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Direct & Indirect Speech

English - Direct & Indirect Speech
51. Change the following sentence into direct speech:He exclaimed that it was a dreadful idea.
  • D. He said, “what a dreadful idea it is.”
  • B. He said, “this is a dreadful idea.”
  • C. He said, “what a dreadful idea!”
  • A. He said, “it is dreadful idea.”
52. He said, “Alas, how foolish I have been!”
  • C. He exclaimed regreting his foolishness.
  • D. He expressed with sorrow that he has been very foolish.
  • B. He exclained with regret that he had been very foolish.
  • A. He expressed with sorrow that he had been very foolish.
53. He is the best student in his class.
  • B. He is not better than any other student in his class.
  • A. He is not the best student in his class.
  • D. No other student in his class is better than he.
  • C. No other student in his class is so good as he.
54. Choose the correct option that gives correct ‘Indirect’ form of the given sentence :He shouted, “Let me go:”
  • C. He shouted to them that let me go.
  • D. He shouted to them that let go.
  • B. He shouted to them to let him go.
  • A. He shouted to them that he should let go.
55. Choose the correct negative form of the following sentence from the given options :She is going out. .
  • B. She hasn't gone out.
  • A. She is not going out.
  • C. Hardly does she go out.
  • D. Nor she does go out.
56. Choose the correct Indirect form of the following Direct speech sentence:“We had better go”, said she getting up.
  • B. She said in a hurry to go.
  • A. She said getting up that they had better go.
  • C. She said we must go better.
  • D. She said getting up to go that it was better.
57. The Principal said to the students, “Where were you yesterday?”(Change into Indirect)
  • D. The Principal asked to the students where they had been yesterday?
  • A. The Principal told the students where were they yesterday.
  • C. The Principal asked the students where they were the day before.
  • B. The Principal asked the students where they had been the day before.
58. Choose the correct option Changing the following sentence into assertive :How childish your talks are!
  • C. Your talks are not childish.
  • A. Your talks are childish.
  • B. Your talks should be childish.
  • D. Your talks are very childish.
59. Choose the correct form of Indirect Narration for the given sentence:The lady said to the man, “Please lend me your pen.”
  • D. The lady asked the man politely if he could lend her his pen.
  • C. The lady requested the man to lend her his pen.
  • B. The lady told the man to lend her his pen.
  • A. The lady said that please lend me your pen.
60. Choose the most appropriate reported form of the sentence given: “Where will you be tomorrow”, I said “in case I have to meet you?”
  • B. I said to him where he will be next day in case I have to meet him.
  • C. I enquired about his whereabouts the next day in case I would have to meet up.
  • D. I asked where you will be next day in case I will meet him.
  • A. I asked where he would be the next day in case I had to meet him.