Aptitude Questions on Direct-Indirect Speech for Placements

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Q. 1 Change the following sentence into indirect speech:
He said, “I will complete the project tomorrow.”

A. He said that he would complete the project tomorrow.
B. He said that he will complete the project tomorrow.
C. He said that he would complete the project the next day.
D. He said he would have completed the project the next day.

Check Solution

Ans: C. He said that he would complete the project the next day.

“Tomorrow” changes to “the next day” in indirect speech, and “will” changes to “would.”

Q. 2 Select the correct indirect form:
The teacher asked, “Have you completed your homework?”

A. The teacher asked had I completed my homework.
B. The teacher asked if I had completed my homework.
C. The teacher asked if I completed my homework.
D. The teacher asked that I have completed my homework.

Check Solution

Ans: B. The teacher asked if I had completed my homework.

For yes/no questions, we use “if” or “whether” in indirect speech and maintain past perfect tense.

Q. 3 Convert into indirect speech:
She said, “I have been reading for two hours.”

A. She said that she had been reading for two hours.
B. She said that she has been reading for two hours.
C. She said she had been reading for two hours.
D. She said she has been reading for two hours.

Check Solution

Ans: C. She said she had been reading for two hours.

Present perfect continuous tense changes to past perfect continuous tense in indirect speech.

Q. 4 Choose the correct indirect form:
John said, “I don’t like loud music.”

A. John said he does not like loud music.
B. John said he did not like loud music.
C. John said that he will not like loud music.
D. John said he had not liked loud music.

Check Solution

Ans: B. John said he did not like loud music.

Present tense (“don’t”) changes to past tense (“did not”) in indirect speech.

Q. 5 Convert to indirect speech:
She said, “May you succeed in life.”

A. She prayed that I might succeed in life.
B. She prayed if I may succeed in life.
C. She prayed that I will succeed in life.
D. She prayed I might succeed in life.

Check Solution

Ans: A. She prayed that I might succeed in life.

“May” in wishes changes to “might” in indirect speech.

Q. 6 Change into indirect speech:
He said, “What a beautiful day it is!”

A. He said what a beautiful day it was.
B. He exclaimed what a beautiful day it was.
C. He said that it was a beautiful day.
D. He exclaimed that it was a beautiful day.

Check Solution

Ans: D. He exclaimed that it was a beautiful day.

Expressions of exclamation are converted with “exclaimed” in indirect speech.

Q. 7 Select the correct option:
She said to me, “Do you know the answer to this question?”

A. She asked me if I know the answer to this question.
B. She asked me do I know the answer to that question.
C. She asked me if I knew the answer to that question.
D. She asked me that did I know the answer to this question.

Check Solution

Ans: C. She asked me if I knew the answer to that question.

“Do you” becomes “if you” or “whether you,” and “this” changes to “that.”

Q. 8 Convert to indirect speech:
He said, “Where have you been?”

A. He asked me where had I been.
B. He asked me where I had been.
C. He asked me where I have been.
D. He asked me where had you been.

Check Solution

Ans: B. He asked me where I had been.

Question word remains, and past perfect tense (“had been”) is used.

Q. 9 Change into indirect speech:
The mother said to her child, “Be careful while crossing the road.”

A. The mother told her child be careful while crossing the road.
B. The mother advised her child to be careful while crossing the road.
C. The mother told her child that be careful while crossing the road.
D. The mother asked her child to be careful while crossing the road.

Check Solution

Ans: B. The mother advised her child to be careful while crossing the road.

“Be careful” in a command/advice is expressed as “advised to” in indirect speech.

Q. 10 Choose the correct indirect form:
The boy said, “I can solve this problem.”

A. The boy said that he could solve this problem.
B. The boy said that he could solve that problem.
C. The boy said he can solve that problem.
D. The boy said he could solve that problem.

Check Solution

Ans: B. The boy said that he could solve that problem.

“Can” changes to “could,” and “this” changes to “that” in indirect speech.

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