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 2016]

Question : 1

The teacher said that the burglar had broken into the office.

a) The teacher said, “The burglar break into the office.”

b) The teacher said, “The burglar broken into the office.”

c) The teacher said, “The burglar was broken in the office.”

d) The teacher said, “The burglar had broken into the office.”

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

He asks which chair he is to sit on.

a) He asked, ”Which chair he is to sit on?”

b) “Which chair am I to sit on?” asks he.

c) He said, ”Which chair should I sit on?”

d) He said, ”Which chair am I to sit on?”

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

He said, “How can a Zebra talk?’’

a) He questioned a Zebra talking.

b) He asked how a Zebra could talk.

c) He was amazed how a Zebra can talk.

d) He wondered how a Zebra talks.

Answer: (b)

Question : 4

I said to you, ”I can not be blamed for this.”

a) I told you that I could not be blamed for that.

b) I said you that I can not be blamed for this.

c) I said to you that I can not be blamed for this.

d) I told you that you could not be blamed for that.

Answer: (a)

Question : 5

“Are you the same person I met in the park?” I asked.

a) Was he the same person I met in the park I asked the stranger.

b) I asked the stranger if I was the same person he had met in the park.

c) I asked the stranger if he was the same person I met in the park.

d) I asked the stranger if he was the same person I had met in the park.

Answer: (d)

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