direct & indirect speech section section 11 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

She said to the children, ‘You mustn’t play with fire.’

a) She told the children that they mustn’t play with fire.

b) She told the children not to play with fire.

c) She told the children they are not to play with fire.

d) She told the children they were not to play with fire.

Question : 2

He said, “I was doing it.”

a) He said that he had done it.

b) He said that he has done it.

c) He said that he did it.

d) He said that he had been doing it.

Question : 3

He said, “Honesty is the best policy.”

a) He said that honesty was the best policy.

b) He said that honesty had been the best policy.

c) He said that honesty has been the best policy.

d) He said that honesty is the best policy.

Question : 4

She asked me if I was going to college.

a) She said to me, ‘‘Are you going to college ?”

b) She asked me, “Will you go to college ?”

c) She asked to me, “Was I going to college ?”

d) She said, “Am I going to college ?”

Question : 5

The teacher said to him, “Is poverty not a curse ?”

a) The teacher asked him if poverty was not a curse.

b) The teacher asked him was poverty not a curse.

c) The teacher asked him whether poverty is not a curse.

d) The teacher asked him is poverty not a curse.

Question : 6

He bade his friends goodbye.

a) “I am bidding you Goodbye.”

b) He said, “Goodbye, my friends.”

c) “Goodbye, my friends” he was saying to them.

d) “I will see you later” he told his friends.