Direct and Indirect Speech Questions and Answers Part-7

1. He welcomed me to his house.
a) He said, "Welcome to my house."
b) He said, "Welcome home."
c) He said, "Please come in."
d) He said, "You are welcomed here!"

Answer: a

2. He looked at the sky and said, "How beautifully the clouds are floating!"
a) He looked at the sky and exclaimed with joy that the clouds were floating beautifully.
b) Looking at the sky he told that the clouds are floating beautifully.
c) He looked at the sky and said that the clouds very beautifully are floating.
d) He looked at the sky and said that the floating clouds are beautiful.

Answer: a

3. Ram asked me, "How much have you paid for this umbrella?"
a) Ram asked me how much he had paid for that umbrella.
b) Ram asked me whether how much I had paid for that umbrella.
c) Ram asked me how much I had paid for that umbrella.
d) Ram asked me how much I have paid for that umbrella.

Answer: c

4. He asked me why I did not come on time the previous day.
a) He said to me, "Why didn't I come on time yesterday?"
b) He asked me, "Why didn't you come on time the previous day?"
c) He asked me, "Why you didn't come on time yesterday?"
d) He asked me, "Why didn't you come on time yesterday?"

Answer: d

5. He said, "I shall go as soon as it is possible."
a) He said that he would go as soon as it was possible
b) He told he will go as soon as possible.
c) He asked whether to go as soon as it was possible.
d) He suggested that he will go as soon as it was possible.

Answer: a

6. He said, "If I had the key with me, I could give you the solution".
a) He said that if he had the key with him, he could give him/her the solution.
b) He said if he could have the key with him,he would give him/her the solution.
c) He told that if he could have the key with him, he would give him/her the solution.
d) He said that If he have had the key with him, he could have given him/her the solution.

Answer: a

7. The General said, "Bravo! Well done, my soldiers".
a) The General told the soldiers that they had done well
b) The General applauded his soldiers saying that they would do well.
c) The General applauded his soldiers for their excellent job.
d) The General applauded his soldiers saying that they had done well.

Answer: d

8. He said to the interviewer, "Could you please repeat the question?"
a He requested the interviewer if he could please repeat the question.
b) He requested the interviewer to please repeat the question.
c) He requested the interviewer to repeat the question.
d) He requested the interviewer if he could repeat the question.

Answer: c

9. The poor examinee said, "0 God, take pity on me."
a) The poor examinee prayed God to take pity on him.
b) The poor examinee, invoking God, implored him to take pity on him.
c) The poor examinee exclaimed that God take pity on him.
d) The poor examinee asked God to take pity on him.

Answer: b

10. "What about going for a swim," he said, "It's quite fine now."
a) He asked me what about going for a swim as it was quite fine then.
b) He proposed going for a swim as it was quite fine.
c) He suggested going for a swim as it was quite fine.
d) He advised me to go for a swim as it was quite fine.

Answer: a