Direct and Indirect Speech MCQs
Change the form of speech:
He said, "I am glad to be here this evening."
He said that he was glad to be there that evening.
He said he was glad to be here this evening.
He said that he is glad to be there that evening.
He said that he was glad to be here that evening.
Change the form of speech:
The general said, "Bravo! You have done wonders."
The general exclaimed with applause that they had done wonders.
The general applauded them, saying that they had done wonders.
The general said bravo that they had done wonders.
The general applauded that they have done wonders.
Change the form of speech:
"Good morning," he said.
He said good morning.
He wished me good morning.
He told me good morning.
He greeted me good morning.
Change the form of speech:
The general commanded his soldiers to march forward.
The general said to his soldiers, "Please march forward."
The general said, "Soldiers, you should march forward."
The general said to his soldiers, "March forward!"
The general said to his soldiers, "They will march forward."
Change the form of speech:
He exclaimed with sorrow that he had lost his wallet.
He said, "I have lost my wallet."
He said, "Alas! I have lost my wallet."
He said, "Oh, I had lost my wallet."
He said, "Alas! He has lost his wallet."
Change the form of speech:
She remarked that it was a cold day.
She said, "What a cold day."
She said, "It was a cold day."
She said, "It is a cold day."
She said, "It has been a cold day."
Change the form of speech:
I said to him, "Let us go out for a walk."
I proposed to him that we should go out for a walk.
I asked him to go out for a walk.
I told him that we should go out for a walk.
I requested him to go out for a walk.
Change the form of speech:
I asked him if he knew the way.
I said to him, "You know the way?"
I said to him, "If you know the way."
I said to him, "Do you know the way?"
I said to him, "Did you know the way?"
Change the form of speech:
She said that she had to finish the assignment that day.
She said, "I must finish the assignment today."
She said, "I have to finish the assignment that day."
She said, "I had to finish the assignment today."
She said, "I must finish the assignment that day."
Change the form of speech:
He said to me, "What are you doing now?"
He asked me what I was doing then.
He asked me what I am doing then.
He asked me what was I doing then.
He asked me what are you doing now.
Change the form of speech:
He confessed with regret that he had been very foolish.
He said, "I was very foolish."
He said, "I am very foolish."
He said, "How foolish I have been!"
He said, "I have been very foolish."
Change the form of speech:
He said, "Let me have some coffee."
He told them to have some coffee.
He wished that he might have some coffee.
He asked if he can have some coffee.
He requested to let him have some coffee.
Change the form of speech:
He said to me, "Please help me."
He told me to please help him.
He requested me to help him.
He asked me to help him.
He ordered me to help him.
Change the form of speech:
"I don't know the way. Do you?" he asked.
He said he didn't know the way and asked if I did.
He said that he didn't know the way and asked me that did I.
He said that he doesn't know the way and asked if I do.
He said he didn't know the way and asked me about it.
Change the form of speech:
I said to him, "Are you a doctor?"
I asked him that was he a doctor.
I asked him if he was a doctor.
I asked him if you were a doctor.
I asked him was he a doctor.
Change the form of speech:
He said, "Thank you."
He said that thank you.
He thanked me.
He told me thank you.
He said to me thank you.
Change the form of speech:
She said that the earth is round.
She said, "The earth was round."
She said, "The earth is round."
She said, "Is the earth round?"
She said, "The earth had been round."
Change the form of speech:
She said, "My brother is arriving today."
She said that her brother was arriving that day.
She said that my brother was arriving that day.
She said that her brother is arriving today.
She said that her brother was arriving today.
Change the form of speech:
He inquired when the next train would arrive.
He said, "When will the next train arrive?"
He said, "When would the next train arrive?"
He said, "When the next train will arrive?"
He said, "When does the next train arrive?"
Change the form of speech:
The chairman said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that evening.
The chairman said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening."
The chairman said, "It gave me great pleasure to be there that evening."
The chairman said, "It gives me great pleasure to be there this evening."
The chairman said, "It gives him great pleasure to be here this evening."
Change the form of speech:
"Don't play with fire," the mother said to her children.
The mother warned her children not to play with fire.
The mother told her children do not play with fire.
The mother asked her children to not play with fire.
The mother forbid her children to play with fire.
Change the form of speech:
He said, "Let us go for a walk."
He said that they should go for a walk.
He proposed that they should go for a walk.
He asked if they could go for a walk.
He told them to go for a walk.
Change the form of speech:
The captain applauded the players, saying that they had played very well.
The captain said to the players, "You have played very well."
The captain said to the players, "Well done! You played very well."
The captain said to the players, "Bravo! You have played very well."
The captain said to the players, "You had played very well."
Change the form of speech:
He wished that he were a king.
He said, "I am a king."
He said, "If only I am a king!"
He said, "I wish I were a king!"
He said, "I wish I was a king."
Change the form of speech:
She said, "Alas! I have lost my purse."
She exclaimed with sorrow that she had lost her purse.
She exclaimed that she has lost her purse.
She said with sorrow she lost her purse.
She exclaimed sorrowfully that she lost her purse.
Change the form of speech:
She said that she could not attend the meeting the following day.
She said, "I cannot attend the meeting tomorrow."
She said, "She cannot attend the meeting the following day."
She said, "I could not attend the meeting tomorrow."
She said, "I cannot attend the meeting the next day."
Change the form of speech:
She said, "I have been waiting for hours."
She said that she has been waiting for hours.
She said that she was waiting for hours.
She said that she had been waiting for hours.
She said that I have been waiting for hours.
Change the form of speech:
He said, "Oh! I agree."
He exclaimed with oh that he agreed.
He said that he agreed.
He agreed with an oh.
He gave a cry of oh and said that he agreed.
Change the form of speech:
He said that he would do it then or never.
He said, "I will do it now or never."
He said, "I would do it now or never."
He said, "I would do it then or never."
He said, "I will do it then or never."
Change the form of speech:
She said, "Hurrah! We have won the match."
She exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
She exclaimed that they have won the match.
She said with joy that they won the match.
She exclaimed joyfully that we had won the match.
Change the form of speech:
I said to her, "I cannot help you at this time."
I told her that I cannot help her at this time.
I told her that she could not be helped by me at that time.
I told her that I could not help her at that time.
I said to her that I could not help her at that time.
Change the form of speech:
He said to his servant, "Go away at once."
He ordered his servant to go away at once.
He asked his servant to go away at once.
He told his servant that he should go away at once.
He requested his servant to go away at once.
Change the form of speech:
She said to me, "I will call you tomorrow."
She told me that she will call me the next day.
She told me that she would call me tomorrow.
She told me that she would call me the next day.
She told me that I would be called by her the next day.
Change the form of speech:
She said to them, "Will you listen to such a man?"
She asked them would they listen to such a man.
She asked them if they would listen to such a man.
She asked them if they will listen to such a man.
She asked them whether they would listen to that a man.
Change the form of speech:
He asked his mother if she had cooked the meal.
He said to his mother, "Have you cooked the meal?"
He said to his mother, "Did you cook the meal?"
He said to his mother, "If you have cooked the meal?"
Both A and B are correct.
Change the form of speech:
The officer forbade his men to open fire.
The officer said to his men, "Please don't open fire."
The officer said to his men, "You must not open fire."
The officer said to his men, "Don't open fire!"
The officer said to his men, "I forbid you to open fire."
Change the form of speech:
She exclaimed with wonder that it was a very tall building.
She said, "What a tall building it is!"
She said, "That is a very tall building."
She said, "How tall is that building!"
She said, "It is a very tall building."
Change the form of speech:
"Call the first witness," said the judge.
The judge commanded them to call the first witness.
The judge commanded that they should call the first witness.
The judge commanded to call the first witness.
The judge commanded for the first witness to be called.
Change the form of speech:
She asked her son why he was crying.
She said to her son, "Why were you crying?"
She said to her son, "Why are you crying?"
She said to her son, "Why you are crying?"
She said to her son, "Why he was crying?"
Change the form of speech:
She warned me not to touch that wire.
She said to me, "You should not touch this wire."
She said to me, "Don't touch this wire!"
She said to me, "Don't touch that wire!"
She said to me, "You must not touch that wire."
Change the form of speech:
He said, "Where do you live?"
He asked where do I live.
He asked where I lived.
He asked that where I lived.
He asked where I live.
Change the form of speech:
The boy said, "I must go home now."
The boy said that he must go home then.
The boy said that he had to go home then.
The boy said that he must have to go home then.
Both A and B are correct.
Change the form of speech:
I told them I had no time for them then.
I said to them, "I have no time for you now."
I said to them, "I had no time for you then."
I said to them, "I have no time for them now."
I said to them, "I don't have time for you then."
Change the form of speech:
He said, "I have passed the examination."
He said that he has passed the examination.
He announced that he had passed the examination.
He said that he had passed the examination.
Both B and C are correct.
Change the form of speech:
He said, "I saw this man long ago."
He said that he saw that man long before.
He said that he had seen that man long before.
He said that he had seen this man long ago.
He said that he saw that man long ago.
Change the form of speech:
The visitor asked the child if his father was at home.
The visitor said to the child, "Was your father at home?"
The visitor said to the child, "Your father is at home?"
The visitor said to the child, "Is your father at home?"
The visitor said to the child, "If your father is at home?"
Change the form of speech:
She said, "I must leave now as I am getting late."
She said she had to leave then as she was getting late.
She said she must leave now as she was getting late.
She said she had to leave then because she is getting late.
She said she must have left then as she was getting late.
Change the form of speech:
The teacher said, "Be quiet and listen to my words."
The teacher told them to be quiet and listen to his words.
The teacher urged them to be quiet and listen to his words.
The teacher said that they should be quiet and listen to his words.
All of the above.
Change the form of speech:
The student said, "May I come in?"
The student asked if he may come in.
The student asked respectfully if he might come in.
The student asked that he might come in.
The student requested to come in.
Change the form of speech:
He said, "I am unwell."
He said that he is unwell.
He said that he was unwell.
He said that I was unwell.
He said that he had been unwell.
Change the form of speech:
The accused pleaded that he had not committed the crime.
The accused said, "I have not committed the crime."
The accused said, "I did not commit the crime."
The accused said, "I had not committed the crime."
Both A and B are correct.
Change the form of speech:
She asked me where I had put her book.
She said to me, "Where you put my book?"
She said to me, "Where did you put my book?"
She said to me, "Where you had put my book?"
She said to me, "Where have you put my book?"
Change the form of speech:
He said, "I was writing a letter."
He said that he was writing a letter.
He said that he had been writing a letter.
He said that he wrote a letter.
He said that he has been writing a letter.
Change the form of speech:
The old man prayed that God might bless me.
The old man said, "God may bless you."
The old man said, "May God bless you!"
The old man said, "May God bless me!"
The old man said, "God might bless you."
Change the form of speech:
The teacher told the students that they had been making good progress.
The teacher said to the students, "You are making good progress."
The teacher said to the students, "You have been making good progress."
The teacher said to the students, "You had been making good progress."
The teacher said to the students, "They were making good progress."
Change the form of speech:
Ali said, "I will go to Multan tomorrow."
Ali said that he will go to Multan the next day.
Ali said that he would go to Multan tomorrow.
Ali said that he would have gone to Multan the next day.
Ali said that he would go to Multan the next day.
Change the form of speech:
"What did you eat last night?" she asked me.
She asked me what I had eaten the previous night.
She asked me what I ate last night.
She asked me what I had eaten last night.
She asked me what did I eat the previous night.
Change the form of speech:
Ali said, "I went to Lahore yesterday."
Ali said that he had gone to Lahore the previous day.
Ali said that he went to Lahore yesterday.
Ali said that he had gone to Lahore yesterday.
Ali said that he went to Lahore the previous day.
Change the form of speech:
He said that he had seen that movie the previous week.
He said, "I saw this movie last week."
He said, "I have seen that movie last week."
He said, "I saw that movie the previous week."
He said, "I had seen this movie last week."
Change the form of speech:
The hermit wished that the king might live long.
The hermit said to the king, "You may live long."
The hermit said, "May the king live long!"
The hermit said, "The king might live long."
The hermit said to the king, "Live long!"
Change the form of speech:
He asked me what I was doing then.
He said to me, "What are you doing now?"
He said to me, "What I was doing then?"
He said to me, "What are you doing then?"
He said to me, "What were you doing now?"
Change the form of speech:
He suggested that they should wait for the next bus.
He said, "We must wait for the next bus."
He said, "Should we wait for the next bus?"
He said, "Let's wait for the next bus."
He said, "We will wait for the next bus."
Change the form of speech:
The teacher said, "The Earth revolves around the Sun."
The teacher said that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
The teacher said that the Earth is revolving around the Sun.
The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
The teacher said that the Earth had revolved around the Sun.
Change the form of speech:
My friend said to me, "Do you have any spare time?"
My friend asked me that if I had any spare time.
My friend asked me if I have any spare time.
My friend asked me if I had any spare time.
My friend asked me do I have any spare time.
Change the form of speech:
She told the boy that he might be mistaken.
She said to the boy, "You could be mistaken."
She said to the boy, "You may be mistaken."
She said to the boy, "You might be mistaken."
She said to the boy, "You are mistaken."
Change the form of speech:
He proposed that they should go for a picnic.
He said, "We will go for a picnic."
He said, "Let's go for a picnic."
He said, "Should we go for a picnic?"
He said, "We must go for a picnic."
Change the form of speech:
The priest said, "May God pardon this sinner!"
The priest prayed that God might pardon that sinner.
The priest prayed that God would pardon this sinner.
The priest wished that God might pardon that sinner.
The priest said that may God pardon that sinner.
Change the form of speech:
The traveler said, "What a beautiful sight!"
The traveler exclaimed that it was a very beautiful sight.
The traveler said what a beautiful sight it was.
The traveler exclaimed that what a beautiful sight it was.
The traveler told that it was a beautiful sight.
Change the form of speech:
I asked my friend where he had been all those days.
I said to my friend, "Where were you all these days?"
I said to my friend, "Where have you been all these days?"
I said to my friend, "Where you had been all those days?"
I said to my friend, "Where you were all these days?"
Change the form of speech:
The teacher ordered the students to be quiet.
The teacher said to the students, "You should be quiet."
The teacher said to the students, "Please be quiet."
The teacher said to the students, "Be quiet!"
The teacher said to the students, "They must be quiet."
Change the form of speech:
He said, "I shall go as soon as it is possible."
He said that he would go as soon as it was possible.
He said that he will go as soon as it is possible.
He said that he would go as soon as it would be possible.
He said that he should go as soon as it was possible.
Change the form of speech:
My father advised me not to waste my time.
My father said to me, "You should not waste your time."
My father said to me, "Don't waste your time."
My father said to me, "No wasting your time."
My father said to me, "I forbid you to waste your time."
Change the form of speech:
The captain said, "Bravo! You have played well."
The captain applauded him, saying that he had played well.
The captain told him that he had played well.
The captain exclaimed that he has played well.
The captain said bravo that he had played well.
Change the form of speech:
She told me that she would go to Lahore the next day.
She said to me, "I will go to Lahore tomorrow."
She said to me, "She will go to Lahore tomorrow."
She said to me, "I would go to Lahore the next day."
She said to me, "I will go to Lahore the next day."
Change the form of speech:
The beggar requested me to give him some food.
The beggar said to me, "Give me some food."
The beggar said to me, "Can you give me some food?"
The beggar said to me, "Please give me some food."
The beggar said, "I need some food, give it to me."
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