Direct and Indirect Speech – Exercise – 2

61. “Are you alone, my son?” asked a soft voice close behind me.

(a) A soft voice asked that what I was doing there alone.
(b) A soft voice said to me are you alone son.
(c) A soft voice from my back asked If I was alone.
(d) A soft voice behind me asked If I was alone.

Answer
Answer : (d)
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62. She said to him, “Why don’t you go today?”

(a) She asked him why he did not go that day.
(b) She said to him why he don’t go that day.
(c) She asked him not to go that day.
(d) She asked him why he did not go today.

Answer
Answer : (a)
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63. Dhruv said that he was sick and tired of working for that company.

(a) Dhruv said, “I am sick and tired of working for this company.”
(b) Dhruv said, “He was tired of that company.”
(c) Dhruv said to me, “I am sick and tired of working for this company.”
(d) Dhruv said, “I will be tired of working for that company.”

Answer
Answer : (a)
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64. The boy said, “Who dare call you a thief?”

(a) The boy enquired who dared call him a thief.
(b) The boy asked who called him a thief.
(c) The boy told that who dared call him a thief.
(d) The boy wondered who dared call a thief.

Answer
Answer : (a)
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65. The little girl said to her mother, “Did the sun rise in the East?”

(a) The little girl said to her mother that the sun rose in the East.
(b) The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East.
(c) The little girl said to her mother if the sun rises in the East.
(d) The little girl asked her mother if the sun is in the East.

Answer
Answer : (b)
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