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

Question : 1

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 : 2

The guide suggested, “Let’s rest here for a while.”

a) The guide suggested that we rest there.

b) The guide suggested we should rest for a while.

c) The guide suggested resting for a while there.

d) The guide suggested that we should rest there for a while.

Question : 3

“I always keep a tin of biscuits in my room, girls.”

a) The matron informed the girls that she always kept a tin of biscuits in her room.

b) The matron told the girls that she would always keep a tin of biscuits in her room.

c) The matron told the girls that she had kept a tin of biscuits in her room.

d) The matron said that she always keeps a tin of biscuits in her room.

Question : 4

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 : 5

He said, “How can a Zebra talk?’’

a) He questioned a Zebra talking.

b) He asked how a Zebra could talk.

c) He was amazed how a Zebra can talk.

d) He wondered how a Zebra talks.

Question : 6

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?”