A. Mohan said, “Teacher is not at home.”
B. Mohan says, “Teacher is not at home.”
C. Mohan says,”Teacher was not at home.”
D. Mohan said, “Teacher was not at home.”
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Direct And Indirect Speech MCQs
Thomas said that he would meet Andy the following Monday and asked if 1 O’clock suited him.
A. Thomas said to Andy, “I will meet you the next Monday. Will 1 O’clock suit you?”
B. Thomas said to Andy, “Andy, I am going to meet you the following Monday. Does 1 O’clock suit you?”
C. Thomas said to Andy,”Andy,I will have to meet you the following Monday. Is 1 O’clock suiting you?”
D. Thomas said to Andy, “Andy, I would meet you the following Monday. Will 1 O’clock suit you?”
✅ The correct answer is option A.
He said, “May God grant peace to the departed soul!”
A. He wished by God to grant peace to the departed soul.
B. He wished that God may grant peace to the departed soul.
C. He prayed that might God grant peace to the departed soul.
D. He prayed that God would grant peace to the departed soul.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The Captain said to his men, “Stand at ease.”
A. The Captain urged his men to stand at ease.
B. The Captain wanted his men to stand at ease.
C. The Captain told his men that they should stand at ease.
D. The Captain commanded his men to stand at ease.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
He said to me, I have often told you not to play with fire.
A. He said that he has often been telling me not to play with fire.
B. He told me that he had often told me not to play with fire.
C. He reminded me that he often said to me not to play with fire.
D. He said to me that he often told me not to play with fire.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
I told him that he was not working hard.
A. I said to him, “You are not working hard.”
B. I told to him, “You are not working hard.”
C. I said, “You are not working hard.”
D. I said to him, “He is not working hard.”
✅ The correct answer is option A.
“I came home last night”, said he.
A. He told that he had come home last night.
B. He said that he came home last night.
C. He said that he had come home the previous night.
D. He says that he came home the previous night.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
David said to Anna, “Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow.”
A. David told Anna that Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow.
B. David told Anna that Mona left for her native place the next day.
C. David told to Anna that Mona would be leaving for her native place tomorrow.
D. David told Anna that Mona would leave for her native place the next day.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
He said to her, “Rest assured. I shall repay your loan.”
A. He assured her that he would repay her loan.
B. He told her that he would repay her loan.
C. He said that he might repay her loan.
D. He told her not to worry about the repayment of her loan.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Janet exclaimed that she had lost all her belongings at the airport that morning.
A. Janet said, “I had to lose all my belongings at the airport this morning.”
B. Janet said, “I lost all my belongings at the airport that morning.”
C. Janet said, “I had lost all my belongings at the airport that morning.”
D. Janet said, “I lost all my belongings at the airport this morning.”
✅ The correct answer is option D.