Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 8
1. I said, " I like sweets".
A) I said that I liked sweets.
B) I say that I liked sweets.
C) I said that I like sweets.
D) I say that I like sweets.
2. Doesn't read.
A) Didn't read.
B) Don't read.
C) Wouldn't read.
D) None of above.
3. Jessica asked me, "Why I did not pass the test?". Jessica askd me _____ .
A) Why did not she pass the test.
B) Why she had not pass the test.
C) Why she had not passed the test.
D) Why had she pass the test.
E) Why she did not past the test.
4. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?.
A) "Follow me!" shouted the tour leader.
B) "Follow me!", shouted the tour leader.
C) "Follow me!" Shouted the tour leader.
D) "Follow me! shouted the tour leader.".
5. Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?".
A) The policeman asked the boy where he lives.
B) "Where do you live?", the policeman asked the boy.
6. The poor beggar said, "O God, have mercy on my soul".
A) The poor beggar told God to have mercy on his soul.
B) The poor beggar exclaimed that God, have mercy on his soul.
C) The poor beggar, invoking God, implored him to have mercy on his soul.
D) The poor beggar prayed to God to have mercy on his soul.
7. "Could you please open the window?"She _____ .
A) She asked me to open the window.
B) She asked me to the window.
8. Fairuz said to me, "Shall I go now?". We can conclude that _____ .
A) Fairuz asked me that he should go then.
B) Fairuz asked me that he should go now.
C) Fairuz asked me if he should go now.
D) Fairuz asked me whether he should go then.
9. My teacher told us, "You have to study hard." Change to indirect speech!.
A) My teacher told us that we had to study hard. .
B) My teacher told us that we have to study hard.
C) My teacher told us that you had to study hard.
D) None of above.
10. Sarah told me that she was trying to fix a broken handle.
A) I.
B) D.
11. My father said, " I have to work until 8pm today."My father said that _____ .
A) He had to work until 8pm that day.
B) He had to work until 8pm today.
C) He is working until 8pm today.
D) He said he had worked until 8pm that day.
12. Fitria asked me what happen there. Fitria said, " _____ ".
A) What does happens here?.
B) What happens here?.
C) What did happen here?.
D) What happened here?.
E) What happens there?.
13. What's wrong with this sentence? I said to him, "Why are you working so hard"?.
A) The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks. .
B) There should be a full-stop after "hard".
C) There should not be a comma before the spoken words begin.
D) None of above.
14. "I spoke to Jane last week, " she said. She said _____ .
A) She had spoken to Jane a week before.
B) She spoke to Jane a week before.
C) She had spoken to Jane last week.
D) I had spoken to Jane a week before.
15. What needs to be corrected? Kiran asked, "did you see the match on television last night".
A) Capitalize did and add a question mark after night. .
B) Add a question mark at the end.
C) Capitalize did and add an exclamation mark at the end.
D) None of above.
16. Is this sentence in indirect speechHe said, "TMKOC is the best Show".
A) No.
B) Maybe.
C) Yes.
D) None of above.
17. The driver said, "Do you want to halt for a while?".
A) The driver said if we wanted a halt for a while.
B) The driver asked if we wanted to halt for a while.
C) The driver asked if we had wanted to halt for a while.
D) The driver asked if we want to halt for a while.
18. Choose if the sentence is in Direct or Indirect Speech.Sharad said, "My mother will be 50 years old.".
A) Indirect Speech.
B) Direct Speech.
19. Which sentence below has the punctuation marks done correctly?.
A) "I am fine today" replied the boy.
B) "I am fine today, " replied the boy.
20. Which of the following direct sentences is correctly constructed?.
A) Analise said. "The test was difficult.
B) Analise said, "The test was difficult.".
C) Analise said:the test was difficult.
D) "Analise said the test was difficult.".
21. The maid said, "I gave them the address.".
A) The maid said that she would give them the address.
B) The maid said that she gave the address to them.
C) The maid said that she had given the address to them.
D) The maid asked whether she should have given the address to them.
22. Choose the correct form of the verb in Indirect Speech.Direct:The doctor said to him, "Give me a call when you feel sick."Indirect:The doctor told him _____ him a call when he _____ sick.
A) To give _____ felt.
B) To give _____ feel.
C) To gives _____ feels.
D) None of above.
23. Select the answer with the correctly placed quotation marks or speech marks (" ").
A) "Sindy said" I want ice cream.
B) Sindy said, "I want ice cream".
C) Sindy said, "I want" ice cream.
D) Sindy said "I want ice cream.".
24. Choose if the sentence is in Direct or Indirect Speech."I am going to go swimming, " the child said.
A) Direct Speech.
B) Indirect Speech.
25. Emrah said that he _____ Brad Pitt on a street in Bristol the day before but nobody believed him.
A) Saw.
B) Had seen.
C) Had saw.
D) Seen.