Direct And Indirect Speech - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

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Each section contains 100 MCQs on Direct and Indirect Speech .

"If you want to smoke,you'll have to go out", said the conductor.

A) The conductor ordered me to go out and smoke. B) The conductor said that if i/he wanted to smoke, i/he would have to go out. C) The conductor told me that smoking is not permitted in the bus. D) The conductor told me that I will have to go out and smoke.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

The conductor said that if i/he wanted to smoke, i/he would have to go out.

She said, "I am sorry, I am not able to submit those papers".

A) She said she was sorry, she is not able to submit those papers. B) She said that she was sorry and she will not be able to submit those papers. C) She apologized for not being able to submit those papers. D) She exclaimed with sorrow that she was sorry and she will not be able to submit those papers.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

She apologized for not being able to submit those papers.

Kannan said to Subha, "I'll return the book after I have read it."

A) Kannan told Subha that he will return the book after he has read it. B) Kannan told Subha that he would return the book after he has read it. C) Kannan told Subha that he will return the book after he read it. D) Kannan told Subha that he would return the book after he had read it.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Kannan told Subha that he would return the book after he had read it.

I said to her, "Do you know how to dance?"

A) I asked her if she does know dancing. B) I asked her if she had known how to dance. C) I asked her if she was known how to dance. D) I asked her if she knew how to dance.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

I asked her if she knew how to dance.

Radha said that the manager would go to Bombay the next day.

A) Radha said, "Our manager will go to Bombay tomorrow." B) Radha said, "Our manager will be going to Bombay the next day." C) Radha said, "Our manager might be going to Bombay the next day." D) Radha said, "Our manager might go to Bombay tomorrow."

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Radha said, "Our manager will go to Bombay tomorrow."

The teacher said to me, "What is your name?"

A) The teacher told me what my name was. B) The teacher asked me what my name was. C) The teacher asked me what my name is. D) The teacher asked me what was my name.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

The teacher asked me what my name was.

"Call the first witness," said the judge.

A) The judge ordered that the first witness be called. B) The judge asked them to call the first witness. C) The judge requested them to call the first witness. D) The judge said to them to call the first witness.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

The judge asked them to call the first witness.

The ox asked the dog not to sit there.

A) The ox said to the dog, "Not to sit here." B) The ox said to the dog,"Do not sit here." C) The ox said to the dog, "Does not sit here." D) The ox said to the dog,"Did not sit here."

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

The ox said to the dog,"Do not sit here."

Sandy said, "I have already written a letter to my family."

A) Sandy said that she had already written a letter to her family. B) Sandy said that she wrote a letter to her family. C) Sandy said that she was writing a letter her family. D) Sandy said that she will write a letter to her family.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Sandy said that she had already written a letter to her family.

She said, "I will now take rest for sometime."

A) She said that I would now take rest for some time. B) She said that she will then take rest for some time. C) She said that she would then take rest for some time. D) She said that he will then take rest for some time.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

She said that she would then take rest for some time.

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