SSC CGL English – Direct & Indirect Speech – Level 3 · Challenge

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SSC CGL English – Direct & Indirect Speech – Level 3 · Challenge – 8 questions, subject: English Language & Comprehension. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
She said to me, "I am going to the market. Do you need anything?"

Correct Answer: B [She told me that she was going to the market and asked if I needed anything.]

Explanation:

Statement → told … that; question → asked if; join with 'and'.

2.  
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The officer said to the visitors, "Do not touch the exhibits, and please keep your bags here."

Correct Answer: B [The officer told the visitors not to touch the exhibits and requested them to keep their bags there.]

Explanation:

Don't → not to; please → requested … to; your → their; here → there.

3.  
Reverse questionSelect the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Ramesh told Sita that he would meet her the next day.

Correct Answer: A [Ramesh said to Sita, "I will meet you tomorrow."]

Explanation:

told → said to (statement); he → I, her → you; would → will; the next day → tomorrow.

4.  
Statement-basedConsider the sentence: He said, "Honesty is the best policy."
I. Being a proverb (a universal truth), its verb 'is' need not be changed to 'was'.
II. The reporting verb 'said' must be changed to 'told'.

Correct Answer: C [Only I]

Explanation:

Proverbs keep their tense; 'said' has no object here, so it cannot become 'told'.

5.  
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The teacher said to me, "Why were you absent yesterday?"

Correct Answer: D [The teacher asked me why I had been absent the previous day.]

Explanation:

were → had been; you → I (object me); yesterday → the previous day; statement order.

6.  
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Mohan said, "Alas! I have lost my purse."

Correct Answer: B [Mohan exclaimed with sorrow that he had lost his purse.]

Explanation:

Alas → exclaimed with sorrow; have lost → had lost; my → his.

7.  
Spot the errorIdentify the segment that contains an error.
The principal asked the students / that why they had come late / to school / that morning.

Correct Answer: B [that why they had come late]

Explanation:

A wh-question is joined by the wh-word itself – 'that why' is wrong; write 'why they had come late'.

8.  
Pick the correct oneWhich of the following reported sentences is grammatically correct?

Correct Answer: D [He asked me what time it was.]

Explanation:

Statement order in the reported question; the others break the said/told rules or keep question order.

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