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

Question : 1

I said to him, "How do you know this?”

a) I told him how I knew that.

b) I asked him how he knew that.

c) I asked him that how he knew that.

d) I asked him how I knew that.

Question : 2

I said to my sister, “I brought you a doll yesterday."'

a) I told my sister that I had brought her a doll yesterday.

b) I told my sister that I brought her a doll yesterday.

c) I told my sister that I had brought her a doll the previous day.

d) I told my sister that I brought you a doll the previous day.

Question : 3

The dealer said, “Either make your purchases or walk out of my shop."

a) The dealer told the customer that he should either make his purchases or walk out of his shop.

b) The dealer requested the customer to make his purchases or walk out of his shop.

c) The dealer ordered the customer to make his purchases and walk out of his shop.

d) The dealer told the customer that he would either make his purchases or walk out of his shop .

Question : 4

She said, “How ugly I look in this dress I"

a) She expressed how ugly she looked in that dress.

b) She exclaimed that she looked very ugly in that dress.

c) She exclaimed how ugly she looked in that dress.

d) She said that how ugly she was looking in that dress.

Question : 5

Pawan said to me, “If I hear any news. I’ll phone you.”

a) Pawan told me if he had heard any news he would phone me.

b) Pawan told me that if he heard any news he would phone me.

c) Pawan told me that if he will hear any news he will phone me.

d) Pawan told me that if he heard any news he will phone me.

Question : 6

The boss said, “It's time we began planning our work”.

a) The boss said that it was time they began planning their work

b) The boss said that it was time we began planning his work.

c) The boss said that it was time we had begun planning our work.

d) The boss said that it was time they had begun planning their work.