Question - Direct and Indirect Speech

QUESTION

1-      Mother said, “The girls are playing in the park.”

Mother said that the girls ____________________ in the park.

a)      was playing

b)      were playing

c)       am playing

d)      is playing

2-      She said, “ I will be your new teacher.”

She said that she _______________________ my new teacher.

a)      will be

b)      was be

c)       would be

d)      were be

3-      Bob said,” I read the newspaper yesterday.”

Bob said that he _________________ the newspaper the day before.

a)      had read

b)      has read

c)       have read

d)      to have read

4-      My grandfather said, “I will be working tomorrow”

My grandfather said that he _____________________ the next day.

a)      will be working

b)      can be working

c)       to be working

d)      would be working

5-      The girls said, “we are going to buy some flowers.”

The girls said that they ___________________ going to buy some flowers.

a)      was

b)      were

c)       is

d)      am

6-      The bus driver said, “I will have reached San Francisco next Friday.”

The bus driver said that he ___________________ San Francisco the following Friday.

a)      will have reached

b)      would have reached

c)       shall have reached

d)      to have reached

7-      They said, “we want to swim.”

The said that they ________________________ to swim.

a)      to want

b)      wanted

c)       wants

d)      want

8-      He said, “I will work tomorrow.”

He said that he __________________ the next day.

a)      would work

b)      will work

c)       shall work

d)      would to work

9-      He said, “I worked yesterday”

He said that ______________________the day before.

a)      work

b)      to work

c)       had worked

d)   worked