Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Direct and Indirect Speech
51.
He said to me, I have often told you not to play with fire.
- (A) He said that he has often been telling me not to play with fire.
- (B) He told me that he had often told me not to play with fire.
- (C) He reminded me that he often said to me not to play with fire.
- (D) He said to me that he often told me not to play with fire.
52.
Kiran asked me, "Did you see the cricket match on television last night?"
- (A) Kiran asked me whether I saw the cricket match on television the earlier night.
- (B) Kiran asked me whether I had seen the cricket match on television the earlier night.
- (C) Kiran asked me did I see the cricket match on television last night.
- (D) Kiran asked me whether I had seen the cricket match on television last night.
53.
The girl wondered where the sparrows had gone.
- (A) The girl said, "Oh! Where the sparrows have gone?"
- (B) The girl said, "Oh! Where are the sparrows?"
- (C) The girl said, "Oh! Where had the sparrows gone?"
- (D) The girl said, "Oh! Where have the sparrows gone?"
54.
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.
55.
He says, ''I don't want to play any more."
- (A) He says that he doesn't want to play any more.
- (B) He says that I don't want to play any more.
- (C) He says that I didn't want to play any more.
- (D) He says that he didn't want to play any more.
56.
The doctor said to the patient, "How do you feel now? Has the pain gone down?"
- (A) The doctor asked the patient how he was feeling then and if the pain was down.
- (B) The doctor asked the patient how he felt then and if the pain had gone down.
- (C) The doctor asked the patient how he had felt when the pain was gone.
- (D) The doctor asked the patient how he is feeling now and if the pain has gone down.
57.
He said to them, "Don't make a noise."
- (A) He told them that don't make a noise.
- (B) He told them not to make noise.
- (C) He told them not to make a noise.
- (D) He asked them not to make a noise.
58.
He said to her, "Rest assured. I shall repay your loan."
- (A) He assured her that he would repay her loan.
- (B) He told her that he would repay her loan.
- (C) He said that he might repay her loan.
- (D) He told her not to worry about the repayment of her loan.
59.
He said, "Where shall I be this time next year!"
- (A) He asked that where should he be that time next year.
- (B) He wondered where he should be that time the next year.
- (C) He contemplated where shall he be that time the following year.
- (D) He wondered where he would be that time the following year.
60.
"Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
- (A) She ordered the boys "Don't play on the grass."
- (B) She said to the boys that they should not play on the grass.
- (C) She told the boys that they should not be playing on the grass.
- (D) She told the boys not to play on the grass.