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

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DIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECH MCQs

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Question 591. “What an excellent piece of art!” she said.

She had exclaimed that it was an excellent piece of art.
She exclaimed what an excellent piece of art was it.
She exclaimed with surprise was it an excellent piece of art.
She exclaimed with appreciation that it was an excellent piece of art.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> She exclaimed with appreciation that it was an excellent piece of art.
Answer: (d)

Question 592. They said, “We were living in Paris.”

They said they might have been living in Paris.
They told me they had lived in Paris.
They told me that they had been living in Paris.
They said they would have lived in Paris.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> They told me that they had been living in Paris.
Answer: (c)

Question 593. He wished me respectfully and told that he had come to join the office.

He said to me, “Good morning Sir ! I’ll join the office today.”
He said, “Good morning Sir ! I want to join the office.
He said to me, “Good morning, Sir ! I’m here to join the office.”
He said to me, “Good morning, Sir ! I have come to join the office.”

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> He said to me, “Good morning, Sir ! I have come to join the office.”
Answer: (d)

Question 594. The teacher said to his student, “Do you have any excuse for coming late to school, today?”

The teacher asked his student whether he did have any excuse for coming late to the school that day.
The teacher asked his student whether he has any excuse for coming late to the school that day.
The teacher asked his student whether did he have any excuse for coming late to the school that day.
The teacher asked his student whether he had any excuse for coming late to the school that day.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> The teacher asked his student whether he had any excuse for coming late to the school that day.
Answer: (d)

Question 595. Rajiv said to me, “He plays with right hand.”

Rajiv told me that he could play with right hand.
Rajiv told me that he plays with right hand
Rajiv asked if he could play with right hand.
Rajiv said that he played with right hand.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Rajiv told me that he plays with right hand
Answer: (b)When it is a habitual action, the Tense of the V. remains unchanged

Question 596. I said to my mother, “Please warm this milk. Don’t boil it.”

I told my mother respectfully that she will warm that milk and not to boil it.
I requested my mother that she warm that milk and not to boil it.
I requested my mother to warm that milk and asked her not boil it.
I asked my mother that she may warm that milk but not boil it.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> I requested my mother to warm that milk and asked her not boil it.
Answer: (c)In order to change an Imp. Sent. into I.S., a to-inf. is used ; not to replaces don’t

Question 597. The officer said, “Cowards ! you shall soon be put to death.”

The officer called them cowards and said that they would soon be put to death.
The officer said that they were cowards and should be put to death soon.
The officer said that they would soon be put to death.
The officer called them cowards and said that they must be put to death soon.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> The officer called them cowards and said that they would soon be put to death.
Answer: (a)

Question 598. “I must hurry. My father is always furious if any one of us is late for meals”, she said.

She said that she should hurry as her father was always furious if any one of them were late for meals.
She said that she must hurry as her father is always furious if any one of them was late for meals.
She said that she must hurry as her father was always furious if any one of them were late for meals.
She said that she must hurry as her father was always furious if any one of them was late for meals.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> She said that she must hurry as her father was always furious if any one of them was late for meals.
Answer: (d)

Question 599. ‘‘Do your duty’’, the father told his son.