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 - He said, "Be quite and listen to my words.

A - He urged them to be quite and listen to his words.

B - He urged them and said be quite and listen to his words.

C - He urged they should be quite and listen to his words.

D - He said you should be quite and listen to his words.

Q 3 - The little girl said to her mother, "Did the sun rise in the East?"

A - The little girl said to her mother that the sun rose in the East.

B - The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East.

C - The little girl said to her mother if the sun rises in the East.

D - The little girl asked her mother if the sun is in the East.

Q 4 - The government has announced, "Taxes will be raised" −

A - The government has announced that taxes would be raised.

B - The government has announced that taxes would raised.

C - The government has announced that taxes will be raised.

D - The government has announced taxes will be raised.

Q 5 - Manna asked Rohan, "Have you sat in a trolley bus before?"

A - Manna asked Rohan had he sat in a trolley bus earlier.

B - Manna asked Rohan had he sat in a trolley bus before.

C - Manna asked Rohan if he sat on a trolley bus before.

D - Manna asked Rohan if he has ever sat in a trolley bus.

Q 6 - "What about going for a swim," he said, "It's quite fine now."

A - He asked me what about going for a swim as it was quite fine then.

B - He proposed going for swim as it was quite fine.

C - He suggested going for a swim as it was quite fine.

D - He advised me to go for a swim as it was quite fine.

Q 7 - "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.

Q 8 - Hari said to me, I will go to the market tomorrow.

A - Hari told me that he will go to the market.

B - Hari told me that he will go to the market tomorrow.

C - Hari told me that he would go to the market tomorrow.

D - Hari told me that he would go to the market the next day.

Q 9 - I will avenge your murder, she cried over her husbands corpse.

A - She decided to avenge her husbands death.

B - She decided to avenge his murder.

C - She cried over her husbands corpse that she would revenge his murder.

D - She cried over her husbands corpse that she would avenge his murder.

Q 10 - 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 it would 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 it must take to travel from Germany to South