Direct and Indirect Speech Worksheet with Hindi Meaning

English speaking lesson 26: Changing sentences: reported speech · Set 994 · 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.What does “The teacher told us to sit down.” mean? (a) टीचर ने हमें बैठने को कहा। (b) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था। (c) अमन ने कहा कि वह अपना काम पूरा कर चुका था।
2. 2.Make a sentence: I / not / like / this / do / song.
3. 3."I am busy." → She said that she ___ busy. (a) was (b) were (c) am
4. 4.Make a sentence: would / call / that / said / me. / Neha / she
5. 5.Choose the English for: “माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ।” (a) My mother asked me where I was going. (b) Can she swim? (c) She said that she liked mangoes.
6. 6.What does “He asked whether the bus had left.” mean? (a) उसने मुझसे देर न करने को कहा। (b) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ। (c) उसने पूछा कि क्या बस निकल चुकी थी।
7. 7.Make a sentence: call / that / she / Neha / me. / said / would
8. 8.Make a sentence: swim. / She / cannot
9. 9.Make a sentence: are / They / playing / cricket.
10. 10.What does “She asked if I was free.” mean? (a) क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं? (b) उसने पूछा कि क्या मैं खाली हूँ। (c) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था।
11. 11.My friend asked ___ I was coming. (a) what (b) that (c) if
12. 12.She ___ me that the class was cancelled. (a) spoke (b) said (c) told
13. 13.She drives. → She ___ drive. (a) don't (b) isn't (c) doesn't
14. 14.Make a sentence: going. / me / I / mother / My / where / asked / was
15. 15.What does “They are playing cricket.” mean? (a) उसने पूछा कि क्या मैं खाली हूँ। (b) क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं? (c) वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं।
16. 16.You are ready. → ___ you ready? (a) Do (b) Are (c) Is
17. 17.Make a sentence: this / you / like / song? / Do
18. 18.Make a sentence: the / He / bus / had / asked / left. / whether
19. 19.What does “The doctor said that I should rest.” mean? (a) मुझे यह गाना पसंद नहीं है। (b) डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मुझे आराम करना चाहिए। (c) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ।
20. 20.Make a sentence: closed. / me / Ravi / was / that / shop / told / the
21. 21.What does “She cannot swim.” mean? (a) वह तैर नहीं सकती। (b) क्या वह तैर सकती है? (c) उसने पूछा कि क्या मैं खाली हूँ।
22. 22.What does “Ravi told me that the shop was closed.” mean? (a) वह तैर नहीं सकती। (b) मुझे यह गाना पसंद है। (c) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी।
23. 23.Riya asked me where I ___ going. (a) be (b) was (c) were
24. 24.Choose the English for: “उसने मुझसे देर न करने को कहा।” (a) I like this song. (b) Neha said that she would call me. (c) He asked me not to be late.
25. 25.What does “She said that she liked mangoes.” mean? (a) उसने पूछा कि क्या बस निकल चुकी थी। (b) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था। (c) उसने कहा कि उसे आम पसंद हैं।
26. 26."I like tea." → He said that he ___ tea. (a) like (b) liked (c) liking
27. 27.Make a sentence: shop / was / Ravi / me / the / told / that / closed.
28. 28.Choose the English for: “रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी।” (a) The doctor said that I should rest. (b) Ravi told me that the shop was closed. (c) She cannot swim.
29. 29.What does “He said that he was tired.” mean? (a) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था। (b) नेहा ने कहा कि वह मुझे फ़ोन करेगी। (c) डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मुझे आराम करना चाहिए।
30. 30.Choose the English for: “उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था।” (a) I like this song. (b) The doctor said that I should rest. (c) He said that he was tired.
31. 31.Make a sentence: Are / they / cricket? / playing
32. 32.Make a sentence: She / liked / said / mangoes. / she / that
33. 33.Choose the English for: “उसने पूछा कि क्या मैं खाली हूँ।” (a) She asked if I was free. (b) I do not like this song. (c) She said that she liked mangoes.
34. 34.Choose the English for: “मुझे यह गाना पसंद है।” (a) I like this song. (b) Are they playing cricket? (c) Aman said that he had finished his work.
35. 35.Make a sentence: She / said / she / liked / mangoes. / that
36. 36.Make a sentence: had / left. / He / the / bus / whether / asked
37. 37.Make a sentence: to / sit / us / down. / told / The / teacher
38. 38.Make a sentence: be / me / He / to / late. / asked / not
39. 39.Choose the English for: “उसने कहा कि उसे आम पसंद हैं।” (a) He asked whether the bus had left. (b) She said that she liked mangoes. (c) Aman said that he had finished his work.
40. 40.Make a sentence: shop / the / that / me / closed. / told / Ravi / was

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