DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH QUIZ

The porter respectfully assured the lady that he would take care of her baggage while she bought her ticket.

The porter said to the lady,"I would take care of your baggage while you bought your ticket."

The porter said, "I will take care of your baggage while you buy your ticket, Madam."

The porter said, "I would take care of your baggage while you bought your ticket, Madam."

The porter said, "I would take care of your baggage while you buy your ticket, Madam."

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

She asked that if the secretary was coming to the meeting.

She asked if the secretary was corning to the meeting.

She asked if the secretary is coming to the meeting.

She asked that the secretary was corning to the meeting.

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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. "Who's the conductor of this bus?" he said, and paused for a reply.

He asked who the conductor of that bus was and paused for a reply.

He asked who was the conductor of that bus and paused for a reply.

He asked whether who the conductor of that bus was and paused for a reply.

He said who the conductor of that bus was and paused for a reply.

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He said, "I am writing a poem."

He said that I am writing a poem.

He said that he is writing a poem.

He said that he was writing a poem.

He said that the poem is being written.

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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. They said, "It was raining heavily,when they came out of the theatre."

They said that it had been raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre.

They said that it had been raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre.

They said that it rained when they had come out of the theatre.

They said that it was raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre.

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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. He said, "I must go next week."

He said that he would have to go the following week.

He said that he was to go the following week.

He said that he must go next week.

He said that he must go the following week.

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"I would have been surprised if you had passed examination," said the former master.

The former master said that he should be surprised if I had passed.

The former master said that it would have surprised him if I had passed.

The former master said that he would have been surprised if I had passed the examination.

The former master was surprised if I passed the examination.

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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 traveller enquired to the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest inn.

The traveller said to the farmer, "Can you tell me where is the nearest inn?"

The traveller said to the farmer, "Where is the nearest inn?"

The traveller said to the farmer, "Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?"

The traveller said to the farmer, "Which is the way to the nearest inn?"

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Ram asked me, "How much have you paid for this 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.

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

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She said to him, "Why don't you go today?"

She asked him why he did not go today.

She said to him why he don

She asked him why he did not go that day.

She asked him not to go that day.

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