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. Raju said to me that he was going to read a book that week.

Raju said, "I may read a book this week."
Raju said, "I would be reading a book this week."
Raju said, "I am going to read a book this week."
Raju said, "I will be reading a book this week."

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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. "What's that noise? It sounds like an aeroplane," said Ravi.

Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane.
Ravi wondered about the noise thinking that it sounded like an aeroplane.
Ravi demanded to know what the noise was, saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
Ravi asked what the noise could have been saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
He asked me why I did not come on time the previous day.

He said to me, "Why didn't I come on time yesterday?"
He asked me, "Why you didn't come on time yesterday?"
He asked me, "Why didn't you come on time yesterday?"
He asked me, "Why didn't you come on time the previous 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. The boy said, "Who dare call you a thief?"

The boy told that who dared call him a thief.
The boy wondered who dared call a thief.
The boy enquired who dared call him a thief.
The boy asked who called him a thief.

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

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Direct and Indirect Speech
He looked at the sky and said, "How beautifully the clouds are floating!"

He looked at the sky and exclaimed with joy that the clouds were floating beautifully.
He looked at the sky and said that the floating clouds are beautiful.
He looked at the sky and said that the clouds very beautifully are floating.
Looking at the sky he told that the clouds are floating beautifully.

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