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

Question : 1

He said, “Why did you give up your job?”

a) He asked her why you gave up the job.

b) He demand to know why she gave up job.

c) He requested her why she gave up the job.

d) He asked her why she had given up her job.

Question : 2

Ram said, “Are you really serious about becoming a pilot, son?”

a) Ram asked his son was he really serious about becoming a pilot.

b) Ram asked his son is he really serious about becoming a pilot.

c) Ram asked to his son if he was really serious about becoming a pilot.

d) Ram asked his son if he was really serious about becoming a pilot.

Question : 3

pilot said, "Please don’t panic but tighten your seat belts."

a) The pilot told the passengers not to panic but to tighten your seat belts.

b) The pilot told the passengers not to panic but to tighten their seat belts.

c) The pilot told the passengers to not panic but to tighten their seat belts instead.

d) The pilot told to the passengers that they should not panic but tighten the seat belts.

Question : 4

He said, “Sita, when is the next train?”

a) He asked Sita when the next train was.

b) He asked Sita about the next train.

c) He asked when the next train is.

d) He said to Sita when the next train was.

Question : 5

The teacher said to his students, “Health is wealth, whatever you may say”.

a) The teacher exclaimed to his students that health is wealth whatever they might tell.

b) The teacher assured his students that health was wealth whatever they might say.

c) The teacher told his students that health is wealth whatever they might say.

d) The teacher told his students that health was wealth, whatever they might say.

Question : 6

The teacher said to the children, “The Sun always sets in the west”.

a) The teacher told that the Sun always sets in the west.

b) The teacher asked the children if the Sun sets in the west.

c) The teacher told the children that the Sun set in the west.

d) The teacher told the children that the Sun always sets in the west.