Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 2
1. He told me to open my books.
A) "Open my books!" he shouted.
B) "Open your books!" he exclaimed.
C) "Open your books, " he said.
D) "Open my books, " he said.
2. 'This morning / today / tonight ' change to-.
A) That morning/ that day/ tomorrow night.
B) That morning / that day / that night.
C) That morning / that day / tonight.
D) That morning / today / that night.
3. It refers to the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of spoken language.
A) Word.
B) Sentence.
C) Speech.
D) Language.
4. Madhuri said, "I can take a shorter route to the city.".
A) Madhuri said that she can take a shorter route to the city.
B) Madhuri said that she could take a shorter route to the city.
C) Madhuri said that I could take a shorter route to the city.
D) Madhuri said that she should take a shorter route to the city.
5. "My friend has just made president of the club, " Tom told Sarah.
A) Tom told Sarah that my friend had just made president of the club.
B) Tom told Sarah that his friend had just made president of the club.
C) Tom told Sarah that my frend had just made president of the club.
D) Tom told Sarah that his friend had been made president of the club.
6. Transform the following statement into indirect speech:Nicole said, "I bought a new make-up kit yesterday.".
A) Nicole said that I bought a new make-up kit yesterday.
B) Nicole says that she buy a new make-up kit yesterday.
C) Nicole said that she had bought a new make-up kit yesterday.
D) Nicole says that I bought a new make-up kit yesterday.
7. "Are you okay, Ivanne?" asked Abegail.
A) Abegail asked if Ivanne is okay.
B) Abegail asked Ivanne if she is okay.
C) Abegail asked Ivanne if she was okay.
D) Ivanne is not okay.
8. Michael told me, "I will teach English tomorrow."Michael told me that _____ .
A) I would teach English tomorrow.
B) I would teach English the following day.
C) He will teach English tomorrow.
D) He would teach English the next day.
9. Mohan says that the teacher is not at home.
A) Mohan says, "Teacher was not at home.".
B) Mohan said, "Teacher is not at home.".
C) Mohan says, "Teacher is not at home.
D) Mohan said, "Teacher was not at home.".
10. Spoken words start with _____ .
A) Open inverted comma.
B) Colon.
C) Comma.
D) Closed inverted comma.
11. "Please take me to the park, Father, " the little boy said.
A) The little boy have asked his father to take him to the park.
B) The little boy asks his father to take him to the park.
C) The little boy asked his father to take him to the park.
D) The little boy said his father to take him to the park.
12. _____ speech reports the exact words of the speaker.
A) Direct.
B) Indirect.
13. While changing direct to indirect speech-can changed to _____ .
A) Could.
B) Can't.
C) Can not.
D) Must.
14. (Change the reported speech to quoted speech.)The police told them not to drive too fast in town. The police said, " _____ ".
A) Don't drive too fast in town.
B) No drive too fast in town.
C) Don't drive to fast in town.
D) Please don't drive slow in town.
E) Not drive too fast, please.
15. We use direct speech when we simply repeat what someone says.
A) False.
B) True.
16. Punctuate the sentence. Dilah said you're 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".
17. What tense does 'will' change to in indirect speech?.
A) Might.
B) Would.
C) Should.
D) Could.
18. When reporting a question in indirect speech, do we change the word order?.
A) Yes, we change the word order to make it a statement.
B) Only for past tense questions, we change the word order.
C) No, we keep the word order the same as in the original question.
D) It depends on the tense of the reported speech.
19. Speech marks are needed for what?.
A) Indirect Speech.
B) Direct Speech.
20. Billy and Theo said, "We went to Spain.".
A) Billy and Theo said that they had gone to Spain.
B) Billy and Theo said they gone to Spain.
C) Billy and Theo said they had went to Spain.
D) Billy and Theo said that they had went to Spain.
21. Direct to Indirect Speech:Mathew said, "I will go to school next year.".
A) Mathew said that he would go to school the following year.
B) Mathew said that he would go to school the year before.
C) Mathew said that he would come to school the year after.
D) Mathew said that he would come to school the year before.
22. You will be removed from Grammar School 2.0, on scouring less than _____ .
A) 65%.
B) 60%.
C) 55%.
D) 70%.
23. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Fred says, "There is a monkey on that tree.".
A) Fred says that there was a monkey on that tree.
B) Fred will say that there is a monkey on that tree.
C) Fred says that there is a monkey on that tree.
D) Fred said that there was a monkey on that tree.
24. "He rang me from the airport yesterday, " she said.
A) She said that he has rung from the airport yesterday.
B) She said that he had rung her from the airport the day before.
C) She said that he rung from the airport yesterday.
D) She told that he had rung from the airport the day before.
25. Gapil said yes.
A) Direct.
B) Indirect.