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

Question : 16

She said, “Mother, please cook me something nice today”.

a) She ordered her mother to cook her something nice that day.

b) She requested her mother to cook her something nice that day.

c) She asked her mother if she could cook her something nice that day.

d) She told her mother to cook her something nice today.

Question : 17

The boss said to his secretary, “Did you discuss this matter with the manager ?”

a) The boss asked his secretary if you have discussed that matter with the manager.

b) The boss asked his secretary if he had discussed that matter with the manager.

c) The boss asked his secretary whether he has discussed that matter with the manager

d) The boss asked his secretary whether he discussed that matter with the manager.

Question : 18

The beggar said, “Poverty is a great curse”.

a) The beggar said that poverty is a great curse.

b) The beggar said that poverty was a great curse.

c) The beggar said that poverty had been a great curse.

d) The beggar said poverty has a great curse.

Question : 19

“Be careful; the steps are very slippery”, I warned him.

a) I warned him to be careful as the steps are very slippery.

b) I warned him to be careful and steps were very slippery.

c) I told him to be careful and the steps are very slippery.

d) I warned him to be careful as the steps were very slippery.

Question : 20

She said to me, “It has been raining heavily and you cannot go”.

a) She told me that it was raining heavily and I could not go.

b) She told me that it has been raining heavily and I could not go.

c) She told me that it is raining heavily and I could not go.

d) She told me that it had been raining heavily and I could not go.