Direct And Indirect Speech Exercise 2

  

 

Read the questions carefully and select the option that expresses the correct answer.

 

Q.1. The designer said to her, ‘will you have the dress ready by tomorrow evening?’

 

The designer asked her if she would have the dress ready by next evening.

The designer asked her that she would have the dress ready by next evening.

The designer asked her that if she will like to have the dress by next evening.

The designer asked her that she will have the suit ready by next evening.

 

Q.2. They said, ‘Let us come in’.

 

They told that let them be allowed to come in.

They requested that they might be allowed to come in.

They said that if they are allowed to come in.

They requested me to let them come in.

 

Q.3. Reshma said to Priya, ‘Why are you sketching on the wall?’

 

Reshma asked Priya why was she sketching on the wall.

Reshma asked Priya why had she been sketching on the wall

Reshma asked Priya that why is she sketching on the wall.

Reshma asked Priya why she was sketching on the wall.

Q.4. ‘Jacob fell as he’d have wished’, the father said.

 

The father said that Jacob has fallen as he would have wished.

The father said that Jacob had fallen as he would have wished.

The father said that Jocob had fallen as he had wished.

The father said that Jacob had been fallen as he would have been wished.

 

Q.5. Arya said to Tara, ‘David will leave for his mother’s place tomorrow’.

 

Arya told Tara that David will leave for his mother’s place tomorrow.

Arys told Tara that David will leave for his mother’s place the next day.

Arya told Tara that David would leave for his mother’s place the next day.

Arya informed Tara that David would be leaving for his mother’s place the next day.

 

Q.6. The Professor said that nobody could solve the problem.

 

The Professor said, ‘Nobody can solve the problem’.

The Professor said, ’Nobody could solve the problem’

The Professor exclaimed, ‘Nobody could solve the problem’

The Professor exclaimed, ‘Nobody can solve the problem?’

 

Q.7. She said, ‘Why didn’t you send a friend request to me?’

 

She asked me why had I not sent a friend request to her

She enquired why I had not sent a friend request to her.

She enquired why I did not send a friend request to her.

She questioned why I had not sent a friend request to her.

 

Q.8. The judge commanded them to call the accused in the court.

 

The Judge said, ‘Call the accused in the court’.

The Judge ordered, ‘Call the accused in the court’

The Judge command, ‘Call the accused in the court’

The Judge said to them, ‘Call the accused in the court’.

 

Q.9. The instructor asked Ronny if he was ready for the race.

 

‘Ronny, are you ready for the race?’, the instructor asked.

‘Are you ready for the race Ronny?’, the instructor asked.

‘Ronny, ready for race?’ the instructor said.

‘Ronny, are you ready for the race?’, said the instructor.

 

Q.10. Manager said to Shekher, ‘Why didn’t you attend the meeting yesterday?’

 

The manager enquired Shekhar why did not he attend the meeting the day before.

The manager asked Shekhar why he did not attend the meeting the previous day.

The manager asked Shekhar why he had not attended the meeting the day before.

The manager enquired Shekhar that why didn’t he attended the meeting yesterday.

 

Q.11. I asked my sister if she had returned the mobile phone to her friend.

 

I said to my sister, ‘have you returned the mobile phone to your friend?’

I said to my sister, ‘did you return the mobile phone to my friend?’

I said to my sister, ‘have you returned the mobile phone to my friend?’

I asked my sister, ‘have you return the mobile phone to your friend?’

 

Q.12. She requested the interviewer to repeat the question.

 

She asked the interviewer, ‘Please repeat the question’

She said to the interviewer, ‘Could you please repeat the question?’

She requested the interviewer, ‘Please repeat the question.’

She asked the interviewer, ‘Could you please repeat the question?’

 

Q.13. ‘Be calm and listen to my speech’, She said.

 

She said that they should be calm and listen to her speech.

She urged that they should be calm and listen to her speech

She urged them to be calm and listen to her speech.

She asked them to be calm and listen to her speech.

 

Q.14. Oreo said, ‘Alright, yes, you were right and I was wrong.’

 

Oreo admitted that I had been right and he had been wrong.

Oreo admitted that I was right and he was wrong.

Oreo admitted that I have been right and he has been wrong.

Oreo said that yes you were right and I was wrong.

 

Q.15. ‘Stand at ease’, The soldier said to his men.

 

The soldier told his men that they should stand at ease.

The soldier said to his men that they should stand at ease.

The soldier urged his to men to stand at ease

The soldier commanded his men to stand at ease.

 

Q.16. The teacher told us that all the girls were playing in the garden.

 

The teacher said, ‘all the girls are playing in the garden.’

The teacher complained, ‘all the girls are playing in the garden.’

The teacher said, ‘all the girls were playing in the garden.’

The teacher said, ‘all the girls had been playing in the garden.’

 

Q.17. The guest said to them, ‘please give me a cup of coffee’

 

The guest said to them please give me a cup of coffee.

The guest requested them to give him a cup of coffee.

The guest asked them to give him a cup of coffee.

The guest requested them please give me a cup of coffee.

Q.18. ‘You shall go to see the royal palace in the moonlit night’, the guide said.

 

The guide told us that we should go to see the royal palace in the moonlit night.

The guide told us we shall go to see the royal palace on a moonlit night.

The guide suggested that we should go to see the royal palace in the moonlit night.

 The guide suggested us to go to see the royal palace in the moonlit night.

 

Q.19. The traffic police asked the man not to park his vehicle there.

 

The traffic police told the man, ‘not to park his vehicle there.’

The traffic police asked the man, ‘Do not park your vehicle there.’

The traffic police asked the man, ‘do not park your vehicle here’

The traffic police told the man, ‘Do not park your vehicle here.’

 

Q.20. ‘Where will you be tomorrow’, She said, ‘In case I have to call you?’

 

She enquired about his whereabouts the next day in case she would have to call him.

She asked where he would be the next day in case she had to call him.

She asked him where he will be the next day in case she had to call him.

She said to him where he would be tomorrow in case she would have to call him.