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

Question : 1

The boss said, “Please give me the latest reports.”

a) The boss wanted to please the latest reports.

b) The boss wanted the latest reports, please.

c) The boss requested for the latest reports.

d) The boss said to please give the latest reports.

Question : 2

She said, “I’ve been in this school since 1998.”

a) She said that she have been in this school since 1998.

b) She said that she was in this school since 1998.

c) She said that she was being in that school since 1998.

d) She said that she had been in that school since 1998.

Question : 3

He told me, “Your train will leave if you do not go at once.”

a) He told me that my train will leave if I do not go at that moment.

b) He told me that his train would leave if he did not go that moment.

c) He told me that my train would leave if I did not go that moment.

d) He told me that his train will leave if he did not go at once.

Question : 4

He exclaimed with regret that he was perished by the people he had made.

a) He said, “Alas! I have perished by the people I have made.”

b) He said, “Alas! I am perished by the people I have made.”

c) He said, “Alas! I am perished by the people I made”

d) He said, “Alas! I perished by the people I made.”

Question : 5

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 : 6

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.