IBPS PO English: Direct and Indirect Speech questions with solutions

Q1. 'If you don't keep quiet, I shall shoot you,' he said to her in a calm voice.

1. He warned her to shoot if she didn't keep quiet calmly.
2. He said calmly that I shall shoot you if you don't be quiet.
3. He warned her calmly that he would shoot her if she didn't keep quiet.
4. Calmly he warned her that be quiet or else he will have to shoot her.

Answer: He warned her calmly that he would shoot her if she didn't keep quiet.

The sentence is a warning, so 'said' changes to 'warned'. In reported speech, 'shall' becomes 'would' and 'you' changes to 'she/her' as needed.

Q2. I told him that he was not working hard.

1. I said to him, "You are not working hard."
2. I told to him, "You are not working hard."
3. I said, "You are not working hard."
4. I said to him, "He is not working hard."

Answer: I said to him, "You are not working hard."

In direct speech, the pronoun 'he' becomes 'you' because the statement is addressed to him. The tense also changes from 'was not working' to 'are not working'.

Q3. His father ordered him to go to his room and study.

1. His father said, "Go to your room and study."
2. His father said to him, "Go and study in your room."
3. His father shouted, "Go right now to your study room"
4. His father said firmly, "Go and study in your room."

Answer: His father said, "Go to your room and study."

The sentence is an order, so in direct speech it becomes an imperative command. The most natural and exact form is 'Go to your room and study.'