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

Question : 1

Rahul said, “What have you been searching for all these hours ?”

a) Rahul asked what I have been searching for all those hours.

b) Rahul said that what you had been searching for all these hours.

c) Rahul asked me what I was searching for all these days.

d) Rahul asked me what I had been searching for all those hours.

Question : 2

I said to him, “You are wrong.”

a) I said that he was wrong.

b) I told him that he is wrong.

c) I told him how wrong he was.

d) I told him that he was wrong.

Question : 3

I asked him whether he had not promised to come.

a) I said to him, “Do you not promise to come ?”

b) I said, “Did I ask you, not to come ?”

c) I asked him, “Did you come ? You promise.”

d) I said to him, “Did you not promise to come ?”

Question : 4

She said to him, “I have bought a new car.”

a) She told him that she had bought a new car.

b) She told him that she has bought a new car.

c) She told him that she would buy a new car.

d) She told him that a new car has been bought by her.

Question : 5

He said that the book was very interesting.

a) He said, “This book had been very interesting.”

b) He said, “This book would be very interesting.”

c) He said, “This book is very interesting.”

d) He said, “This book has been very interesting.”