direct & indirect speech section section 1 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

The teacher said, “Tell me students, what have you learnt from the lectures this week?”

a) The teacher asked the students to tell him what they learnt from the lectures that week.

b) The teacher wanted to know what the students learnt from the lectures that week.

c) The teacher asked the students to tell him what they had learnt from the lectures that week.

d) The teacher asked the students what they learnt from the lectures that week.

Question : 2

I said to you, “He should not be trusted.”

a) I told you that he cannot be trusted.

b) I told you he shall not be trusted.

c) I told you that he should not be trusted.

d) I said to you do not trust him.

Question : 3

The clerk said to the visitor, “Shall I ask these people to wait for you?”

a) The clerk asked the visitor if he shall ask these people to wait for him.

b) The clerk asked the visitor if he had asked those people to wait for him.

c) The clerk told the visitor that he should ask these people to wait for him.

d) The clerk asked the visitor if he should ask those people to wait for him.

Question : 4

He told Pawan that they should have tried harder.

a) He said, “Pawan you should have tried harder.”

b) He said, “Pawan, Don’t you think we should have tried harder.”

c) He said, “Pawan, we had tried harder.”

d) He said to Pawan, “We should have tried harder.”

Question : 5

They told us that they had waited at the station for a long time.

a) They told us, “We had been waiting at the station for a long time”.

b) They told us, “We are waiting at the station for a long time”.

c) They told us, “We wait at the station for a long time.”

d) They told us, “We waited at the station for a long time”.

Question : 6

Mr. Rao told Mr. Mehta that he had to go to the town that day.

a) Mr. Rao said, “Mr. Mehta I have to go to the town that day.”

b) Mr. Rao said, “Mr. Mehta, I have to go to the town today.”

c) Mr. Rao said, “Mr. Mehta I will have to go to the town today.”

d) Mr. Rao said, “I have to go to the town today.”