Direct and Indirect Speech
Direct and Indirect Speech: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Direct and Indirect Speech, Reporting Verb and Reported Speech In Direct Speech, Change of Interrogative Sentence in Indirect Speech & Change of Parts of Speech in Indirect Speech etc.
Important Questions on Direct and Indirect Speech
Directions: A sentence has been given in direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
Seeta said to me, “Can you give me your pen ?”
Directions: A sentence has been given in direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
I said to my friend, “Good Morning.Let us go for a picnic today.”
(A)I told good morning to my friend and asked to go for a picnic that day.
(B)I wished my friend good morning and proposed that we should go for a picnic that day.
(C)I wished my friend good morning and proposed that they should go for a picnic that day.
(D)I told good morning to my friend and suggested to go for a picnic today.
A sentence, has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.
Farhan said to Geeta, "Could you lend me a hundred rupees until tomorrow?".
Directions: In questions given below, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
I wondered how many discoveries went unheeded.
Directions: A sentence has been given in direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
The dwarf said to her, “Promise me that when you are a queen you will give me your first-born child."
(A)The draft advised her to promised that when she was a queen she would give him her first born child.
(B)The draft requested her to promise that when she had been a queen she would give him her first born child.
(C)The draft requested her to promise that when she is a queen she would give him her first born child.
(D)The draft asked her to promise him that when she was a queen she would give him her first born child.
A sentence has been given in direct/indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in indirect/ direct form.
“What a clever man you are !” she remarked.
Directions: In the question below, a sentence has been given in direct/indirect speech. Out of the alternatives suggested, select the one that best expresses the same sentence in indirect/direct speech.
The children said, "We will build a sand-castle ourselves."
A sentence has been given in direct form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in indirect form and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
My friend said, ''If I see you in problem, I will definitely help you''.
A sentence has been given in direct/indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in indirect/direct form.
John asked, “How long will it take to travel from Germany to South Africa"?
In the following sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.
Dinesh asked, "Are you going to the party tomorrow, Eliza?"
Directions: In the question below, a sentence has been given in direct/indirect speech. Out of the alternatives suggested, select the one that best expresses the same sentence in indirect/direct speech.
He said, 'fi! And vomited'.
In the question given below, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
I reiterated, “I don't care about the job.”
Directions: A sentence has been given in direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
He said, “I have made a kite.”
(A)He says that he made a kite.
(B)He will say that he had made a kite.
(C)He said that I had made a kite.
(D)He said that he had made a kite.
A sentence has been given in direct/indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in indirect/ direct form.
She said, "ugh."
Directions: A sentence has been given in direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
The kids yelled in a loud voice, “We love our family.”
(A)The kids yelled loudly that they love our family.
(B)The kids yelled in a loud voice that they loved their family.
(C)The kids yelled in a loud voice that they loved our family.
(D)The kids were shouting loudly that they loved their family.
A sentence has been given in direct/indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in indirect/ direct form.
The man from the village said, "Alas! I lost the little money that my father had given to me".
Direction: A sentence has been given in direct/indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in indirect/ direct form.
They say that people live on distant planets.
Directions: A sentence has been given in direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
He said, “We are all sinners.”
(A)He said that we are all sinners.
(B)He said they were all sinners.
(C)He said that he was a sinner.
(D)He said all were sinners.
Directions: A sentence has been given in direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
The teacher said, “Gandhiji was born in India.”
(A)The teacher said that Gandhiji had been born in India.
(B)The teacher says that Gandhiji was born in India.
(C)The teacher said that Gandhiji had born in India.
(D)The teacher said that Gandhiji was born in India.
A sentence has been given in direct/indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in indirect/ direct form.
He said to me, "Do not run after money, and then you will see money running after you."
