Multiple Choice QuestionsIn each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The father said to the son,'Why do you not start preparing for the examination this month?'
The father asked the son that why did he not start preparing for the examination this month?
The father told the son why he did not prepare for the examination that month.
The father enquired of the son why he did not start preparing for the examination this month.
The father asked the son why he did not start preparing for the examination that month.
In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
He said, 'How can a Zebra talk?'
He wondered how a Zebra talks.
He questioned a Zebra talking.
He asked how a Zebra could talk.
He was amazed how a Zebra can talk.
In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
'What did you eat last night?' asked my mother.
My mother said to me what did I eat last night.
My mother asked me what I had eaten the previous night.
My mother said what did you eat last night.
My mother questioned me what I ate last night.
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My mother asked me what I had eaten the previous night.
He said, "Which chair am I to sit on?"
He asked,"Which chair he is to sit on?"
"Which chair am I to sit on?" asks he.
"Which chair am I to sit on?" asks he.
In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The boss said, 'Please give me the latest reports.'
The boss said to please give the latest reports.
The boss wanted to please the latest reports.
The boss wanted the latest reports, please.
The boss requested for the latest reports.
In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
They said to me, 'Bring these books upstairs.'
They ordered me to bring those books upstairs.
They implored me to take those books upstairs.
They suggested me to take those books upstairs.
They asked me bring the books upstairs.
In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
She said, 'I've been in this school since 1998.'
She said that she had been in that school since 1998.
She said that she have been in this school since 1998.
She said that she was in this school since 1998.
She said that she was being in that school since 1998.
In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
'Are you the same person I met in the Park?' I asked.
I asked the stranger if he was the same person I had met in the park.
Was he the same person I met in the park I asked the stranger.
I asked the stranger if I was the same person he had met in the park.
I asked the stranger if I was the same person he had met in the park.
He said, "Alas! I perished by the people I made."
He said, "Alas! I have perished by the people I have made."
He said, "Alas! I am perished by the people I have made."
He said, "Alas! I am perished by the people I have made."
In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
'I always keep a tin of biscuits in my room, girls.'
The matron said that she always keeps a tin of biscuits in her room.
The matron informed the girls that she always kept a tin of biscuits in her room.
The matron told the girls that she would always keep a tin of biscuits in her room.
The matron told the girls that she had kept a tin of biscuits in her room.
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