Direct-Indirect Questions-Set3 – SSC CGL

Direction (1-5) : A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form and mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet.

1. She said to the girl, “Did you do this ?”
(a) She asked the girl that she did that
(b) She asked the girl if she did that
(c) She asked the girl if she had done that
(d) She told the girl that she had done that

2. “Do you want balloons ?” he said to the child.
(a) He asked the child if it wanted balloons
(b) He asked the child whether it had wanted balloons
(c) He asked the child did it want balloons
(d) He asked the child if it would want balloons

3. She said, “How ugly I look in this dress!”
(a) She said that how ugly she was looking in that dress
(b) She exclaimed how ugly she looked in this dress
(c) She expressed how ugly she looked in that dress
(d) She exclaimed that she looked very ugly in that dress

4. She said, “You can leave the books here.”
(a) She said that they can leave the books there
(b) She said that they could leave the books there
(c) She said that they can leave the books here
(d) She said that they could leave the books here

5. My friend said, “I am leaving today”
(a) My friend said that he is leaving today
(b) My friend said that he was leaving today
(c) My friend said that he leaves today
(d) My friend said that he was leaving that day

Answer Key
1.(C)
2.(A)
3.(D)
4.(B)
5.(D)