DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH QUIZ

John said to me, "Do you play cricket?"

John asked me whether I played cricket.

John asked me whether I play cricket.

John told me whether he played cricket.

John asked me whether he played cricket.

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In the question below a sentence have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. The girl said, "How happy I am!"

The girl said that she is very happy.

The girl exclaimed that she is very happy.

The girl exclaimed that she was very happy.

The girl said how happy she was.

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In the question below a sentence have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. "What a terrible storm it is!" he said.

He exclaimed that it has been a terrible storm.

He exclaimed that it was a terrible storm.

He exclaimed that it will be a terrible storm.

He exclaimed that it is a terrible storm.

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"We'll go for an outing tomorrow," said Laila's father, "so you had better complete your homework this evening."

Laila's father told her to complete her homework this evening as they would be going for an outing the next day.

Laila's father told her to complete her homework that evening as they would be going for an outing the next day.

Laila's father tells her to complete her homework this evening as they would be going for an outing the next day.

Laila's father had told her to complete her homework that evening as they would be going for an outing the next day.

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In the question below a sentence have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. Ram asked me, "How much have you paid for this umbrella?"

Ram asked me how much he had paid for that umbrella.

Ram asked me how much 1 have paid for that umbrella.

Ram asked me whether how much I had paid for that umbrella.

Ram asked me how much I had paid for that umbrella.

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He said to me, "You need not worry."

He said to me that he need not worry.

He told me that I shall need not worry.

He said to me that you need not worry.

He assured me that I need not worry.

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The little girl said to her mother, "Did the sun rise in the East?"

The little girl said to her mother if the sun rises in the East.

The little girl said to her mother that the sun rose in the East.

The little girl asked her mother if the sun is in the East.

The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East.

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"It's not my business," said the postman. "Let the government do whatever it has to."

The postman said that it was the government's and not his business to do that.

The postman said that it was not his business and that the government should do whatever it had to.

The postman said that it was the business of the government to do whatever it had to.

The postman said that the government did not do what it was expected to do.

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In the question below a sentence have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. "Please bring me a glass of water", she said to me.

She requested me brought her a glass of water.

She requested me that bring her a glass of water.

She requested to bring her a glass of water.

She requested me to bring her a glass of water.

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"You can't bathe in this sea," he said to me, "it's very rough."

He said that you can't bathe in this sea since it was very rough.

He said that you couldn't bathe in the sea if it was very rough.

He said that I couldn't bathe in that sea as it was very rough.

He said that I can't bathe in this sea because it's very rough.

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