Direct And Indirect Speech MCQs

A. He said that the government is writing letters.

B. He said that the government was writing letters.

C. He said that the government will write letters.

D. He said that the government wrote letters.

A. The client told his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.

B. The client promised his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.

C. The client told his lawyer that he is going away for a few days and will call him when he gets back.

D. The client assured his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would definitely call him when he got back.

A. She asked him why he did not go that day.

B. She said to him why he don

C. She asked him not to go that day.

D. She asked him why he did not go today.

A. He told me that he had expected me to attend the function.

B. He told me that he expected me to attended the function.

C. He told me that he expected me to have attended the function.

D. He told me that he expected me to attend the function.

A. He said that I cannot help you at present because I myself in difficulty.

B. He said that he could not help me at present because he was himself in difficulty.

C. He told that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.

D. He asked that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.

A. He told her that I want to meet your father.

B. He told her that he wanted to meet her father.

C. He told her that he wanted to meet your father.

D. He told her that she wanted to meet her father.

A. The hare said that he would take a quick nap here in this soft grass.

B. The hare said that he would take a quick nap there in that soft grass.

C. The hare said he will take a quick nap here in this soft grass.

D. The hare said that I will take a quick nap here in this soft grass.

A. They said that they will go to his house the next day.

B. They expressed a desire to visit his house the next day.

C. They told him that they might visit his house the next day.

D. They told him that they would visit his house the next day.

A. He asked her where she was going.

B. He wanted to know where she is going.

C. He wants to know where she was going.

D. He said where she was going.

A. My father stated that honesty was the best policy.

B. My father said that honesty is the best policy.

C. My father said that honesty was the best policy.

D. My father said that honesty has been the best policy.