direct & indirect speech Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 16

They told me that they had been befooled by those men.

a) They said to me, “They had befooled us.”

b) They said to me, “We have been befooled by these men.”

c) They said to me, “We are befooled by these men.”

d) They said to me, “We were befooled by these men.”

Question : 17

She said to me, “What can I do for you dear?”

a) She asked me affectionately what she could do for me.

b) She asked me affectionately what can she do for me.

c) She asked me affectionately if she could do anything for me.

d) She asked me affectionately what could she do for me.

Question : 18

She says, “I keep at an arm’s length, all those who try to flatter me.”

a) She exclaims that she keeps at an arm’s length all of them who try to flatter her.

b) She says that she will keep at an arm’s length all those who flatter her.

c) She says that she keeps at an arm’s length all those who try to flatter her.

d) She said that she kept at an arms length all those who try to flatter her.

Question : 19

You said, “My parents never liked my accepting any job but I had always wanted to stand on my own feet”.

a) You said that your parents never liked your accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.

b) You told that your parents never like you accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.

c) You said that my parents never liked my accepting any job but I had always wanted to stand on my own feet.

d) You regretted that your parents had never liked you accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.

Question : 20

The master asked the people why they prevented him from going near the tiger.

a) The master asked the people, “Why do they prevent me from going near the tiger?”

b) The master asked the people, “Why are they preventing him from going near the tiger?”

c) The master was asking the people, “Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger?”

d) The master said to the people, “Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger.”