Direct/Indirect Speech

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Direction (71-97): Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct/Indirect speech.

71.  The teacher ordered the students to go straight to their classrooms.

       (a) “Go straight to their classrooms,” the teacher said to the students.

       (b) The teacher said to the students, “Please go straight to your classrooms.”

       (c) The teacher said, “Students, to go straight to their classrooms.”

       (d) “Go straight to your classrooms,” the teacher said to the students.

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Sol. (d)

72.  She said, “I wish I could fly like a butterfly!”

       (a) She exclaimed that could she fly like a butterfly.

       (b) She wished that she could fly like a butterfly.

       (c) She exclaimed that she would fly like a butterfly.

       (d) She wished that I could fly like a butterfly.

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Sol. (b)

73.  She said, “It is my birthday next week.”

       (a) She said that my birthday was next week.

       (b) She said that next week was her birthday.

       (c) She said that it was her birthday the following week.

       (d) She said that it is my birthday the following week.

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Sol. (c)

74.  The commander ordered the soldiers to march ahead and not to think of their enemy’s large numbers.

       (a) The commander said to the soldiers, “Please march ahead. Do not think of your enemy’s large numbers.”

       (b) The commander said to the soldiers, “March ahead. Do not think of your enemy’s large numbers.”

       (c) The commander said to the soldiers, “March ahead. Do not think of their enemy’s large numbers.”

       (d) The commander said to the soldiers, “March ahead and not think of their enemy’s large numbers.”

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Sol. (b)

75.  My sister suggested that we go for a walk in the fresh air.

       (a) My sister said, “We shall go for a walk in the fresh air.”

       (b) My sister said, “Let me go for a walk in the fresh air.”

       (c) My sister said, “Go for a walk in the fresh air.”

       (d) My sister said, “Let us go for a walk in the fresh air.”

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Sol. (d)

76   The students asked how they would benefit from online classes.

       (a) The students said, “How will we benefit from online classes?”

       (b) The students said, “How will they be benefited from online classes?”

       (c) The students said, “How they will benefit from online classes?”

       (d) The students said, “How we would benefit from online classes?”

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Sol. (a)

77.  Father told the children that there was some good news for them that day.

       (a) Father said to the children, “There is some good news for you today.”

       (b) Father said to the children, “There was some good news for you today.”

       (c) Father said to the children, “There had been some good news for them that day.”

       (d) Father said to the children, “There was some good news for them that day.”

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Sol. (a)

78.  The investigator asked me, “Did you see or hear anything in the dead of night?”

       (a) The investigator asked me if I saw or heard anything in the dead of night.

       (b) The investigator asked me if I see or hear anything in the dead of night.

       (c) The investigator asked me if I had seen or heard anything in the dead of night.

       (d) The investigator asked me that if I had seen or heard anything in the dead of night.

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Sol. (c)

79.  The little boy asked his teacher if she had always been good as a child.

       (a) The little boy said to his teacher, “You have always been good as a child?”

       (b) The little boy said to his teacher, “Ma’am, always you were good as a child?”

       (c) The little boy said to his teacher, “Ma’am, were you always good as a child?”

       (d) The little boy said to his teacher, “Are you always good as a child?”

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Sol. (c)

80.  Smriti greeted me and asked me where I was working then.

       (a) Smriti said to me, “Hello! Where were you working then?”

       (b) Smriti said to me, “Hello! Where I was working then?”

       (c) Smriti said to me, “Hello! Where are you working now?”

       (d) Smriti said to me, “Hello! Where you are working now?”

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Sol. (c)

81.  Raza requested his parents to forgive him that time and promised never to play truant again.

       (a) Raza said to his parents, “Please forgive me this time. I promise never to play truant again.”

       (b) Raza said to his parents, “Forgive me that time. I promise I would never play truant again.”

       (c) Raza said to his parents, “Please forgive me that time. I promise to never play truant again.”

       (d) Raza said to his parents, “Forgive me this time. I promised never to play truant again.”

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Sol. (a)

82.  The librarian said, “Let no student be issued a book till next week.”

       (a) The librarian said that no student was to be issued a book till the following week.

       (b) The librarian said that no student is to be issued a book till next week.

       (c) The librarian said that no student will be issued a book till the following week.

       (d) The librarian said that let no student be issued a book till next week.

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Sol. (a)

83.  She asked if she could help him with his packing.

       (a) She said, “Could I help him with your packing?”

       (b) She said, “Can I help you with your packing?”

       (c) She said, “Should you help me with my packing?

       (d) She said, “May I help you with your packing?”

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Sol. (b)

84.  Harry said to me, “Don’t wear this expensive watch to school.”

       (a) Harry told me to not wear this expensive watch to school.

       (b) Harry told me that don’t wear that expensive watch to school.

       (c) Harry told me that not to wear that expensive watch to school.

       (d) Harry told me not to wear that expensive watch to school.

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Sol. (d)

85.  The teacher says, “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.”

       (a) The teacher says every action had an equal and opposite reaction.

       (b) The teacher said that every action had an equal and opposite reaction.

       (c) The teacher said that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

       (d) The teacher says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

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Sol. (d)

86.  Her parents asked her if the match proposed by them would be acceptable to her.

       (a) Her parents said her, “Would the match proposed by them be acceptable to her?”

       (b) Her parents said to her, “Was the match proposed by them acceptable to her?”

       (c) Her parents said her, “Will the match proposed by us be acceptable to you?”

       (d) Her parents said to her, “Will the match proposed by us be acceptable to you?”

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Sol. (d)

87.  The Chief Minister said, “All exams shall be cancelled this year.”

       (a) The Chief Minister said that all exams should have been cancelled that year.

       (b) The Chief Minister said that all exams would be cancelled that year.

       (c) The Chief Minister says that all exams shall be cancelled this year.

       (d) The Chief Minister said that all exams should be cancelled this year.

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Sol. (b)

88.  The old man said, “I was walking in my garden at six o’clock.”

       (a) The old man said that I had been walking in my garden at six o’clock.

       (b) The old man said that he had been walking in his garden at six o’clock.

       (c) The old man said that I was been walking in my garden at six o’clock.

       (d) The old man said that he was walking in his garden at six o’clock.

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Sol. (b)

89.  The actor said that what he did in films was something he had never attempted in real life.

       (a) The actor said, “What he did in films is something he has never attempted in real life.”

       (b) The actor said, “What I do in films is something I have never attempted in real life.”

       (c) The actor said, “What I am doing in films is something I have never attempted in real life.”

       (d) The actor said, “What he did in films was something he had never attempted in real life.”

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Sol. (b)

90.  My friend asked me where I planned to go for a vacation.

       (a) My friend said to me, “Where have you planned to go for a vacation?”

       (b) My friend said to me, “Where you have planned to go for a vacation?”

       (c) My friend said to me, “Where do you plan to go for a vacation?”

       (d) My friend said to me, “Where are you planning to go for a vacation?”

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Sol. (c)

91.  The old man said to her, “Good luck to you! May you succeed in your venture!”

       (a) The old man exclaimed good luck to you and wished that she may succeed in her venture.

       (b) The old man wished you good luck and prayed that you might succeed in your venture.

       (c) The old man wished her good luck and prayed that she might succeed in her venture.

       (d) The old man told her good luck and prayed that may she succeed in her venture.

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Sol. (c)

92.  “Please lend me some money, Raman. I need it urgently,” said Sumesh.

       (a) Sumesh requested Raman to lend him some money as he needed it urgently.

       (b) Sumesh requested Raman please lend me some money as I need it urgently.

       (c) Sumesh requested to Raman to please lend him some money as he needed it urgently.

       (d) Sumesh requested Raman to lend me some money as I needed it urgently.

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Sol. (a)

93.  Harsh said, “How happy I am to receive the best student award!”

       (a) Harsh exclaimed happily that he was receiving the best student award.

       (b) Harsh exclaimed with joy that he was very happy to receive the best student award.

       (c) Harsh exclaimed with joy that how happy he was to receive the best student award.

       (d) Harsh exclaimed happily that I am very happy to receive the best student award.

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Sol. (b)

94.  The captain announced, “The flight will be delayed due to bad weather.”

       (a) The captain announced that the flight will be delayed due to bad weather.

       (b) The captain announced that the fight was delayed due to bad weather.

       (c) The captain announced that the flight would be delayed due to bad weather.

       (d) The captain announced that the flight would be delay due to bad weather.

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Sol. (c)

95.  The children said to the nurse, “Reema slipped and fell from the stairs.”

       (a) The children told the nurse that Reema had slipped and fallen from the stairs.

       (b) The children told to the nurse that Reema slipped and fallen from the stairs.

       (c) The children told the nurse Reema has slipped and fallen from the stairs.

       (d) The children told the nurse that Reema slipped and fell from the stairs.

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Sol. (a)

96.  She said to her mother, “May I have another slice of cake?”

       (a) She asked her mother that may I have another slice of cake.

       (b) She asked her mother that may she have another slice of cake.

       (c) She asked her mother if she might have another slice of cake.

       (d) She asked her mother if she may have another slice of cake.

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Sol. (c)

97.  Mother said that when we pluck a flower it dies so we should let it beautify the world as long as it lives.

       (a) Mother says, “When we pluck a flower it dies so we should let it beautify the world as long as it lives.”

       (b) Mother said, “When we pluck a flower it dies so you should let it beautify the world as long as it lived.”

       (c) Mother said, “When we pluck a flower it dies so we should let it beautify the world as long as it lives.”

       (d) Mother said, “When we plucked a flower it died so we should let it beautify the world as long as it lived.”

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Sol. (c)