Top 100 Important Direct and Indirect Speech Mcqs Set-1

41- He said, "I was waiting for you when the accident happened."

A. He said that he had been waiting for me when the accident happened.
B. He said that he was waiting for me when the accident happened.
C. He said that he has been waiting for me when the accident happened.
D. He said that he waited for me when the accident happened.

Answer : A. He said that he had been waiting for me when the accident happened.

42- She said, "What beautiful flowers!"

A. She exclaimed that the flowers were very beautiful. 
B. She said that what beautiful flowers.
C. She said that the flowers are beautiful.
D. She exclaimed that they were beautiful flowers.

Answer : A. She exclaimed that the flowers were very beautiful.

43- He said, "I will not tolerate this behavior."

A. He said that he will not tolerate that behavior.
B. He said that he would not tolerate this behavior.
C. He said that he will not tolerate this behavior.
D. He said that he would not tolerate that behavior.

Answer : D. He said that he would not tolerate that behavior.

44- She said to me, "Let us wait for the results."

A. She suggested that we must wait for the results.
B. She said that we should wait for the results.
C. She said to me that let us wait for the results.
D. She suggested to me that we should wait for the results.

Answer : D. She suggested to me that we should wait for the results.

45- He said, "I can swim across the river."

A. He said that he can swim across the river.
B. He said that he could swim across the river. 
C. He said that he may swim across the river.
D. He said that he might swim across the river.

Answer : B. He said that he could swim across the river.

46- She said, "I am not feeling well today."

A. She said that she was not feeling well that day.
B. She said that she is not feeling well today.
C. She said that she has not been feeling well that day.
D. She said that she had not been feeling well today.

Answer : A. She said that she was not feeling well that day.

47- He asked me, "Where have you been all this time?"

A. He asked me where I have been all that time.
B. He asked me where I had been all that time.
C. He asked me where I have been all this time.
D. He asked me where I had been all this time.

Answer : B. He asked me where I had been all that time.

48- The mother said to her son, "Do not go near the fire."

A. The mother told her son not to go near the fire.
B. The mother warned her son not to go near the fire.
C. The mother forbade her son to go near the fire.
D. All of the above

Answer : D. All of the above

49- He said, "I have been working on this project for three months."

A. He said that he worked on that project for three months.
B. He said that he was working on that project for three months.
C. He said that he had been working on that project for three months.
D. He said that he has been working on that project for three months.

Answer : C. He said that he had been working on that project for three months.

50- She said, "Bravo! You have done well."

A. She applauded him saying that he had done well.
B. She said that bravo he had done well.
C. She said that he has done well.
D. She exclaimed that he had done well.

Answer : A. She applauded him saying that he had done well.

51- He said to me, "Please lend me your pen."

A. He requested me to lend him my pen.
B. He said to me to lend him my pen.
C. He asked me that I should lend him my pen.
D. He told me to lend him my pen.

Answer : A. He requested me to lend him my pen.

52- She said, "I will be waiting for you at the station."

A. She said that she will be waiting for me at the station.
B. She said that she would be waiting for me at the station.
C. She said that she has been waiting for me at the station.
D. She said that she was waiting for me at the station.

Answer : B. She said that she would be waiting for me at the station.

53- He asked her, "Why do you look so sad?"

A. He asked her why she looked so sad.
B. He asked her why she looks so sad.
C. He asked her why did she look so sad.
D. He asked her why she is looking so sad.

Answer : A. He asked her why she looked so sad.

54- The teacher said, "Be quiet, boys."

A. The teacher advised the boys to be quiet.
B. The teacher asked the boys to be quiet.
C. The teacher told the boys to be quiet.
D. The teacher said to the boys that they should be quiet.

Answer : C. The teacher told the boys to be quiet.

55- He said, "I wish I had studied harder."

A. The teacher told the boys to be quiet.
B. He said that he wishes he had studied harder.
C. He wished that he had studied harder.
D. He said that he had studied harder.

Answer : C. He wished that he had studied harder.

56- She said, "I do not understand this concept."

A. She said that she does not understand that concept.
B. She said that she had not understood that concept.
C. She said that she did not understand that concept.
D. She said that she has not understood that concept.

Answer : C. She said that she did not understand that concept.

57- He said, "What time does the train arrive?"

A. He asked what time the train arrived.
B. He asked what time does the train arrive.
C. He asked what time did the train arrive.
D. He asked what time the train arrives.

Answer : A. He asked what time the train arrived.

58- She said to me, "Let me explain the situation."

A. She told me that she may explain the situation.
B. She asked me to let her explain the situation.
C. She said to me that she should explain the situation.
D. She requested me to let her explain the situation.

Answer : D. She requested me to let her explain the situation.

59- He said, "I could not attend the meeting yesterday."

A. He said that he could not attend the meeting yesterday.
B. He said that he had not been able to attend the meeting the previous day.
C. He said that he has not been able to attend the meeting the previous day.
D. He said that he was not able to attend the meeting yesterday.

Answer : B. He said that he had not been able to attend the meeting the previous day.

60- She said, "How beautiful the sunset is!"

A. She said that the sunset was beautiful.
B. She exclaimed that the sunset is very beautiful.
C. She said that how beautiful the sunset is.
D. She exclaimed that the sunset was very beautiful.

Answer : D. She exclaimed that the sunset was very beautiful.

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