direct & indirect speech section section 2 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Ritu said to you, “You are looking very pretty.”

a) Ritu told you that I was looking very pretty.

b) Ritu told you that she was looking very pretty.

c) Ritu told you that you are looking very pretty.

d) Ritu told you that you were looking very pretty.

Question : 2

You said to me, ‘I warn you of the coming danger.’

a) You told me of the coming danger.

b) You advised me of the coming danger.

c) You warned me of the coming danger.

d) You warned him of the coming danger.

Question : 3

I said to him, ‘When did your school close?’

a) I asked him when his school was closed

b) I asked him if when his school had closed

c) I asked him when his school had closed

d) I asked him when his school closed

Question : 4

Your father said to me, “I should not have given my daughter such a long rope.”

a) Your father told me that he should not have given his daughter such a long rope.

b) Your father said that he could not have given his daughter such a long rope.

c) Your father told to me that he should not have given his daughter such a long rope.

d) Your father told me that he had not given his daughter such a long rope.

Question : 5

The teacher said to the boys, “Can you sit still and do you work?”

a) The teacher asked the boys can’t they sit still and do their work.

b) The teacher requested the boys to sit still.

c) The teacher asked the boys if they could sit still and do their work.

d) The teacher told the boys whether they could sit still and do their work.

Question : 6

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.