Change the narration: The boy exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.

A. The boy said, "Hurrah! we have won the match."

B. The boy said, "Hurrah! they have won the match."

C. The boy said, "Hurrah! we had won the match."

D. The boy said, "Hurrah! they had won the match."

The teacher said, "Let the boy go home now".

A. The teacher said that the boy might be allowed to go home then.

B. The teacher said that the boy may be allowed to go home now.

C. The teacher said that let the boy go home then.

D. The teacher said that the boy could go home now.

He said, "Hurrah! we have won the match." This can be changed into an indirect statement as?

A. He exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.

B. He said hurrah that they have won the match.

C. He exclaimed that they have won the match.

D. He said with joy that they had been winning the match.

Choose the correct indirect speech form: He said to me, "May you be happy."

A. He wished that I might be happy.

B. He said that I may be happy.

C. He prayed that I may be happy.

D. He told that I might be happy.

Change into Indirect: He said to me, "will you help me"?

A. He asked me whether I would help him.

B. He said to me that I would help him.

C. He asked me that will you help him.

D. He told me that I will help him.

He said, “I didn’t do anything wrong.” Change into Indirect Speech

B. He said that he hadn’t done anything wrong.

A. He said that he didn’t do anything wrong.

B. He said that he hadn’t done anything wrong.

C. He said that he hasn’t done anything wrong.

D. He said that he had done nothing wrong.

Change into Indirect: He said to me, "Leave the room and do not return."

A. He ordered him to leave the room and forbade him to return.

B. He told him to leave the room and did not return.

C. He said to him to leave the room and not return.

D. He asked him to leave the room and never return.

Change the narration: He said to me, "I expect you to attend the function."

A. He told me that he expected me to attend the function.

B. He said to me that he expects me to attend the function.

C. He told me that he expects me to attend the function.

D. He said that he expected me to attend the function.

He said, "Yes, I'll come and see you." Change narration.

B. He said that he would come and see me.

A. He said that yes he would come and see me.

B. He said that he would come and see me.

C. He said that he will come and see me.

D. He said that he would come and see you.

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Direct and Indirect Speech MCQs (21–30)

10 questions on this page, with a one-liner under each answer. Hide answers to attempt; questions you already answered stay revealed. This is a sample of 30 Direct and Indirect Speech MCQs — the full English bank is in the study app.

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21.
Past Paper MCQ
Change the narration: The boy exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
Correct Answer: A
One-liner
The correct direct speech for the given indirect narration is The boy said, "Hurrah! we have won the match."
22.
Past Paper MCQ
The teacher said, "Let the boy go home now".
Correct Answer: A
One-liner
The correct indirect speech of 'The teacher said, "Let the boy go home now"' is the teacher said that the boy might be allowed to go home then.
23.
Past Paper MCQ
He said, "Hurrah! we have won the match." This can be changed into an indirect statement as?
Correct Answer: A
One-liner
The sentence 'He said, "Hurrah! we have won the match."' is changed into indirect speech as He exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
24.
Past Paper MCQ
Choose the correct indirect speech form: He said to me, "May you be happy."
Correct Answer: A
One-liner
The correct indirect speech form of 'He said to me, "May you be happy."' is He wished that I might be happy.
25.
Past Paper MCQ
Change into Indirect: He said to me, "will you help me"?
Correct Answer: A
One-liner
The indirect speech of 'He said to me, "will you help me"?' is He asked me whether I would help him.
26.
Past Paper MCQ
He said, “I didn’t do anything wrong.” Change into Indirect Speech
Correct Answer: B
One-liner
When changing the sentence 'He said, “I didn’t do anything wrong.”' into indirect speech, the correct form is He said that he hadn’t done anything wrong.
27.
Past Paper MCQ
"Please sit down," he said. Identify the correct transformation of this sentence into indirect speech.
Correct Answer: D
One-liner
The indirect speech of "Please sit down," he said is None of these because the correct transformation would be "He requested me to sit down" or "He asked me to sit down," but the given options do not precisely match the standard form.
28.
Past Paper MCQ
Change into Indirect: He said to me, "Leave the room and do not return."
Correct Answer: A
One-liner
The indirect speech of "He said to me, 'Leave the room and do not return'" is He ordered him to leave the room and forbade him to return.
29.
Past Paper MCQ
Change the narration: He said to me, "I expect you to attend the function."
Correct Answer: A
One-liner
The correct narration change of 'He said to me, "I expect you to attend the function."' is He told me that he expected me to attend the function.
30.
Past Paper MCQ
He said, "Yes, I'll come and see you." Change narration.
Correct Answer: B
One-liner
The indirect narration of 'He said, "Yes, I'll come and see you."' is He said that he would come and see me.

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Yes. Each question on this page can be attempted here. The correct option and a one-liner are in the HTML. This is a sample set of 30 Direct and Indirect Speech MCQs across 3 pages. The full English bank is in the study app.

Are Direct and Indirect Speech MCQs asked in FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all One Paper Exams?

Yes. Direct and Indirect Speech is part of the English portion of most Pakistani one-paper job tests. Weighting still depends on the advertisement — use the official syllabus for your post.

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Direct and Indirect Speech MCQs (21–30)

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