DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH QUIZ

He said, "If I had the key with me, I could give you the solution".

He said if he could have the key with him,he would give him/her the solution.

He said that if he had the key with him, he could give him/her the solution.

He said that If he have had the key with him, he could have given him/her the solution.

He told that if he could have the key with him, he would give him/her the solution.

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He said to her, "May you succeed!"

He wished her success.

He prayed to God that she may succeed.

He said to her that she might succeed.

He told her that she might succeed.

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He said to her, "Rest assured. I shall repay your loan."

He said that he might repay her loan.

He told her not to worry about the repayment of her loan.

He told her that he would repay her loan.

He assured her that he would repay her loan.

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

John said that he should be 21 the following day.

John said that I shall be 21 tomorrow.

John said that he would be 21 the following day.

John said that he would be 21 tomorrow.

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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 last thing I want for my daughter is a boy who drinks !" said Brinda.

Brinda said that the last thing she would want for her daughter was a boy who drank.

Brinda proclaimed that the last thing she wanted for her daughter was a boy who drank.

Brinda told that the last thing she wants for her daughter is a boy who drank.

Brinda complained that the last thing she wants for her daughter is a boy who drank.

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The teacher said, "Be quiet, boys."

The teacher called the boys and ordered them to be quiet.

The teacher urged the boys to be quiet.

The teacher said that they boys should be quiet.

The teacher commanded the boys that they be quiet.

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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. Looking at the Taj Mahal the tourist said, "What an exquisitely beautiful creation !"

Looking at the Taj Mahal the tourist exclaimed in wonder that what an exquisitely beautiful creation.

Looking Taj Mahal the tourist said what an exquisitely beautiful creation it was indeed.

Looking at the Taj Mahal the tourist exclaimed in wonder that it was indeed an exquisitely beautiful creation.

Looking Taj Mahal the tourist told that it is an exquisitely beautiful creation.

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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 to me, "Where is the post office?"

He asked me that where the post office was.

He asked me where was the post office.

He wanted to know where the post office was.

He asked me where the post office 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. He said, "I have done my job."

He said that he had done his job.

He said that he had been doing his job.

He said that he has done his job.

He said that he have done his job.

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