Direct and Indirect Speech - 1

Practice Test – 1

Directions: In the questions given below a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Click on the alternative which you think best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech. You can change your answer as many times as you like. Press reset button to restart.

SentenceAns

1. She said to me, "It has been raining heavily and you cannot go".

  1. She told me that it had been raining heavily and I could not go.
  2. She told me that it was raining heavily and I could not go.
  3. She told me that it has been raining heavily and I could not go.
  4. She told me that it is raining heavily and I could not go.

2. John said to me, "Where have you been last night ?"

  1. John asked me where had I been the previous night
  2. John asked me where I have been the previous night
  3. John asked me where I am the previous night
  4. John asked me where I had been the previous night

3. "I'm taking my children to the zoo tomorrow", she said, "to see the baby white tiger".

  1. She said that she will take the children to the zoo to see the baby white tiger tomorrow.
  2. She said that she would take the children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.
  3. She said that she was taking her children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.
  4. She said that she was taking the children to the zoo that day to see the baby white tiger.

4. She said, "Mother, please cook me something nice today".

  1. She told her mother to cook her something nice today
  2. She ordered her mother to cook her something nice that day
  3. She requested her mother to cook her something nice that day
  4. She asked her mother if she could cook her something nice that day

5. John said, "I shall be 21 tomorrow".

  1. John said that he would be 21 tomorrow
  2. John said that he would be 21 the following day
  3. John said that he should be 21 the following day
  4. John said that I shall be 21 tomorrow

SentenceAns

6. She asked, "Is the secretary coming to the meeting ?"

  1. She asked that the secretary was coming to the meeting
  2. She asked that if the secretary was coming to the meeting
  3. She asked if the secretary is coming to the meeting
  4. She asked if the secretary was coming to the meeting

7. The convict said, "Let me speak freely please".

  1. The convict suggested that he must be allowed to speak freely
  2. The convict requested that he must be allowed to speak freely
  3. The convict requested that he be allowed to speak freely
  4. The convict proposed that he might be allowed to speak freely

8. Nisha told Monica, "What a beautiful dress you are wearing ".

  1. Nisha exclaimed that Monica was wearing a very beautiful dress
  2. Nisha exclaimed that it a very beautiful dress
  3. Nisha exclaimed that Monica is wearing a very beautiful dress
  4. Nisha told Monica that was a beautiful dress

9. "Call the witness", said the magistrate.

  1. The magistrate requested to call the witness
  2. The magistrate begged for calling the witness
  3. The magistrate ordered to call the witness
  4. The magistrate prayed to call the witness


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