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

Question : 1

“What a stupid fellow you are I” she remarked.

a) She exclaimed in disgust how he could be so stupid.

b) She asked him what a stupid fellow he was.

c) She exclaimed that he was a very stupid fellow.

d) She exclaimed that what a stupid fellow he was

Question : 2

You said, ‘They were busy the whole day.”

a) You said that they had been busy the whole day.

b) You said that they have been busy the whole day.

c) You said that they were busy the whole day.

d) You said that they had busy the whole day.

Question : 3

I said to him, “Where have you lost the pen I brought for you yesterday?"

a) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had brought for him the previous day.

b) I asked him where had he lost the pen I had brought him the previous day.

c) I asked him where he had lost the pen I have brought for him the previous day

d) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had brought him yesterday.

Question : 4

'From one of the windows of my flat I can see the Qutub Minar’, said my friend.

a) My friend said that from one of the windows of his flat he could see the Qutub Minar.

b) My friend told that from one of the windows of his flat he can see the Qutub Minar.

c) My friend said that from one of the windows of his flat he can see the Qutub Minar.

d) My friend told that from one of the windows of his flat he could see the Qutub Minar.

Question : 5

Can you see a woman seated On the bench in a park ? Alice asked her.

a) Alice asked her If she could see a woman seated on the bench in a park.

b) Alice asked her if she could have seen a woman seated on the bench in a park.

c) Alice told her if she could see a woman seated on the bench in a park.

d) Alice asked her if she can see a woman seated on the bench in a park.

Question : 6

“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.