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

Question : 1

He said, “Do as you wish, but don’t come and ask me for help if you get into difficulties.”

a) He told me to do as I wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into difficulties.

b) He ordered me to do as I wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into difficulties.

c) He told me that unless I did as I wished he would not come and help me if I got into difficulties.

d) He told me to do as he wished or he wouldn’t come and help me if I got into difficulties.

Question : 2

He has just said, “My son will be back on Friday.”

a) He has just said that his son will be back on Friday.

b) He has just said that his son shall be back on Friday.

c) He has just said that his son would have been back next Friday.

d) He has just said that my son will be back on Friday.

Question : 3

He said, “She had been weeping for an hour.”

a) He said that she was weeping for an hour.

b) He said that she has been weeping for an hour.

c) He said that she had been weeping for an hour.

d) He says that she was weeping for an hour.

Question : 4

The prisoner enquired if a lawyer had been arranged for him.

a) The prisoner enquired “Had a lawyer been arranged for me?"

b) The prisoner said "Have you arranged a lawyer for me ?”

c) The prisoner asked “Has a lawyer been arranged for me ?"

d) The prisoner enquired “Is there a lawyer for me ?"

Question : 5

“Make mean other suit like this," he said to the tailor.

a) He asked the tailor to make him another suit like that.

b) He asked the tailor to make me another suit like this.

c) He asks the tailor to make him another suit like this.

d) He asked the tailor to make him another suit like this.

Question : 6

They said, “We are practising for the next match."

a) They said that they were practising for the next match.

b) They said they were going to practise for the next match.

c) They said that they practised for the next match.

d) They said that they are practising for the next match.