Direct and Indirect Speech - Verbal Ability Questions and Answers Page 7

31.

My friend requested me to bring him a sandwich.

A. "Please bring my friend a sandwich", said he.

B. He said, "My friend, please bring me a sandwich."

C. "Please bring me a sandwich", said my friend.

D. My friend said, "Will you bring me a sandwich."

Answer

Answer :

Option C

32.

The teacher said to him, "Is not poverty a curse?"

A. The teacher asked him if poverty was not a curse.

B. The teacher asked him is poverty not a curse.

C. The teacher asked him was poverty not a curse.

D. The teacher asked him whether poverty is not a curse.

Answer

Answer :

Option C

33.

He said, "I have read this novel."

A. He said that he had read this novel.

B. He said that he had read that novel.

C. He said that he has read this novel.

D. He said that he read that novel.

Answer

Answer :

Option B

34.

He said, "I am buying a new pen".

A. He said that he bought a new pen.

B. He said that he had been buying a new pen.

C. He said that he is buying a new pen.

D. He said that he was buying a new pen.

Answer

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Option D

35.

The prisoner enquired if a lawyer had been arranged for him.

A. The prisoner enquired, "Is there a lawyer for me?"

B. The prisoner said, "Have you arranged a lawyer for me?"

C. The prisoner enquired, "Had a lawyer been arranged for me?"

D. The prisoner asked, "Has a lawyer been arranged for me?"

Answer

Answer :

Option D

Verbal Ability - Direct and Indirect Speech

My friend requested me to bring him a sandwich.

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The teacher said to him, "Is not poverty a curse?"

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He said, "I have read this novel."

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He said, "I am buying a new pen".

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The prisoner enquired if a lawyer had been arranged for him.

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