Direct And Indirect Speech MCQs

A. He said that I can’t bathe in this sea because it’s very rough.

B. He said that you couldn’t bathe in that sea if it was very rough.

C. He said that I couldn’t bathe in that sea as it was very rough.

D. He said that you can’t bathe in this sea since it was very rough.

A. The man told the boy that it only seems complicated because he was not used to it.

B. The man told the boy that it only seemed complicated because he is not used to it.

C. The man told the boy that it only seemed complicated because he was not used to it.

D. The man told the boy it only seems complicated, it is really not so.

A. I asked him why he was working so hard.

B. I asked him why was he working so hard.

C. I asked him why he had been working so hard.

D. I asked him why had he been working so hard.

A. The technician said to us, “There is how you maintained the machine in good working order.”

B. The technician said “This is how you maintain the machine in good working order.”

C. The technician said to us, “That is how you maintained the machine in good working order.”

D. The technician said to us, “This is how you maintained the machine in good working order.”

A. You told me that I was going to to America.

B. You said me that you were going to America.

C. You told me that you were going to America.

D. You told me I was going to America.

A. Sarita told me that I would do it then or never.

B. Sarita told me that she would do it now or never.

C. Sarita told me that she will do that now or never.

D. Sarita told me that she would do it then or never.

A. He said that he had passed the examination.

B. He announced that he has passed the examination.

C. He said that he had to pass the examination

D. He said that he has passed the examination.

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.