Direct and Indirect Speech Questions and Answers Part-14

1. "If you want to smoke,you'll have to go out", said the conductor.
a) The conductor ordered me to go out and smoke.
b) The conductor said that if i/he wanted to smoke, i/he would have to go out.
c) The conductor told me that smoking is not permitted in the bus.
d) The conductor told me that I will have to go out and smoke.

Answer: b

2. She said, "I am sorry, I am not able to submit those papers".
a) She said she was sorry, she is not able to submit those papers.
b) She said that she was sorry and she will not be able to submit those papers.
c) She apologized for not being able to submit those papers.
d) She exclaimed with sorrow that she was sorry and she will not be able to submit those papers.

Answer: c

3. Kannan said to Subha, "I'll return the book after I have read it."
a) Kannan told Subha that he will return the book after he has read it.
b) Kannan told Subha that he would return the book after he has read it.
c) Kannan told Subha that he will return the book after he read it.
d) Kannan told Subha that he would return the book after he had read it.

Answer: d

4. I said to her, "Do you know how to dance?"
a) I asked her if she does know dancing.
b) I asked her if she had known how to dance.
c) I asked her if she was known how to dance.
d) I asked her if she knew how to dance.

Answer: d

5. Radha said that the manager would go to Bombay the next day.
a) Radha said, "Our manager will go to Bombay tomorrow."
b) Radha said, "Our manager will be going to Bombay the next day."
c) Radha said, "Our manager might be going to Bombay the next day."
d) Radha said, "Our manager might go to Bombay tomorrow."

Answer: a

6. The king said to his men, "Do not be afraid of the enemy. Face them bravely."
a) The king ordered his men to not be afraid of the enemy and that they had to be faced bravely.
b) The king asked his men to not be afraid of the enemy but they should be faced bravely.
c) The king advised his men not to be afraid of the enemy but to face them bravely.
d) The king told his men not to be afraid of the enemy and they had faced them bravely.

Answer: c

7.Sitara asked me, "Have you taken your laptop?"
a) Sitara asked me in had taken the laptop.
b) Sitara asked me if we had taken the laptop.
c) Sitara asked me whether I had taken my laptop.
d) Sitara asked me if suppose I have taken my laptop.

Answer: c

8. "I'm tired," he says every evening.
a Every day in the evening he is getting tired
b) Every evening he says (that) he is tired.
c) He is getting tired every evening.
d) Every evening he says that he was getting tired.

Answer: b

9. Baruch said, "I might teach English Literature next semester."
a) Baruch said that he is going to teach English Literature next semester
b) Baruch said that he will teach English Literature next semester.
c) Baruch said that he might teach English Literature next semester.
d) Baruch said that he might be teaching English Literature next semester.

Answer: c

10. The man said, "What I give today I trust that tomorrow I shall be able to earn back."
a) The man said that what he gave that day he trusted he would be able to return the next day.
b) The man said to give him his trust so that he would be able to earn back the next day.
c) The man asked what to give that day as he trusted that the next day he would earn back.
d) The man said that he trusted he would be able to earn back the next day what he gave that day.

Answer: d