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

Question : 1

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 : 2

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 : 3

Everybody says, ‘How well she sings !’

a) Everybody says how well she sings.

b) Everybody tells that she sang very well.

c) Everybody says that she sang well.

d) Everybody comments that she sings well.

Question : 4

You will say, “I am ill.”

a) You would say that you were ill.

b) You would say that you are ill.

c) You will say that you were ill.

d) You will say that you are ill.

Question : 5

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 : 6

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.