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

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DIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECH MCQs

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Question 601. Mr. Pradhan said, ‘I shall go to Delhi tomorrow.’

Mr. Pradhan said that he would go to Delhi the next day.
Mr. Pradhan said that he must go to Delhi the next day.
Mr. Pradhan said that he should have gone to Delhi the next day.
Mr. Pradhan said that he should go to Delhi tomorrow.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Mr. Pradhan said that he would go to Delhi the next day.
Answer: (a)

Question 602. “Saint George, strike for us!’’ exclaimed the Knight.

The Knight ordered Saint George to strike for them.
The Knight prayed that Saint George might strike for them.
The Knight requested Saint George that he should strike us.
The Knight requested Saint George to strike away.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> The Knight prayed that Saint George might strike for them.
Answer: (b)

Question 603. Jane said to me, “Do you want to dance ?”

Jane said that whether I would dance.
Jane asked me if I wanted to dance.
Jane said that I would dance or not.
Jane enquires if I want to dance.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Jane asked me if I wanted to dance.
Answer: (b)

Question 604. He said, “As your mother is ill, you must leave at once.”

He told him that as his mother will be ill, he had to leave at once.
He told him that as his mother is ill, he should to leave at once
He told him that as his mother is ill, he may leave at once.
He told him that as his mother was ill, he should leave at once.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> He told him that as his mother was ill, he should leave at once.
Answer: (d)

Question 605. “Are you the manager?” I said.

I asked whether you were the Manager.
I asked him whether he was the Manager.
I asked whether he is the Manager.
I asked him whether he had been the Manager.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> I asked him whether he was the Manager.
Answer: (b)

Question 606. ‘Which way is the post office?’ the lady asked.

The lady asked which post office was on the way.
The lady said the post office was which way.
The lady asked which was the post office.
The lady asked the way to the post office.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> The lady asked the way to the post office.
Answer: (d)

Question 607. Sucheta said, “Could you please write the project for me, Shweta ?”

Sucheta requested Shweta if she wrote the project for her.
Sucheta requested Shweta could write the project for her.
Sucheta requested Shweta that she had to write the project for her.
Sucheta requested Shweta to write the project for her.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Sucheta requested Shweta to write the project for her.
Answer: (d)

Question 608. Next morning at breakfast Ramesh’s wife said to him “Ramesh, I think I can tell what is amiss with our clock.”

Next morning at breakfast Ramesh’s wife said that she could tell him what was amiss with our clock.
Next morning at breakfast Ramesh’s wife said that she could tell him what was amiss with their clock.
Next morning at breakfast Ramesh’s wife addressed him by name and told him that she thought she could tell what was amiss with their clock.
Next morning Ramesh’s wife told him that she thought that she could tell what was amiss with their clock.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Next morning at breakfast Ramesh’s wife addressed him by name and told him that she thought she could tell what was amiss with their clock.
Answer: (c)

Question 609. ‘Please be patient and the letter will come’, said the teacher to the student.