SSC Quiz | English Language | 19 - 08 - 17

Direction:- Change the following sentences into indirect speech/ direct speech.

Q.1. Sweta requested me to lend her some money.

(A) Sweta said to me, “Please lend me some money.”

(B) Sweta said me, “Please lend me some money.”

(C) Sweta said to me, “Please lent me some money.”

(D) Sweta said to me to please lend me some money.”

Q.2. The teacher said, “Where there is will, there is way.”

(A) The teacher said that Where there is will, there is way.

(B) The teacher say that Where there is will, there is way.

(C) The teacher said that Where there was will, there was way.

(D) The teacher has said that Where there is will, there is way.

Q.3. Vivek said, “When I came to your home, You were sleeping.”

(A) Vivek told me to that when he came to my home, I was sleeping.

(B) Vivek told me when he came to my home, I was sleeping.

(C) Vivek told me that when he came to my home, I was sleeping.

(D) Vivek told me when he had come to my home, I was sleeping.

Q.4. The teacher said to me, “Dogs bark at strangers.”

(A) The teacher told me that dogs barked at strangers.

(B) The teacher told me that dogs bark at strangers.

(C) The teacher told to me that dogs bark at strangers.

(D) The teacher told me that dogs have bark at strangers.

Q.5. Anita said to me, “Would you like to have a cup of tea with me?” I said, “NO.”

(A) Anita asked me if I would like to have a cup of tea with her. Anita replied no.

(B) Anita asked me if I would be liking to have a cup of tea with her. Anita replied in negative.

(C) Anita asked me that if I would like to have a cup of tea with her. Anita replied in negative.

(D) Anita asked me if I would like to have a cup of tea with her. Anita replied in negative.

Q.6. “You had better leave the snake alone,” the man said.

(A) The man had warned me to leave the snake alone.

(B) The man warned me to leave the snake alone.

(C) The man warned me to leave the snake.

(D) The man warned me that to leave the snake alone.

Q.7. “You can’t bathe in this pond,” he said to me, “It is very rough.”

(A) He told me that I cannot bathe in that pond as it was very rough.

(B) He told me that I could not bathe in that pond as it is very rough.

(C) He told me that I could not bathe in that pond as it was very rough.

(D) He told me that I could not been bathe in that pond as it was very rough.

Q.8. The manager told the peon not to send anyone in his cabin.

(A) The manager said to the peon, “Don’t send anyone in his cabin.”

(B) The manager said to the peon, that “Don’t send anyone in his cabin.”

(C) The manager said to the peon, “Don’t sent anyone in his cabin.”

(D) The manager said to the peon, “Don’t send noone in his cabin.”

Q.9. Suresh said, “Wait here till I return.”

(A) Suresh told us to wait there till he returns.

(B) Suresh told us to wait here till he returned.

(C) Suresh told to us to wait there till he returned.

(D) Suresh told us to wait there till he returned.

Q.10. Raju said, “Where do you live?”

(A) Raju asked me where I did live.

(B) Raju asked me where did I lived.

(C) Raju asked me where I lived.

(D) Raju asked me that where I lived.

Answer:

1. (A) Sweta said to me, “Please lend me some money.”
2. (A) The teacher said that Where there is will, there is way.
3. (C) Vivek told me that when he came to my home, I was sleeping. 
4. (B) The teacher told me that dogs bark at strangers.
5. (D) Anita asked me if I would like to have a cup of tea with her. Anita replied in negative.
6. (B) The man warned me to leave the snake alone. 
7. (C) He told me that I could not bathe in that pond as it was very rough. 
8. (A) The manager said to the peon, “Don’t send anyone in his cabin.”
9. (D) Suresh told us to wait there till he returned.
10. (C) Raju asked me where I lived.