Direct and Indirect Speech
"Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.

She told the boys not to play on the grass.
She said to the boys that they should not play on the grass.
She ordered the boys "Don't play on the grass."
She told the boys that they should not be playing on the grass.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
He said,"I cannot help you at present because I am myself in difficulty."

He said that I cannot help you at present because I myself in difficulty.
He asked that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.
He told that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.
He said that he could not help me at present because he was himself in difficulty.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
In the question below a sentence have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. 'I'll take a quick nap here in this soft grass', said the hare.

The hare said that he would take a quick nap here in this soft grass.
The hare said that I will take a quick nap here in this soft grass.
The hare said he will take a quick nap here in this soft grass.
The hare said that he would take a quick nap there in that soft grass.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The teacher asked me why I had been absent the day before.

The teacher asked me, "Why are you absent yesterday?"
The teacher asked me, "Were you absent the day before?"
The teacher asked me, "Why were you absent yesterday?"
The teacher asked me, "Why are you absent the day before?"

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"Have you done this sort of work before?" said his new employer

His new employer asked him whether he has done that sort of work before.
His new employer asked him whether he had done this sort of work before.
His new employer asked him whether he had done that sort of work before.
His new employer asked him whether he has done this sort of work before.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
In the question below a sentence have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. The man said, "What I give today I trust that tomorrow I shall be able to earn back."

The man said to give him his trust so that he would be able to earn back the next day.
The man asked what to give that day as he trusted that the next day he would earn back.
The man said that what he gave that day he trusted he would be able to return the next day.
The man said that he trusted he would be able to earn back the next day what he gave that day.

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