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. Father told Peter to clean his shoes.

"Clean your shoes, Peter," said father.
"Clean your shoes, Peter," told father.
"Clean your shoes, Peter," says father.
"Clean your shoes, Peter," reported father.

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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. He said, "The mice will play, when the cat is away."

He said that the mice would play when the cat would be away.
He said that the mice would play when the cat was away.
He said that the mice shall play, when the cat is away.
He said that the mice will play when the cat is away.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
She said,"Mother,please cook me something nice today".

She requested her mother to cook her something nice that day.
She told her mother to cook her something nice today.
She asked her mother if she could cook her something nice that day.
She ordered her mother to cook her something nice that 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. He said to her, "What a cold day!"

He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold day.
He exclaimed that it was a cold day.
He told her that it was a cold day.
He exclaimed that it was a very cold day.

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

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Direct and Indirect Speech
My father said, "Honesty is the best policy."

My father said that honesty was the best policy.
My father said that honesty is the best policy.
My father said that honesty has been the best policy.
My father stated that honesty was the best policy.

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