Direct Indirect Questions for SSC CGL

Direct Indirect form of speech, Questions of English Grammar for SSC CGL, CHSL, Bank and all Competitive Exams. Free practice set for the student preparing for the govt jobs and entrance examination.

Indirect form of the given sentence.

Q.1: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said, “I am in no mood to work now.”

1. She said that she has been in no mood to work then.
2. She said that she was in no mood to work now.
3. She said that she was in no mood to work then.
4. She said that she has been in no mood to work now.

Answer
3. She said that she was in no mood to work then.

Q.2: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
He said that something might be missing in there.

1.He said, “Something may be missing in here.”
2. He said, “Something had to be missing in there.”
3. He said, “Something is been missing in here.”
4. He said, “Something could be missing in here.”

Answer
1.He said, “Something may be missing in here.”

Q.3: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She asked my why I had been smoking that day.

1.She said to me, “Why were you smoking today?”
2. She said to me, “Why are you smoking today?”
3. She said to me, “why you smoke today?”
4. She says to me, “Why were you smoking this day?”

Answer
1.She said to me, “Why were you smoking today?”

Q.4: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said to me, “The charlatan will be breaking into the safe.”

1. She told me that the charlatan would be breaking into the safe.
2. She said to me that the charlatan will be breaking in the safe.
3. She said to me that the charlatan can be breaking into the safe.
4. She said to me that the charlatan is breaking into the safe.

Answer
1. She told me that the charlatan would be breaking into the safe.

Q.5: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
Shyam asked me how I had persuaded his sister.

1. “How are you persuading my sister?” Shyam asked me.
2. “How did you persuaded my sister?” Shyam asked me.
3. “How did you persuade my sister?” Shyam asked me.
4. “How have you persuade my sister?” Shyam asked me.

Answer
3. “How did you persuade my sister?” Shyam asked me.

Q.6: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
Mr. Sharma asked him if Maya had invited him for lunch.

1. Mr. Sharma said to him, “Has Maya invited you for lunch?”
2. Mr. Sharma said to me, “Has Maya invited you for lunch?”
3. Mr. Sharma said to him, “Had Maya invited us for lunch?”
4. Mr. Sharma said to him, “Did Maya invited us for lunch?”

Answer
1. Mr. Sharma said to him, “Has Maya invited you for lunch?”

Q.7: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said, “She must leave all the bad habits.”

1. She said she has to leave all the bad habits
2. She said that she must have leave all the bad habits
3. She said that she had to leave all the bad habits.
4. She said that she could leave all the bad habits

Answer
3. She said that she had to leave all the bad habits.

Q.8: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Priya said, “Yes, I am confounded.”

1. Priya admitted that she was confound.
2. Priya admit that she was confounded.
3. Priya admitted that she was confounded.
4. Priya admitted that she is confounded.

Answer
3. Priya admitted that she was confounded.

Q.9: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Latika said to him, “I got a hefty discount on this television.”

1. Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on that television.
2. Latika told him that she is getting a hefty discount on that television.
3. Latika told him that she had got a hefty discount on that television.
4. Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on that television.

Answer
3. Latika told him that she had got a hefty discount on that television.

Q.10: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
He said, ‘Let us wait for the award.’

1. He proposed that they should wait for the award.
2. He said that he should wait for the award.
3. He proposed that he should wait for the award.
4. He said that they should waited for the award.

Answer
1. He proposed that they should wait for the award.

Q.11: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Latika said to him, “I got a hefty discount on this television.”

1. Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on that television.
2. Latika told him that she is getting a hefty discount on that television.
3. Latika told him that she had got a hefty discount on that television.
4. Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on this television.

Answer
3. Latika told him that she had got a hefty discount on that television.

Q.12: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
The surgeon says that I should get anaesthesia for the surgery.

1. The surgeon says, “You should get anaesthesia for the surgery.”
2. The surgeon says, “I should get anaesthesia for the surgery.”
3. The surgeon says, “You should get anaesthesia for the surgery.”
4. The surgeon says, “You could get anaesthesia for the surgery.”

Answer
1. The surgeon says, “You should get anaesthesia for the surgery.”

Q.13: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
He said, ‘Let us wait for the award.’

1. He proposed that they should wait for the award.
2. He said that he should wait for the award.
3. He proposed that he should wait for the award.
4. He said that they should waited for the award.

Answer
1. He proposed that they should wait for the award.

Q.14: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
Leena said that his relatives were landing the next day.

1. Leena said, “My relatives land tomorrow.”
2. Leena said, “His relatives are landing today.”
3. Leena said, “His relatives were landing tomorrow.”
4. Leena said, “His relatives are landing tomorrow.”

Answer
4. Leena said, “His relatives are landing tomorrow.”

Q.15: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Kavya said to her husband, “I don’t mind being a busy woman.”

1. Kavya told her husband that she had not mind being a busy woman.
2. Kavya told her husband that she do not mind being a busy woman.
3. Kavya told her husband she did not mind being a busy woman.
4. Kavya told her husband that she did not mind being a busy woman.

Answer
4. Kavya told her husband that she did not mind being a busy woman.

Q.16: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Priya assured me. “I can stay in tonight.”

1. Priya told me that she could stay in this night
2. Priya told me that she could stay in that night
3. Priya told me that she could stay in tonight
4. Priya told me that she can stay in that night

Answer
2. Priya told me that she could stay in that night

Q.17: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
Aryan told me that I knew where to find him.

1. Aryan said to me, “You know where to find me.”
2. Aryan said to me, “You knowing where to find me.”
3. Aryan said to me, “You are known where to find me.”
4. Aryan said to me, “You know where to find me.”

Answer
1. Aryan said to me, “You know where to find me.”

Q.18: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
John said that he was there to resolve that fight for them.

1. John says, “I am here to resolve this fight for you.”
2. John said to me, “You are here to resolve this fight for you.”
3. John said, “I am here to resolve this fight for you.”
4. John said, “I was here to resolve this fight for you.”

Answer
3. John said, “I am here to resolve this fight for you.”

Q.19: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Madhurima explained, “I am planning to quit my graduation.”

1. Madhurima explained that she were planning to quit her graduation.
2. Madhurima explained that she were planned to quit her graduation.
3. Madhurima explained that she was planning to quit her graduation.
4. Madhurima explained that she had been planning to quit her graduation.

Answer
3. Madhurima explained that she was planning to quit her graduation.

Q.20: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
Raveena asked me if I had her maid’s number.

1. Raveena asked me, “Do you have my maid’s number?”
2. Raveena asked me, “Are you having my maid’s number?”
3. Raveena said to me, “Does you have my maid’s number?”
4. Raveena asked to me, “Have you have my maid’s number?”

Answer
1. Raveena asked me, “Do you have my maid’s number?”

Questions on direct and indirect form of English sentence are asked in SSC CGL, CPO, CHSL, JE, MTS, Steno exams.

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