+88 01713 211 910
BCS : English; MCQ Questions & Answer; Narration
BCS : English; MCQ Questions & Answer; Narration
1. The indirect speech of , He said, ‘You lair.’ is –
a) He said me a liar
b) He called me liar
c) He said me to go to a liar
Answer: He called me a liar
2. What will be the indirect form of the sentence following sentence? He said “I am well.”
a) He said that I was well
b) He said that he is well
Answer: He said that he was well
d) He said that I am well
3. The direct form of the indirect sentence ‘He said that the patient had died early in the morning’ is –
a) He said, “The Patient had died early in the morning.”
b) He said, “The Patient had died early in the morning.”
c) He said, “The Patient died early in the last morning.”
Answer: He said, “The Patient died early in the morning.”
4. “He said that he had done the work.” The direct Speech is _
a) He said, “I will do the work.”
b) He said, “The work will be done by me.”
c) He said, “I do the work.”
Answer: He said, “He did the work.”
5. He addressed Mr. Rahman and wished him good morning.
Answer: He said, “Good morning, Mr. Rahman.”
b) He said, “Good morning to Mr. Rahman.”
c) He bade good morning to Mr. Rahman.”
d) He said to Mr. Rahman, “Good morning.”
6. Choose the indirect speech of the sentence : He said to me, “Thank you.”
a) He thanks you
b) He thanked you
c) He thanks you
Answer: He thanked me.
7. The teacher said ,”Thank you, my boys”. The indirect narration of the sentence is –
a) The teacher said that thank you my boys.
b) The teacher told the boys and thanked them.
Answer: The teacher thanked the boys.
d) The boys were thanked by the teacher.
8. Choose the correct indirect speech : He said, “man is mortal”.
a) He said man is mortal.
b) He told that man had been mortal.
c) He said that man was mortal.
Answer: He said that man is mortal
9. Change the narration. He remarked, “Two and two makes four.”
a) He remarked that two and two would make four.
b) He remarked that two and two made four.
Answer: He remarked that two and two makes four.
d) He adviced that two and two makes four.
10. The boy said, “I shall go to school tomorrow”. – Change this into indirect speech.
a) The boy said that he shall go to school the next day.
b) The boy said that he should go to school the next day.
c) The boy said that he will go to school tomorrow.
Answer: The boy said that he would go to school the next day.
11. The teacher said, “The earth moves round the sun”.
a) The Teacher said that the earth moved round the sun.
Answer: The Teacher said that the earth moves round the sun.
c) The Teacher said that the earth has moved round the sun.
d) The Teacher said that the earth had moved round the sun.
12. Change the narration : You said, “He was there”.
a) You said that he had been here
b) You said that he was there.
Answer: You said that he had there.
d) You said that he is there.
13. He said, “I have been working since sunrise”. Make it indirect speech.
a) He said that he is working.
Answer: He said that he had been working since sunrise.
c) He said that he has worked for sunrise.
d) He said that he has been working since sunrise
14. You said to me, “You do not do your duty.”
a) You told me that I do not do my duty
b) You said me that I did not do my duty
c) You said me that I do not do my duty
Answer: You told me that I did not do my duty
15. Asad said to me, “I want to go to school now”.
a) Asad said to me that he wanted to go to school now.
b) Asad said to me that he wanted to go to school them.
Answer: Asad told me that he wanted to go to school them.
d) Asad told me that he wants to go to school them.
16. Arif told us that he had waited an hour GI Direct Narration হলো -
Answer: Arif said to us, “I waited an hour.”
b) Arif said to us, “I have been waiting an hour.”
c) Arif said to us, “I had to wait an hour.”
d) Arif told to us, “I have waited an hour.”
17. Farida said, “I shall go to school”.
Answer: Farida said that she would go to school.
b) Farida said that she will go to school.
c) Farida told that she went to school.
d) None of these
18. The teacher said :I shall not teach him English”.
a) The teacher said he would not teacher him English.
Answer: The teacher said that he would not teach him English.
c) The teacher said he will not teach him English.
d) The teacher said he would not taught him English.
19. Anwar said “I have done the sum”.
a) Anwar said that I have done the sum. b) Anwar said that I had done the sum.
Answer: Anwar said that he have done the sum. d) Anwar said that I has done the sum.
20. She said to him, “I will call you as soon as possible”.
a) She told that she will call him as soon as possible.
b) She told him that she called him as soon as possible.
Answer: She told him that she would call him as soon as possible.
d) She told him that she would call him as soon as possible.
21. Anis said , “I must write a letter”.
a) Anis said he must write a letter
b) Anis said that he must write a letter
c) Anis said he had to write a letter
Answer: Anis said he had to write a letter
22. He said that he had come to see me. The direct speech is –
a) He said, “he has come to see you”.
Answer: He said, “I came to see you”.
c) He said, “I have come to see you”.
d) He said, “I had come to see you”.
23. Amin said ,”I shall go to school”.
a) Amin said that he will go to school
Answer: Amin said that he would go to school
c) Amin said that I shall go to school
d) Amin said that I would go to school
24. Rony said, “the train reached at nine”.
a) Rony said that the train has reached at nine.
Answer: Rony said that the train had reached at nine.
c) Rony said that the train reached at nine.
d) Rony said that the train reaches at nine.
25. He said to me, “ I don’t believe you”.
Answer: He said he did not believe me.
b) He said he does not believe me.
c) He says he did not believe me.
d) He says he does not believe me.
26. Salim said to me, “I was ill”.
Answer: Salim told me that he had been ill.
b) Salim said to me that he was ill.
c) Salim told me that I had been ill.
d) Salim told me that he has been ill.
27. Choose the correct indirect form –
Answer: She said that she was happy to be there that evening.
b) She said she was happy to be there that evening.
c) She said that she is happy to be there that evening.
d) She said that she were happy to be there that evening.
28. ‘When I got home, I found I had lost my umbrella’, Laila said.
Answer: Laila said that when she had got home, she found she had lost her umbrella.
b) Laila said that when she got home, she found she had lost her umbrella.
c) Laila said when she had got home, she found she had lost her umbrella.
d) Laila said when she had got home she found she lost her umbrella.
29. You will say, “I am ill”.
Answer: You will say that you are ill.
b) You will say that I am ill.
c) You will say that you were ill.
d) You would say that I was ill.
30. He has said to me, “I shall go out but you will stay”.
Answer: He has told me that he would go out but I should stay.
b) He has told me that he will go out but I should stay.
c) He told me that he will go out but I shall stay.
d) He has said me that he would go out but I would stay.
31. He said, “I came home yesterday”.
a) He told that he had come home the previous day.
b) He told that he came home Yesterday.
c) He said that he came home the previous day.
Answer: He said that he had come home the previous day.
32. Find out the correct sentence in indirect speech. He said to me, “What are you doing?”
a) He said to me what I am doing.
Answer: He asked me what I was doing.
c) He said what was to do.
d) He said about my doing.
33. I said to him, “Is he a doctor?” Turn the sentence into indirect speech.
a) I said to him that he was a doctor.
b) I said to him whether he is a doctor.
c) I asked him whether he is a doctor.
Answer: I asked him whether he was a doctor.
34. He asked me _.
a) When I go there.
b) When did I go there.
c) When I were there.
Answer: When I had gone there.
35. Select the correct change of speech, “What do you want?” She asked him.
a) She asked hi m what he wants.
b) She asks him what he wants.
c) She wanted him.
Answer: She asked him what he wanted.
36. I said to him, “Is he a doctor?”
a) I said to him that he was a doctor.
b) I said to him whether he was a doctor.
Answer: I asked him whether he was a doctor.
d) I asked him whether he is a doctor.
37. Choose the direct speech of the sentence : She told me to stand up.
a) She said, “Do stand up”.
Answer: She said to me, “Stand up”.
c) She told, “Stand up”.
d) She said me, “Stand up”.
38. I asked him _.
a) What is his name
b) What was his name
c) What his name is
Answer: What his name was
39. Select the correct changes of speech. “What do you want?” She asked him.
Answer: She asked him what he wanted.
b) She asked him what he wants.
c) She asks him what he wants.
d) She wanted him.
40. He asked me where I had gone the previous day. The dorect speech is –
a) He asked to me, “Where did you go yesterday?”
Answer: He said to me, “Where did you go yesterday?”
c) He said to me, “Where you went yesterday?”
d) He said to me, “Where did I go yesterday?”
41. “What do you want?” he said to me.
Answer: He asked me what I wanted
b) He asked me what I had wanted
c) He asked me what I wanted
d) He asked me what do you want
42. He said, “Good morning, Sir”?
Answer: He respectfully wished good morning to the parson spoken to.
b) He respectfully wishes good morning to the parson spoken to.
c) He respectfully wish good morning to the parson spoken to.
d) He respectfully wished good morning to the parson spoke to.
43. “Are you weeping?” he asked her.
a) He asked her that she is weeping.
Answer: He asked her if she was weeping.
c) He asked her that he is weeping.
d) None of these
44. “How long will you carry me?” he said to me.
a) He asked me how long he will carry me.
Answer: He asked me how long he would carry me.
c) He asked me how long would he carry me.
d) He asked me how long he should carry me.
45. You said to me, “Would you help me, please?”
Answer: You politely asked me if I would help you.
b) You politely asked me that if I should help you.
c) You politely asked me that whether I would help you.
d) You politely asked me if I would help.
46. “Who are you and what do you want?” he said to me.
a) He asked me who was I and what did I want.
b) He asked me who were you and what did you want.
Answer: He asked me who I was and what I wanted.
d) He told me who you are and you want.
47. I said to him, “Will you follow me?”
a) I said to him if he would follow me.
Answer: I asked him if he would follow me.
c) I asked to him if he would follow me.
d) I said to him if he will follow me.
48. We asked him why he _ telephoned earlier.
a) did not
b) has not
Answer: had not
d) would not
49. He said to me, “How did you do it?”
a) He enquired of me if I had done it.
Answer: He enquired of me how I had done it.
c) He said to me if I had done it.
d) He said to me that I had done it.
50. “How dare you wake me up?” The lion roared at the miuse.
a) The lion roared and said to the mouse why he wake him up.
b) The lion said the mouse why it got him up.
c) The lion question the mouse about his awaking.
Answer: The lion roared and asked to the mouse how it dared wake him up.
51. He said to me, “Which book do you want?”
a) He said to me which book I wanted.
b) He asked to me which book I wanted.
Answer: He asked me which book I wanted.
d) He said me which book I wanted.
52. “The teacher enquired why I had been absent from class”, The direct speech is –
a) The teacher said to me, “Why are you absent from class?”
b) The teacher said to me, “Why you have been absent from class?”
c) The teacher said to me, “Why were you been absenting from class?”
Answer: The teacher said to me, “Why were you absent from class?”
53.She asked me, “Are you happy in your new job?”
Answer: She asked me if I was happy in my new job.
b) She asked me if I have been happy in my new job.
c) She asked me whether I am happy in my new job.
d) She asked me if I had been happy in my new job.
54.Which one is the correct indirect narration? “Why have you beaten my dog”? he said to me.
a) He demanded me why had I beaten his dog.
b) He asked me why I have had beaten his dog.
c) He enquired me why had I had beaten his dog.
Answer: He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog.
55. He said that he _ the previous day.
a) has come
Answer: had come
c) came
d) arrived
56. “I’ll have a cup of tea”. my father said, “Because I’m not hungry”. Which of the following sentence is the correct indirect speech?
a) My father said that he will have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
b) My father said that he would have had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
Answer: My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
d) My father said that he had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
57. He said “Good morning, Mr. Kamal”. Change the speech.
Answer: He wished Mr. Kamal good morning.
b) He has wished Mr. Kamal good morning.
c) He said Mr. Kamal good morning.
d) He told Mr. Kamal good morning.
58. He said “What a pity”. বাক্যের Indirect speech –
a) He exclaimed that it is a great pity.
Answer: He exclaimed that it was a great pity.
c) He exclaimed that it is great pity.
d) He exclaimed that it is very pity.
59. The captain ordered the soldiers to march on বাক্যটির direct speech .
a) The captain said to the solders, “Please March on.”
b) The captain said “Solders, Lask you to March on.”
Answer: The captain said to the solders, “March on.”
d) The captain asked, “Soldiers, March on.”
60. Nafis said to Romel, “Go away”.
a) Nafis asked Romel to go away.
b) Nafis requested Romel to go away.
Answer: Nafis ordered Romel to go away.
d) Nafis said Romel to go away.
61. The indirect speech of the sentence Sally said to me, “Please get me a drink” is –
a) Sally told me to get a drink for her.
Answer: Sally asked me to get her a drink .
c) Sally told me to get a drink.
d) Sally inquired me to have a drink for her.
62. Choose the correct indirect speech : He said, “What a beautiful bird!”
a) He said that what a beautiful bird it was.
Answer: He exclaimed that it was very beautiful bird.
c) He exclaimed that what a beautiful bird.
d) He said that it was a very beautiful bird.
63. He said, “Farewell, my friends.”
a) He said to his friends farewell.
b) He told to his friends farewell.
Answer: He bade farewell to his friends.
d) He told addressing his friends.
64. She said, “Let me come in”. Which of the following is the indirect form of speech?
a) She said that she may come in.
b) She requested that she may come in.
c) She requested that she may be allowed to come in.
Answer: She requested that she might come in.
65. The man said, “Good morning, my friends”.
a) The man said that my friends good morning.
b) The man bade his friends good morning.
Answer: The man wished his friends good morning.
d) The man addressing his friends good morning.
66. “Don’t waste time”, the teacher said to the students. The indirect form of the speech –
a) The teacher forbade the students not to waste time.
Answer: The teacher advised the students not to waste time.
c) The teacher forbade the students not to waste time.
d) The teacher ordered the students don’t waste time.
67. He said to me, “Thank you”.
Answer: He thanked me
b) He had thanked me
c) He told that thank you
d) He wished a thank to me.
68. Which one is the correct narration – He told “Do the work”.
a) He said that do the work.
Answer: He asked to do the work.
c) He requested doing the work.
d) He told doing the work.
69. He said to me, “Let us go home together”.
a) He proposed to me to go home together.
Answer: He proposed to me that we should go home together.
c) He asked me to go home together.
d) He urged me to go home with him.
70. Choose the direct speech of the sentence : She told us to hurry up.
a) She said, “Do hurry up.”
Answer: She said to us, “Hurry up.”
c) She said, “Hurry up.”
d) She said us, “Hurry up.”
71. The captain ordered the soldiers to march on. ……….. Direct speech .
a) The captain asked, “Soldiers, I ask you to march.”
b) The captain said to soldiers, “Please march on.”
c) The captain asked, “Soldiers, I ask you to march on.”
Answer: The captain Said to the Soldiers, “March on.”
72. He said to his friends, “Let us play now”.
a) He requested to his friends that they should play then.
Answer: He proposed to his friends that they should play then.
c) He proposed to his friends that they would play then.
d) He proposed to his friends that we should play then.
73. The chairman said to the members, “Let us drop the matter today”.
a) The chairman proposed to the members to drop the matter that day.
b) The chairman proposed to the members that they should drop the matter today.
Answer: The chairman proposed to the members that they should drop the matter that day.
d) The chairman proposed to the members might drop the matter that day.
74. He said to me, “may you have wealth”.
Answer: He wished me that I might have wealth.
b) He wished me that I might had wealth.
c) He wished me that I should have wealth.
d) He said me that I might have wealth.
75. I said to you, “He has done his duty”.
a) I said to you that you have done your duty.
Answer: I said to you that he had done his duty.
c) I told you that you had done your duty.
d) I told you that he has done his duty.
76. He addressed Mr. Rahman and wished him good morning.
a) He said to Mr. Rahman, “Good morning”.
Answer: He said, “Good morning, Mr. Rahman”.
c) He said Good morning, to Mr. Rahman.
d) He bade Good morning to Mr. Rahman.
77. She asked me, “Where were you?”
a) She asked me where I went.
b) She asked me where I had gone.
Answer: She asked me where I had been.
d) She asked me where I was.
78. Anis said, “Good bye, Father.”
a) Anis said good night for his father.
Answer: Anis bade his father good-bye.
c) Anis gave good night to his father.
d) Anis addressed his father and told good-bye.
79. Amani exclaimed that she was a great fool.
Answer: Amani said, “What a fool I am!”.
b) Amani said, “What I am a fool!”.
c) Amani said, “How I am a fool!”.
d) Amani exclaimed, “ I am a great fool!”.
80. He said to me, “By God! I shall support you.”
a) He swore by god that he will support.
b) He swore by God that he will have supported me.
c) He swear by god that he would have supported me.
Answer: He swore by God that he would support me.
81. “Come in, my friend”, Said i.
a) Addressing him as my friend, he said him to go in.
Answer: Addressing him as my friend, I told him to go in.
c) Addressing him as my friend, I have said him to go in.
d) Addressing him as my friend, I asked him to go in.
82. He said, “Tell me, boy, If the miller is within?”
Answer: Addressing the boy, he asked him (boy) to tell him if the miller was within.
b) Addressing the boy, he said to him (boy) to tell him if the miller was within.
c) Addressing the boy, he asked him (boy) to tell him that the miller was within.
d) Addressing the boy, he said him (boy) to tell him if the miller was within.
83. “Run away, children”, said their mother.
a) Addressing the children, their mother said to them to run away.
Answer: Addressing the children, their mother urged them to run away.
c) Addressing the children, their mother told them to run away.
d) Addressing the children, their mother asked them to run away.
84. The mother said to her son, “May you pass the examination”.
a) The mother wished her son that he might pass the examination.
b) The mother said to her son that he might pass the examination.
Answer: The mother wished that her son might pass the examination.
d) The mother wished her son that he may pass the examination.
85. Nasima said, “What a fine picture it is!”
a) Nasima said that it is a fine picture.
b) Nasima exclaimed that it was a fine picture.
Answer: Nasima exclaimed that it was a fine picture.
d) Nasima exclaimed that what a fine picture it was.
86. The teacher said to his pupils. “Stand up”.
a) The teacher said to his pupils to stand up.
Answer: The teacher ordered his pupils to stand up.
c) The teacher said to his pupils whether they stand up.
d) The teacher requested his pupils to stand up.
87. He said to me, “May Allah bless you”.
a) He wished that Allah might bless him.
b) He wished to me that Allah might bless him.
Answer: He wished for me that Allah might bless him.
d) He Prayed that Allah might bless him.
88. ‘You had better not leave your room unlocked’. said my friends.
Answer: My friends warned me not to leave my room locked.
b) My friends asked me not to leave my room locked.
c) My friends reminded me to lock my room.
d) My friends advised me to lock my room.
89. He told, “do the work”.
a) He said that do the work.
Answer: He asked to do the work.
c) He requested doing the work.
d) He told doing the work.
90. I said angrily, “Leave me alone”.
a) I said to him angrily to leave me alone.
b) I told him angrily to leave me alone.
Answer: I told angrily to leave me alone.
d) I asked him angrily to leave me alone.
91. ‘Come here’, The indirect speech is –
a) He told come here
b) He told that I should come here.
c) He ordered that I go there.
Answer: He told me to go there
92. “My father said to me, “Do not waste your time”.
a) My father told me that do not waste my time.
b) My father told me that I do not waste my time.
Answer: My father forbade me to waste my time.
d) My father told me to waste not my time.
93. He swore by God that he would help me.
a) He said to me, “God that will help him”.
b) He said to me, “Please God help him”.
Answer: He said, “By God! I shall help you”.
d) He said to me, “May God help him”.
94. What is the correct indirect form of : He said “You had better see a doctor”.
Answer: He advised him to see a doctor.
b) He advised that he should see a doctor.
c) He suggested that he had seen a doctor.
d) He Proposed to see a doctor.
Question selected
By
Expert Teachers Panel
of