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

Question : 1

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 : 2

The doctor advised the patients to give up smoking.

a) The doctor said to the patients, “You should give up smoking.”

b) The doctor said to the patients, “Give up smoking.”

c) The doctor said to the patient, “I am advising you to give up smoking.”

d) The doctor said to the patients, “Why don’t you give up smoking?”

Question : 3

He said to me, “Please be kind and help me.”

a) He told me to kindly help him.

b) He requested me to be kind to help him.

c) He requested me to be kind and help him.

d) He requested to me to help him kindly.

Question : 4

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 : 5

The boss said to him, “Please tell me what the old man said today.”

a) The boss requested him to tell him what the old man had said today.

b) The boss requested him to tell him what the old man said that day.

c) The boss requested him to tell him what the old man said today

d) The boss requested him to tell him what the old man had said that day.

Question : 6

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.”