SSC CGL English – Direct & Indirect Speech – Tier II Level · Marathon

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SSC CGL English – Direct & Indirect Speech – Tier II Level · Marathon – 10 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.  
Dialoguechoose the best reported version:
Sunil: “Have you seen my keys?”
Meera: “No, I haven't.”

Correct Answer: C [Sunil asked Meera if she had seen his keys. She replied that she had not.]

Explanation:

Yes/no → asked if; my → his; 'No, I haven't' → she had not (negative).

2.  
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The coach said to the players, "If you practise daily, you will win."

Correct Answer: A [The coach told the players that if they practised daily, they would win.]

Explanation:

Conditional: practise → practised, will → would; you → they (object the players).

3.  
Reverse questionSelect the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The stranger asked me which was the way to the station.

Correct Answer: D [The stranger said to me, "Which is the way to the station?"]

Explanation:

asked + which → a wh-question; was → is; the listener was 'me'; nothing in the report says 'your'.

4.  
Spot the errorIdentify the segment that contains an error.
She told to me / that she had finished / the report / the previous evening.

Correct Answer: A [She told to me]

Explanation:

'told' takes a direct object: 'She told me', not 'told to me'.

5.  
Fill in the blankThe doctor said to Raj, "You should walk every morning."
The doctor ______ Raj to walk every morning.

Correct Answer: B [advised]

Explanation:

Advice → advised + object + to; 'suggest' cannot take object + to.

6.  
Arrange in orderArrange the parts to form the correct reported sentence:
P. if she could Q. the librarian asked Asha R. return the book S. by Monday

Correct Answer: B [QPRS]

Explanation:

The librarian asked Asha (Q) if she could (P) return the book (R) by Monday (S).

7.  
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The student said to the teacher, "Sir, may I come in?"

Correct Answer: A [The student respectfully asked the teacher if he might come in.]

Explanation:

'Sir' → respectfully; yes/no → asked if; may → might; statement order.

8.  
Statement-basedRahul says, “I am busy.”
I. Indirect: Rahul says that he is busy.
II. The tense does not change because the reporting verb is in the present tense.

Correct Answer: D [Both I and II]

Explanation:

says (present) → no backshift; I → he.

9.  
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The shopkeeper said to the customer, "These mangoes arrived this morning; you can taste one."

Correct Answer: C [The shopkeeper told the customer that those mangoes had arrived that morning and that he could taste one.]

Explanation:

these → those, this → that, arrived → had arrived, can → could, you → he; two statements joined by 'and that'.

10.  
Reverse questionSelect the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Kavya told her friend not to worry about the result.

Correct Answer: B [Kavya said to her friend, "Don't worry about the result."]

Explanation:

told … not to → a negative command: 'Don't …'.

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