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

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Direct and Indirect Speech
Janet exclaimed that she had lost all her belongings at the airport that morning.

Janet said, "I had lost all my belongings at the airport that morning."
Janet said, "I had to lose all my belongings at the airport this morning."
Janet said, "I lost all my belongings at the airport that morning."
Janet said, "I lost all my belongings at the airport this morning."

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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. Father told Peter to clean his shoes.

"Clean your shoes, Peter," told father.
"Clean your shoes, Peter," reported father.
"Clean your shoes, Peter," said father.
"Clean your shoes, Peter," says 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. Rajan said, "O that I were a child again!"

Rajan prayed that he were a child again.
Rajan wondered that were he a child again.
Rajan exclaimed with wonder that he was a child again.
Rajan strongly wished that he had been a child again.

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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 man said, "What I give today I trust that tomorrow I shall be able to earn back."

The man said that he trusted he would be able to earn back the next day what he gave that day.
The man asked what to give that day as he trusted that the next day he would earn back.
The man said to give him his trust so that he would be able to earn back the next day.
The man said that what he gave that day he trusted he would be able to return the next day.

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