Direct Indirect Speech MCQs

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Direct Indirect Speech MCQs

Practice Direct and Indirect Speech MCQs with answers and detailed explanations. Learn narration rules, reporting verbs, tense changes, pronoun changes and sentence transformation techniques through multiple choice questions designed for SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, Police, Teaching and other competitive exams.

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Question #181
He said, 'I was watching TV.'
A. He said that he had been watching TV.
B. He said that he watched TV.
C. He said that he was watching TV.
D. He said that he had watched TV.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #182
She said, 'I will be back soon.'
A. She said that she would be back soonly.
B. She said that she would be back soon.
C. She said that she will be back soon.
D. She said that she was back soon.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
'Will be' to 'would be'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #183
He said, 'I have eaten.'
A. He said that he ate.
B. He said that he has eaten.
C. He said that he had ate.
D. He said that he had eaten.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present perfect to past perfect.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #184
She said, 'I don't like coffee.'
A. She said that she didn't like coffee.
B. She said that she didn't liked coffee.
C. She said that she hadn't liked coffee.
D. She said that she doesn't like coffee.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Simple present negative to simple past negative.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #185
He said, 'I am leaving now.'
A. He said that he is leaving now.
B. He said that he was leaving now.
C. He said that he leaves then.
D. He said that he was leaving then.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present continuous to past continuous. 'Now' to 'then'.
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Question #186
She said, 'I have been reading this book.'
A. She said that she had been reading this book.
B. She said that she has been reading this book.
C. She said that she had been reading that book.
D. She said that she read that book.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous. 'This' to 'that'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #187
He said, 'I will meet you at the station.'
A. He said that he would meet me at the station.
B. He said that he will meet you at the station.
C. He said that he will meet me at the station.
D. He said that he would meet you at the station.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'. 'You' to 'me'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #188
She said, 'I can't swim.'
A. She said that she couldn't swim.
B. She said that she couldn't swam.
C. She said that she can't swim.
D. She said that she cannot swim.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Can't' to 'couldn't'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #189
He said, 'I must see a doctor.'
A. He said that he had to saw a doctor.
B. He said that he must see a doctor.
C. He said that he must saw a doctor.
D. He said that he had to see a doctor.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
'Must' to 'had to'.
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Question #190
She said, 'I was going to the market.'
A. She said that she had been going to the market.
B. She said that she was going to the market.
C. She said that she had gone to the market.
D. She said that she went to the market.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #191
He said, 'I will have finished by then.'
A. He said that he would have finished by then.
B. He said that he had finished by then.
C. He said that he will have finished by then.
D. He said that he would have finished by now.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Will have' to 'would have'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #192
She said, 'I don't know him.'
A. She said that she didn't know him.
B. She said that she hadn't known him.
C. She said that she doesn't know him.
D. She said that she didn't knew him.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Simple present negative to simple past negative.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #193
He said, 'I am happy.'
A. He said that I am happy.
B. He said that he was happy.
C. He said that he is happy.
D. He said that he has been happy.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present to past.
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Question #194
He said, 'I will come.'
A. He said that he would come.
B. He said that he will come.
C. He said that he would have come.
D. He said that he came.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #195
She said, 'I can run fast.'
A. She said that she can run fast.
B. She said that I could run fast.
C. She said that she could run fast.
D. She said that she runs fast.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
'Can' to 'could'.
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Question #196
He said, 'I must work hard.'
A. He said that he must worked hard.
B. He said that he had to work hard.
C. He said that he must work hard.
D. He said that he had to worked hard.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
'Must' to 'had to'.
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Question #197
She said, 'I was sleeping.'
A. She said that she was sleeping.
B. She said that she had been sleeping.
C. She said that she slept.
D. She said that she had slept.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #198
He said, 'I have been working.'
A. He said that he worked.
B. He said that he has been working.
C. He said that he had been working.
D. He said that he had worked.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #199
She said, 'I will not forget.'
A. She said that she won't forget.
B. She said that she will not forget.
C. She said that she would not forget.
D. She said that she would not forgot.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
'Will not' to 'would not'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #200
He said, 'I don't like it.'
A. He said that he doesn't like it.
B. He said that he didn't liked it.
C. He said that he didn't like it.
D. He said that he hadn't liked it.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Simple present negative to simple past negative.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech

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