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

Question : 1

The mother said, “What can I do for you, my son ?"

a) The mother asked her son what she could do for him.

b) The mother asked what she could do for him my son.

c) The mother asked her son what she did for him.

d) The mother said to her son what she could do for him.

Question : 2

Jack fell as he’d have wished, the mother said.

a) The mother said that Jack has fallen as he has wished.

b) The mother said that Jack had been fallen as he would have been wished.

c) The mother said that Jack fell as he had wished.

d) The mother said that Jack had fallen as he would have wished.

Question : 3

The teacher asked me why I had been absent the day before.

a) The teacher asked me "Why are you absent the day before?"

b) The teacher asked me "Were you absent the day before ?"

c) The teacher asked me "Why are you absent yesterday ?’’

d) The teacher asked me “Why were you absent yesterday ?"

Question : 4

The master asked the people why they prevented him from going near the tiger.

a) The master asked the people, “Why do they prevent me from going near the tiger?”

b) The master asked the people, “Why are they preventing him from going near the tiger?”

c) The master was asking the people, “Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger?”

d) The master said to the people, “Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger.”

Question : 5

You said, “My parents never liked my accepting any job but I had always wanted to stand on my own feet”.

a) You said that your parents never liked your accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.

b) You told that your parents never like you accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.

c) You said that my parents never liked my accepting any job but I had always wanted to stand on my own feet.

d) You regretted that your parents had never liked you accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.

Question : 6

She says, “I keep at an arm’s length, all those who try to flatter me.”

a) She exclaims that she keeps at an arm’s length all of them who try to flatter her.

b) She says that she will keep at an arm’s length all those who flatter her.

c) She says that she keeps at an arm’s length all those who try to flatter her.

d) She said that she kept at an arms length all those who try to flatter her.