direct & indirect speech section section 5 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

I said to you, ”I can not be blamed for this.”

a) I told you that I could not be blamed for that.

b) I said you that I can not be blamed for this.

c) I said to you that I can not be blamed for this.

d) I told you that you could not be blamed for that.

Question : 2

“Are you the same person I met in the park?” I asked.

a) Was he the same person I met in the park I asked the stranger.

b) I asked the stranger if I was the same person he had met in the park.

c) I asked the stranger if he was the same person I met in the park.

d) I asked the stranger if he was the same person I had met in the park.

Question : 3

She said, “We were thinking of selling the house but we had decided not to”.

a) She said that they thought of selling the house but decided not to.

b) She said that they have been thinking of selling the house but decided not to.

c) She said that they had been thinking of selling the house but had decided not to.

d) She said that they were thinking of selling the house but they decided not to.

Question : 4

He asks which chair he is to sit on.

a) He asked, ”Which chair he is to sit on?”

b) “Which chair am I to sit on?” asks he.

c) He said, ”Which chair should I sit on?”

d) He said, ”Which chair am I to sit on?”

Question : 5

The teacher said that the burglar had broken into the office.

a) The teacher said, “The burglar break into the office.”

b) The teacher said, “The burglar broken into the office.”

c) The teacher said, “The burglar was broken in the office.”

d) The teacher said, “The burglar had broken into the office.”