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

Question : 1

“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 : 2

Salim told Ajay that he would return the book to him the next day.

a) Salim said, “I will be returning the book to you tomorrow, Ajay.”

b) “Ajay, I will return the book to you tomorrow,”said Salim.

c) “Ajay will return this book to you tomorrow,”said Salim.

d) “I will return this book to you the next day,”said Salim.

Question : 3

Mother said, “Don’t step out of the house in the summer season.”

a) The mother threatened the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.

b) The mother persuaded the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.

c) The mother advised the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.

d) The mother requested the children not to step out in the summer season.

Question : 4

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 : 5

“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 : 6

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.