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

Question : 26

My mother says, ”I have often told you not to play with fire.”

a) My mother said that I should not play with fire.

b) My mother says that she has often told me not to play with fire.

c) My mother says that she often tells me not to play with fire.

d) My mother has often told me not to play with fire.

Question : 27

He told his mother that he was starting in two days’ time.

a) “I will start the next day, mother,”he said.

b) “I may start in two days time, mother,”he said.

c) “I must start in two days time mother,”he said.

d) “I am starting the day after tomorrow, mother,”he said.

Question : 28

My father once said to me, “If I can’t trust my people, then I don't want to be doing this."

a) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust my people then he didn't want to be doing that.

b) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his people then he didn’t want to be doing this.„

c) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his people then he didn't want to be doing that.

d) His father once told him that if he couldn't trust his people then he didn’t want to be doing that.

Question : 29

He said, “I am writing a poem."

a) He said that the poem is being written.

b) He said that he was writing a poem.

c) He said that he is writing a poem.

d) He said that I am writing a poem.

Question : 30

He said, “We have done our work."

a) He said that they had done their work.

b) He said that they should do their work.

c) He said that they have done their work.

d) He said that he had done his work.