Direct-Indirect Speech Quiz
Practice quiz on Direct-Indirect Speech (English Grammar). 5 real exam questions.
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Direct-Indirect Speech Quiz — Questions with Solutions
All 5 questions from this quiz with the correct answer and explanation. Attempt them yourself first, then open each solution to check your reasoning.
Q1.Identify the adjective: She has a beautiful garden.
- A.She
- B.has
- C.beautiful
- D.garden
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Answer: C. beautiful
Beautiful describes the garden.
Q2.Identify the part of speech: 'Honesty is the best policy.' — 'Honesty'
- A.Verb
- B.Adjective
- C.Noun
- D.Adverb
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Answer: C. Noun
'Honesty' is an abstract noun.
Q3.Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, “I am tired.”
- A.He said that he is tired.
- B.He said that he was tired.
- C.He says he was tired.
- D.He told he is tired.
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Answer: B. He said that he was tired.
Present changes to past in indirect speech.
Q4.Select the correct indirect speech: She said, “I am tired.”
- A.She said that she is tired.
- B.She said that she was tired.
- C.She told that she was tired.
- D.She said she tired.
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Answer: B. She said that she was tired.
Present becomes past in reported speech.
Q5.Indirect speech: Ram said, 'I am eating now.'
- A.Ram said he was eating then.
- B.Ram said he eats now.
- C.Ram said he has been eating.
- D.Ram said he is eating then.
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Answer: A. Ram said he was eating then.
'now'→'then'.
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Direct-Indirect Speech questions appear regularly in SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, GD; IBPS PO, Clerk; SBI PO, Clerk; RRB NTPC, Group D; UPSC prelims and most State PSC exams. The specific weightage varies by exam — check the exam pattern on the corresponding AajExam exam page for details.