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 #221
He said, 'I am studying.'
A. He said that I am studying.
B. He said that he was studying.
C. He said that he studied.
D. He said that he is studying.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present continuous to past continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #222
She said, 'I have written a letter.'
A. She said that she had wrote a letter.
B. She said that she wrote a letter.
C. She said that she had written a letter.
D. She said that she has written a letter.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present perfect to past perfect.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #223
He said, 'I will go to London.'
A. He said that he would have gone to London.
B. He said that he will go to London.
C. He said that he went to London.
D. He said that he would go to London.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #224
She said, 'I can cook well.'
A. She said that she can cook well.
B. She said that she cooks well.
C. She said that I could cook well.
D. She said that she could cook well.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
'Can' to 'could'.
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Question #225
He said, 'I must finish this.'
A. He said that he had to finish this.
B. He said that he must finish that.
C. He said that he had to finish that.
D. He said that he must finish this.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
'Must' to 'had to'. 'This' to 'that'.
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Question #226
She said, 'I was reading a book.'
A. She said that she had read a book.
B. She said that she was reading a book.
C. She said that she had been reading a book.
D. She said that she read a book.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #227
He said, 'I have been waiting for an hour.'
A. He said that he waited for an hour.
B. He said that he had been waiting for an hour.
C. He said that he has been waiting for an hour.
D. He said that he had waited for an hour.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #228
She said, 'I will call you later.'
A. She said that she would call me later.
B. She said that she will call me later.
C. She said that she would call you later.
D. She said that she will call you later.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'. 'You' to 'me'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #229
He said, 'I don't eat meat.'
A. He said that he doesn't eat meat.
B. He said that he hadn't eaten meat.
C. He said that he didn't eat meat.
D. He said that he didn't ate meat.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Simple present negative to simple past negative.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #230
She said, 'I am going to the park.'
A. She said that she is going to the park.
B. She said that she was going to the park.
C. She said that I am going to the park.
D. She said that she went to the park.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present continuous to past continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #231
He said, 'I have bought a house.'
A. He said that he bought a house.
B. He said that he had bought a house.
C. He said that he has bought a house.
D. He said that he had buy a house.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present perfect to past perfect.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #232
He said, 'I can drive.'
A. He said that he drives.
B. He said that I could drive.
C. He said that he could drive.
D. He said that he can drive.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
'Can' to 'could'.
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Question #233
He said, 'I was running.'
A. He said that he had run.
B. He said that he had been running.
C. He said that he was running.
D. He said that he ran.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #234
She said, 'I have been working all day.'
A. She said that she worked all day.
B. She said that she had worked all day.
C. She said that she has been working all day.
D. She said that she had been working all day.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous.
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Question #235
He said, 'I am a student.'
A. He said that he is a student.
B. He said that he was a student.
C. He said that I am a student.
D. He said that he has been a student.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present to past.
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Question #236
She said, 'I have a sister.'
A. She said that I have a sister.
B. She said that she has a sister.
C. She said that she have a sister.
D. She said that she had a sister.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present 'have' to past 'had'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #237
He said, 'I will win the match.'
A. He said that he would have won the match.
B. He said that he will win the match.
C. He said that he would win the match.
D. He said that he won the match.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'.
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Question #238
She said, 'I can sing.'
A. She said that I could sing.
B. She said that she could sing.
C. She said that she sings.
D. She said that she can sing.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
'Can' to 'could'.
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Question #239
He said, 'I must go to work.'
A. He said that he must went to work.
B. He said that he had to go to work.
C. He said that he must go to work.
D. He said that he had to went to work.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
'Must' to 'had to'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #240
She said, 'I was cooking dinner.'
A. She said that she had cooked dinner.
B. She said that she had been cooking dinner.
C. She said that she cooked dinner.
D. She said that she was cooking dinner.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech

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