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