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📝 Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 22
1. The monkey said, "I will have the part with the leaves on." The monkey told the turtle _____ he would have the part with the leaves on.
A) That.
B) If.
C) Whether.
D) None of above.
2. Which is the correct reported speech choice?The teacher told me, "You must pay attention.".
A) The teacher told me that I had to pay attention.
B) The teacher told me that you had to pay attention.
C) The teacher told me that I have to pay attention.
D) None of above.
3. True or False?The reported speech is usually one tense back into the past:Pablo, "I like oranges". Pablo said that he liked oranges.
A) True.
B) False.
4. Simple past changes into:.
A) Simple present.
B) Past perfect.
C) Past continuous.
D) Past perfect continuous.
5. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:Mr. Burchell asked the girl, "What is your name?".
A) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what is your name.
B) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what her name was.
C) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what is her name.
D) Mr. Burchell asked the girl what was your name.
6. Bagas, "How is your life today?". Bagas wants to know _____ .
A) How I am fine at that time.
B) How I was that time.
C) How is your life today.
D) How was my life that time.
E) How are you at that time.
7. On Tuesday, Abdul told the teacher that he had missed the lesson _____ because he had gone to the embassy in London.
A) Before day.
B) Yesterday.
C) The day before.
D) The before day.
8. While converting from direct to indirect speech which of the following changes happen?.
A) Present continuous tense becomes past continuous tense.
B) Simple present tense becomes simple future tense.
C) Past continuous tense becomes future continuous tense.
D) None of these.
9. Sentences are given direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.Susie said, "I had read this book before I gave it to you.
A) Susie said that she have been reading that book before she gave it to me.
B) Susie said that she had read that book before she had given it to me.
C) Susie said that she had read that book before she gave it to me.
D) Susie asked that she had read that book before she gave it to me.
10. Mathew said, "I will go to school next year." Convert it into indirect speech.
A) Mathew said that he would go to school the year before.
B) Mathew said that he would come to school the year after.
C) Mathew said that he will come to school the year after.
D) Mathew said that he would come to school the year before.
E) Mathew said that he would go to school the following year.
11. Change the following direct speech into indirect speech:He said, 'I will help you.'.
A) He said he would help me.
B) He said you can help him.
C) She said he would help me.
D) He said he can help.
12. He asked me, " what time will the sun set tomorrow?".
A) He asked me what time does the sun set the next day.
B) He asked me what time the sun would set the next day.
C) He asked me what time would the sun set the next day.
D) He asked me what time the sun would set tomorrow.
13. Hamza said that he wanted a large pizza.
A) Direct.
B) Indirect.
14. Identify and choose the correct speech for the given sentence:The child said, "I need help with my homework.".
A) Indirect Speech.
B) Direct Speech.
15. Performative verbs such as order, advise and promise are used to make a direct speech act.
A) False.
B) True.
16. 'My best friend at school became a nurse first, then a paramedic.' $\rightarrow$ He told me that his best friend at school _____ a nurse first, then a paramedic.
A) Has become.
B) Had become.
C) Was becoming.
D) Would become.
17. "We have been here for a week.".
A) They said that they had been there for 3 week.
B) They said that we had been there for a week.
C) They said that we had been here for a week.
D) They said that they had been here for a week.
18. Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?.
A) Kyle said, "thank you for helping me with my homework".
B) Kyle said "Thank you for helping me with my homework".
C) Kyle said "Thank you for helping me with my homework.".
D) Kyle said, "Thank you for helping me with my homework.".
19. Which of the following is an example of direct speech?.
A) Rina said, "I like candy.".
B) John said he was playing baseball.
C) "Jean said she had lived in Batangas.".
D) They told me that they would be joining us on Saturday.
20. What is direct speech?.
A) Shows a person's exact words. Quotation marks (" _____ ") are a sign that the words are the exact words that a person used.
B) Is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used.
21. What is direct speech?.
A) Quoting exactly what someone said.
B) Speaking about what someone said.
C) Writing down what someone said.
D) Approximating what someone said.
22. "Are you sure?" He asked me.
A) He asked me if I am sure.
B) He asked me if you are sure.
C) He asked me if I was sure.
D) He asked me if you were sure.
23. Choose if the sentence is in Direct or Indirect Speech.My friend said she had gone to Nagpur.
A) Direct Speech.
B) Indirect Speech.
24. Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Copernicus said, "All planets revolve around the Sun.".
A) Copernicus said that all planets revolve around the Sun.
B) Copernicus had said that all planets revolve around the Sun.
C) Copernicus said that all planets revolved around the Sun.
D) Copernicus said that all planets are revolving around the Sun.
25. Leyla said, "I am a unique person.".
A) DIRECT SPEECH.
B) INDIRECT SPEECH.