Change of Speech Questions
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Reported speech (threat/warning): Convert direct speech to correct indirect/reported speech
Original direct sentence: "If you don't keep quiet I shall shoot you," he said to her in a calm voice.
Preserve the conditional meaning and the calm tone; apply tense backshift and pronoun/time changes where required.
Choose the option that gives the correct indirect narration.
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Direct to indirect (statement): Identify the correct direct-speech equivalent
Indirect sentence given: I told him that he was not working hard.
Select the option that accurately converts this to direct speech while preserving person and tense.
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Imperative: Convert indirect command to its correct direct form
Indirect sentence: His father ordered him to go to his room and study.
Reflect the imperative mood and address correctly in direct speech.
Choose the correct direct sentence.
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Requests: Convert direct request into indirect/reported speech
Direct sentence: He said to his father, "Please increase my pocket-money."
Maintain the sense of polite request and pronoun/time consistency.
Choose the correct reported speech.
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Statements: Convert indirect report to correct direct speech with pronoun/time accuracy
Indirect sentence: She said that her brother was getting married.
Restore the original direct wording with correct pronoun and tense.
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Questions (wh-): Convert direct question to correct indirect question form
Direct sentence: The boy said, "Who dare call you a thief?"
Apply sequence of tenses, pronoun change, and question structure without a question mark.
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Exclamations: Convert indirect exclamation to the correct direct exclamatory sentence
Indirect sentence: She exclaimed with sorrow that was a very miserable plight.
Restore the expressive direct form with "What a …!" structure.
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Statements (place/time words): Convert indirect report to correct direct speech
Indirect sentence: Dhruv said that he was sick and tired of working for that company.
Recover the direct form with appropriate deictic shifts ("that" → "this") and person change.
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Yes/No questions: Convert direct question to correct indirect form with backshift
Direct sentence: "Are you alone, my son?" asked a soft voice close behind me.
Report the yes/no question using "if/whether" and correct pronoun shift.
Choose the correct reported speech.
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Why-question: Convert direct question with "today" to correct indirect narration
Direct sentence: She said to him, "Why don't you go today?"
Backshift tenses, change deictic "today" to "that day", and keep interrogative structure without inversion.
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Direct speech reconstruction (exclamatory): Choose the correctly punctuated direct statement that matches the reported sentence.
Reported sentence: He exclaimed with joy that India had won the Sahara Cup.
Choose the correct option.
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Reported speech (yes/no question): Convert the following direct question into correct indirect speech.
Direct sentence: The little girl said to her mother, 'Did the sun rise in the East?'
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Reported speech (refusal/negation): Choose the best indirect statement for the cleaned direct sentence.
Direct sentence (typo corrected): The man said, 'No, I refuse to confess guilt.'
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Direct speech reconstruction (imperative/command): Choose the correct direct command that matches the reported sentence.
Reported sentence: Nita ordered her servant to bring her a cup of tea.
Choose the correct option.
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Reported speech (past perfect in the quote): Convert the direct sentence into correct indirect speech.
Direct sentence: My cousin said, 'My room-mate had snored throughout the night.'
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Reported speech (request with 'please'): Convert the direct sentence into correct indirect speech.
Direct sentence: 'Please don't go away', she said.
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Reported speech (embedded question/word order): Convert the direct sentence into correct indirect speech.
Direct sentence: She said to her friend, 'I know where everyone is.'
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