Sreedhar’s CCE DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

Find the indirect speech of the following :
1. He said, “I am buying a new pen”.
1) He said that I is buying a new pen 2) He said that he was buying a new pen
3) He told that I was buying a new pen 4) He said that I am buying a new pen 5) None
2. “Don’t swim out too far, boys,” I said
1) I warned the boys not to swim too far. 2) I warned the boys not to swim out far.

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3) I warned the boys to swim out too far. 4) I warned the boys not to swim out too far.5) None
3. He said, “Sudhir was swimming in the pool.”
1) He said that Sudhir had been swimming in the pool.
2) He told that Sudhir had been swimming in the pool.
3) He said that Sudhir had been swimming the pool.
4) He said that Sudhir had swimming in the pool. 5) None
4.
ha
The teacher said, “Have you done your home work ?”
1) The teacher asked if I had done my homework
2) The teacher asked I had done my homework

5. He said, “How many brothers have you?”

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3) The teacher asked that if I had done my homework
4) The teacher asked that I had done my homework 5) None
d
1) He asked that how many brothers I had. 2) He asked if how many brothers I had.
3) He asked whether how many brothers I had.
4) He asked how many brothers I had. 5) None
ee

6. “Keep quiet”, said the mother to the child.

1) The mother asked the child keep quiet.
2) The mother asked the child to keep quite.
3) The mother asked the child to keep quiet.
C
4) The mother asked the child to kept quiet. 5) None
7. “Don’t sleep late and miss the train,” said our teacher.
Sr

1) Our teacher advised us not sleep late and miss the train.
2) Our teacher advised us not to sleep late and miss the train.
3) Our teacher advised us that not to sleep late and miss the train.
4) Our teacher advised us that not sleep late and miss the train. 5) None
8. He said, “Plese, let me go”.
1) He requested to let him go. 2) He requested them let him go.
3) He requested them to let he go. 4) He requested them to let him go. 5) None
9. She said, “Let us have a picnic on Sunday”.
C
1) She suggested that they should have a picnic on sunday.
2) She suggested that they would have a picnic on sunday.
3) She suggested that they should have a picnic sunday.
4) She proposed that they would have a picnic on sunday. 5) None
10. “Call the witness”, said the magistrate.
1) The magistrate ordered to them to call the witness
2) The magistrate ordered them to call the witness
3) The magistrate ordered them call the witness
4) The magistrate ordered them called the witness 5) None
11. He said, “What a fool Tom is !”
1) He exclaimed that Tom was a big fool. 2) He exclaimed that Tom was big fool.
3) He exclaimed Tom is a big fool. 4) He exclaimed that Tom is a big fool. 5) None
12. He said, “Alas ! the poor woman died that very night”.
1) He exclaimed with sorrow that the poor woman has died that very night.
2) He exclaimed with sorrow that the poor woman had dead that very night.
3) He exclaimed with sorrow that the poor woman had died this very night.
4) He exclaimed with sorrow that the poor woman had died that very night. 5) None

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13. “Hurrah! we have over taken them”, said the boys.
1) The boys shouted delight that they had overtaken them.
2) The boys shouted with delight that they had overtaken them.
3) The boys shouted that they had overtaken them.
4) The boys shouted with delight if they had overtaken them. 5) None
14. She said, “Oh, hello ! fancy meeting you ! how are you ?”
1) She greeted me with surprise and asked me how I was ?.
2) She greeted with surprise and asked me how I was.
3) She greeted me with surprise and asked me how was I.
4) She greeted me with surprise and asked me how I was. 5) None
15. He said, “I wish I married earlier”.
1) He said if he wished he married earlier.

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2) He said that he wished he had married earlier.
3) He said that he wished he married earlier.
4) He said that he married earlier. 5) None
16. She said, “It is time politicians realized their mistakes”.
1) She said it is time politicians realized their mistakes.
2) She said that it is time politicians realized their mistakes.
ha
3) She said that it is time politicians realize their mistakes.
4) She told that it is time politicians realized their mistakes. 5) None
17. He said to her, “If you were young, I would marry you”.
1) He told her that if she were young, he would marry her.

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2) He told that if she were young, he would marry her.
3) He told her that if she was young, he would marry her.
4) He told her that if she were young, he married her. 5) None
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18. The teacher said, “The sun sets in the west”.
1) The teacher told that the sun sets in the west.
2) The teacher said if the sun sets in the west.
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3) The teacher said that the sun sets in the west.

4) The teacher said that the sun set in the west. 5) None
19. She said, “We were thinking of selling the house but we have decided not to”.
1) She told that they had been thinking of selling the house but had decided not to.
C
2) She said that they had been thinking of selling the house but had decided not to.
3) She said that they has been thinking of selling the house but had decided not to.
Sr

4) She said that they had been thinking of selling the house but decided not to. 5) None
20. He said, “When I saw them, they were playing tennis”.
1) He said that when he had seen them, they had been playing tennis.
2) He told that when he saw them, they had been playing tennis.
3) He said that when he saw them, they had been playing tennis.
4) He said that when he saw them, they were playing tennis. 5) None
21. He said, “Who lives next door ?”
1) He asked who lived next door ? 2) He said who lived next door.
C
3) He asked who lived next door. 4) He asked whom lived next door. 5) None
22. He said, “Will you be here tomorrow ?”
1) He asked if I would be there the next day.
2) He asked that I would be there the next day.
3) He asked if I would be there the tomorrow.
4) He asked if I would be there the next day. 5) None
23. “Do sit down”, said my hostess.
1) My hostess invited me that sit down. 2) My hostess invited me to sit down.
3) My hostess invited me sit down. 4) My hostess invited me sat down. 5) None
24. He said, “Could I see Tom, please ?”
1) He asked to see Tom. 2) He asked to see Tom ?
3) He asked see Tom. 4) He asked that to see Tom. 5) None
25. “Please don’t smoke here”, said the watchman.
1) The watchman requested not smoke there.
2) The watchman requested me not to smoke there.
3) The watchman requested not to smoke here.
4) The watchman requested to smoke there. 5) None

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26. Susan said, "I met your sister last week."
1) Susan said that I met your sister last week.
2) Susan said that I had met your sister last week.
3) Susan said that he had met my sister that week.
4) Susan said that he had met my sister the week before. 5) None
27. Ivon said, "You are not listening to me."
1) Ivon said that you are not listening to her.
2) Ivon said that you were not listening to her.
3) Ivon said that I was not listening to her.
4) Ivon said I had not been listening to her. 5) None
28. Bee Lee said, "I am very happy today because my father has given me a car."
1) Bee Lee said that he was very happy that day because his father has given him a car.
2) Bee Lee said that he was very happy that day because his father had given him a car.

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3) Bee Lee said that he is very happy today because his father has given him a car.
4) Bee Lee said that he was very happy today because his father has given him a car.
5) None
29. The headmistress says, "The young people of today are tomorrow's leaders."
1) The headmistress says that the young people of today are tomorrow's leaders.
2) The headmistress says that the young people of that day are the next day's leaders.
ha
3) The headmistress said that the young people of that day are the next day's leaders.
4) The headmistress said that the young people of yesterday are today's leaders.
5) None
30.

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The children said, "We will build a sand-castle ourselves."
1) The children said that they would build a sand-castle themselves.
2) The children said that they will build a sand-castle ourselves.
d
3) The children said that we would build a sand-castle ourselves.
4) The children said that we will build a sand-castle themselves.
5) None
31. He said, "I am looking at the diagram."
ee

1) He said that I am looking at the diagram. 2) He said that I was looking at the diagram.
3) He says that he was looking at the diagram.
4) He said that he was looking at the diagram. 5) None
C
32. Steven said, "I don't have any money to pay for this ticket."
1) Steven said that he don't have any money to pay for this ticket.
2) Steven said that he doesn't have any money to pay for that ticket.
Sr

3) Steven said that he didn't have any money to pay for that ticket.
4) Steven said that he hadn't had any money to pay for that ticket. 5) None
33. Jill said, "Jack must give his answer to me."
1) Jill said that Jack must give her answer to him.
2) Jill said that Jack had to give his answer to her.
3) Jill said that Jack had to give his answer to me.
4) Jill said that Jack must give his answer to me. 5) None
34. She said, "I have been sewing from morning until now."
C
1) She said that she had been sewing from morning until then.
2) She said that she has been sewing from morning until then.
3) She said that she had been sewing from morning until now.
4) She said that she has been dewing from morning until now. 5) None
35. Carl said, "You may meet them next month."
1) Carl said that you may meet them next month.
2) Carl said that I may meet them next month.
3) Carl said that I might meet them the following month.
4) Carl said that I may meet them the following month. 5) None
36. The scientist explained, "What goes up, must come down."
1) The scientist explained that what went up must come down.
2) The scientist explains that what goes up must come down.
3) The scientist explained that what goes up must come down.
4) The scientist explains that what went up must come down. 5) None
37. "Who is that girl ?" he asked.
1) He asked me who that girl was. 2) He asked me who that girl is.
3) He asked me who is that girl. 4) He asks me who that girl was. 5) None
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38. Ramlah asked him, "How did you solve the problem ?"
1) Ramlah asked him how he has solved the problem.
2) Ramlah asks him how he has solved the problem.
3) Ramlah asked him how he had solved the problem.
4) Ramlah aske dhim how did you solve the problem. 5) None
39. "Get me a pencil, please," she said.
1) She asked me to get her a pencil.2) She asks me to get her a pencil.
3) I asked her to get me a pencil. 4) She commanded me to get her a pencil. 5) None
40. "Don't play in this area !" the guard said.
1) The guard warned us not to play in this area.
2) The guard warned us not to play in that area.
3) the guard warns us not to play in that area.
4) The guard warned us not to be playing in this area. 5) None

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41. "Oh my God ! What have you done to yourself ?" Aishah exclaimed.
1) Aishah exclaimed with surprise and asked me what I have done to myself.
2) Aishah exclaimed with surprise and asked me what I had done to myself.
3) Aishah exclaims with surprise and asked me what I had done to myself.
4) Aishah exclaims with surprise and asks me what I have done to myself. 5) None
42. "It is excellent !" Nordin said.
ha
1) Nordin said that it is excellent. 2) Nordin says that it is excellent.
3) Nordin says that it was excellent 4) Nordin said that it was excellent. 5) None
43. The shopkeeper said, "This is the latest model."

E
1) The shopkeeper said that that is the latest model.
2) The shopkeeper said that that was the latest model.
3) The shopkeeper says that that was the latest model.
d
4) The shopkeeper says that this was the latest model. 5) None
44. Leng An asked, "Can we buy the books here ?"
1) Leng An wants to know if they could buy the books there.
2) Leng An wanted to know if they can buy the books there.
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3) Leng An wanted to know if they could buy the books there.

4) Leng An wanted to know if they could buy the books here. 5) None
45. The teacher explained "The sun rises in the East and sets in the West."
C
1) The teacher explained that the sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
2) the teacher explains that the sun rose in the East and set in the West.
3) The teacher explained that the sun rose in the East and set in the west.
Sr

4) The teacher explains that the sun rises in the east and sets in the West. 5) None
46. "We will be going camping the day after tomorrow," the troop leader said.
1) The troop leader says that they would be going camping in two days' time.
2) The troop leader said that they would be going camping the day after tomorrow.
3) The troop leader said that we are going camping in two day's time.
4) The troop leader said that they would be going camping in two day's time. 5) None
47. "Is she going to Singapore" Najib asked.
1) Najib asked whether she is going to Singapore.
C
2) Najib asks whether she was going to Singapore.
3) Najib asked whether she was going to Singapore.
4) Najib asks whether she is going to Singapore. 5) None
48. "Leave this room !"
1) The manager orders me to leave this room.
2) The manager ordered me to leave this room.
3) The manager orders me to leave that room.
4) The manager ordered me to leave that room. 5) None
49. "Does she like the present ?" I asked him.
1) I asked him if she liked the present. 2) I ask him if she liked the present.
3) I asked him if she likes the present. 4) I ask him if she likes the present. 5) None
50. I said to my nephew, "There are 24 hours in one day."
1) I said to my nephew that there are twenty-four hours in one day.
2) I say to my nephew that there were twenty-four hours in one day.
3) My nephew said to me that there are twenty-four hours in one day.
4) I said to my nephew that there were twenty-four hours in one day. 5) None
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