Direct-and-indirect-speech practice and detailed explanation for test-2 English Subject

Direct-and-indirect-speech Test-2 English Subject Questions and Answers

Question 21

The mother said, “It is raining heavily.”

A). The mother told it were raining heavily.

B). The mother said that it was raining heavily.

C). The mother said that it is raining heavily.

D). The mother told that it has been raining heavily.

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Present tense in direct speech changes to past tense in reported speech.

Question 22

I said to him, “What are you doing?”

A). I said to him what he is doing.

B). I asked him what he has been doing.

C). I asked him what he was doing.

D). I said to him what are you doing.

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Present continuous in direct speech changes to past continuous in reported speech.

Question 23

He said to me, “Why are you laughing?”

A). He asked me why I was laughing.

B). He said to me that Why are you laughing.

C). He said to me that Why he was laughing

D). He asked me why he has been laughing.

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Question 24

He said, “How cunning she is!”

A). He told that she has been very cunning.

B). He said that she was cunning very much.

C). He exclaimed with sorrow that she was very cunning.

D). He exclaimed with wonder that she was very cunning.

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Question 25

The porter said, “Which train are you taking?”

A). The porter asked which train I was taking.

B). The porter said that Which train are you taking.

C). The porter asked which train he has been taking.

D). The porter said which train he should taking.

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Question 26

Alia said to me, “Where are you going?”

A). Alia said to me that where are you going.

B). Alia told to me that she was going.

C). Alia asked me where I was going.

D). Alia asked me where he has been going.

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Question 27

I said to mother, “I am going away tomorrow”.

A). I said to mother that I am going away tomorrow.

B). I told mother that I was going away the next day.

C). I told mother that he was going away tomorrow.

D). I told mother that he has been going away the next day.

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Question 28

He said to the librarian, “The book I am returning is the best I have ever read”.

A). He told the librarian that the book he was returning was the best he had ever read.

B). He said to the librarian that the book I am returning is the best I have ever read.

C). He told the librarian that the book he was returning was the best I have ever read.

D). He said to the librarian that the book he is returning was the best he has ever read.

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Question 29

The poet said, “ What a bewitching sight !”

A). The poet exclaimed with sorrow that it was a very bewitching sight.

B). The poet said that What a bewitching sight!.

C). The poet exclaimed with wonder that it is a very bewitching sight.

D). The poet exclaimed with wonder that it was a very bewitching sight.

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Question 30

He said, “By God, I am speaking the truth”.

A). He said that by God I am speaking the truth.

B). He swore by God and said that he is speaking the truth.

C). He swore by God and said that he was speaking the truth.

D). He swore by God and told that he has been speaking the truth.

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