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. Ram asked me, "How much have you paid for this umbrella?"

Ram asked me how much 1 have paid for that umbrella.
Ram asked me whether how much I had paid for that umbrella.
Ram asked me how much he had paid for that umbrella.
Ram asked me how much I had paid for that umbrella.

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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
Gavaskar said, "Bravo! Azhar, you have done well."

Gavaskar praised Azhar for his having done well.
Gavaskar exclaimed with joy that Azhar had done well.
Gavaskar called Azhar and exclaimed that he had done well.
Gavaskar congratulated Azhar, saying that he had done well.

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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 mother advised her son to be careful and not to enter into a quarrel with the goons.

The mother said to her son, "Be careful. Do not enter into a quarrel with the goons."
The mother advised her son, "Be careful and not enter into a quarrel with the goons."
The mother said to her son to "be careful."
The mother said to her son, "Do not enter into a quarrel with the goons."

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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 , "I saw a book here."

He said that he had seen a book there.
He said that he had seen a book here.
He said that he saw a book there.
He said that he saw a book here.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The teacher said, "Boys, what do you understand by this phrase ?"

The teacher asked the boys what they understood by that phrase.
The teacher asked the boys what they understand by this phrase.
The teacher asked the boys what they understood by this phrase.
The teacher asked the boys what they understand by that phrase.

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