General English for Competitive Exams Questions and Answers
Choose the option that is the correct indirect form of the sentence.
She said, “I will be available tomorrow.”
(A) She said that she would be available tomorrow.
(B) She said that she would be available the next day.
(C) She said that she must be available the next day.
(D) She said that she will be available the next day.
Correct Answer : B
Reshma said to Priya, ‘Why are you sketching on the wall?’
(A) Reshma asked Priya why was she sketching on the wall.
(B) Reshma asked Priya why had she been sketching on the wall
(C) Reshma asked Priya that why is she sketching on the wall.
(D) Reshma asked Priya why she was sketching on the wall.
Correct Answer : D
The designer said to her, ‘will you have the dress ready by tomorrow evening?’
(A) The designer asked her if she would have the dress ready by next evening.
(B) The designer asked her that she would have the dress ready by next evening.
(C) The designer asked her that if she will like to have the dress by next evening.
(D) The designer asked her that she will have the suit ready by next evening.
Correct Answer : A
Oreo said, ‘Alright, yes, you were right and I was wrong.’
(A) Oreo admitted that I had been right and he had been wrong.
(B) Oreo admitted that I was right and he was wrong.
(C) Oreo admitted that I have been right and he has been wrong.
(D) Oreo said that yes you were right and I was wrong.
Correct Answer : A
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
He said, “It’s been raining since last night.”
(A) He said that it had rained since last night.
(B) He said that it had been raining since the night before.
(C) He’s said that it had been raining since yesterday.
(D) He said that it’s raining since last night.
Correct Answer : B
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Fiona enquired whether I had gone to school on Tuesday.
(A) “Did you go to school on Tuesday?’’ Fiona asked me.
(B) “Are you gone to school on Tuesday? Fiona enquired.
(C) “Had you been going to school on Tuesday?” Fiona asked me.
(D) “Where are you going on Tuesday?’’ Fiona asked me.
Correct Answer : A
Vissu said, "We passed by a beautiful lake when we went on a trip to Goa."
(A) Vissu said that they passed by a beautiful lake when they had gone on a trip to Goa.
(B) Vissu said that they has passed by a beautiful lake when they went on a to Goa.
(C) Vissu said that they had passed by a beautiful lake when they had gone a trip to Goa
(D) Vissu said they passed by a beautiful lake when they went on a trip to Goa.
Correct Answer : C
"You can not bathe in this sea, "he said to me, "It's very rough."
(A) He said that I cannot bathe in this sea because it's very rought.
(B) He said that you could not bathe in the sea if it was very rough.
(C) He said that I could not bathe in that sea as it was very rough.
(D) He said that you can not bathe in this sea since it was very rough.
Correct Answer : C
"What about going for a swim," he said, "It's quite fine now."
(A) He asked me what about going for a swim as it was quite fine them.
(B) He proposed going for swim as it was quite fine.
(C) He suggested going for a swim as it was quite fine.
(D) He asvised me to go for a swim as it was quite fine.
Correct Answer : A
Farhan asked Geeta, "Could you lend me a hundred rupees until tomorrow?"
(A) Farhan asked Geeta whether she could lend him a hundred rupees untill tomorrow.
(B) Farhan asked Geeta whether she could lend him a hundred rupees untill next day.
(C) Farhan asked Geeta whether she could lend me a hundred rupees untill next day.
(D) Farhan asked whether Geeta could lend me a hundred rupees untill the next day.
Correct Answer : B
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