Direct and Indirect Speech MCQs

Question 1

I said to the boy,"You have no ticket, get out before you are driven out."

Accepted Answer

I told the boy to get out before he was driven out as he had no ticket.

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I told the boy get out before you are driven out.

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I ordered the boy to get out before he was driven out.

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I told the boy that he had no ticket and that he should get out before he was driven out.

Question 2

He said to me, 'What are you doing?"

Accepted Answer

He asked me what I was doing.

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He asked me what am I doing.

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He said to me what I was doing.

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He asked me what I am doing.

Question 3

She said,"Mother,please cook me something nice today".

Accepted Answer

She requested her mother to cook her something nice that day.

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She told her mother to cook her something nice today.

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She ordered her mother to cook her something nice that day.

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She asked her mother if she could cook her something nice that day.

Question 4

"Have you done this sort of work before?" said his new employer

Accepted Answer

His new employer asked him whether he had done that sort of work before.

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His new employer asked him whether he has done that sort of work before.

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His new employer asked him whether he has done this sort of work before.

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His new employer asked him whether he had done this sort of work before.

Question 5

The old lady declared that she was going to walk where she pleased. They had the liberty.

Accepted Answer

The old lady: "I am going to walk where I please. We have the liberty".

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The old lady said that, "I was going to walk where I pleased. They have the liberty".

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The old lady:"I was going to walk where I pleased. They have the liberty".

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The old lady: "I am going to walk where I pleased. They had the liberty."

Question 6

She said to me, "I'm going shopping. Can I get you something?"

Accepted Answer

She said she was going shopping and asked if she could get me something.

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She said she was going shopping and said to me if I wanted something.

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She said she was going shopping and asked as if I wanted something.

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She said she is going shopping and asked if she could get me something.

Question 7

He welcomed me to his house.

Accepted Answer

He said, "Welcome to my house."

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He said, "Welcome home."

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He said, "Please come in."

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He said, "You are welcomed here!"

Question 8

He looked at the sky and said, "How beautifully the clouds are floating!"

Accepted Answer

He looked at the sky and exclaimed with joy that the clouds were floating beautifully.

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Looking at the sky he told that the clouds are floating beautifully.

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He looked at the sky and said that the clouds very beautifully are floating.

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He looked at the sky and said that the floating clouds are beautiful.

Question 9

Ram asked me, "How much have you paid for this umbrella?"

Accepted Answer

Ram asked me how much I had paid for that umbrella.

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Ram asked me how much he had paid for that umbrella.

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Ram asked me whether how much I had paid for that umbrella.

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Ram asked me how much 1 have paid for that umbrella.