DIRECT INDIRECT SPEECH PRACTICE SET 1 SOLVED IN HINDI & ENGLISH

1. He said, “Will you come to my house?” I said, “No.”
A) He asked me if I would go to his house and I said that I would not.
B) He asked me to come to his house and I refused.
C) He asked me if I would come to his house and I said that I would not.
D) He asked me if I would go to his house and I replied in negative.

2. Ram will say, “I need two boys to assists me.”
A) Ram will say that he will need two boys to assist him.
B) Ram says that he will need two boys to assist him.
C) Ram will say that two boys need to assist him.
D) Ram will say that he needs two boys to assist him.

3. He said to the judge, “I did not commit this crime.”
A) He told the judge that he had not committed that crime.
B) He told the judge that he did not commit the crime.
C) He told the judge that he had not committed the crime.
D) He told the judge that he had not committed this crime.

4. Robb said, “We shall avenge my father’s death.”
A) Robb said that they should avenge his father’s death.
B) Robb said that they would avenge his father’s death.
C) Robb said that they would avenge my father’s death.
D) Robb said that they will avenge his father’s death.

5. The injured old man exclaimed, “Will none of you help me?”
A) The injured old man exclaimed whether none of them would help him.
B) The injured old man exclaimed if none of them would help him.
C) The injured old man said that could anyone of them help him.
D) The injured old man cried if none of them would help him.

6. He said, “The teacher usually does not ask any question.”
A) He said that the teacher usually does not ask any question.
B) He said that the teacher usually did not ask any question.
C) He said that the teacher usually asked no question.
D) He said that the teacher usually did not asked any question.

7. The woman asked how long the letters had been coming for him.
A) “How long are letters coming for him?” asked the woman.
B) “How long have the letters been coming for him?” asked the woman.
C) “How long have the letters come for him?” asked the woman.
D) “How long were the letters coming for him?” asked the woman.

8. “You’d better leave the dog alone,” said the man.
A) The man said to me to leave the dog alone.
B) The man told me to better leave the dog alone.
C) The man warned me to leave the dog alone.
D) The man said I should leave the dog alone.

9. He said to me, “You are rich, aren’t you?”
A) He asked me if I had rich.
B) He asked me if I had been rich.
C) He asked me if I was rich.
D) He asked me if I was rich, wasn’t me.

10. I said to my friend, “Good Morning! Let us go for a picnic today.”
A) I told good morning to my friend and asked to go for a picnic that day.
B) I wished my friend good morning and suggested that we should go for a picnic that day.
C) I wished my friend good morning and proposed that they should go for a picnic that day.
D) I told good morning to my friend and suggested to go for a picnic today.

11. I said to him, “How do you know this?”
A) I asked him how I knew that.
B) I asked him that how he knew that.
C) I told him how I knew that.
D) I asked him how he knew it.

12. The new student asked the old one, “Do you know my name?”
A) The new student asked the old one if he knew his name.
B) The new student asked the old one that whether he knew his names.
C) The new student asked the old one did he know his name.
D) The new student asked the old one if he knows his name.

13. Rahul said, “I will do it now or never”.
A) Rahul said that he would do it then or never.
B) Rahul said that he will now or never do it.
C) Rahul said that he would do it now or never.
D) Rahul said that he would now or never do it.

14. My father once said to me, “If I can’t trust my people, then I don’t want to be doing this.”
A) His father once told me that if he can’t trust his people then he didn’t want to be doing that.
B) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his people then he didn’t want to be doing that.
C) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust my people then he didn’t want to be doing that.
D) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his people then he didn’t want to be doing this.

15. “You say,” said the judge, “that the bag you lost contained one hundred and ten pounds”. “Yes, your honour,” replied the cheat. “Then as this one contains one hundred pounds it cannot be yours.”
A) The judge asked the cheat if the bag he had lost contained one hundred and ten pounds. The cheat replied respectfully in the affirmative. Then the judge concluded that as that one contained one hundred pounds it could not be his.
B) The judge ordered the cheat if the bag he had lost contained one hundred and ten pounds. The cheat replied respectfully in the affirmative. Then the judge concluded that as that one contained one hundred pounds it could not be his.
C) The judge ordered the cheat that the bag he had lost contained one hundred and ten pounds. The cheat replied respectfully in the affirmative. Then the judge concluded that as that one contained one hundred pounds it could not be his.
D) The judge asked the cheat that the bag he had lost contained one hundred and ten pounds. The cheat replied in the affirmative. Then the judge concluded as this one contained one hundred pounds it could not be his.

16. The father warned his son that he should be beware of him.
A) The father warned his son, “Beware of him!”
B) The father warned his son, “Watch that chap!”
C) The father warned his son, “Be careful about him.”
D) The father warned his son, “Don’t fall into the trap.”

17. The boy pleaded that he had not stolen the book.
A) The boy said, “I don’t steal the book.”
B) The boy said, “I didn’t steal the book.”
C) The boy said, “I hadn’t stolen the book.
D) The boy said, “I haven’t stolen the book.”

18. From one of the windows of my flat I can see the Qutub Minar.’ said my friend.
A) My friend told that from one of the windows of his flat he could see the Qutub Minar.
B) My friend said that from one of the windows of his flat he can see the Qutub Minar.
C) My friend said that from one of the windows of his flat he could see the Qutub Minar.
D) My friend told that from one of the windows of his flat he can see the Qutub Minar.

19. I said to him, “Whether she will pass or not is not certain.”
A) I told him that whether she would pass or not was not certain.
B) I told him that she would pass or not was not certain.
C) I told that whether she would pass or not was not certain.
D) I told him that whether she will pass or not is not certain.

20. The teacher said, “Students, you have to attend the lecture tomorrow.”
A) The teacher told that students had to attend the lecture tomorrow.
B) The teacher told the students not to attend the lecture.
C) The teacher asked the students if they could attend the lecture.
D) The teacher told the students that they had to attend the lecture the next day.

21. The father said, “Well done, son. I am proud of you.”
A) The father said his son had done well and that he was proud of him.
B) The father appreciated his son saying that he had done well and that he was proud of him.
C) The father told his son that he was proud of him as he had done well.
D) The father said to his son that he was proud of him for doing very well.

22. He said to me, “I want you to read the book now.”
A) He told that he wanted me to read the book then.
B) He said to me that he wanted me to read the book then.
C) He said that I wanted him to read the book now.
D) He said that he wanted to read the book to me then.

23. The mother said to the son, “Why didn’t you write to me often? I was so worried.”
A) The mother asked the son why he had not written to her often, and said that she was so worried.
B) The mother asked the son why he had not written to her often and that she had been so worried.
C) The mother asked the son why didn’t he write to her often and that she was so worried.
D) The mother asked the son why he had not written to her often, and said that she had been so worried.

24. “Run away, children quickly” said the teacher.
A) The teacher asked the children if they run away quickly.
B) The teacher asked the children whether they could run away quickly.
C) The teacher asked the children to run away quickly.
D) The teacher asked the children to run away.

25. The kidnapper said to the businessman over the phone, “If you don’t pay the ransom at once, I will kill your son.”
A) The kidnapper has threatened the businessman over the phone that he would kill his son if he did not pay the ransom at once.
B) The kidnapper told the businessman over the phone that he would be killing his son if he did not pay the ransom at once.
C) The kidnapper threatened the businessman over the phone that he would kill his son if he did not pay the ransom at once.
D) The kidnapper said to the businessman over the phone that he will kill his son if he did not pay the ransom at once.

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