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Direct & Indirect MCQs and revision practice

Study Direct & Indirect through multiple-choice questions in English. This subtopic contains 380 practice questions. Read the wording carefully, compare the options and attempt an answer before checking the solution in learning mode.

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Direct & Indirect: questions and answer review

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1. Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, “What a lovely dress it is.”

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Answer: She exclaimed that it was a lovely dress.

Explanation In indirect speech , the exclamatory sentence is changed into a statement. The present tense (" is ") changes to past tense (" was "). The phrase " What a lovely dress it is! " is reported as " She exclaimed that it was a lovely dress. "

2. Convert the Direct speech into Indirect speech: Samra said that the manager would go to Karachi the next day.

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Answer: Samra said, "Our manager will go to Karachi tomorrow."

Explanation Samra said, "Our manager will go to Karachi tomorrow." In indirect speech, “ will ” changes to “ would ” when the reporting verb is in the past tense. “ Tomorrow ” also changes to “ the next day .”

3. Change the narration: Ahmed said to the hotel receptionist, “Can you tell me the tariff of rooms?”

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Answer: Ahmed asked the hotel receptionist if he could tell him the tariff of rooms.

Explanation Ahmed said to the hotel receptionist, “Can you tell me the tariff of rooms?” Said to changes to asked (because it's a question). The question is yes/no type , so we use if. Can changes to could (backshifting the tense). " You " becomes " he " (referring to the receptionist). " me " becomes " him " (referring to Ahmed).

4. Change the narration: He said, "I am happy to be here today."

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Answer: He said that he was happy to be there that day.

Explanation He said that he was happy to be there that day. Am changes to was because the reporting verb said is in past tense . The words here and today change to there and that day in indirect speech.

5. Change the narration: He said to them, "Why were you sitting here?"

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Answer: He asked them why they had been sitting there.

Explanation This is a question sentence in indirect narration. Changes : " said to " → " asked " " were you sitting " → " they had been sitting " (past continuous → past perfect continuous) " here " → " there " So, the correct narration is: He asked them why they had been sitting there.

6. Choose the correct narration: Maria said that she was having a business deal on Saturday night.

Maria said,

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Answer: Maria said, I am having a business deal on Saturday night

Explanation Indirect to direct narration : " She was having " changes back to " I am having " in direct speech. Since the reporting verb " said " is in the past and there’s no change in time reference, present continuous remains valid in the direct form.

7. The correct indirect speech for "Make coffee, please," he said to me is?

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Answer: He asked me to make coffee

Explanation In indirect speech , a request or suggestion is often phrased with " asked ." " Make coffee, please" is a polite request, hence the use of " asked " in the indirect speech.

8. What is the indirect object in the sentence: "He sent her a message on her mobile phone"?

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Answer: Her

Explanation Direct object: a message Indirect object: her (the person receiving the message)

9. He told her, "I want to meet your father."

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Answer: He told her that he wanted to meet her father

Explanation Direct: He told her, "I want to meet your father." Indirect: He told her that he wanted to meet her father Convert pronouns Remove inverted commas Change tenses

10. Convert the sentence to indirect form: The beggar said to me "May you go to hell!"

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Answer: The beggar cursed that I might go to hell

Explanation The use of " might " in the indirect speech correctly reflects the nature of a curse or a wish for something undesirable to happen. The sentence indicates a negative or harsh wish , which aligns with the curse format.

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