DIRECT INDIRECT SPEECH SOLVED PRACTICE SET 5 EXPLAINED IN HINDI & ENGLISH

1. The teacher said, “Rajiv, come to my desk with your exercise book now.”
A) The teacher ordered Rajiv to come to her desk with his exercise book now.
B) The teacher ordered Rajiv to come to her desk with his exercise book then.
C) The teacher ordered Rajiv to go to her desk with his exercise book now.
D) The teacher said to Rajiv come to her desk with his exercise book then.

2. 1 warned her that I could no longer tolerate her coming late.
A) I said to her, “You can no longer tolerate my coming late.”
B) I said to her, “I can no longer tolerate your coming late.”
C) I said to her, “He can no longer tolerate her coming late.”
D) I said to her, “I can no longer tolerate she coming late.”

3. I wondered how many discoveries went unheeded.
A) I said, “How many discoveries have gone unheeded?”
B) I said, “How many discoveries went unheeded?”
C) I said, “Do discoveries go unheeded?”
D) I said. “How many discoveries go unheeded?”

4. Jagdish said, “We passed by a beautiful lake when we went on a trip to Goa.”
A) Jagdish said that they passed by a beautiful lake when they had gone on a trip to Goa.
B) Jagdish said that we had passed by a beautiful lake when we went on a trip to Goa.
C) Jagdish said that they had passed by a beautiful lake when they had gone on a trip to Goa.
D) Jagdish said they passed by a beautiful lake when they went on a trip to Goa.

5. The boss said, “It is time we began planning our work.”
A) The boss said that it was time they had begun planning their work.
B) The boss said that it was time we had begun planning our work.
C) The boss said that it was time they began planning their work.
D) The boss said that it was time we began planning his work.

6. “How long does the journey take?” my co-passenger asked me.
A) My co-passenger asked me how long does the journey take?
B) My co-passenger wanted to know how long the journey would take.
C) My co-passenger asked me how long the journey did take.
D) My co-passenger wanted to know how long the journey will take.

7. “How clever of you to have solved the puzzle so quickly!” said the mother.
A) The mother exclaimed admiringly that it was very clever of him to have solved the puzzle so quickly.
B) The mother expressed that he was so clever to have solved the puzzle quickly.
C) The mother told that he was very clever in solving the puzzle so quickly.
D) The mother exclaimed with joy that he was clever enough to solve the puzzle so quickly.

8. “Suppose your children go out for a nice long walk.” she said.
A) She proposed that the children went out for a nice long walk.
B) She advised that the children go out for a nice long walk.
C) She suggested that the children go out for nice long walk.
D) She suggested that the children should go out for a nice long walk.

9. “May you live long and prosper!” said the old lady to her son.
A) The old lady blessed her son with long life and wished him prosperity.
B) The old lady prayed for her son’s long life and prosperity.
C) The old lady prayed for her son and said that he might live long and prosper.
D) The old lady blessed her son and prayed for his long life and prosperity.

10. “So help me Heaven!” he cried, “I will never steal again.”
A) He wanted heaven to help him so that he would never steal again.
B) He exclaimed to heaven that he would never steal again.
C) He exclaimed heaven to help him that he would never steal again.
D) He called upon heaven to witness his resolve never to steal again.

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