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 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.

• 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.

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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.