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. "Are you alone, my son?" asked a soft voice close behind me.

A soft voice asked that what I was doing there alone.
A soft voice behind me asked If I was alone.
A soft voice said to me are you alone son.
A soft voice from my back asked If I was alone.

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

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

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Direct and Indirect Speech
She said to Dhiru, "I am planning to leave tomorrow".

She told Dhiru that she was planning to leave the next day.
She told Dhiru that she is planning to leave the next day.
She told Dhiru that she had planned to leave the next day.
She advised Dhiru that she was planning to leave next day.

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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. She asked, "Is the secretary coming to the meeting?"

She asked that the secretary was corning to the meeting.
She asked if the secretary was corning to the meeting.
She asked if the secretary is coming to the meeting.
She asked that if the secretary was coming to the meeting.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
She said to me, "It has been raining heavily and you cannot go".

She told me that it had been raining heavily and I could not go.
She told me that it was raining heavily and I could not go.
She told me that it has been raining heavily and I could not go.
She told me that it is raining heavily and I could not go.

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