1. Choose the correct indirect speech – She asked me, “Are you happy in your new job?”.
a)
She asked me if I was happy in my new job.
b)
She asked me if I have been happy in my new job.
c)
She asked me whether I am happy in my new job.
d)
She asked me if I had been happy in my new job.
Answer:
She asked me if I was happy in my new job.
2. “I’ll have a cup of tea”, my father said , “because I’m not hungry” which of the following sentence is the correct indirect speech?
a)
My father said that he will have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
b)
My father said that he would have had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
c)
My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
d)
My father said that he had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
Answer:
My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
3. Choose the correct indirect speech of the sentence – I said to Javed “Have you passed?”
a)
I asked Javed had he passed.
b)
I asked Javed if he had passed.
c)
I asked Javed you had passed.
d)
I asked Javed that had he passed.
Answer:
I asked Javed if he had passed.
4. Aref told us that he had waited an hour the correct direct speech of the sentence is-
a)
Aref said to us, “I have been waiting an hour”.
b)
Aref said to us, “I waited an hour”.
c)
Aref said to us, “I had to wait an hour”.
d)
Aref said to us, “I was waited an hour”.
Answer:
Aref said to us, “I waited an hour”.
5. He said, “What a pity!” the correct indirect speech of the sentence is -
a)
He said that it was a great pity.
b)
He exclaimed that it was a great pity.
c)
He exclaimed that it is a great pity.
d)
He exclaimed that it is a great pity.
Answer:
He exclaimed that it was a great pity.
6. He said, “ Tell me, boy, is the miller within?” Correct indirect speech of the sentence is -
a)
Addressing the boy, he asked him (boy) to tell him if the miller was within.
b)
Addressing the boy, he said to him (boy) to tell him if the miller was within.
c)
Addressing the boy, he asked him (boy) to tell him that the miller was within.
d)
Addressing the boy, he said him (boy) to tell him if the miller was within.
Answer:
Addressing the boy, he asked him (boy) to tell him if the miller was within.
7. I said to him, “Will you follow me?” the correct indirect speech is-
a)
I said to him if he would follow me.
b)
I asked him if he would follow me.
c)
I asked to him if he would follow me.
d)
I said to him if he will follow me.
Answer:
I asked him if he would follow me.
8. Salim said to me, “I was ill” the correct indirect speech of the sentence is -
a)
Salim told me that he had been ill.
b)
Salim said to me that he was ill.
c)
Salim told me that I had been ill.
d)
Salim told me that he has been ill.
Answer:
Salim told me that he had been ill.
9. “Come in, my friend,” said I. The correct indirect speech of the sentence is -
a)
Addressing him as my friend, he said him to go.
b)
Addressing him as my friend, I told him to go.
c)
Addressing him as my friend, I have said him to go in.
d)
Addressing him as my friend, I asked him to go in.
Answer:
Addressing him as my friend, I told him to go.
10. ‘You said to me, “Would you help me, please?” the correct indirect speech of the sentence is -
a)
You politely asked me if I would help you.
b)
You politely asked me that I should help you.
c)
You politely asked me that whether I would help you.
d)
You politely told me if I would helped you.
Answer:
You politely asked me if I would help you.
11. Report the following in indirect speech: He said to me, “ How have you done it?”
a)
He enquired of me if I had done it.
b)
He enquired of me how I had done it.
c)
He said to me if I had done it.
d)
He said to me that I had done it.
Answer:
He enquired of me how I had done it.
আরও পড়ুন:
12. Report the following in indirect speech: You will say, “I am ill”
a)
You will say that you are ill.
b)
You will say that I am ill.
c)
You will say that you were ill.
d)
You would say that I was ill.
Answer:
You will say that you are ill.
13. ‘He inquired whether his name was not Ahmed’. Locate the correct direct narration
a)
He inquired, “ Are you not Mr. Ahmed?”
b)
He questioned, “Is not your name Ahmed?”
c)
He demanded, “ Is your name Ahmed not?”
d)
He said , “Is not your name Ahmed?”
Answer:
He said , “Is not your name Ahmed?”
14. He said to me, “What are you doing?” Find out the correct indirect speech.
a)
He said that what are you doing?
b)
He said to me that what are you doing?
c)
What are you doing was what he said to me.
d)
He asked me what I was doing.
Answer:
He asked me what I was doing.
15. I said angrily, “Leave me alone”. Find out the correct indirect narration.
a)
I said to him angrily to leave me alone.
b)
I told him angrily to leave me alone.
c)
I told angrily to leave me alone.
d)
I asked him angrily to leave me alone.
Answer:
I told angrily to leave me alone.
16. He requested that he might be allowed to come in’- the correct direct speech is-
a)
He requested me, “Let him allowed come in”
b)
He asked, “Let me allow coming in”
c)
He said , “Let me to come in”
d)
He said, “ May I come in?”
Answer:
He said, “ May I come in?”
17. He said to me, “Regular exercise is good for health”. Make it indirect speech.
a)
He told me that regular exercise is good for health.
b)
He told me that regular exercise is to be good for health.
c)
He told me that regular exercise was good for health.
d)
He told me that regular exercise is best for health.
Answer:
He told me that regular exercise is good for health.
18. He said, “ I have been working since sunrise”. Make it indirect speech.
a)
He said that he has been working since sunrise.
b)
He said that he has worked for sunrise.
c)
He said that he had been working since sunrise.
d)
He said that he is been working since sunrise.
Answer:
He said that he had been working since sunrise.
19. The teacher said to me, “ May you pass the examination”. It’s indirect form is –
a)
The teacher prayed that I could pass the examination.
b)
The teacher wished that I may have passed the examination.
c)
The teacher prayed that I might pass the examination.
d)
The teacher prayed that I might have passed the examination.
Answer:
The teacher prayed that I might pass the examination.
20. The teacher said, “ I shall not teach him English”
a)
The teacher said he would not teach him English
b)
The teacher said that he would not taught him English
c)
The teacher said that he would not teach him English
d)
The teacher said that he will not teach him English.
Answer:
The teacher said that he would not teach him English