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 employer said to the workman, "I cannot pay you higher wages."

The employer told the workman that he could not be paid higher wages.
The employer forbade the workman to pay higher wages.
The employer told the workman that he could not pay him higher wages.
The employer warned the workman that he cannot pay him higher wages.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
I asked him, "Will you go to Agra tomorrow?"

I asked him whether he will go to Agra the next day.
I asked him whether I would go to Agra the next day.
I asked him whether you would go to Agra the next day.
I asked him whether he would go to Agra the 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 exclaimed with sorrow that was a very miserable plight.

She said, "What a miserable sight it is."
She said with sorrow, "What a pity it is."
She said, "What a mystery it is."
She said, "What a miserable plight it is."

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

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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. Naren said, "Why are you still waiting here, Binod?"

Naren asked Binod that why you were still waiting there.
Naren asked Binod why he was still waiting there.
Naren asked Binod why he is still waiting there.
Naren asked Binod that why he was still waiting there.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"Jack fell as he'd have wished," the mother said."

The mother said that Jack had been fallen as he would have been wished.
The mother said that Jack has fallen as he has wished.
The mother said that Jack had fallen as he would have wished.
The mother said that Jack fell as he had wished.

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