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

Question : 1

The traveller said, ‘Can you tell me the way to the railway station?’ ‘Yes, I can’, replied the little boy.

a) The traveller enquired the little boy whether he could tell him the way to the railway station. The little boy replied that he could.

b) The traveller enquired the little boy whether I could tell him the way to the railway station. The little boy replied that he might.

c) The traveller enquired the little boy whether I could tell me the way to the railway station. The little boy replied that he could.

d) The traveller asked the little boy whether he could tell him the way to the railway station. The little boy replied that he can.

Question : 2

Mother said, "Gaurav, you will be eligible for voting when you are” .

a) Mother told Gaurav you will be eligible for voting when you are

b) Mother told Gaurav that he would be eligible for voting when he would be

c) Mother told Gaurav that he could vote only after

d) Mother told Gaurav he would be eligible for voting when he was

Question : 3

She said, “I must have a computer to prepare a PowerPoint presentation.”

a) She said she would have a computer to prepare a PowerPoint presentation.

b) She said she could have a computer to prepare a PowerPoint presentation.

c) She said she should have a computer to prepare a power point presentation.

d) She said she had to have a computer to prepare a PowerPoint presentation.

Question : 4

Rita says that Kishore sang a song.

a) Rita said, “Kishore sang a song”.

b) Rita says, “Kishore had sing a song”.

c) Rita told, “Kishore sang a song”.

d) Rita says, “Kishore sang a song”.

Question : 5

She said, “Satish sang”.

a) She said that Satish has sung.

b) She said that Satish had been sung.

c) She said that Satish has been sung.

d) She said that Satish had sung.

Question : 6

The speaker said, ‘Gentlemen, I am going to discuss the food situation in our country.’

a) Addressing them as gentlemen, the speaker said that he was going to discuss the food situation in their country

b) The speaker told the gentlemen that he is going to discuss the food situation in their country

c) The speaker told the gentlemen that I was going to discuss the food situation in our country

d) Addressing them as gentlemen, the speaker said that he is going to discuss the food situation in their country