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. They said, "It was raining heavily,when they came out of the theatre."

They said that it rained when they had come out of the theatre.
They said that it was raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre.
They said that it had been raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre.
They said that it had been raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"If you want to smoke,you'll have to go out", said the conductor.

The conductor said that if i/he wanted to smoke, i/he would have to go out.
The conductor ordered me to go out and smoke.
The conductor told me that smoking is not permitted in the bus.
The conductor told me that I will have to go out and smoke.

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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, "Can you sing?" And I said, "No".

He asked me that could I sing and I refused.
He asked me if I could sing and I said that I couldn't.
I denied, when he asked me if I could sing.
He asked me if I could sing and I said no.

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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. "I'm tired," he says every evening.

He is getting tired every evening.
Every evening he says (that) he is tired.
Every day in the evening he is getting tired.
Every evening he says that he was getting tired.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"What did you see at the South Pole ?" Ashok asked Anil.

Ashok asked Anil that he saw anything at the South Pole.
Ashok asked Anil if he saw anything at the South Pole.
Ashok asked Anil What he had seen at the South Pole.
Ashok asked Anil What did he see at the South Pole.

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

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