Direct & Indirect Speech(English ) Questions and answers for exam Preparation

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DIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECH MCQs

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Question 11. You said, “My parents never liked my accepting any job but I had always wanted to stand on my own feet”.

You said that your parents never liked your accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.
You told that your parents never like you accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.
You said that my parents never liked my accepting any job but I had always wanted to stand on my own feet.
You regretted that your parents had never liked you accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> You said that your parents never liked your accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.
Answer: (a)You said that your parents never liked your accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.

Question 12. She said to me, “What can I do for you dear?”

She asked me affectionately what she could do for me.
She asked me affectionately what can she do for me.
She asked me affectionately if she could do anything for me.
She asked me affectionately what could she do for me.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> She asked me affectionately what could she do for me.
Answer: (d)She asked me affectionately what could she do for me.

Question 13. She says, “I keep at an arm’s length, all those who try to flatter me.”

She exclaims that she keeps at an arm’s length all of them who try to flatter her.
She says that she will keep at an arm’s length all those who flatter her.
She says that she keeps at an arm’s length all those who try to flatter her.
She said that she kept at an arms length all those who try to flatter her.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> She says that she keeps at an arm’s length all those who try to flatter her.
Answer: (c)She says that she keeps at an arm’s length all those who try to flatter her.

Question 14. They told me that they had been befooled by those men.

They said to me, “They had befooled us.”
They said to me, “We have been befooled by these men.”
They said to me, “We are befooled by these men.”
They said to me, “We were befooled by these men.”

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> They said to me, “We have been befooled by these men.”
Answer: (b)They said to me,“We have been befooled by these men.”

Question 15. The master asked the people why they prevented him from going near the tiger.

The master asked the people, “Why do they prevent me from going near the tiger?”
The master asked the people, “Why are they preventing him from going near the tiger?”
The master was asking the people, “Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger?”
The master said to the people, “Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger.”

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> The master said to the people, “Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger.”
Answer: (d)The master said to the people,“Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger.”

Question 16. Phila ordered her brother to turn down the television and let her work in peace.

Phila said to her brother ‘Turn down the television to let me do my work in peace. ”
Phila said to her brother "Turned down the television and let me do my work in peace."
Phila said to her brother “Turn down the television and let me work in peace.”
Phila said to her brother "Turn down the television that let me do my work in peace.”

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Phila said to her brother “Turn down the television and let me work in peace.”
Answer: (c)

Question 17. I 'm taking my children to the zoo tomorrow, she said, "to see the baby white tiger".

She said that she was taking her children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.
She said that she was taking the children to the zoo that day to see the baby white tiger.
She said that she would take the children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.
She said that she will take the children to the zoo to see the baby white tiger tomorrow.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> She said that she was taking her children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.
Answer: (a)

Question 18. The mother said, “What can I do for you, my son ?"