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33 multiple-choice questions on English: Direct & Indirect Speech from English, each with the correct answer and, where available, a teacher's explanation. Read through them to revise the chapter, then practise the same questions one by one to test yourself.

26. He said, "Hurrah! We have won the match."

  1. He said hurrah that they had won the match.
  2. He exclaimed with sorrow that they had won the match.
  3. He exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
  4. He exclaimed hurrah that they won the match.

Answer: C) He exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.

Explanation: Exclamations of joy → exclaimed with joy that… Direct & Indirect Speech · Commands & exclamations

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27. He said, "I will come tomorrow."

  1. He said that he would come tomorrow.
  2. He said that he would come the next day.
  3. He said that he will come tomorrow.
  4. He told that he would come the next day.

Answer: B) He said that he would come the next day.

Explanation: will → would; tomorrow → the next day. Direct & Indirect Speech · Statements

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28. She said, "I must work hard."

  1. She said that she must worked hard.
  2. She told that she had to work hard.
  3. She said that she had to work hard.
  4. She said that she has to work hard.

Answer: C) She said that she had to work hard.

Explanation: must (obligation) → had to. Direct & Indirect Speech · Statements

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29. He said to her, "Have you seen my book?"

  1. He asked her had she seen his book.
  2. He asked her if she had seen his book.
  3. He told her if she had seen his book.
  4. He asked her if she has seen my book.

Answer: B) He asked her if she had seen his book.

Explanation: Present perfect → past perfect; pronouns change. Direct & Indirect Speech · Questions

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30. The stranger said, "Which way is the station?"

  1. The stranger asked which way was the station.
  2. The stranger told which way the station was.
  3. The stranger asked which way the station is?
  4. The stranger asked which way the station was.

Answer: D) The stranger asked which way the station was.

Explanation: Statement order in the reported question. Direct & Indirect Speech · Questions

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31. The doctor said to him, "Take this medicine twice a day."

  1. The doctor advised him take this medicine twice a day.
  2. The doctor advised that take the medicine twice a day.
  3. The doctor said him to take that medicine twice a day.
  4. The doctor advised him to take that medicine twice a day.

Answer: D) The doctor advised him to take that medicine twice a day.

Explanation: Advice → advised + object + to + V1; this → that. Direct & Indirect Speech · Commands & exclamations

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32. He said to me, "Please wait here."

  1. He told me please wait there.
  2. He requested that wait there.
  3. He requested me to wait there.
  4. He requested me to wait here.

Answer: C) He requested me to wait there.

Explanation: Request; here → there. Direct & Indirect Speech · Commands & exclamations

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33. She said, "Alas! I have lost my purse."

  1. She exclaimed that alas she has lost her purse.
  2. She said alas that she lost her purse.
  3. She exclaimed with sorrow that she had lost her purse.
  4. She exclaimed with joy that she had lost her purse.

Answer: C) She exclaimed with sorrow that she had lost her purse.

Explanation: "Alas" → exclaimed with sorrow. Direct & Indirect Speech · Commands & exclamations

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