direct & indirect speech section section 9 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

I said to my friend, "Good Morning. Let us go for a picnic today."

a) I wished my friend good morning and proposed that they should go for a picnic that day.

b) I told good morning to my friend and suggested to go for a picnic today.

c) I wished my friend good morning and proposed that we should go for a picnic that day.

d) I told good morning to my friend and asked to go for a picnic that day.

Question : 2

Don’t play on the grass, boys, she said.

a) She told the boys that they should hot be playing on the grass.

b) She told the boys not to play on the grass.

c) She said to the boys that they should not play on the grass.

d) She ordered the boys “Don’t play on the grass.”

Question : 3

“I Suppose, you children go out for a nice long walk", she said.

a) She suggested that the children go out for a nice long walk.

b) She suggested that the children should go out for a nice long walk.

c) She advised that the children go out for a nice long walk.

d) She proposed that the children went out for a nice long walk.

Question : 4

He said to us, "Why are you all sitting about there doing nothing?"

a) He asked us why we were all sitting about there doing nothing.

b) He asked us why were we all sitting about there doing nothing.

c) He asked us why we are all sitting about there doing nothing.

d) He asked us why are we all sitting about there doing nothing

Question : 5

You can’t bathe in this sea,” he said to me, “it’s very rough.”

a) He said that I couldn't bathe in that sea as it was very rough.

b) He said that you can't bathe in this sea since it was very rough.

c) He said that you couldn't bathe in that sea if it was very rough.

d) He said that I can’t bathe in this sea because it’s very rough.

Question : 6

Dinesh asked, “Are you going to the party tomorrow, Eliza ?”

a) Dinesh asked Eliza whether she was going to the party the next day

b) Dinesh asked Eliza are you going to the party tomorrow.

c) Dinesh asked Eliza whether you are going to the party the next day.

d) Dinesh asked whether Eliza was going to the party the next day.