direct & indirect speech section section 4 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

The stranger said to the boy, “Can you tell me the way to Raj Bhawan?”

a) The stranger requested the boy to take him to Raj Bhawan.

b) The stranger requested the boy to show him Raj Bhawan.

c) The stranger asked the boy if he could tell him the way to Raj Bhawan.

d) The stranger said to the boy to point Raj Bhawan to him.

Question : 2

She said, “My sister was here ten days ago, but she is not here now”.

a) She said that her sister had been there ten days before but she was not there then.

b) She told that her sister had been there ten days before, but she has not been there then.

c) She informed that her sister was there ten days before but she was not there then.

d) She said that her sister was here ten days ago, but she was not there then.

Question : 3

The teacher asked the students, “Did the guide bring you right upto the top?”

a) The teacher wanted to know whether the guide climbed with them right upto the top.

b) The teacher sought information from the students whether the guide brought them right upto the top.

c) The teacher asked the students whether the guide took them right upto the top.

d) The teacher enquired from the students whether the guide had conducted them right upto the top.

Question : 4

He says, “The sun rises in the east”.

a) He says that the sun has risen in the east.

b) He says that the sun rises in the east.

c) He said that the sun rises in the east.

d) He said that the sun rose in the east.

Question : 5

He said, “I am coming tomorrow”.

a) He said that he was coming tomorrow.

b) He told he come the next day.

c) He said that he was coming the next day

d) He told that he was coming tomorrow.

Question : 6

He said, “Let it rain ever so hard, I shall go”.

a) He said that he would go ever if it rains very hard.

b) He suggested that he should go, let it rain very hard.

c) He was determined to go even if it rained so hard.

d) He said that he would go however hard it might rain.