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 : 36

The priest said, “May God pardon this sinner " .

a) The priest prayed if God will pardon that sinner.

b) The priest said that God might pardon the pinner.

c) The priest prayed that God might pardon that sinner.

d) The priest prayed that God would pardon this sinner.

Answer: (c)

Question : 37

He said, ”I am going to college Just now."

a) He said that he was going to college just then.

b) He asked that he was going to college just now.

c) He asked that he was going to college just then.

d) He said that he was going to college just now.

Answer: (a)

Question : 38

“Where do you live ?" asked the stranger.

a) The stranger questioned where did I live.

b) The stranger wanted to know where I live.

c) The stranger enquired where I was living.

d) The stranger asked where I lived.

Answer: (d)

Question : 39

He said to me, “Is there any possibility of my getting promotion this year?"

a) He asked me if there was any possibility of his getting promotion that year.

b) He asked me if there is any possibility of his getting promotion this year.

c) He asked me if there was any possibility of his getting promotion this year.

d) He asked me if there was any possibility of my getting promotion this year.

Answer: (a)

Question : 40

Mini said to me, “I have bought this flat for my mother."

a) Mini said she has bought that flat for mother.

b) Mini told me that she had bought that flat for her mother.

c) Mini said that she bought that flat for her mother

d) Mini told that she had bought that flat for her mother.

Answer: (b)

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