Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Direct and Indirect Speech

221.

They said, "It was raining heavily,when they came out of the theatre."

• (A) They said that it was raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre.
• (B) They said that it had been raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre.
• (C) They said that it rained when they had come out of the theatre.
• (D) They said that it had been raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre.

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 When transforming a sentence from direct to indirect speech, several changes are made, including adjustments in tense, pronouns, and time expressions. In this case, "It was raining heavily" needs to be changed to a past perfect continuous tense to reflect the earlier time frame implied by "when they came out of the theatre." Option A: "It was raining heavily" is changed to "it was raining heavily," but the tense remains the same, and "when they had come out of the theatre" uses the past perfect tense unnecessarily. Option B: "It was raining heavily" is correctly changed to "it had been raining heavily" to indicate past perfect continuous tense, and "when they came out of the theatre" maintains the correct tense. Option C: "It rained" simplifies the tense but does not convey the continuous aspect indicated by "was raining heavily." Option D: Similar to option A, it unnecessarily uses the past perfect tense for "when they had come out of the theatre." Therefore, the correct answer is Option B: They said that it had been raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre.

222.

The father warned his son that he should be beware of him.

• (A) The father warned his son, "beware of him !"
• (B) The father warned his son, "Watch that chap !"
• (C) The father warned his son, "Be careful about him."
• (D) The father warned his son, "Don't fall into the trap."

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 The father warned his son, "beware of him !"

223.

He said to his son, "Do not smoke."

• (A) He advised his son do not smoke.
• (B) He advised his son to not smoke.
• (C) He advised his son not to smoke.
• (D) He advised his son that he should not smoke.

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 He advised his son not to smoke.

224.

The Principal asked me whether I had informed the Chief Guest the revised schedule the day before.

• (A) The Principal said to me, "Did I inform the Chief Guest the revised schedule the day before?"
• (B) The Principal said to me, "Have I informed the Chief Guest the revised schedule the day before?"
• (C) The Principal said to me, "Have you informed the Chief Guest the revised schedule yesterday?"
• (D) The Principal said to me,"Did you inform the Chief Guest the revised schedule yesterday?"

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 The Principal said to me,"Did you inform the Chief Guest the revised schedule yesterday?"

225.

He said, "I have done my job."

• (A) He said that he had been doing his job.
• (B) He said that he had done his job.
• (C) He said that he have done his job.
• (D) He said that he has done his job.

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 He said that he had done his job.

226.

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.

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 Kannan told Subha that he would return the book after he had read it.

227.

Mohan said, "We shall go to see the Taj in the moonlit night":

• (A) Mohan said that we shall go to see the Taj in the moonlit night.
• (B) Mohan told that we shall go to see the Taj in moonlit night.
• (C) Mohan told that we should go to see the Taj in the moonlit night.
• (D) Mohan said that they should go to see the Taj in moonlit night.

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 Mohan said that they should go to see the Taj in moonlit night.

228.

She yelled, "Please help me."

• (A) She yelled at one for some help.
• (B) She yelled for someone to help.
• (C) She yelled for someone to help her.
• (D) She yelled at someone to help her.

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 She yelled for someone to help her.

229.

Martha said, "I am going to Mexico next year."

• (A) Martha said that she had been going to Mexico next year.
• (B) Martha said that she was going to Mexico next year.
• (C) Martha said that she had gone to Mexico next year.
• (D) Martha said that she will be going to Mexico next year.

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 Martha said that she was going to Mexico next year.

230.

They said, "It was raining heavily,when they came out of the theatre."

• (A) They said that it was raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre.
• (B) They said that it had been raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre.
• (C) They said that it rained when they had come out of the theatre.
• (D) They said that it had been raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre.

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 When transforming a sentence from direct to indirect speech, several changes are made, including adjustments in tense, pronouns, and time expressions. In this case, "It was raining heavily" needs to be changed to a past perfect continuous tense to reflect the earlier time frame implied by "when they came out of the theatre." Option A: "It was raining heavily" is changed to "it was raining heavily," but the tense remains the same, and "when they had come out of the theatre" uses the past perfect tense unnecessarily. Option B: "It was raining heavily" is correctly changed to "it had been raining heavily" to indicate past perfect continuous tense, and "when they came out of the theatre" maintains the correct tense. Option C: "It rained" simplifies the tense but does not convey the continuous aspect indicated by "was raining heavily." Option D: Similar to option A, it unnecessarily uses the past perfect tense for "when they had come out of the theatre." Therefore, the correct answer is Option B: They said that it had been raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre.