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 #201
She said, 'I am coming.'
A. She said that she is coming.
B. She said that she came.
C. She said that I am coming.
D. She said that she was coming.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present continuous to past continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #202
He said, 'I have finished.'
A. He said that he finished.
B. He said that he had finish.
C. He said that he has finished.
D. He said that he had finished.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present perfect to past perfect.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #203
She said, 'I will call you.'
A. She said that she would call me.
B. She said that she will call me.
C. She said that she will call you.
D. She said that she would call you.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'. 'You' to 'me'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #204
He said, 'I can help you.'
A. He said that he can help me.
B. He said that he could help me.
C. He said that he can help you.
D. He said that he could help you.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
'Can' to 'could'. 'You' to 'me'.
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Question #205
She said, 'I must go.'
A. She said that she had to went.
B. She said that she had to go.
C. She said that she must go.
D. She said that she must went.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
'Must' to 'had to'.
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Question #206
He said, 'I was writing a letter.'
A. He said that he had written a letter.
B. He said that he was writing a letter.
C. He said that he wrote a letter.
D. He said that he had been writing a letter.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #207
She said, 'I have been waiting.'
A. She said that she had been waiting.
B. She said that she waited.
C. She said that she has been waiting.
D. She said that she had waited.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #208
He said, 'I will be there.'
A. He said that he would be there.
B. He said that he will be there.
C. He said that he would have been there.
D. He said that he was there.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Will be' to 'would be'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #209
She said, 'I don't know.'
A. She said that she hadn't known.
B. She said that she didn't know.
C. She said that she doesn't know.
D. She said that she didn't knew.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Simple present negative to simple past negative.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #210
He said, 'I am tired.'
A. He said that he was tired.
B. He said that he is tired.
C. He said that I am tired.
D. He said that he has been tired.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present to past.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #211
She said, 'I have a problem.'
A. She said that she has a problem.
B. She said that I have a problem.
C. She said that she had a problem.
D. She said that she have a problem.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present 'have' to past 'had'.
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Question #212
He said, 'I will win.'
A. He said that he won.
B. He said that he will win.
C. He said that he would have won.
D. He said that he would win.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'.
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Question #213
She said, 'I can speak English.'
A. She said that she can speak English.
B. She said that she speaks English.
C. She said that she could speak English.
D. She said that I could speak English.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
'Can' to 'could'.
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Question #214
She said, 'I was singing.'
A. She said that she had been singing.
B. She said that she had sung.
C. She said that she sang.
D. She said that she was singing.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #215
She said, 'I will come tomorrow.'
A. She said that she would come the next day.
B. She said that she will come the next day.
C. She said that she would come tomorrow.
D. She said that she will come tomorrow.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'. 'Tomorrow' to 'the next day'.
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Question #216
He said, 'I can do it.'
A. He said that he could do it.
B. He said that he can done it.
C. He said that he could done it.
D. He said that he can do it.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Can' to 'could'.
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Question #217
She said, 'I must go to school.'
A. She said that she had to went to school.
B. She said that she must go to school.
C. She said that she must went to school.
D. She said that she had to go to school.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
'Must' to 'had to'.
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Question #218
She said, 'I have been living here.'
A. She said that she lived there.
B. She said that she had been living here.
C. She said that she had been living there.
D. She said that she has been living here.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous. 'Here' to 'there'.
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Question #219
He said, 'I will not come.'
A. He said that he would not come.
B. He said that he would not came.
C. He said that he won't come.
D. He said that he will not come.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Will not' to 'would not'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #220
She said, 'I don't like it.'
A. She said that she didn't like it.
B. She said that she didn't liked it.
C. She said that she hadn't liked it.
D. She said that she doesn't like it.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Simple present negative to simple past negative.
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