchange.
A) Direct Speech.
B) Indirect Speech.
3. A rhetorical question is a _____ .
A) Interrogative sentence but is not intended to be a genuine request for information.
B) Command intended to be a genuine request for information.
C) Apelative sentence intended to be an ingenuine answer.
D) Request intended to be genuine information.
4. If the verb in direct speech is in simple past, what would the tense of the verb be in the indirect or reported speech?.
A) Past perfect.
B) Simple present.
C) Simple past.
D) Future.
5. Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:Joseph said, " I have already written a letter to my family in Dubai.".
A) Joseph said that he will write a letter to his family in Dubai.
B) Joseph said that he had already written a letter to his family in Dubai.
C) Joseph said that he was writing a letter to his family in Dubai.
D) Joseph said that he wrote a letter to his family in Dubai.
6. "What did the cashier of the restaurant tell you?"" _____ with credit card.".
A) Not paid.
B) Not to pay.
C) Not pay.
D) Not paying.
E) Did not pay.
7. Think.
A) Would have thought.
B) Thought.
C) Was thinking.
D) Is thinking.
8. Sony said, "Where do you come from?" Change to indirect speech!.
A) Sony said where I came from. .
B) Sony said where you come from.
C) Sony said where he came from?.
D) None of above.
9. Mrs. Ratih said, "Badu, Budi, and Bedadu have left these lessons three times". It means _____ .
A) Mrs. Ratih said that they have left those lessons three times.
B) Mrs. Ratih said that they had left those lessons three times.
C) Mrs. Ratih said that they had left these lessons three times.
D) Mrs. Ratih said that she has left these lessons three times.
E) Mrs. Ratih said that she had left these lessons three times.
10. "Don't waste your money" she said to the boys.
A) She told the boys to waste their money.
B) She told the boys to waste your money.
C) She told the boys not to waste their money.
D) She told the boys not to waste your money.
11. "Have you got a work permit?" asked Bill.
A) Bill wanted that I had got a work permit.
B) Bill asked had you got a work permit.
C) Bill asked if you got a work permit.
D) Bill asked if I had a work permit.
12. Choose the best option for the speech Direct from this sentence:Roger said that Jhoni was a good friend.
A) Roger said "Jhoni am a good friend".
B) Roger said " Jhoni was a good friend".
C) Roger said:"Jhoni are a good friend".
D) Roger said:" Jhoni is a good friend".
13. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-He said, "I live in Germany.".
A) He said that he lived in Germany.
B) He said that he is living in Germany.
C) He told that he lived in Germany.
D) He said that he had lived in Germany.
14. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.) "I didn't like milk as a child." My sister told me that _____ .
A) She had not liked milk as a child.
B) I had not liked milk as a child.
C) She not liked milk as a child.
D) She didn't like milk as a child.
E) I had not like milk as a child.
15. "Do not keep me waiting too long, " the man said.The man told him not _____ keep him waiting too long.
A) If.
B) That.
C) Where.
D) To.
16. Mark said, "I am washing my hands." What is the reported speech of this sentence?.
A) Mark said that he was washing his hands.
B) Mark said that he has washed his hands.
C) Mark said that he washed his hands.
D) Mark said that he is washing his hands.
17. Kala said, "How beautiful the picture looks!".
A) Kala exclaimed that how beautiful the picture looks.
B) Kala exclaimed that the picture looked beautiful.
C) Kala exclaimed that the picture looks beautiful.
D) Kala exclaimed that how beautiful the picture looked.
18. She will say, " I want to become an Engineer.".
A) She will say that she wants to become an Engineer.
B) She will say that she wanted to become an engineer.
C) She will said that she wants to become an engineer.
D) None of above.
19. I told my father that I could get a better grade in English and Science.
A) Direct Speech.
B) Indirect Speech.
20. While changing to indirect speechThe word Ago change to _____ .
A) Before.
B) Tomorrow.
C) Yesterday.
D) All above are wrong.
21. "It had been raining heavily for a whole week there, " said Juhi.
A) Juhi said that it had been raining heavily for a whole week there.
B) Juhi said that it has been raining heavily for a whole week here.
C) Juhi said that it has been raining heavily for a whole week here.
D) Juhi said that it had been raining heavily for a whole week here.
22. The speaker urged them to be quiet and listen to him.
A) The speaker said, "Be quiet and listen to my words.".
B) The speaker said to them to, "Be quiet and listen to my words.".
C) The speaker is telling them to "Be quiet and listen to my words.".
D) None of above.
23. The doctor said, " You have a mild infection.".
A) The doctor said that he had a mild infection.
B) The doctor said that you have a mild infection.
C) The doctor says that he had a mild infection.
D) None of above.
24. Turn Direct speech into indirect speech"She said, 'Why didn't you send a friend request to me?"'.
A) She inquired why I had not sent a friend request to her.
B) She questioned why I had not sent a friend request to her.
C) She inquired why I did not send a friend request to her.
D) She asked me why I had not sent a friend request to her.
25. Change this sentence to Indirect speech.They told us, "We saw an accident.".
A) They saw an accident.
B) They told us that they saw an accident.
C) They told us they saw many accidents.
D) They told us we saw an accident.