Direct and Indirect Speech Worksheet with Hindi Meaning

English speaking lesson 26: Changing sentences: reported speech · Set 436 · 40 questions

How to say it (He said that + sentence; She asked if + sentence): Negative: add not / don't / doesn't (She can swim → She cannot swim). Question: move the helping verb first (Can she swim?). Reporting: He said, "I am tired." → He said that he was tired. (tense usually goes one step back: am → was, will → would) said + that (no person); told + person (told me that...). Questions: She asked, "Are you free?" → She asked if I was free. Wh-: She asked where I was going.

1. 1.The teacher told us ___ quiet. (a) being (b) be (c) to be
2. 2.What does “They are playing cricket.” mean? (a) नेहा ने कहा कि वह मुझे फ़ोन करेगी। (b) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ। (c) वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं।
3. 3."I like tea." → He said that he ___ tea. (a) like (b) liked (c) liking
4. 4.Make a sentence: cannot / She / swim.
5. 5.Make a sentence: I / song. / this / like
6. 6.Make a sentence: free. / if / asked / was / I / She
7. 7.Choose the English for: “अमन ने कहा कि वह अपना काम पूरा कर चुका था।” (a) Are they playing cricket? (b) He asked me not to be late. (c) Aman said that he had finished his work.
8. 8.You are ready. → ___ you ready? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Do
9. 9.Make a sentence: do / not / this / like / I / song.
10. 10.Make a sentence: sit / down. / teacher / us / told / to / The
11. 11.Make a sentence: My / I / mother / where / going. / was / asked / me
12. 12.Make a sentence: mangoes. / she / that / She / liked / said
13. 13."I am busy." → She said that she ___ busy. (a) were (b) was (c) am
14. 14.What does “My mother asked me where I was going.” mean? (a) वह तैर नहीं सकती। (b) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी। (c) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ।
15. 15.What does “The doctor said that I should rest.” mean? (a) क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं? (b) मुझे यह गाना पसंद है। (c) डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मुझे आराम करना चाहिए।
16. 16.What does “He asked me not to be late.” mean? (a) वह तैर सकती है। (b) उसने मुझसे देर न करने को कहा। (c) उसने पूछा कि क्या मैं खाली हूँ।
17. 17.My friend asked ___ I was coming. (a) what (b) that (c) if
18. 18.She drives. → She ___ drive. (a) doesn't (b) isn't (c) don't
19. 19.She ___ me that the class was cancelled. (a) spoke (b) said (c) told
20. 20.Choose the English for: “उसने कहा कि उसे आम पसंद हैं।” (a) The doctor said that I should rest. (b) She said that she liked mangoes. (c) Are they playing cricket?
21. 21.Choose the English for: “रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी।” (a) Ravi told me that the shop was closed. (b) Do you like this song? (c) Can she swim?
22. 22.Choose the English for: “मुझे यह गाना पसंद नहीं है।” (a) I do not like this song. (b) He said that he was tired. (c) He asked whether the bus had left.
23. 23.What does “Can she swim?” mean? (a) डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मुझे आराम करना चाहिए। (b) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी। (c) क्या वह तैर सकती है?
24. 24.Make a sentence: asked / the / had / He / whether / bus / left.
25. 25.What does “Ravi told me that the shop was closed.” mean? (a) उसने मुझसे देर न करने को कहा। (b) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था। (c) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी।
26. 26.Choose the English for: “नेहा ने कहा कि वह मुझे फ़ोन करेगी।” (a) I like this song. (b) Neha said that she would call me. (c) She cannot swim.
27. 27.Make a sentence: swim. / can / She
28. 28.Make a sentence: this / song? / Do / like / you
29. 29.Choose the English for: “क्या तुम्हें यह गाना पसंद है?” (a) She asked if I was free. (b) She said that she liked mangoes. (c) Do you like this song?
30. 30.Make a sentence: she / swim? / Can
31. 31.What does “He asked whether the bus had left.” mean? (a) टीचर ने हमें बैठने को कहा। (b) उसने मुझसे देर न करने को कहा। (c) उसने पूछा कि क्या बस निकल चुकी थी।
32. 32.What does “Neha said that she would call me.” mean? (a) नेहा ने कहा कि वह मुझे फ़ोन करेगी। (b) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ। (c) वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं।
33. 33.What does “She asked if I was free.” mean? (a) उसने पूछा कि क्या मैं खाली हूँ। (b) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ। (c) वह तैर नहीं सकती।
34. 34.What does “Are they playing cricket?” mean? (a) अमन ने कहा कि वह अपना काम पूरा कर चुका था। (b) टीचर ने हमें बैठने को कहा। (c) क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं?
35. 35.He ___ that he was hungry. (a) asked (b) said (c) told
36. 36.What does “Aman said that he had finished his work.” mean? (a) वह तैर नहीं सकती। (b) नेहा ने कहा कि वह मुझे फ़ोन करेगी। (c) अमन ने कहा कि वह अपना काम पूरा कर चुका था।
37. 37.Make a sentence: song. / like / this / I
38. 38.Choose the English for: “मुझे यह गाना पसंद है।” (a) I like this song. (b) She asked if I was free. (c) He said that he was tired.
39. 39.What does “She said that she liked mangoes.” mean? (a) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ। (b) क्या वह तैर सकती है? (c) उसने कहा कि उसे आम पसंद हैं।
40. 40.Choose the English for: “डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मुझे आराम करना चाहिए।” (a) The doctor said that I should rest. (b) Aman said that he had finished his work. (c) Ravi told me that the shop was closed.

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