Direct and Indirect Speech MCQs 2026

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said to him, 'Do not waste time'

1. A She said him not to waste time ✓
2. B She asked him do not waste time ✓
3. C She told him that do not waste time ✓
4. D She told him not to waste time ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I am busy'

1. A He said that he was busy ✓
2. B He said that he is busy ✓
3. C He told that he was busy ✓
4. D He says that he was busy ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'I have finished my work'

1. A She said that she has finished her work ✓
2. B She said that I had finished my work ✓
3. C She said that she had finished her work ✓
4. D She said she finished her work ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said to me, 'You are wrong'

1. A He told me that I was wrong ✓
2. B He said me that I was wrong ✓
3. C He told me that he was wrong ✓
4. D He said to me that you were wrong ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: The teacher said, 'The earth revolves around the sun'

1. A The teacher said that the earth revolved around the sun ✓
2. B The teacher told that the earth revolves around the sun ✓
3. C The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun ✓
4. D The teacher asked that the earth revolves around the sun ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I will help you'

1. A He said that he will help me ✓
2. B He said that I would help him ✓
3. C He said that he would help me ✓
4. D He told that he would help you ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'May Allah bless you'

1. A He prayed that Allah might bless me ✓
2. B He said that Allah may bless me ✓
3. C He wished Allah blesses me ✓
4. D He asked Allah to bless you ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'What a beautiful day it is'

1. A She exclaimed that it was a very beautiful day ✓
2. B She asked what a beautiful day it was ✓
3. C She told that what a beautiful day it is ✓
4. D She exclaimed what was a beautiful day ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said to me, 'Where do you live'

1. A He asked me where do I live ✓
2. B He told me where I lived ✓
3. C He asked me where I lived ✓
4. D He asked me where did I live ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: The officer said, 'Submit your application'

1. A The officer said to submit my application ✓
2. B The officer told that submit application ✓
3. C The officer ordered me to submit my application ✓
4. D The officer asked submit your application ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'I can solve this problem'

1. A She said that she could solve that problem ✓
2. B She said that she can solve this problem ✓
3. C She told that I could solve that problem ✓
4. D She said she could solved that problem ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said to her, 'Are you coming today'

1. A He asked her are you coming today ✓
2. B He asked her if she was coming that day ✓
3. C He told her whether she was coming today ✓
4. D He asked her that she was coming that day ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: They said, 'We were waiting for the bus'

1. A They said that we were waiting for the bus ✓
2. B They said that they are waiting for the bus ✓
3. C They said that they were waited for the bus ✓
4. D They said that they had been waiting for the bus ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I bought this book yesterday'

1. A He said that he bought this book yesterday ✓
2. B He said that he had bought this book yesterday ✓
3. C He said that he had bought that book yesterday ✓
4. D He said that he had bought that book the previous day ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said to me, 'Please help me'

1. A She said me please help her ✓
2. B She told me that help her ✓
3. C She requested me to help her ✓
4. D She asked that I help me ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I must leave now'

1. A He said that he must leave now ✓
2. B He said that I had to leave then ✓
3. C He said that he had to leave then ✓
4. D He told that he must left then ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: The boy said, 'I am not feeling well'

1. A The boy said that I was not feeling well ✓
2. B The boy said that he was not feeling well ✓
3. C The boy told that he is not feeling well ✓
4. D The boy said that he had not feeling well ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'I have been reading since morning'

1. A She said that she has been reading since morning ✓
2. B She said that I had been reading since morning ✓
3. C She said that she was reading since morning ✓
4. D She said that she had been reading since morning ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said to me, 'Why are you late'

1. A He asked me why was I late ✓
2. B He asked me why I am late ✓
3. C He told me why I was late ✓
4. D He asked me why I was late ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: The teacher said, 'Honesty is the best policy'

1. A The teacher said that honesty is the best policy ✓
2. B The teacher said that honesty was the best policy ✓
3. C The teacher told that honesty is the best policy ✓
4. D The teacher asked honesty is best policy ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'Let us go for a walk'

1. A He ordered that they should go for a walk ✓
2. B He requested that they should go for a walk ✓
3. C He suggested that they should go for a walk ✓
4. D He asked that we go for a walk ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'Alas! I have failed'

1. A She said alas that she had failed ✓
2. B She exclaimed with sorrow that she had failed ✓
3. C She asked sadly that she failed ✓
4. D She told sorrowfully I had failed ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said to the servant, 'Bring me a glass of water'

1. A He asked the servant bring him water ✓
2. B He told the servant that bring me water ✓
3. C He said the servant to bring him water ✓
4. D He ordered the servant to bring him a glass of water ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'I shall meet you tomorrow'

1. A She said that she will meet me tomorrow ✓
2. B She said that I would meet her the next day ✓
3. C She said that she should meet me tomorrow ✓
4. D She said that she would meet me the next day ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said to me, 'Have you seen my pen'

1. A He asked me have I seen his pen ✓
2. B He asked me if I had seen his pen ✓
3. C He told me whether I saw his pen ✓
4. D He asked me that had I seen his pen ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: The captain said, 'Bravo! You played well'

1. A The captain applauded him, saying that he had played well ✓
2. B The captain said bravo that he played well ✓
3. C The captain exclaimed sorrowfully that he had played well ✓
4. D The captain ordered him that he played well ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'This is my house'

1. A He said that this was my house ✓
2. B He said that this is his house ✓
3. C He said that that was his house ✓
4. D He said that that is my house ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said to me, 'I was ill last week'

1. A She told me that she had been ill the previous week ✓
2. B She told me that I had been ill last week ✓
3. C She said me that she was ill last week ✓
4. D She told me that she has been ill the previous week ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I cannot attend the meeting'

1. A He said that he cannot attend the meeting ✓
2. B He said that he could not attend the meeting ✓
3. C He told that he could not attend the meeting ✓
4. D He said that I could not attend the meeting ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: The mother said to the child, 'Do not touch the fire'

1. A The mother asked the child do not touch the fire ✓
2. B The mother warned the child not to touch the fire ✓
3. C The mother said the child not touch the fire ✓
4. D The mother told that the child not touch fire ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'How foolish I was'

1. A He asked how foolish he was ✓
2. B He told that he was foolish ✓
3. C He said how foolish he had been ✓
4. D He exclaimed that he had been very foolish ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said to him, 'Will you lend me your book'

1. A She asked him will he lend her his book ✓
2. B She told him whether he would lend her his book ✓
3. C She asked him if he would lend her his book ✓
4. D She asked him that he would lend her his book ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: They said, 'We are ready'

1. A They said that we were ready ✓
2. B They said that they are ready ✓
3. C They told that they were ready ✓
4. D They said that they were ready ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said to me, 'When will you return'

1. A He asked me when will I return ✓
2. B He asked me when I would return ✓
3. C He told me when I would return ✓
4. D He asked me when would I return ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'I need not go there'

1. A She said that she need not go there ✓
2. B She said that I need not go there ✓
3. C She told that she needed not go there ✓
4. D She said that she did not need to go there ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'The train has left'

1. A He said that the train has left ✓
2. B He told that the train had left ✓
3. C He said the train left ✓
4. D He said that the train had left ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: The teacher said to Ali, 'Stand up'

1. A The teacher said Ali to stand up ✓
2. B The teacher ordered Ali to stand up ✓
3. C The teacher told that Ali stand up ✓
4. D The teacher asked to Ali stand up ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'May I come in'

1. A He said that may he come in ✓
2. B He asked if he might come in ✓
3. C He told that he may come in ✓
4. D He asked that may he come in ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'Would that I were rich'

1. A She said that she would be rich ✓
2. B She exclaimed that she was rich ✓
3. C She wished that she were rich ✓
4. D She asked if she were rich ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said to me, 'Don't be afraid'

1. A He said me not be afraid ✓
2. B He asked me do not be afraid ✓
3. C He told me that do not be afraid ✓
4. D He advised me not to be afraid ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: They said, 'We had completed the task'

1. A They said that they have completed the task ✓
2. B They said that they had completed the task ✓
3. C They told they had completed the task ✓
4. D They said that we had completed the task ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I used to play cricket'

1. A He said that he used to play cricket ✓
2. B He said that I used to play cricket ✓
3. C He said that he use to play cricket ✓
4. D He told that he had used to play cricket ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'Can you speak English'

1. A She asked can I speak English ✓
2. B She asked if I could speak English ✓
3. C She said whether I can speak English ✓
4. D She asked that could I speak English ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: The old man said, 'Ah! I am ruined'

1. A The old man said ah that he was ruined ✓
2. B The old man exclaimed with sorrow that he was ruined ✓
3. C The old man asked sorrowfully that he was ruined ✓
4. D The old man told that he is ruined ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said to me, 'Go away'

1. A He ordered me to go away ✓
2. B He said me to go away ✓
3. C He told me that go away ✓
4. D He asked me go away ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'It may rain tonight'

1. A She said that it might rain that night ✓
2. B She said that it may rain tonight ✓
3. C She told that it might rain tonight ✓
4. D She said it would may rain that night ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: The judge said, 'The accused is guilty'

1. A The judge asked that the accused was guilty ✓
2. B The judge told the accused is guilty ✓
3. C The judge said that the accused was guilty ✓
4. D The judge ordered that the accused guilty ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said to me, 'Who are you'

1. A He asked me who I was ✓
2. B He asked me who was I ✓
3. C He told me who I was ✓
4. D He asked me who am I ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, 'I did not see him'

1. A She said that she did not see him ✓
2. B She said that she had not seen him ✓
3. C She told that she had not saw him ✓
4. D She said that I had not seen him ✓

Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'Let me try again'

1. A He requested that he might be allowed to try again ✓
2. B He said that let him try again ✓
3. C He ordered that he try again ✓
4. D He told to allow him try again ✓