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

Question : 6

She said, “We were thinking of selling the house but we had decided not to”.

a) She said that they thought of selling the house but decided not to.

b) She said that they have been thinking of selling the house but decided not to.

c) She said that they had been thinking of selling the house but had decided not to.

d) She said that they were thinking of selling the house but they decided not to.

Question : 7

The guide suggested, “Let’s rest here for a while.”

a) The guide suggested that we rest there.

b) The guide suggested we should rest for a while.

c) The guide suggested resting for a while there.

d) The guide suggested that we should rest there for a while.

Question : 8

“I always keep a tin of biscuits in my room, girls.”

a) The matron informed the girls that she always kept a tin of biscuits in her room.

b) The matron told the girls that she would always keep a tin of biscuits in her room.

c) The matron told the girls that she had kept a tin of biscuits in her room.

d) The matron said that she always keeps a tin of biscuits in her room.

Question : 9

Salim told Ajay that he would return the book to him the next day.

a) Salim said, “I will be returning the book to you tomorrow, Ajay.”

b) “Ajay, I will return the book to you tomorrow,”said Salim.

c) “Ajay will return this book to you tomorrow,”said Salim.

d) “I will return this book to you the next day,”said Salim.

Question : 10

Mother said, “Don’t step out of the house in the summer season.”

a) The mother threatened the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.

b) The mother persuaded the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.

c) The mother advised the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.

d) The mother requested the children not to step out in the summer season.