Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Direct and Indirect Speech
41.
He asked me why I was late.
- (A) He asked me, "Why are you late?"
- (B) He asked me, "Why I was late?"
- (C) He asked me, "Why you are late?"
- (D) He asked me, "Why am I late?"
42.
The teacher said, "Be quiet, boys."
- (A) The teacher said that they boys should be quiet.
- (B) The teacher called the boys and ordered them to be quiet.
- (C) The teacher urged the boys to be quiet.
- (D) The teacher commanded the boys that they be quiet.
43.
The Police Chief warned that more accidents would occur if people continued to disregard traffic rules.
- (A) The Police Chief said, "More accidents will occur if people continue to disregard traffic rules."
- (B) The Police Chief said, "More accidents would occur if people continue to disregard traffic rules."
- (C) The Police Chief said, "Beware! More accident will occur if people continue to disregard traffic rules."
- (D) The Police chief said, "Beware! More accidents will occur if people continued to disregard traffic rules."
44.
"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.
45.
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.
46.
He bade his love goodbye.
- (A) He said, "Goodbye".
- (B) He exclaimed, "Goodbye, love".
- (C) He said, "Goodbye, my love".
- (D) He wished his love, "Goodbye".
47.
"Can you see a woman seated on the bench in a park?" - Alice asked her.
- (A) Alice asked her if she can see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
- (B) Alice told her if she could see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
- (C) Alice asked her if she could see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
- (D) Alice asked her if she could have seen a woman seated on the bench in a park.
48.
He said, "The government is writing letters."
- (A) He said that the government is writing letters.
- (B) He said that the government was writing letters.
- (C) He said that the government will write letters.
- (D) He said that the government wrote letters.
49.
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.
50.
I asked him where he would stay.
- (A) I said to him, "Where you will stay?"
- (B) I asked him, "Where will you stay?"
- (C) I said to him, "Where I will stay?"
- (D) I said to him, "Where will I stay?"