Direct to Indirect Speech MCQ Quiz in தமிழ் - Objective Question with Answer for Direct to Indirect Speech - இலவச PDF ஐப் பதிவிறக்கவும்

The correct answer is 'The teacher advised her students to work hard for their exams.'

Key Points

• The given sentence is in Direct Speech. As per the question we have to change it into Indirect Speech. 
• The process of transformation is as follows:
  • The given sentence is an example of an imperative sentence.
  • Let's look at the rules of transformation:
  • While changing the narration of an imperative sentence, we need to follow the given steps:
  • The notion of the given sentence is 'advise'.
  • The conjunction 'to' should be used in place of a comma (,) and inverted commas (“ ”). 'said' will be changed into 'advised'.
  • 'to' is followed by 'V1'.
  • 'you' will be changed into 'her' and 'your' will be changed into 'their' because second-person pronouns are changed according to the object of the reporting verb.
  • Example:
    • The queen said to her servant, "Cook me some delicious food today." (Direct Speech)
    • The queen ordered her servant to cook her some delicious food that day. (Indirect Speech)

Correct Sentence: The teacher advised her students to work hard for their exams.

The correct answer is 'The officer inquired of the informant where he had lost the trail of his quarry.'

Key Points

• The given sentence is an example of Direct Speech.
• In order to convert the Direct Narration into an Indirect sentence, we need to go through the following steps:
  • Direct speech contains an interrogative. So, change the reporting verb 'said to' to the same tense and verb aspect of a verb indicative of such purpose, like ask, inquire of etc.
  • Remove the comma and the inverted commas that border the direct speech.
  • Change the sentence pattern of the speech from interrogative to report structure and the verb to past participle (as simple past becomes past participle).
    • e.g. where did you lose ⇒ ...where you had lost
  • Change the possessive adjective 'your' to 'his.'
• Correct Sentence: 'The officer inquired of the informant where he had lost the trail of his quarry.'
• By following the above steps we can see that the sentence formed matches only option 2.

Hence, the correct answer is Option 2.

Additional Information

• Direct Speech- a report or quote of the exact words used by a speaker or writer.
• Indirect Speech-  speech that tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words or the speech marks.
• Reporting verb- a verb that is used to talk about or report on other people's work.
• The word 'quarry' refers to a person, animal or thing that is being chased, hunted or looked for.

The correct answer is "Rohit asked what Sonia was saying."

Key Points

• In the case of Interrogative sentences like this, “said” in Direct Speech is changed into “enquired (of)”, “wanted to know”, “asked”, etc.
• In Indirect speech, the verb is always placed after the subject, unlike in direct speech.
• For example:
  • The teacher said to him, “What is your name?” (Direct Speech)
  • The teacher asked him what his name was. (Indirect Speech)
• Hence, 'is Soniya saying' is changed into 'Sonia was saying'. (verb is placed after the subject in the Indirect Speech).
• Also, the sentence in the Direct Speech is in the Present Continuous tense. So, the tense in the Indirect Speech should be in the Past Continuous tense.

So the correct sentence is- Rohit asked what Sonia was saying.

The correct answer is 'They shouted in joy that they had done well.'

Key Points

• The given is an exclamatory sentence
• The following rules are to be kept in mind while converting a declarative sentence to an indirect sentence:
  • 'cried' will be changed to 'shouted in joy' as it can be observed that the sentence is of joy..
  • Pronoun 'they' will be used to refer to the people being talked about.
  • Modal 'had' will be used to denote the past perfect tense.
  • The exclamation 'Bravo!' will be removed.
  • To remove the inverted commas and the comma, we will use 'that'.
• Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

The correct sentence is: They shouted in joy that they had done well.

Additional Information

• Bravo is used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.

The correct answer is 'The chief economic advisor said that his subordinate had stepped down.'

Key Points

• The given question is in Direct Speech. As per the question we have to change it into Indirect Speech. 
• The process of transformation is as follows:
  • 'said' will not change because the reporting verb does not have an object.
  • Comma and inverted commas will be removed.
  • The helping verb is changed according to the tense, followed by the 3rd form of the verb.
  • The present perfect tense i.e. has stepped down will be changed to the past perfect tense i.e. had stepped down.
  • The pronoun 'my' is replaced by 'his' because the first person pronoun is changed according to the subject of the reporting verb. 
• Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 4.
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Correct Sentence: The chief economic advisor said that his subordinate had stepped down.

The indirect form of the given sentence is 'I told her that while I was reading the newspaper, she was listening to music.'

Key Points

Reporting clause  Reported speech

• Replace comma (,) and inverted commas (" ") with the conjunction 'that'.
• Change 'said to' in reporting clause into 'told'.
• When a time clause is mentioned in the past continuous tense, the tense of the reported speech remains the same.
• The first-person (I) remains unchanged i.e. according to the subject of the reporting verb (I).
• The second-person (you) is changed into 'she' i.e. according to the object of the reporting verb (her).
   

The final sentence- I told her that while I was reading the newspaper, she was listening to music.

Mistake Points

• When a time clause is mentioned in the past continuous tense, the tense of the reported speech remains the same.

The correct answer is "The gatekeeper said that he was not feeling well since Monday.​"

Key Points 

• The given sentence is in 'Direct Speech'. As per the question we have to change it to 'Indirect speech'. 
• The process of conversion is as follows:
  • Here, "said" will not change because reporting verb does not have any 'object'.
  • The conjunction 'that' will be added. 
  • 'I' will be changed into 'he' because the first person pronoun is changed according to the subject of the reporting verb. 
  • 'Am' will be changed into 'was'. 
• Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 2. 

Correct Answer: The gatekeeper said that he was not feeling well since Monday.

Additional Information 

• The following table will enable us to know how tense changes into Indirect speech:

The correct answer is The doctor said that everything was going to be alright.

Key Points

• The given sentence is a direct speech.
• The basic rules for changing or converting direct speech into indirect speech:​
  • The commas, inverted commas are removed, and 'that' is added.
  • The present continuous tense format 'Subject + is + V1 (go) + ing + Object' will be changed into the past continuous tense format 'Subject + was + V1 (go) + ing + Object'.
     

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Additional Information

• The following table will enable us to know how tense changes into Indirect speech:

  Direct Speech	Indirect Speech
  Present simple (Subject +V1st + Object)	Past simple (Subject +V2 + Object)
  Present continuous (Subject +is/am/are+V1 +ing+ Object)	Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +ing+ Object)
  Present perfect (Subject + has/have+V3+Object)	Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object)
  Past simple (Subject+V2+Object)	Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object)
  Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1+ing+ Object)	Past perfect continuous (Subject+had been+V1 +ing+ Object)
  Future simple (Subject+ will/shall+V1+object)	Present Conditional (Subject+would+V1+object)
  Future Continuous (Subject +will/shall+be+V1 +ing+ Object)	Conditional Continuous (Subject +would+be+V1 +ing+ Object)

• दिया गया वाक्य direct speech है।
• Direct speech को indirect speech में बदलने या बदलने के लिए बुनियादी नियम:
  • Commas, inverted commas और exclamation mark हटा दिए जाते हैं।
  • Present continuous tense format 'Subject + is + V1 (go) + ing + Object' को past continuous tense format 'Subject + was + V1 (go) + ing + Object' में बदल दिया जाएगा।
     

अत: सही उत्तर विकल्प 3 है।

The correct answer is ‘Rahul asked Sara where she was going.’

Key Points

• The given sentence is in direct speech. As per the question we have to change it into indirect speech.
• The given sentence is an example of an interrogative sentence.
• While changing the narration of an interrogative sentence, we need to follow these steps
  • the reported speech will start with where
  • The reporting verb said is changed into asked or enquired. 
  • The second person 'you' will be changed into 'she'. 
  • The tense of the given sentence is present continuous tense (going) which changes to past continuous tense (was going).  
    

Correct sentence - Rahul asked Sara where she was going.

The correct answer is 'The teacher told Asif to go and wash his hands.'

Key Points

• The given sentence is in Direct Speech. As per the question we have to change it into Indirect Speech. 
• The process of transformation is as follows:
  • The given sentence is an example of an imperative sentence.
  • Let's look at the rules of transformation:
  • While changing the narration of an imperative sentence, we need to follow the given steps:
    • The notion of the given sentence is 'suggestion'.
    • The conjunction 'to' should be used in place of a comma (,) and inverted commas (“ ”). 'said' will be changed into 'told'.
    • 'to' is followed by 'V₁'.
    • 'your' will be changed into 'his' because second-person pronouns are changed according to the object of the reporting verb.
    • Example:
      • The queen said to his servant, "Cook me some delicious food today." (Direct Speech)
      • The queen ordered his servant to cook her some delicious food that day. (Indirect Speech)
         

Correct Sentence: The teacher told Asif to go and wash his hands.