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

Question : 6

She asked me if I was going to college.

a) She said to me, ‘‘Are you going to college ?”

b) She asked me, “Will you go to college ?”

c) She asked to me, “Was I going to college ?”

d) She said, “Am I going to college ?”

Question : 7

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 and let me work in peace.”

b) Phila said to her brother, “Turn down the television to let me do my work in peace.”

c) Phila said to her brother, “Turned down the television and let me do my work in peace.”

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

Question : 8

She said to the children, ‘You mustn’t play with fire.’

a) She told the children that they mustn’t play with fire.

b) She told the children not to play with fire.

c) She told the children they are not to play with fire.

d) She told the children they were not to play with fire.

Question : 9

He said, “I was doing it.”

a) He said that he had done it.

b) He said that he has done it.

c) He said that he did it.

d) He said that he had been doing it.

Question : 10

He said, “Honesty is the best policy.”

a) He said that honesty was the best policy.

b) He said that honesty had been the best policy.

c) He said that honesty has been the best policy.

d) He said that honesty is the best policy.