7000+ Direct and Indirect Speech Exercises Pdf - 1

Question: 1

I said to him, “Let us go to the river for swimming.”

(A) I proposed to him that we should go to the river for swimming.

(B) I requested him to go for swimming.

(C) I proposed him that we should go to the river for swimming.

(D) I asked him that we should go to the river for swimming.

Question: 2

Please listen to me, he answered, “I must go now because my son is very ill.”

(A) He answered politely to listen to him and that he must go then because his son was very ill.

(B) He answered politely to listen to him and that he must have gone then because his son was very ill.

(C) He answered politely to listen him and that he must go then because his son was very ill.

(D) He answered politely listen to him and that he must go then because his son was very ill.

Question: 3

The teacher said to Ram. “Why are you wasting your time?”

(A) The teacher asked Ram why was he wasting his time.

(B) The teacher asked Ram that why was he wasting his time.

(C) The teacher told Ram that why was he wasting his time.

(D) The teacher asked Ram why he was wasting his time.

Question: 4

They said, “How very awkward! What shall we say to him?”

(A) They cried out with contempt what they would tell him and exclaimed that it was very awkward.

(B) They cried out for contempt what they would tell him, exclaimed that it was very awkward.

(C) They cried out with contempt what they would tell him, exclaimed that it was very awkward.

(D) They cried out contempt what they would tell him and exclaimed that it was very awkward.

Question: 5

I said to Harish, “The man who came to meet you asked if we could see his boss tomorrow.”

(A) I told Harish that the man who had come to meet him, has asked if we would see his boss the following day.

(B) I told Harish that the man who had come to meet him, had asked we would see his boss the following day.

(C) I told Harish that the man who had come to meet him, had asked if we would see his boss the next day.

(D) I told Harish that the man who had come to meet him, had asked if we would see his boss tomorrow.