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

Directions:

In 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 and mark your answer.

[SSC CGL Tier-II 2015]

Question : 1

“Come home early” said Mr Matthew to his clerk.

a) Mr Matthew asked his clerk to be home early.

b) Mr Matthew ordered his clerk to come home early.

c) Mr Matthew requested his clerk to come home a little early.

d) Mr Matthew told his clerk to come home as early as possible.

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

He said, ‘I have read this novel.’

a) He said that he had read that novel.

b) He said that he read that novel.

c) He said that he had read this novel.

d) He said that he has read this novel.

Answer: (a)

Question : 3

He said that he intended to leave for Surat that night.

a) “I intend to left for Surat that night” he said.

b) “I intended to leave for Surat tonight” he said.

c) “I intend to leave for Surat tonight” he said.

d) “I intend to leave for Surat that night” he said.

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

He bade his friends goodbye.

a) “I am bidding you Goodbye.”

b) He said, “Goodbye, my friends.”

c) “Goodbye, my friends” he was saying to them.

d) “I will see you later” he told his friends.

Answer: (b)

Question : 5

The teacher said to him, “Is poverty not a curse ?”

a) The teacher asked him if poverty was not a curse.

b) The teacher asked him was poverty not a curse.

c) The teacher asked him whether poverty is not a curse.

d) The teacher asked him is poverty not a curse.

Answer: (a)

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