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 : 31

Shanker said to his friend, “Look out there is a snake behind you."

a) Seeing a snake behind him Shanker asked his friend to look out.

b) Shanker warned his friend that there was a shake behind him.

c) Shanker exclaimed to his friend with surprise that there was a snake behind him.

d) Shanker told his friend to look out as there was a snake behind him.

Answer: (c)

Question : 32

The boss said, “It's time we began planning our work”.

a) The boss said that it was time they began planning their work

b) The boss said that it was time we began planning his work.

c) The boss said that it was time we had begun planning our work.

d) The boss said that it was time they had begun planning their work.

Answer: (d)

Question : 33

Pawan said to me, “If I hear any news. I’ll phone you.”

a) Pawan told me if he had heard any news he would phone me.

b) Pawan told me that if he heard any news he would phone me.

c) Pawan told me that if he will hear any news he will phone me.

d) Pawan told me that if he heard any news he will phone me.

Answer: (b)

Question : 34

She said, “How ugly I look in this dress I"

a) She expressed how ugly she looked in that dress.

b) She exclaimed that she looked very ugly in that dress.

c) She exclaimed how ugly she looked in that dress.

d) She said that how ugly she was looking in that dress.

Answer: (b)

Question : 35

My father said, “Honesty is the best policy."

a) My father said that honesty was the best policy.

b) My father said that honesty has been the best policy.

c) My father said that honesty is the best policy.

d) My father stated that honesty was the best policy.

Answer: (c)

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