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

Question : 46

The old man of Latur said, “Alas, my only son is dead"

a) The old man of Latur expressed with anguish that his only son was dead.

b) The old man of Latur sorrowfully narrated that his only son was dead.

c) The old man of Latur told with pain that his only son was dead.

d) The old man of Latur exclaimed with sorrow that his only son was dead.

Question : 47

“What a stupid fellow you are I” she remarked.

a) She exclaimed in disgust how he could be so stupid.

b) She asked him what a stupid fellow he was.

c) She exclaimed that he was a very stupid fellow.

d) She exclaimed that what a stupid fellow he was

Question : 48

You said, ‘They were busy the whole day.”

a) You said that they had been busy the whole day.

b) You said that they have been busy the whole day.

c) You said that they were busy the whole day.

d) You said that they had busy the whole day.

Question : 49

I said to him, “Where have you lost the pen I brought for you yesterday?"

a) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had brought for him the previous day.

b) I asked him where had he lost the pen I had brought him the previous day.

c) I asked him where he had lost the pen I have brought for him the previous day

d) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had brought him yesterday.

Question : 50

Socrates said, “Virtue is its own reward."

a) Socrates said that virtue is its own reward.

b) Socrates said that virtue was its own reward.

c) Socrates says that virtue is its own reward.

d) Socrates said that virtue had its own