direct & indirect speech section section 3 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Mother said to me, ‘Do you know where your sister is?’

a) Mother asked me whether I knew where my sister was

b) Mother asked me if she knew where my sister was

c) Mother asked me if I did know where my sister is

d) Mother asked me if he whether I knew where my sister was

Question : 2

Ram said, ‘Honesty is the best policy.’

a) Ram said that honesty has been the best policy

b) Ram told that honesty has the best policy

c) Ram said that honesty is the best policy

d) Ram told that honesty was the best policy

Question : 3

He said to him, ‘Thank you for your kind help.’

a) He thanked him for his kind help

b) He requested him for his kind help

c) He told him for his kind help

d) He asked him for his kind help

Question : 4

The boy said, ‘Alas! My mother had died.’

a) The boy exclaimed with sorrow that his mother had died.

b) The boy exclaimed with sorrow that my mother has died.

c) The boy exclaimed that his mother had died.

d) The boy exclaimed with sorrow that my mother had died.

Question : 5

She announced that they had selected Pradeep as their leader.

a) She announced, “We have selected Pradeep as our leader.”

b) She announced, “Let us select Pradeep as our leader.”

c) She declared, “Pradeep had been selected as our leader.”

d) She said, “Pradeep is our leader.”

Question : 6

The teacher said, ‘Let the boy go home.’

a) The teacher said that the boy might be allowed to go home

b) The teacher said that the boy can be allowed to go home

c) The teacher said that the boy would be allowed to go home

d) The teacher said that the boy may be allowed to go home