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

Directions:

In each of 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.

[SSC CGL Tier-II 2017]

Question : 6

Robin said to Peg, “Are you listening? Don’t be thick.”

a) Robin told Peg to listen to him and not to be thick.

b) Peg was asked to listen to Robin and not to be thick.

c) Robin invited Peg to listen and not to be thick.

d) Robin asked Peg if he was listening and advised him not to be thick.

Answer: (d)

Robin asked Peg if he was listening and advised him not to be thick.

Question : 7

Ritu said to you, “You are looking very pretty.”

a) Ritu told you that I was looking very pretty.

b) Ritu told you that she was looking very pretty.

c) Ritu told you that you are looking very pretty.

d) Ritu told you that you were looking very pretty.

Answer: (d)

Ritu told you that you were looking very pretty.

Directions:

In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/ Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one that best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

[SSC CAPFs SI, ASI 2016]

Question : 8

You said to me, ‘I warn you of the coming danger.’

a) You told me of the coming danger.

b) You advised me of the coming danger.

c) You warned me of the coming danger.

d) You warned him of the coming danger.

Answer: (c)

You warned me of the coming danger. (Indirect)

said to ⇒ warned

Question : 9

I said to him, ‘When did your school close?’

a) I asked him when his school was closed

b) I asked him if when his school had closed

c) I asked him when his school had closed

d) I asked him when his school closed

Answer: (c)

I asked him when his school had closed. (Indirect)

said to ⇒ asked

did-close (Past T.) ⇒ had closed (Past Per. T.)

Question : 10

He said to him, ‘Do not go there.’

a) He told him to not go there.

b) He told him not to go there.

c) He forbade him not to go there.

d) He told him to go there.

Answer: (b)

He told him not to go there. (Indirect)

said to ⇒ told

do not ⇒ not to

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