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

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

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The doctor said to the patient, "How do you feel now? Has the pain gone down?"

The doctor asked the patient how he felt then and if the pain had gone down.
The doctor asked the patient how he was feeling then and if the pain was down.
The doctor asked the patient how he is feeling now and if the pain has gone down.
The doctor asked the patient how he had felt when the pain was gone.

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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. "It's not my business," said the postman. "Let the government do whatever it has to."

The postman said that the government did not do what it was expected to do.
The postman said that it was not his business and that the government should do whatever it had to.
The postman said that it was the business of the government to do whatever it had to.
The postman said that it was the government's and not his business to do that.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
Mary said to Robert, "Let him come, then we shall see."

Mary said to Robert that if he came, they would see him.
Mary told Robert that they would see him if he might come.
Mary told Robert that they shall see him if he came.
Mary told Robert that once he came, they would see him.

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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 told him that he was not working hard.

I said to him, "He is not working hard."
I said, "You are not working hard."
I told to him, "You are not working hard."
I said to him, "You are not working hard."

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Direct and Indirect Speech
My friend said to me, "Has your father returned from Calcutta?"

My friend told me that his father had returned from Calcutta.
My friend said to me that my father has returned from Calcutta.
My friend enquired me if his father had returned from Calcutta.
My friend asked me if my father had returned from Calcutta.

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