Direct & Reported Speech Online Quiz

Q 1 - I said to him, "Why are you working so hard?"

A - I asked him why he was working so hard.

B - I asked him why was he working so hard.

C - I asked him why had he been working so hard.

D - I asked him why he had been working so hard.

Q 2 - Pawan said to me, "If I hear any news, I'll phone you."

A - Pawan told me that if he heard any news, he will phone me.

B - Pawan told me that if he will hear my news, he will phone me.

C - Pawan told me that if he had heard any news, he would phone me.

D - Pawan told me that if he heard any news, he would phone me.

Q 3 - He said, "I cannot help you at present because I am myself in difficulty."

A - He said that I cannot help you at present because I myself in difficulty.

B - He said that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.

C - He told that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.

D - He asked that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.

Q 4 - He says, ''I don't want to play anymore."

A - He says that he doesn't want to play anymore.

B - He says that I don't want to play anymore.

C - He says that I didn't want to play anymore.

D - He says that he didn't want to play anymore.

Q 5 - The father warned his son that he should be beware of him.

A - The father warned his son, "beware of him!"

B - The father warned his son, "Watch that chap!"

C - The father warned his son, "Be careful about him."

D - The father warned his son, "Don't fall into the trap."

Q 6 - Vissu said, "We passed by a beautiful lake when we went on a trip to Goa."

A - Vissu said that they passed by a beautiful lake when they had gone on a trip to Goa.

B - Vissu said that they has passed by a beautiful lake when they went on a trip to Goa.

C - Vissu said that they had passed by a beautiful lake when they had gone on a trip to Goa.

D - Vissu said they passed by a beautiful lake when they went on a trip to Goa.

Q 7 - Suresh asked, " How long will it take to travel from Germany to South Africa?"

A - Suresh asked how long it will take to travel from Germany to South Africa.

B - Suresh asked how long would it take to travel from Germany to South Africa.

C - Suresh asked how long it would take to travel from Germany to South Africa.

D - Suresh was asking how long must it take to travel from Germany to South Africa.

Q 8 - The young knight enquired which way the princess had gone.

A - The young knight asked, “Which way has she gone?”

B - The young knight asked, “Which way did the princess go?”

C - The young asked the old man where the princess had gone.

D - The young knight enquired, “Which way the princess went?”

Q 9 - He said to me, “I don’t believe you.”

A - He decided not to believe me.

B - “I don’t believe you’’ he said.

C - He said he not believe me.

D - He told me that he didn’t believe me.

Q 10 - "What did you see at the South Pole?" Ashok asked Anil.

A - Ashok asked Anil if he saw anything at the South Pole.

B - Ashok asked Anil what he had seen at the South Pole.

C - Ashok asked Anil what did he see at the South Pole.

D - Ashok asked Anil that he saw anything at the South Pole.