SSCCGL English Language And Comprehension

Question 36

In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
He asked me if I would like to have lunch with him that day.

  • He said to me, "Do you like to have lunch with me today?"

  • He said to me, "You can if you like to have lunch with me today."

  • He said to me, "Would you like to have lunch with me today?"

  • He said to me, "Can you have lunch with me today?"

Solution

C.

He said to me, "Would you like to have lunch with me today?"

Question 37

In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
I said, 'Good-bye, my beloved friends.'
  • I bade my beloved friends good-bye.

  • I bided good-bye to my beloved freinds.

  • I said good-bye to my beloved friends.

  • I wished my beloved friends good-bye.

Solution

A.

I bade my beloved friends good-bye.

Question 38

In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
The teacher said to me, 'I hope you will bring credit to my school.'

  • The teacher wished that I would bring credit to my school.

  • The teacher said that I will bring credit to his school.

  • The teacher desired that I bring credit to his school.

  • The teacher hoped that I would bring credit to his school.

Solution

D.

The teacher hoped that I would bring credit to his school.

Question 39

In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
They said, 'We were living in Paris.'

  • They said that they would have lived in Paris.

  • They said they might have been living in Paris.

  • They told me that they had lived in Paris.

  • They told me that they had been living in Paris.

Solution

D.

They told me that they had been living in Paris.

Question 40

In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
He said to his father, 'Shall I go to market now?'


  • He asked his father if he should go to market then.

  • He asked his father if he shall go to market now.

  • He asked his father if he would go to market now.

  • He asked his father if he will go to market then.

Solution

A.

He asked his father if he should go to market then.