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

Directions:

In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

Question : 21

Phila ordered her brother to turn down the television and let her work in peace.

a) Phila said to her brother ‘Turn down the television to let me do my work in peace. ”

b) Phila said to her brother "Turned down the television and let me do my work in peace."

c) Phila said to her brother “Turn down the television and let me work in peace.”

d) Phila said to her brother "Turn down the television that let me do my work in peace.”

Answer: (c)

Question : 22

The mother said, “What can I do for you, my son ?"

a) The mother asked her son what she could do for him.

b) The mother asked what she could do for him my son.

c) The mother asked her son what she did for him.

d) The mother said to her son what she could do for him.

Answer: (a)

Question : 23

Jack fell as he’d have wished, the mother said.

a) The mother said that Jack has fallen as he has wished.

b) The mother said that Jack had been fallen as he would have been wished.

c) The mother said that Jack fell as he had wished.

d) The mother said that Jack had fallen as he would have wished.

Answer: (d)

Question : 24

The teacher asked me why I had been absent the day before.

a) The teacher asked me "Why are you absent the day before?"

b) The teacher asked me "Were you absent the day before ?"

c) The teacher asked me "Why are you absent yesterday ?’’

d) The teacher asked me “Why were you absent yesterday ?"

Answer: (d)

Question : 25

I 'm taking my children to the zoo tomorrow, she said, "to see the baby white tiger".

a) She said that she was taking her children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.

b) She said that she was taking the children to the zoo that day to see the baby white tiger.

c) She said that she would take the children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.

d) She said that she will take the children to the zoo to see the baby white tiger tomorrow.

Answer: (a)

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