English Direct Indirect Practice Set-7

We are here with English Direct Indirect Practice set which are being repeated asked in competitive exams. These problems constitute 3-5 marks questions in these exams.

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, change the Statements given in Direct Speech form into Indirect Speech or vice versa, with the help of given four options (A),(B),(C),(D).

Q1. He said, “I have cooked a dish”.
(a) He says that he cooked a dish.
(b) He will say that he had cooked a dish.
(c) He said that I had cooked a dish
(d) He said that he had cooked a dish.

Q2. He told the girl not to sit there.
(a) “Didn’t sit here,” he said to the girl.
(b) “Don’t sit there,” he said to the girl.
(c) “Didn’t sit there,” he said to the girl.
(d) “Don’t sit here,” he said to the girl.

Q3. The old man said, “Alas! my only son is dead.”
(a) The old man exclaimed with sorrow that his only son was dead
(b) The old man told with sorrow that his only son was dead
(c) The old man exclaimed with anguish that his only son has been dead
(d) The old man exclaimed with sorrow that his only son had been dead

Q4. He said, “The Earth rotates around the sun.”
(a) He said that the Earth is rotating around the sun
(b) He said that the Earth rotates
(c) He said that the Earth rotates around the sun
(d) He told that the Earth rotates around the sun

Q5. She said to me, “Do not come here”.
(a) She forbade me to come there
(b) She told me to not come here
(c) She forbade me to come here
(d) She ordered me not to come here

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