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FCI Manager Direct Indirect Speech — practice questions — page 3

Explore 92 free Direct Indirect Speech questions in FCI Manager English. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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Direct Indirect Speech questions and exercises with answers

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Direct: He said, 'I have finished my work.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: She said, 'I was reading a book.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: He said to her, 'Please help me.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: He said, 'I will see you tomorrow.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: The boy said, 'Alas! I have failed.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: She said, 'May God bless you!' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: She said to him, 'Can you help me?' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: The mother said, 'Sleep now, my child.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and match each direct speech to its indirect formRead the answer and worked solution →Tap in order: steps to convert direct to indirect speechRead the answer and worked solution →Match each rule to what it governsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: commas and clausesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the rule on participial phrasesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every principle of composition Strunk givesRead the answer and worked solution →Which principle does this illustrate?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the rules backRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the paragraph rulesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: compositionRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: tighten a sentenceRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Rule of usage, or principle of composition?Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: rule with its pointRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: punctuation rulesRead the answer and worked solution →Applying the principlesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every sentence problem Strunk's rules would catchRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the composition principlesRead the answer and worked solution →More of Strunk's rulesRead the answer and worked solution →

Worked practice questions

Direct: He said, 'I have finished my work.' Indirect form is

  1. He told that he have finished his work
  2. He said that he has finished his work
  3. He said that he had finished his work
  4. He asked that he had finished his work
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Correct answer: C. He said that he had finished his work

1. Present perfect shifts to past perfect: had finished. 2. Pronouns 'I/my' become 'he/his'. 3. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Assertive sentence rules_

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Direct: She said, 'I was reading a book.' Indirect form is

  1. She asked that she reads a book
  2. She said that she was reading a book
  3. She told that she is reading a book
  4. She said that she had been reading a book
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Correct answer: D. She said that she had been reading a book

1. Past continuous shifts to past perfect continuous: had been reading. 2. Pronoun 'I' becomes 'she'. 3. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Assertive sentence rules_

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Direct: He said to her, 'Please help me.' Indirect form is

  1. He requested her to help him
  2. He ordered her to help him
  3. He said her to help him
  4. He asked her help him
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Correct answer: A. He requested her to help him

1. Polite request -> 'requested' verb. 2. Object pronoun 'me' becomes 'him'. 3. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Imperative sentence rules (request)_

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