Direct and Indirect Speech — MCQs Quiz
Subject: English | Topic: Direct and Indirect Speech (30 MCQs)
For TLT, ECT, PST, JEST & All Competitive Exams
Test your understanding of Direct and Indirect Speech (Narration) with this complete set of 30 MCQs — covering tense change, pronoun change, time-word change, and narration of statements, questions, and commands. Attempt all questions first, then check your answers with the answer key given at the end.
MCQs (Q1 – Q30)
1. Change into Indirect Speech: He said, "I am tired."
a) He said that he is tired b) He said that he has been tired c) He said that he was tired d) He said that he will be tired
2. Change into Indirect Speech: She said, "I will call you tomorrow."
a) She said that she will call me tomorrow b) She said that she calls me the next day c) She said that she called me the next day d) She said that she would call me the next day
3. Which reporting verb is generally used when reporting a question in indirect speech?
a) Told b) Ordered c) Asked d) Requested
4. Change into Indirect Speech: He said, "Close the door."
a) He said to close the door b) He asked if I would close the door c) He said that he closed the door d) He ordered me to close the door
5. In indirect speech, "here" is usually changed to:
a) Now b) This c) Then d) There
6. Change into Indirect Speech: She said, "I have finished my work."
a) She said that she finished her work b) She said that she has finished her work c) She said that she had finished her work d) She said that she will finish her work
7. Which word in Direct Speech changes to "the next day" in Indirect Speech?
a) Yesterday b) Today c) Tomorrow d) Now
8. Change into Indirect Speech: He asked, "Where do you live?"
a) He asked where I lived b) He asked where do I live c) He asked that where I lived d) He asked where I live
9. In Direct Speech, the exact words of the speaker are placed inside:
a) Brackets b) Full stops c) Quotation marks d) Commas only
10. Change into Indirect Speech: She said, "I can swim well."
a) She said that she can swim well b) She said that she could swim well c) She said that she is able to swim well d) She said that she swims well
11. If the reporting verb is in Present Tense (says), the tense of the reported speech:
a) Always changes b) Does not change c) Changes to Past Perfect d) Changes to Future
12. Change into Indirect Speech: He said, "Yesterday I met her."
a) He said that yesterday he met her b) He said that the day before he had met her c) He said that today he met her d) He said that he meets her the day before
13. Which reporting verb is used for a command in indirect speech?
a) Asked b) Said c) Told d) Ordered
14. Change into Indirect Speech: The teacher said to the students, "Work hard."
a) The teacher said that the students work hard b) The teacher told the students to work hard c) The teacher advised the students that they work hard d) The teacher asked the students working hard
15. In indirect speech, "this" is usually changed to:
a) That b) It c) These d) Those
16. Change into Indirect Speech: She said, "I was playing football."
a) She said that she was playing football b) She said that she had been playing football c) She said that she plays football d) She said that she is playing football
17. Which of the following is an example of Direct Speech?
a) He said that he was happy b) He told me he was happy c) He said, "I am happy." d) He said he had been happy
18. Change into Indirect Speech: He said, "May I come in?"
a) He asked if he could come in b) He said if he may come in c) He asked that he may come in d) He requested that he might have come in
19. Which pronoun change is correct for: He said, "I like my job."
a) He said that I like my job b) He said that he liked his job c) He said that he likes my job d) He said that they liked their job
20. Change into Indirect Speech: She said, "Alas! I have failed."
a) She exclaimed sadly that she had failed b) She said alas that she failed c) She exclaimed that alas she had failed d) She said that she failed sadly
21. Which tense does "will/shall" change into in Indirect Speech?
a) Would/Should b) Can/May c) Could/Might d) Has/Have
22. Change into Indirect Speech: He said, "I must finish this today."
a) He said that he must have finished this today b) He said that he had to finish that day c) He said that he must finish that that day d) He said that he must finish it that day
23. Which of these is correctly reported in Indirect Speech: "He said, 'I bought this book yesterday.'"
a) He said that he bought that book yesterday b) He said that he had bought that book the day before c) He said that he buys this book yesterday d) He said he had bought this book yesterday
24. In narration, "ago" in Direct Speech usually changes to which word in Indirect Speech?
a) Before b) Later c) Since d) Then
25. Change into Indirect Speech: She said, "Please help me."
a) She requested me to help her b) She said please to help her c) She ordered me to help her d) She asked that I help her please
26. Which of the following sentences is correctly changed to Indirect Speech: "She said, 'What is your name?'"
a) She asked what was my name b) She asked what my name was c) She asked what is your name d) She said what my name was
27. In indirect speech, the interrogative sentence structure changes into a:
a) Question again b) Statement c) Command d) Exclamation
28. Change into Indirect Speech: He said, "Let us go for a walk."
a) He suggested that they should go for a walk b) He said let us go for a walk c) He ordered them to go for a walk d) He asked if they go for a walk
29. Which of the following words does NOT change in Indirect Speech if the reporting verb is in the present tense?
a) Pronoun b) Tense of the verb c) Punctuation d) Reporting verb form
30. Choose the correctly punctuated Direct Speech sentence:
a) He said I am fine b) He said, "I am fine." c) He said that "I am fine." d) "He said I am fine"
Answer Key
| Q | Ans | Q | Ans | Q | Ans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | c | 11 | b | 21 | a |
| 2 | d | 12 | b | 22 | d |
| 3 | c | 13 | d | 23 | b |
| 4 | d | 14 | b | 24 | a |
| 5 | d | 15 | a | 25 | a |
| 6 | c | 16 | a | 26 | b |
| 7 | c | 17 | c | 27 | b |
| 8 | a | 18 | a | 28 | a |
| 9 | c | 19 | b | 29 | b |
| 10 | b | 20 | a | 30 | b |
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