Direct and Indirect Speech MCQs

Question 1

He asked me why I did not come on time the previous day.

Accepted Answer

He asked me, "Why didn't you come on time yesterday?"

Answer

He said to me, "Why didn't I come on time yesterday?"

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He asked me, "Why didn't you come on time the previous day?"

Answer

He asked me, "Why you didn't come on time yesterday?"

Question 2

He said, "I shall go as soon as it is possible."

Accepted Answer

He said that he would go as soon as it was possible.

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He told he will go as soon as possible.

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He asked whether to go as soon as it was possible.

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He suggested that he will go as soon as it was possible.

Question 3

He said, "Asha washed the clothes."

Accepted Answer

He said that Asha had washed the clothes.

Answer

He said that Asha washed the clothes.

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He said that clothes were washed by Asha.

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He said that Asha has washed the clothes.

Question 4

I said to her, "I will have written letters."

Accepted Answer

I told her that I would have written letters.

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I told her that she will have written letters.

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I told her that she would have written letters.

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I told her that I will have written letters.

Question 5

Monica Cheng asked Roeun, "Are you going to visit Germany?

Accepted Answer

Monica Cheng asked Roeun if he was going to visit Germany.

Answer

Monica Cheng asked Roeun if he is going to visit Germany.

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Monica Cheng asked Roeun if he had visited Germany.

Answer

Monica Cheng asked Roeun if had gone to Germany.

Question 6

He said, "I am buying a new pen".

Accepted Answer

He said that he was buying a new pen.

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He said that he bought a new pen.

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He said that he had been buying a new pen.

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He said that he is buying a new pen.

Question 7

"I was digging the garden when the doctor arrived," replied Harry.

Accepted Answer

Harry said that he had been digging the garden when the doctor arrived.

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Harry said that he was digging the garden when the doctor arrived.

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Harry said that he had been digging the garden when the doctor arrive.

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Harry says that he was digging the garden when the doctor arrived.

Question 8

Father told Peter to clean his shoes.

Accepted Answer

"Clean your shoes, Peter," said father.

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"Clean your shoes, Peter," says father.

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"Clean your shoes, Peter," reported father.

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"Clean your shoes, Peter," told father.

Question 9

Amelia is going to ask the principal for permission to go on a study tour.

Accepted Answer

Amelia is going to say to the principal, "May we have your permission to go on a study tour?"

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Amelia is going to say to the principal, "Might we have your permission to go on a study tour?"

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Amelia is going to say to the principal, "Should we have your permission to go on a study tour?"

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Amelia is going to say to the principal, "Would we have your permission to go on a study tour?"