Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 26
1. Direct to Indirect Speech:Jullie said to me, "I have to win this game.".
A) Jullie told me that she had to win this game.
B) Jullie told me that she had to win that game.
C) Jullie told me that she must win that game.
D) Jullie told me that she must win this game.
2. How Direct Speech is delivered:.
A) Reporting what was said exactly in the words of the speaker.
B) Reporting what was said in the narrator's words.
3. Convert( assertive) direct to indirect speech-Vineetha said, " The information is being downloaded from the internet.".
A) Vineetha informed that the information was being downloaded from the internet.
B) Vineetha exclaimed sorrowfully that the information was being downloaded from the internet.
C) Vineetha informed the information was being downloaded from the internet.
D) None of above.
4. We use inverted comas in.
A) Indirect speech.
B) Direct speech.
5. 'I had lived in four countries by the age of ten.' $\rightarrow$ She said that she _____ in four countries by the age of ten.
A) Had lived.
B) Lived.
C) Had been living.
D) Will have lived.
6. Alice asked me how long I _____ .
A) Had been waiting.
B) Was waiting.
C) Am waiting.
D) Have been waiting.
7. My friend said to me, "Has your father returned from Calcutta?".
A) My friend asked me if my father had returned from Calcutta.
B) My friend told me that his father had returned from Calcutta.
C) My friend said to me that my father has returned from Calcutta.
D) My friend enquired me if his father had returned from Calcutta.
8. Filbert said, "Open the window!".He commanded me _____ the window.
A) To open.
B) To opened.
C) Open.
D) None of above.
9. "I saw a great movie yesterday, " she said with excitement.
A) She said with excitement she had seen a great movie the day before.
B) She said with excitement she saw a great movie yesterday.
C) She said with excitement she saw a great movie the day before.
D) None of above.
10. Do you have to use 'that' with all reported speech sentences?.
A) Yes.
B) No, only with requests.
C) No, only with statements.
D) No.
11. Convert into indirect speechShe said to me, "I have a beautiful watch".
A) She told me that she had a beautiful watch.
B) She told me that I had a beautiful watch.
C) She told me that she had the beautiful watch.
D) She told me that she has a beautiful watch.
12. Choose the correct form of the verb in Indirect Speech.Direct:He said, "Jill went to the clinic yesterday."Indirect:He said that Jill _____ to the clinic the day before.
A) Had gone.
B) Have gone.
C) Has gone.
D) None of above.
13. John said, "I am very busy now.".
A) John said that he was very busy then.
B) John said that he is very busy now.
C) John said that he was very busy now.
D) None of above.
14. Joe said I had always been his friend.
A) "You have always been my friend, " said Joe.
B) "You had always been my friend, " said Joe.
C) "You were always my friend, " said Joe.
D) "You are always my friend, " said Joe.
15. Example:Rita said, "Your painting is really nice."Which of the following is a correct reported speech?.
A) Rita said that his painting was really nice.
B) Rita said that your painting is really nice.
C) Rita said that my painting is really nice.
D) None of these.
16. Toni said to me, "I wish I knew the information earlier". It means _____ .
A) Tono wished that he knew the information earlier.
B) Tono wish that he had known the information earlier.
C) Tono wished that he had known the information earlier.
D) Tono wish that he knew the information earlier.
E) Tono wishes that he had knew the information earlier.
17. 'There was an accident outside the supermarket'.
A) He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket.
B) He said there were an accident outside the supermarket.
C) He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket.
D) None of above.
18. Change the following into Indirect speech-I said to the students, "You should do the duties.".
A) I want that students should do the duties.
B) I said to the students that I should do the duties.
C) I told the students that they should do the duties.
D) I asked the students to do the duties.
19. We do not change verb tenses in indirect/reported speech when.
A) Both options are correct. .
B) The fact being reported is a general truth.
C) The reporting verb is in the simple present tense.
D) None of above.
20. She said she lives with her mother.
A) Indirect Speech.
B) Direct Speech.
21. He says that he is the tallest boy in the class.
A) Indirect speech.
B) Direct speech.
22. (Change the quoted speech to reported speech.)"Your mother left the party earlier." Your father said that _____ .
A) My mother had left the party earlier.
B) Your mother had left the party earlier.
C) My mother left the party earlier.
D) Your mother left the party earlier.
E) His mother had left the party earlier.
23. Melissa said, "I have been to India three times.".
A) She said that she had been to India three times. .
B) Melissa said that I had been to India three times.
C) She said that she has been to India three times.
D) None of above.
24. Transform the following statement into indirect speech:Tricia said, "Our tour guide has arrived.".
A) Tricia said that our tour guide has arrived.
B) Tricia said that their tour guide had arrived.
C) Tricia said that their tour guide has arrived.
D) Tricia said that our tour guide had arrived.
25. Harvey said, "I am going out of town.".
A) Harvey said that he is going out of town.
B) Harvey said that I am going out of town.
C) Harvey said that he was going out of town.
D) Harvey said that he went out of town.