Direct and Indirect Speech Questions Exercises with Answers - 1

Question: 1

The Manager said, “Well, what can I do for you?”

(A) The Manager wanted to know what he could do for him.

(B) The Manager said that he couldn’t do any for him.

(C) The Manager asked what he could do for him.

(D) The Manager woundered what he could do for him.

Question: 2

I said to my brother, “Let us go to some hill station for a change.”

(A) I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change.

(B) I permitted my brother to go to some hill station for a change.

(C) I asked my brother if he would go to some hill station for a change.

(D) I asked my brother to go to some hill station for a change.

Question: 3

He said to her, “May you succeed!.”

(A) He said to her that she might succeed.

(B) He wished her success.

(C) He prayed to God that she may succeed.

(D) He told her that she might succeed.

Question: 4

My friend said to me, “Has your father returned from Chennai.”

(A) My friend enquired me if his father has returned from Chennai.

(B) My friend told me that his father has returned from Chennai.

(C) My friend asked me if my father had returned from Chennai.

(D) My friend said to me that my father has returned from Chennai.

Question: 5

He said, “I saw a book here.”

(A) He said that he had seen a book there.

(B) He said that he had seen a book here.

(C) He said that he saw a book there.

(D) He said that he saw a book here.