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

Question : 21

Next morning at breakfast Ramesh’s wife said to him “Ramesh, I think I can tell what is amiss with our clock.”

a) Next morning at breakfast Ramesh’s wife said that she could tell him what was amiss with our clock.

b) Next morning at breakfast Ramesh’s wife said that she could tell him what was amiss with their clock.

c) Next morning at breakfast Ramesh’s wife addressed him by name and told him that she thought she could tell what was amiss with their clock.

d) Next morning Ramesh’s wife told him that she thought that she could tell what was amiss with their clock.

Question : 22

‘‘Could I have a cup of coffee’’, she said.

a) She ordered for a cup of coffee.

b) She asked if she could have a cup of coffee.

c) She asked whether she could like to have a cup of coffee.

d) She asked if she might have a cup of coffee.

Question : 23

Mike said, “Don’t fly via Paris.”

a) Mike’s command was not to fly via Paris.

b) Mike said that one should not fly via Paris.

c) Mike advised me not to fly via Paris.

d) Mike said to me if I should not fly via Paris.

Question : 24

‘Please be patient and the letter will come’, said the teacher to the student.

a) The teacher said that since the student was patient, the letter will come.

b) The teacher asked the student to be patiently wait for the letter.

c) The teacher advised the student to be patient and wait for the letter.

d) The patient student was asked by the teacher to wait for the letter.

Question : 25

‘‘It’s a cold day today!’’ cried the boy.

a) The boy exclaimed that it was cold that day than yesterday.

b) The boy said that he had caught cold that day.

c) The boy exclaimed that it was cold that day.

d) The boy was crying as it was a cold day.