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 teacher said, "Boys, what do you understand by this phrase ?"

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

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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, "Where shall I be this time next year!"

He wondered where he should be that time the next year.
He contemplated where shall he be that time the following year.
He wondered where he would be that time the following year.
He asked that where should he be that time next year.

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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. David said to Anna, "Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow."

David told Anna that Mona would leave for her native place the next day.
David told Anna that Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow.
David told Anna that Mona left for her native place the next day.
David told Anna that Mona would be leaving for her native place tomorrow.

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

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Direct and Indirect Speech
My cousin said, "My room-mate had snored throughout the night."

my cousin told me that her room-mate snored throughout the night.
my cousin felt that her room-mate may be snoring throughout the night.
my cousin said that her room-mate snored throughout the night.
my cousin complained to me that her room-mate is snoring throughout the night.

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