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

Question : 1

The lady asked me how my uncle was.

a) The lady asked me, “How has your uncle been ?”

b) The lady said to me, “How was your uncle ?”

c) The lady asked me, “How is your uncle doing?”

d) The lady said to me, “How is your uncle ?”

Question : 2

My friend requested me to bring him a sandwich.

a) My friend said, ‘Will you bring me a sandwich.’

b) ‘Please bring me a sandwich’, said my friend.

c) ‘Please bring my friend a sandwich.’, said he.

d) He said, ‘My friend, please bring me a sandwich.’

Question : 3

Sita said, ‘I may go there.’

a) Sita says that she is going there.

b) Sita said that she will go there.

c) Sita said that she might go there.

d) Sita says that she may go there.

Question : 4

Tania said to her friend, ‘Can you lend me an umbrella ?’

a) Will you lend me your umbrella, Tania asked her friend.

b) Tania requested her friend to lend her an umbrella

c) Tania asked her friend to give her an umbrella.

d) Please give me an umbrella Tania requested her friend.

Question : 5

His father said that it was time he visited his uncle.

a) “It is time you visited my uncle” said his father.

b) “It is time you visit your uncle” said his father.

c) “It is time you visited your uncle” said his father.

d) “It was time you visited your uncle” said his father.

Question : 6

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.