DIRECT INDIRECT SPEECH SOLVED PRACTICE SET 3 EXPLAINED IN HINDI & ENGLISH
Direct & Indirect Speech – Practice Set-3 – Solved (Both Hindi & English)
1. She said, “When I was a child, I wasn’t afraid of ghosts.”
A) She said that when she had been a child she wasn’t afraid of ghosts.
B) She said that when she was a child she wasn’t afraid of ghosts.
C) She said that when she had been a child she hadn’t been afraid of ghosts.
D) She said that when she would be a child she wasn’t afraid of ghosts.
2. Renu said, “You ought to read the instructions.”
A) Renu advised me to read the instructions.
B) Renu said that they ought to read the instructions.
C) Renu advised me to have read the instructions.
D) Renu advised to read the instructions.
3. “I could read when I was three.” she boasted.
A) She boasted that she had been able to read when she was three.
B) She boasted that she had been able to read when she had been three.
C) She boasted that she could have read when she was three.
D) She boasted that she would have been able to read when she was three.
4. He said, “We shall discuss this tomorrow.”
A) He said that they should discuss that the next day.
B) He said that they would discuss it the next day.
C) He said that we would discuss it the next day.
D) He said that they would discuss it tomorrow.
5. I said to my friend, “Good morning! Let’s go for a picnic today.”
A) I wished my friend a good morning and suggested going for a picnic that day.
B) I wished my friend a good morning and advised going for a picnic that day.
C) I said to my friend a good morning and requested going for a picnic that day.
D) I told my friend a good morning and suggested going for a picnic that day.
6. He said, “Suresh slipped when he was trying to board a bus.”
A) He told that Suresh had slipped when he was trying to board a bus.
B) He informed that Suresh had slipped when he was trying to board a bus.
C) He said that Suresh had slipped when he was trying to board a bus.
D) He said that Suresh had slipped when he had been trying to board a bus.
7. She said, “Whatever Saraj does displeases her mother- in-law”
A) She said that whatever Saraj did displeased her mother-in-law.
B) She said that whatever Saraj displeased her mother-in-law.
C) She says that whatever Saraj has been doing displeases her mother-in-law.
D) She told that whatever Saraj did displeases her mother-in-law.
8. He said, “How cruel of him!”
A) He remarked that it was very cruel of him.
B) He remarked on his great cruelty.
C) He remark that it was very cruel of him.
D) He remarked that it is very cruel of him.
9. You said, “My parents never liked my accepting any job but I had always wanted to stand on my own feet.”
A) You said that your parents never liked your accepting any job but you had always wanted to stand on your own feet.
B) You said my parents never liked my accepting any job but I always wanted to stand on my feet.
C) You said that your parents had never liked your accepting any job but you always wanted to stand on your own feet.
D) You told that your parents never liked your accepting any job but you had always wanted to stand on your own feet.
10. The Prime Minister said, “We should be united to fight the enemy tooth and nail.”
A) The Prime Minister requested that we should be united to fight the enemy tooth and nail.
B) The Prime Minister said that we should be united to fight the enemy tooth and nail.
C) The Prime Minister said that they should be united to fight the enemy tooth and nail.
D) The Prime Minister informed that they shall be united to fight the enemy tooth and nail.
Answer Key
| 1. B | 2. A | 3. A | 4. B | 5. A | 6. C | 7. A | 8. A | 9. A | 10. B |
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