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Direct indirect speech
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| Q1 ⇒ He said, "I saw a book here." He said that he had seen a book there. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q2 ⇒ She said to him, "Why don't you go today?" She asked him why he did not that day. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q3 ⇒ Rajan said, "O that I were a child again!" Rajan strongly wished that he had been a child again. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q4 ⇒ "I don't know the way. Do you?" he asked. He said that he didnot know the way and asked me if I did. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q5 ⇒ He said to them, "Don't make a noise." He asked them not to make a noise. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q6 ⇒ My friend said to me, "Has your father returned from Calcutta?" My friend asked me if my father had returned from Calcutta. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q7 ⇒ The employer said to the workman, "I cannot pay you higher wages." The employer told the workman that he could not pay him higher wages. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q8 ⇒ He said, "I have often told you not to waste your time." He said that he had often told him not to waste his time. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q9 ⇒ He said to her, "May you succeed!" He wished her success. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q10 ⇒ He said, "I must go next week." He said that he would have to go the following week. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q11 ⇒ He said to me, "Where is the post office?" He asked me where the post office was. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q12 ⇒ The spectators said, "Suresh! well played, Ravi." The spectators applauded Ravi, saying that he had played well. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q13 ⇒ "Please don't go away", she said. She begged me not to go away. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q14 ⇒ He said, "Can you sing?" And I said, "No". He asked me if I could sing and I said that I couldn’t. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q15 ⇒ The sage said, "God helps those who help themselves." The sage said that God helps those who help themselves. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q16 ⇒ He said, "What a beautiful scene!" He exclaimed that it was a very beautiful scene. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q17 ⇒ He said to me, "Where is the post office?" He asked me where the post office was. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q18 ⇒ He asked his teacher, "Need I read this chapter?" He asked his teacher if he had to read that chapter. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q19 ⇒ Sugan said that Guna, "Will you help me in my work just now?" Sugan asked Guna if he would help her in her work just then. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q20 ⇒ He said to her, "Don’t read so fast." He told her not to read so fast. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
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