CUET-UG SERIES English
Direct And Indirect Speech
12 previous year questions.
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2023 Chapter Questions 12 MCQs
01
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Choose the most appropriate option which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
He said, "Sita, when is the next train?"
He said, "Sita, when is the next train?"
1
He said to Sita when the next train was.
2
He asked Sita when the next train was.
3
He asked Sita about the next train.
4
He asked when the next train is.
02
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Choose the correct option which best expresses the following same sentence in Indirect speech.
Anil said, "Ali deserved the prize".
Anil said, "Ali deserved the prize".
1
Anil says that Ali deserves the prize.
2
Anil said that Ali deserves the prize.
3
Anil said that Ali has deserved the prize.
4
Anil said that Ali had deserved the prize.
03
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Choose the option to correctly change the following from direct to indirect speech.
"Are you free tomorrow?" She said to me.
"Are you free tomorrow?" She said to me.
1
She told me are you free tomorrow.
2
She asked me if I was free tomorrow.
3
She asked me if I was free the next day.
4
She ordered and asked if I was free tomorrow.
04
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Pick the correct Indirect Speech for the given sentence: "Rakesh said to Mahesh, 'Go away'."
1
Rakesh asked Mahesh to go away.
2
Rakesh ordered Mahesh to go away.
3
Rakesh ordered Mahesh go away.
4
Rakesh wanted Mahesh to go away.
05
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Choose the correct option to change the following question into Indirect Speech.
Julia said that she could not attend our wedding.
Julia said that she could not attend our wedding.
1
Julia said, "I could not attend your wedding."
2
Julia said, "I will not attend your wedding."
3
Julia said, "I am not attending your wedding."
4
Julia said, "I cannot attend your wedding."
06
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Choose the option which best expresses the following sentence in Direct speech:
The speaker said that two wrongs do not make a right.
The speaker said that two wrongs do not make a right.
1
The speaker said, "Two wrongs do not make a right".
2
The speaker said, "Don't make two wrongs right".
3
The speaker said, "What wrongs! did not make right".
4
The speaker said, "Two wrongs and not to make a right".
07
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Choose the most appropriate option which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
She asked me if I was going to college.
She asked me if I was going to college.
1
She asked me, "Will you go to college ?"
2
She said to me "Are you going to college ?"
3
She asked to me, "Was I going to college ?"
4
She said, "Am I going to college?"
08
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Change the following to Direct Speech by choosing the correct answer from the options given:
The judge asked the thief what he had been doing with his hand in the gentleman's pocket.
The judge asked the thief what he had been doing with his hand in the gentleman's pocket.
1
The judge said to the thief, "What were you doing with your hand in the gentleman's pocket?"
2
The judge said to the gentleman, "What was the thief doing in your pocket with his hand ?"
3
The judge said to the thief, "What are you doing with your hand in the gentleman's pocket?" The judge said to the thief, "What are you doing with your hand in the gentleman's pocket?"
4
The judge asked the thief, "Why are you putting your hand in the gentleman's pocket?"
09
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Select the appropriate option as the conversion for the following statement into indirect speech.
Fiona said, "It's getting late"
Fiona said, "It's getting late"
1
Fiona said it meant to be late.
2
Fiona said it had been late.
3
Fioana said it has been getting late.
4
Fiona said that it was getting late.
10
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Out of the given options, choose the Direct Speech for the sentence:
He exclaimed sadly that he was undone.
1
He said, 'I am undone'.
2
He said, 'Alas! I am undone'.
3
He said, 'Alas! I am done'.
4
He said, 'Sadly, I am done'.
11
PYQ 2025
medium
english ID: cuet-ug-
Choose the correct indirect speech:
He said, "I will go to the market tomorrow."
He said, "I will go to the market tomorrow."
1
He said he will go to the market tomorrow.
2
He said that he would go to the market tomorrow.
3
He said he would go to the market the next day.
4
He said that he will go to the market the next day.
12
PYQ 2025
easy
english ID: cuet-ug-
Select the correct indirect speech conversion: He said, 'I will go to the market.'
1
He said he would go to the market.
2
He says he will go to the market.
3
He told he would go to the market.
4
He had said he would go to the market.