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  • In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. She said,"I've been in this school since 1998."


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  • A. She said that she had been in that school since 1998.
  • B. She said that she have been in this school since 1998.
  • C. She said that she was in this school since 1998.
  • D. She said that she was being in that school since 1998.

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  • She said that she had been in that school since 1998. 

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    • 1. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. They said to me,"Bring these books upstairs."

    • Options
    • A. They ordered me to bring those books upstairs.
    • B. They implored me to take those books upstairs.
    • C. They suggested me to take those books upstairs.
    • D. They asked me bring the books upstairs.
    • Discuss
    • 2. In the following question, 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."

    • Options
    • A. The boss said to please give the latest reports.
    • B. The boss wanted to please the latest reports.
    • C. The boss wanted the latest reports, please.
    • D. The boss requested for the latest reports.
    • Discuss
    • 3. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. He asks which chair he is to sit on.

    • Options
    • A. He said,"Which chair am I to sit on?"
    • B. He asked,"Which chair he is to sit on?"
    • C. "Which chair am I to sit on?" asks he.
    • D. He said,"Which chair should I sit on?"
    • Discuss
    • 4. In the following question, 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.

    • Options
    • A. My mother said to me what did I eat last night.
    • B. My mother asked me what I had eaten the previous night.
    • C. My mother said what did you eat last night.
    • D. My mother questioned me what I ate last night.
    • Discuss
    • 5. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. He said, "How can a Zebra talk?''

    • Options
    • A. He wondered how a Zebra talks.
    • B. He questioned a Zebra talking.
    • C. He asked how a Zebra could talk.
    • D. He was amazed how a Zebra can talk.
    • Discuss
    • 6. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. "Are you the same person I met in the park?" I asked.

    • Options
    • A. I asked the stranger if he was the same person I had met in the park.
    • B. Was he the same person I met in the park I asked the stranger.
    • C. I asked the stranger if I was the same person he had met in the park.
    • D. I asked the stranger if he was the same person I met in the park.
    • Discuss
    • 7. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. He exclaimed with regret that he was perished by the people he had made.

    • Options
    • A. He said, "Alas! I perished by the people I made."
    • B. He said, "Alas! I have perished by the people I have made."
    • C. He said, "Alas! I am perished by the people I have made."
    • D. He said, "Alas! I am perished by the people I made"
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    • 8. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. "I always keep a tin of biscuits in my room, girls."

    • Options
    • A. The matron said that she always keeps a tin of biscuits in her room.
    • B. The matron informed the girls that she always kept a tin of biscuits in her room.
    • C. The matron told the girls that she would always keep a tin of biscuits in her room.
    • D. The matron told the girls that she had kept a tin of biscuits in her room.
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    • 9. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. Mother said,"Don't step out of the house in the summer season."

    • Options
    • A. The mother requested the children not to step out in the summer season.
    • B. The mother threatened the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.
    • C. The mother persuaded the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.
    • D. The mother advised the children not to step out of the house in the summer season.
    • Discuss
    • 10. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. The teacher said that the burglar had broken into the office.

    • Options
    • A. The teacher said,"The burglar had broken into the office."
    • B. The teacher said,"The burglar break into the office."
    • C. The teacher said,"The burglar broken into the office."
    • D. The teacher said,"The burglar was broken in the office."
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