7000+ Direct and Indirect Speech worksheets with Answers - 1

Question: 1

The washerman said, “It has been raining since morning.”

(A) The washerman said that it was raining since morning.

(B) The washerman said it had been raining since morning.

(C) The washerman told that it had been raining since morning.

(D) The washerman said that it had been raining since morning.

Question: 2

I said to Sumit, “Why do you want to go abroad? Where actually do you want to go?”

(A) I asked Sumit why he wanted to go abroad and where he actually wanted to go.

(B) I asked Sumit why he wanted to go abroad and where had he actually wanted to go.

(C) I asked Sumit why he wanted to go abroad and where he had actually wanted to go.

(D) I asked Sumit why he had wanted to go abroad and where we actually wanted to go.

Question: 3

My sister said to me, “I sent you the book.”

(A) My sister told me that she sent me the book.

(B) My sister told me if she had sent me the book.

(C) My sister told that she had sent me the book.

(D) My sister told me that she had sent me the book.

Question: 4

The teacher said, "John why are you always late?"

(A) The teacher asked John why he were always late.

(B) The teacher asks John why he was always late.

(C) The teacher asked why he was always late.

(D) The teacher asked John why he was always late.

Question: 5

He said, “Shall I ever forget her”?

(A) He told that he would ever forget her.

(B) He wondered that he would ever forget her.

(C) He wonders if he would ever forget her.

(D) He wondered if he would ever forget her.