Direct and Indirect Speech Quiz
English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Direct and Indirect Speech
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Speech marks are needed for what?
A. Direct Speech
B. Indirect Speech
John asked Mary, “Why do you get angry with me?”
A. John asked Mary why she got angry with him.
B. John asked Mary why she gets angry with him.
C. John asked Mary why she had gotten angry with him.
D. John asked Mary why she is angry with him.
Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. Mai said, “My family is going to the market today.”
B. “We want candy!” The children shouted.
C. “I told you not to go there.” My father said.
D. Chloe asked, “where is my timetable?”
Reporter: ‘The police are questioning the suspect this morning.’
A. The reporter said the police were questioning the suspect that morning.
B. The reporter said the police questioned the suspect that morning.
C. The reporter said the police had questioned the suspect that morning.
DIRECT SPEECH:
will buy
INDIRECT SPEECH:
A. would buy
B. won’t buy
How do we write the following in direct speech? Kelly said I am feeling sick today.
A. Kelly said “I am feeling sick today.”
B. Kelly said, “I am feeling sick today”.
C. Kelly said, “I am feeling sick today.”
D. Kelly said, “I am feeling sick today?
Danny said, “Some people were hunting in the forest today.”
A. Danny said that some people were hunting in the forest that day.
B. Danny said that some people had hunted in the forest that day.
C. Danny said that some people had been hunting in the forest that day.
D. Danny said that some people was hunting in the forest that day.
The teacher said to the students “Be quiet while I am talking”
A. The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she is talking.
B. The teacher said to the students to be quiet while I am talking.
C. The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she told.
D. The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she talks.
Indirect speech is also known as what?
A. Repeated speech
B. Repeated statements
C. Reported speech
D. Reported statements
“I don’t have time to play game,” said Jack.
A. Direct Speech
B. Indirect Speech
Which of these is correct?
A. Jamal said, “We passed by a beautiful lake in Goa”.
B. Jamal said, We passed by a beautiful lake in Goa.
C. Jamal said, “We passed by a beautiful lake in Goa.”
D. Jamal said, “we passed by a beautiful lake in Goa.”
Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?
A. “We’re going to the theme park!” the little boy exclaimed.
B. We’re going to the “theme park!” the little boy exclaimed.
C. We’re going to the theme park! “the little boy exclaimed.”
D. “We’re going to the theme park! the little boy exclaimed.”
‘Yesterday / last Friday’ change to –
A. yesterday / the previous Friday
B. the previous day / the previous Friday
C. tomorrow / the previous Friday
D. the previous day / last Friday
Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. Mai said, “My family is going to the market today.”
B. “We want candy!” The children shouted.
C. “I told you not to go there.” My father said.
D. Chloe asked, “where is my timetable?”
Auggie said, “I study in Beecher Prep School.”
A. Auggie said that he studies in Beecher Prep School.
B. Auggie said that I studied in Beecher Prep School.
C. Auggie said he studies in Beecher Prep School.
D. Auggie said that he studied in Beecher Prep School.
