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

Question : 1

He said, “Do as you wish, but don’t come and ask me for help if you get into difficulties.”

a) He told me to do as I wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into difficulties.

b) He ordered me to do as I wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into difficulties.

c) He told me that unless I did as I wished he would not come and help me if I got into difficulties.

d) He told me to do as he wished or he wouldn’t come and help me if I got into difficulties.

Question : 2

He has just said, “My son will be back on Friday.”

a) He has just said that his son will be back on Friday.

b) He has just said that his son shall be back on Friday.

c) He has just said that his son would have been back next Friday.

d) He has just said that my son will be back on Friday.

Question : 3

He said, “She had been weeping for an hour.”

a) He said that she was weeping for an hour.

b) He said that she has been weeping for an hour.

c) He said that she had been weeping for an hour.

d) He says that she was weeping for an hour.

Question : 4

The teacher said to the boys, “Can you sit still and do you work?”

a) The teacher asked the boys can’t they sit still and do their work.

b) The teacher requested the boys to sit still.

c) The teacher asked the boys if they could sit still and do their work.

d) The teacher told the boys whether they could sit still and do their work.

Question : 5

Your father said to me, “I should not have given my daughter such a long rope.”

a) Your father told me that he should not have given his daughter such a long rope.

b) Your father said that he could not have given his daughter such a long rope.

c) Your father told to me that he should not have given his daughter such a long rope.

d) Your father told me that he had not given his daughter such a long rope.