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Direct Indirect Speech MCQs

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Question #141
She said, 'I will visit you next week.'
A. She said that she will visit me next week.
B. She said that she would visit you the following week.
C. She said that she would visit me next week.
D. She said that she would visit me the following week.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'. 'Next week' to 'the following week'. 'You' to 'me'.
This question belongs to: English Direct Indirect Speech
Question #142
He said, 'I have written a letter.'
A. He said that he wrote a letter.
B. He said that he had wrote a letter.
C. He said that he has written a letter.
D. He said that he had written a letter.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present perfect to past perfect.
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Question #143
She said, 'I am going to the store.'
A. She said that she was going to the store.
B. She said that she went to the store.
C. She said that she will go to the store.
D. She said that she is going to the store.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present continuous to past continuous.
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Question #144
He said, 'I will buy a car.'
A. He said that he bought a car.
B. He said that he would have bought a car.
C. He said that he will buy a car.
D. He said that he would buy a car.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'.
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Question #145
She said, 'I can solve this problem.'
A. She said that she can solve this problem.
B. She said that she can solve that problem.
C. She said that she could solve that problem.
D. She said that she could solve this problem.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
'Can' to 'could'. 'This' to 'that'.
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Question #146
He said, 'I must attend the meeting.'
A. He said that he must attend the meeting.
B. He said that he had to attended the meeting.
C. He said that he had to attend the meeting.
D. He said that he must attended the meeting.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
'Must' to 'had to'.
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Question #147
She said, 'I was sleeping when you called.'
A. She said that she had been sleeping when I called.
B. She said that she had been sleeping when you called.
C. She said that she slept when I called.
D. She said that she was sleeping when I called.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous. 'You' to 'I'.
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Question #148
He said, 'I have been waiting for you.'
A. He said that he had been waiting for you.
B. He said that he waited for me.
C. He said that he had been waiting for me.
D. He said that he has been waiting for me.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous. 'You' to 'me'.
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Question #149
She said, 'I will not attend the party.'
A. She said that she won't attend the party.
B. She said that she would not attended the party.
C. She said that she will not attend the party.
D. She said that she would not attend the party.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
'Will not' to 'would not'.
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Question #150
He said, 'I don't know the answer.'
A. He said that he didn't know the answer.
B. He said that he didn't knew the answer.
C. He said that he doesn't know the answer.
D. He said that he hadn't known the answer.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Simple present negative to simple past negative.
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Question #151
She said, 'I am tired.'
A. She said that she has been tired.
B. She said that she is tired.
C. She said that she was tired.
D. She said that I am tired.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present to past.
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Question #152
She said, 'I will come to the party.'
A. She said that she would come to the party.
B. She said that she would have come to the party.
C. She said that she will come to the party.
D. She said that she came to the party.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Will' to 'would'.
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Question #153
He said, 'I can lift this box.'
A. He said that he can lift that box.
B. He said that he can lift this box.
C. He said that he could lift this box.
D. He said that he could lift that box.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
'Can' to 'could'. 'This' to 'that'.
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Question #154
She said, 'I must leave now.'
A. She said that she had to leave then.
B. She said that she must leave then.
C. She said that she had to leave now.
D. She said that she must leave now.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Must' to 'had to'. 'Now' to 'then'.
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Question #155
He said, 'I was reading when you arrived.'
A. He said that he had been reading when I arrived.
B. He said that he had been reading when you arrived.
C. He said that he read when I arrived.
D. He said that he was reading when I arrived.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous. 'You' to 'I'.
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Question #156
She said, 'I have been studying all day.'
A. She said that she had been studying all day.
B. She said that she has been studying all day.
C. She said that she studied all day.
D. She said that she had studied all day.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous.
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Question #157
He said, 'I will be there by 5.'
A. He said that he would be there by 5.
B. He said that he would have been there by 5.
C. He said that he will be there by 5.
D. He said that he was there by 5.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Will be' to 'would be'.
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Question #158
He said to her, 'Where do you live?'
A. He asked her where does she live.
B. He asked her where she lives.
C. He said to her where she lived.
D. He asked her where she lived.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Wh-question: 'do you live' to 'she lived'.
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Question #159
She said to him, 'Why are you crying?'
A. She asked him why was he crying.
B. She asked him why he is crying.
C. She said to him why he was crying.
D. She asked him why he was crying.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Wh-question: 'are you crying' to 'he was crying'.
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Question #160
He said, 'Are you coming with me?'
A. He asked if I am coming with him.
B. He asked if was I coming with him.
C. He said are you coming with me.
D. He asked if I was coming with him.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Yes/No question: 'are you' to 'if I was'. 'Me' to 'him'.
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