Direct and Indirect Speech Questions and Answers Part-9

1. The teacher said, "Boys, what do you understand by this phrase ?"
a) The teacher asked the boys what they understood by that phrase.
b) The teacher asked the boys what they understood by this phrase.
c) The teacher asked the boys what they understand by this phrase.
d) The teacher asked the boys what they understand by that phrase.

Answer: a

2. "I have to go into the town today", Mr. Rao said to the Station Master.
a) Mr. Rao told the Station Master that he had to go into the town that day.
b) Mr. Rao advised the Station Master that he had to go into the town that day.
c) Mr. Rao spoke to the Station Master that he had to go into the town that day.
d) Mr. Rao told the Station Master that he would go into the town that day.

Answer: a

3. Mother said to the baby, "Don't play with fire".
a) Mother warned the baby to play with fire.
b) Mother warned the baby not to play with fire.
c) Mother forbade the baby not to play with fire.
d) Mother requested the baby not to play with fire.

Answer: b

4. "Do you know anything about Robots, Sonu?" said Meeta.
a) Meeta asked Sonu whether he knows anything about Robots.
b) Meeta asked Sonu if he know anything about Robots.
c) Meeta asked Sonu if he had known anything about Robots
d) Meeta asked Sonu if he knew anything about Robots.

Answer: d

5. David said to Anna, "Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow."
a) David told Anna that Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow.
b) David told Anna that Mona left for her native place the next day.
c) David told to Anna that Mona would be leaving for her native place tomorrow.
d) David told Anna that Mona would leave for her native place the next day.

Answer: d

6. He said, "Asha washed the clothes."
a) He said that Asha washed the clothes.
b) He said that clothes were washed by Asha.
c) He said that Asha had washed the clothes.
d) He said that Asha has washed the clothes.

Answer: c

7. I said to her, "I will have written letters."
a) I told her that she will have written letters.
b) I told her that she would have written letters.
c) I told her that I will have written letters.
d) I told her that I would have written letters

Answer: d

8. Monica Cheng asked Roeun, "Are you going to visit Germany?
a Monica Cheng asked Roeun if he is going to visit Germany.
b) Monica Cheng asked Roeun if he had visited Germany.
c) Monica Cheng asked Roeun if had gone to Germany.
d) Monica Cheng asked Roeun if he was going to visit Germany.

Answer: d

9. He said, "I am buying a new pen".
a) He said that he bought a new pen.
b) He said that he had been buying a new pen.
c) He said that he is buying a new pen.
d) He said that he was buying a new pen.

Answer: d

10. "I was digging the garden when the doctor arrived," replied Harry.
a) Harry said that he was digging the garden when the doctor arrived.
b) Harry said that he had been digging the garden when the doctor arrive.
c) Harry says that he was digging the garden when the doctor arrived.
d) Harry said that he had been digging the garden when the doctor arrived.

Answer: d