Home > Professional Communication Skills > Quizzes > Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Grammar - Converting Indirect Speech to Direct Speech
Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Grammar - Converting Indirect Speech to Direct Speech
Fast practice, instant feedback. Timer auto-submits when time’s up.
Avg score: 63% • Most missed: “Convert the following direct speech to indirect : | My mother said to me, “Are y…”

To covert Indirect Speech to Direct Speech: Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to" in its correct tense. Remove the conjuctions "that, to, if or whether etc". wherever necessary. Insert quotation marks, question mark, exclamation and fullstop, wherever necessary.

Related Test: Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Grammar - Converting Direct Speech to Indirect

Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Grammar - Converting Indirect Speech to Direct Speech
Time left 00:00
10 Questions

1. Which of these forms are used to report negative commands?
2. Which of these verbs don’t follow the object + infinitive form?
3. Convert the following direct speech to indirect :
She said, “Thank you !”
4. If the reported speech expresses some universal truth, habit, historical incident or permanent fact, its tense does not change even when the reporting verb is in the past tense.
5. While changing a question into indirect speech, the reporting verb must be changed into ask, inquire or demand.
6. Convert the following sentence in indirect speech to direct speech :
He exclaimed sadly that he was undone.
7. Which of these forms are used to report negative commands?
8. Convert the following sentence in indirect speech to direct speech :
He exclaimed sadly that he was undone.
9. Convert the following sentence in direct speech to indirect speech :
She said, “Can you read?” and I said “yes”.
10. Convert the following direct speech to indirect :
My mother said to me, “Are you going to school today?”

⚡ Recently practiced quizzes in this topic
Live quiz activity
Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Non-verbal Communication Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Verbal Communication - Discussions Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Verbal Communication - Grapevine and Consensus Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Listening Skills - Barriers to Listening Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Listening Skills - Types of Listening Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Grammar - Types of Sentences Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Grammar - Eponyms Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Technical Writing - Technical Descriptions Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Interviews Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Grammar - Omission and Repetition of Articles
 
❤ If you liked Fatskills, consider supporting us by checking out The Life Manuals You Never Got.

🌈  Our mission is to help improve your scores in any subject and exam withonline quizzes, practice tests, study guides, & advice for students. Since 2018.
About | Explore | User Guide | Topics | Subjects | Doubt Solver | Career Aptitude Test | Answers | Free Tools | What Should We Know?
Privacy | Terms |
Without work one finishes nothing. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
© 2026 Fatskills.com

All trademarks, logos and brand names are the property of their respective owners. All company, product and service names used in this website are for identification purposes only. Use of these names, trademarks and brands does not imply endorsement.