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

Directions:

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

[SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi Police SI 2014]

Question : 6

You said, “They were busy the whole day.”

a) You said that they were busy the whole day.

b) You said that they had been busy the whole day.

c) You said that they have been busy the whole day.

d) You said that they had busy the whole day.

Answer: (b)

You said that they had been busy the whole day. (I.S.)

Question : 7

He exclaimed that it was a very graceful animal.

a) He observed, “It is a very graceful animal.”

b) He said, “Alas! What a graceful animal it is !”

c) He said, “It is indeed a graceful animal.”

d) He exclaimed, “What a graceful animal!”

Answer: (d)

He exclaimed, “What a graceful animal!” (D.S.)

Question : 8

The ox asked the dog not to sit there.

a) The ox said to the dog, “Do not sit here.”

b) The ox said to the dog, “Does not sit here.”

c) The ox said to the dog, “Did not sit here.”

d) The ox said to the dog, “Not to sit here.”

Answer: (a)

The ox said to the dog, “Do not sit here.” (D.S.)

Question : 9

He said, “I am writing a poem.”

a) He said that he is writing a poem.

b) He said that the poem is being written.

c) He said that he was writing a poem.

d) He said that I am writing a poem.

Answer: (c)

He said that he was writing a poem. (I.S.)

Question : 10

Sandy said, “I have already written a letter to my family.”

a) Sandy said that she wrote a letter to her family.

b) Sandy said that she was writing a letter to her family.

c) Sandy said that she will write a letter to her family.

d) Sandy said that she had already written a letter to her family.

Answer: (d)

Sandy said that she had already written a letter to her family. (I.S.)

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