title

Custom Search

 

[ Correct English | Common Errors |  | Sample Letters | Glossary of Correct Usage | Common Sentences | Q & A ]

[ English Compositions | High School Vocab | Words | Phrases | Celebrity | Poetry Corner | SPM essays ]

[ Literary English | Word Differentiation ]

Sponsored Links

<<Prev

English Exercises > Indirect  Speech

Next>>

   
TOEFL Vocabulary
English Conversation
English Grammar
American Idioms
English Comprehension
English Summary
English News
Movie Reviews
 

1.

  The scientist explained, "What goes up, must come down."
               
    (A) The scientist explained that what went up must come down.  
(B) The scientist explains that what goes up must come down.
    (C)

The scientist explained that what goes up must come down.

 
    (D) The scientist explains that what went up must come down.  
               
2.   "Who is that girl ?" he asked.
               
    (A)

He asked me who that girl was.

 
(B) He asked me who that girl is.
    (C) He asked me who is that girl.  
    (D) He asks me who that girl was.  
               
3.   Ramlah asked him, "How did you solve the problem ?"
               
    (A) Ramlah asked him how he has solved the problem.  
(B) Ramlah asks him how he has solved the problem.
    (C)

Ramlah asked him how he had solved the problem.

 
    (D) Ramlah aske dhim how did you solve the problem.  
               
4.   "Get me a pencil, please," she said.
               
    (A)

She asked me to get her a pencil.

 
(B) She asks me to get her a pencil.
    (C) I asked her to get me a pencil.  
    (D) She commanded me to get her a pencil.  
               
5.   "Don't play in this area !" the guard said.
               
    (A) The guard warned us not to play in this area.  
(B)

The guard warned us not to play in that area.

    (C) the guard warns us not to play in that area.  
    (D) The guard warned us not to be playing in this area.  
               
6.   "Oh my God ! What have you done to yourself ?" Aishah exclaimed.
               
    (A) Aishah exclaimed with surprise and asked me what I have done to myself.  
    (B)

Aishah exclaimed with surprise and asked me what I had done to myself.

    (C) Aishah exclaims with surprise and asked me what I had done to myself.  
    (D) Aishah exclaims with surprise and asks me what I have done to myself.  
               
7.   "It is excellent !" Nordin said.
               
    (A) Nordin said that it is excellent.  
    (B) Nordin says that it is excellent.
    (C) Nordin says that it was excellent  
    (D)

Nordin said that it was excellent.

 
         
8.   The shopkeeper said, "This is the latest model."
         
    (A) The shopkeeper said that that is the latest model.  
    (B)

The shopkeeper said that that was the latest model.

 
    (C) The shopkeeper says that that was the latest model.  
    (D) The shopkeeper says that this was the latest model.  
         
9.  

Leng An asked, "Can we buy the books here ?"

         
    (A) Leng An wants to know if they could buy the books there.  
    (B) Leng An wanted to know if they can buy the books there.  
    (C)

Leng An wanted to know if they could buy the books there.

 
(D) Leng An wanted to know if they could buy the books here.
         
10.   The teacher explained "The sun rises in the East and sets in the West."
         
    (A)

The teacher explained that the sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

 
    (B) the teacher explains that the sun rose in the East and set in the West.  
    (C) The teacher explained that the sun rose in the East and set in the west.  
    (D) The teacher explains that the sun rises in the east and sets in the West.  
         

Sponsored Links

 

    Answers

1C    2A    3C    4A    5B    6B    7D    8B    9C    10A

 
 
 

001    002    003    004    005    006    007    008    009    010    011    012    013    014    015    016    017    018    019    020    021    022    023    024    025    026    027    028    029    030    031    032    033    034    035    036    037    038    039    040    041    042    043    044    045    046    047    048    049    050    051    052    053    054    055    056    057    058    059    060    061    062    063    064    065    066

 
 
 
American Slang
English Proverbs
English Exercises
Common English mistakes
Ancient Chinese stories
Junior English essays
High School English essays
Lower Secondary English essays