CET Direct and Indirect Speech Questions with Solutions
- 14 questions from MBA CET 2025 (3) and 2026 (11)
- Asked in 8 of 13 slots
- Difficulty: 11 Easy / 3 Medium / 0 Hard
- Question and answer free · detailed solution after free login · updated 28 Oct 2026
Direct and Indirect Speech questions ask you to report what someone said, or to turn reported speech back into the speaker's words. Tense, pronoun and time-word changes are what is tested.
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Yesterday, Mrs Rao, a teacher, said, “I am assigning the homework today.” A student reports her words the following day. Choose the indirect-speech version using standard past-tense backshift and the appropriate change of time expression.
- Mrs Rao said that she is assigning the homework today.
- Mrs Rao said that she was assigning the homework that day.
- Mrs Rao said that I am assigning the homework today.
- Mrs Rao said that she was assigning the homework today.
- Mrs Rao said that she is assigning the homework that day.
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Answer: B. Mrs Rao said that she was assigning the homework that day.
In the following sentence, the words in bold are gramatically wrong. Choose the option which is grammatically correct and expresses the meaning of sentence correctly.
I asked her that how she got time to write all these books.
- that how did she got
- that how she was getting
- how did she getting
- how she got
- that how did she get
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Answer: D. how she got
Directions: From the following sentences, choose the grammatically correct sentence.
- She said that Raj had a fall last week and he had been injured.
- She said that Raj had fallen the previous week and he had injured.
- She said that Raj had had a fall last week and he was injured.
- She said that Raj had had a fall the previous week and he had been injured.
- She saids that Raj had a fall last week and he had been injured.
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Answer: D. She said that Raj had had a fall the previous week and he had been injured.
DIRECTION for the question: In the following question a sentence has been in Direct Speech. Out of the alternatives provided select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect Speech.
He said, “I clean my teeth twice a day.”
- He said that he cleaned his teeth twice a day.
- He said that he cleans his teeth twice a day.
- He said that he used to clean his teeth twice a day.
- He said that he is used to cleaning his teeth twice a day.
- He said he is cleaning his teeth twice a day.
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Answer: B. He said that he cleans his teeth twice a day.
DIRECTION for the question: In the following question a sentence has been in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the alternatives provided select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.
He said, “I saw a book here.”
- He said that he saw a book here.
- He said that he saw a book there.
- He said that he had seen a book here.
- He said that he had seen a book there.
- He said that he see a book here.
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Answer: D. He said that he had seen a book there.
Frequently asked questions
How many Direct and Indirect Speech questions came in MBA CET 2025 and 2026?
14 Direct and Indirect Speech questions were asked: 3 in MBA CET 2025 and 11 in MBA CET 2026. Every one is on this page with its answer (twin papers are not counted).
Which CET slots asked Direct and Indirect Speech? Which had the most?
Direct and Indirect Speech questions came in 8 of 13 slots. CET 2026 Slot 7 had the most (4 questions). Slot-wise lists: CET 2026 and CET 2025.
How difficult are CET Direct and Indirect Speech questions?
Of the 14 Direct and Indirect Speech questions that carry a difficulty rating, 11 are Easy, 3 Medium and 0 Hard.
Are the solutions free?
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Where can I practise more Direct and Indirect Speech?
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