Category: Direct and Indirect Speech Mcqs

A. The postman said that it was the government’s and not his business to do that.
B. The postman said that the government did not do what it was expected to do.
C. The postman said that it was not his business and that the government should do whatever it had to.
D. The postman said that it was the business of the government to do whatever it had to.

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. He said to let him have some tea.
B. He asked us to let him have some tea.
C. He wished that he might have some tea.
D. He wished that he will have some tea.

A. He said that babies drink milk.
B. He told that babies should drink milk.
C. He advised the babies to drink milk.
D. He said that babies drank milk.

A. Alice asked her if she can see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
B. Alice told her if she could see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
C. Alice asked her if she could see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
D. Alice asked her if she could have seen a woman seated on the bench in a park.

A. His father said that he did not pull the dog’s tail.
B. His father forbade him not to pull the dog’s tail.
C. His father told him to pull the dog’s tail.
D. His father told him not to pull the dog’s tail.

A. He said to me, “How happy you are !”
B. He said to me, “How you are happy !”
C. He said to me, “I am very happy!”
D. He said to me, “How I am happy!”

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. The student told that let he be allowed to come in.
B. The student said that if he is allowed to come in.
C. The student requested to let him come in.
D. The student requested that he might be allowed to come in.

A. The teacher said to the student, “When will you submit your assignment?”
B. The teacher asked the student, “When will you submit his assignment?”
C. The teacher asked the student, “When would you submit his assignment?”
D. The teacher asked the student, “When would he submit his assignment?”