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

Question : 1

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 : 2

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 : 3

Socrates said, “Virtue is its own reward."

a) Socrates said that virtue is its own reward.

b) Socrates said that virtue was its own reward.

c) Socrates says that virtue is its own reward.

d) Socrates said that virtue had its own

Question : 4

The old man of Latur said, “Alas, my only son is dead"

a) The old man of Latur expressed with anguish that his only son was dead.

b) The old man of Latur sorrowfully narrated that his only son was dead.

c) The old man of Latur told with pain that his only son was dead.

d) The old man of Latur exclaimed with sorrow that his only son was dead.

Question : 5

'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 : 6

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.