direct & indirect speech section section 10 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

He exclaimed that it was a very graceful animal.

a) He observed, “It is a very graceful animal.”

b) He said, “Alas! What a graceful animal it is !”

c) He said, “It is indeed a graceful animal.”

d) He exclaimed, “What a graceful animal!”

Question : 2

The ox asked the dog not to sit there.

a) The ox said to the dog, “Do not sit here.”

b) The ox said to the dog, “Does not sit here.”

c) The ox said to the dog, “Did not sit here.”

d) The ox said to the dog, “Not to sit here.”

Question : 3

He said, “I am writing a poem.”

a) He said that he is writing a poem.

b) He said that the poem is being written.

c) He said that he was writing a poem.

d) He said that I am writing a poem.

Question : 4

Caroline said, “Will you come to my party on Saturday” ?

a) Caroline told to come to her party on Saturday.

b) Caroline asked if I would come to her party on Saturday.

c) Caroline said I should come to her party on Saturday.

d) Caroline asked that I come to her party on Saturday.

Question : 5

He said to me, “I will have been digging the ground for half an hour”.

a) He told me that I will have been digging the ground for half an hour.

b) He told me that he would have been digging the ground for half an hour.

c) He told me that I would have been digging the ground for half an hour.

d) He told me that he will have been digging the ground for half an hour.

Question : 6

Martha said, “I am going to Mexico next year.”

a) Martha said that she was going to Mexico next year.

b) Martha said that she had gone to Mexico next year.

c) Martha said that she will be going to Mexico next year.

d) Martha said that she had been going to Mexico next year.