Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 36 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 36
1. Mother asked Ben, "Are you going to marry her?".
A) Mother asked Ben if he is going to marry her.
B) Mother asks Ben if he is going to marry her.
C) Mother asked Ben if he was going to marry her.
D) Mother asks Ben if he was going to marry her.
2. Which sentence below has the punctuation marks done correctly?.
A) Have you seen my glasses, asked Mother?.
B) "Have you seen my glasses?" asked mother.
3. Tim said, "I may teach you if you will show sincerity.".
A) Tim said that he might teach me if I would show sincerity.
B) Tim said that he will teach me if I was to show sincerity.
C) Tim said that he may teach me at a condition.
D) Tim said that he could teach me had I shown sincerity.
4. Mr Nene said to his students, " I am unable to hear low voices".
A) Mr Nene told his students that he is unable to hear low voices.
B) Mr Nene told his students that he was unable to hear low voices.
C) Mr Nene told his students he is unable to hear low voices.
D) None of above.
5. "How much does this book cost?" he inquired.
A) He inquired how much this book cost. .
B) He inquired how much this book costs.
C) He inquired how much did this book cost.
D) None of above.
6. John said, "I am tired of work"John said that _____ .
A) He will be tired of work.
B) He is tired of work.
C) 'John sais (that) he goes.
D) John said (that) he is goes.
E) He was tired of work .
7. Direct speech of' that night'?.
A) None.
B) Yesterday.
C) Next day.
D) The following day.
8. Is this Direct Speech or Indirect Speech?He said that he wanted to have his breakfast at that moment.
A) Indirect Speech.
B) Direct Speech.
9. Change the Indirect Speech to Direct Speech.Nidhi said that it was a beautiful painting.
A) Nidhi said, "That is a very beautiful painting!".
B) Nidhi said to the artist, "It is a very beautiful painting.".
C) Nidhi said, "It is a beautiful painting.".
D) Nidhi said, "That is a beautiful painting!".
10. He said, "I like this song.".
A) He said that he likes this song.
B) He said that he liked that song.
C) He said that I liked this song.
D) He said that he likes that song.
11. Kay:"What are you doing here, May? I haven't seen you since August." Kay asked May _____ , and he said _____ since August.
A) What she was doing here; he had not seen her.
B) What she was doing there; he has not seen her.
C) What she was doing here; he has not seen her.
D) What she was doing there; he had not seen her.
12. "I've always wanted to see the Great Wall of China, " Joey said.
A) Joey said he had always wanted to see the Great Wall of China.
B) Joey said he wanted to see the Great Wall of China.
C) Joey said he has always wanted to see the Great Wall of China.
D) None of above.
13. Linda said, "I wonder why our friends don't come to meet us these days, George?".
A) Linda asked George why their friends didn't come to see them those days.
B) Linda wondered and said George why their friends hadn't come to see them those days.
C) Linda asked George why their friends hadn't come to see them these days.
D) Linda told George if their friends had gone to see them those days.
14. There is an indirect relationship between the form and the function of the utterance.
A) False.
B) True.
15. Identify and choose the correct speech for the given sentence:She said that she was fine.
A) Indirect Speech.
B) Direct Speech.
16. Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?.
A) Watch out for that puddle! "Dad yelled.".
B) Watch out for "that puddle!" Dad yelled.
C) "Watch out for that puddle!" Dad yelled.
D) "Watch out for" that puddle! Dad yelled.
17. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech: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 will read this book next week.
C) Jocelyn said that she would read that book the week after.
D) Jocelyn said that she would read this book next week.
18. What's wrong with this sentence? I said to him, "Why are you working so hard"?.
A) There should be a full-stop after "hard".
B) There should not be a comma before the spoken words begin.
C) "Why" should be lowercased.
D) The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks.
19. What is indirect speech?.
A) A way of reporting what someone else has said without any changes.
B) A way of reporting what someone else has said without using their exact words.
C) A way of reporting what someone else has said by adding your own words.
D) A way of reporting what someone else has said using their exact words.
20. Is this Direct Speech or Indirect Speech?Ellie asked Nina if she could borrow her pen for sometime.
A) Indirect Speech.
B) Direct Speech.
21. Direct to Indirect Speech:He said, "I am a man.".
A) He said that I am a man.
B) He said that he is a man.
C) He said that I was a man.
D) He said that he was a man.
22. Indirect speech.
A) Expresses what was said without using the exact words.
B) Expresses what was said using the exact words.
C) Is where someone expresses their own words.
D) None of above.
23. Miss Yap told the class, "All of you must report in your P.E. attire tomorrow."Miss Yap told the class that _____ .
A) All of them had to report in their P.E. attire the next day.
B) All of them must report in their P.E. attire tomorrow.
C) All of them had to report in their P.E. attire tomorrow.
D) All of us had to report in our P.E. attire the next day.
24. "Don't shake the table while I am writing!" Peter told his brother.
A) Peter said his brother not to shake the table while he was writing.
B) Peter told his brother not to shake the table while he is writing.
C) Peter told his brother not to shake the table while he was writing.
D) Peter tells his brother not to shake the table while he was writing.
25. There are two ways of reporting the words of a speaker. The ways are _____ and _____ or reported speech.
A) Direct speechindirect .
B) Indirect speechdirect.
C) 1st person2nd person.
D) None of above.