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. You said to me, "Why are you talking so much?"

You asked me why he was talking so much.
You asked me why I was talking so much.
You asked me why I had been talking so much.
You asked me why was I talking so much.

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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, "The mice will play, when the cat is away."

He said that the mice would play when the cat was away.
He said that the mice will play when the cat is away.
He said that the mice would play when the cat would be away.
He said that the mice shall play, when the cat is away.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
Kiran asked me, "Did you see the Cricket match on television last night?"

Kiran asked me did I see the Cricket match on television the last night.
Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the last night.
Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
Kiran asked me whether I saw the Cricket match on television the earlier night.

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

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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. "What's that noise? It sounds like an aeroplane," said Ravi.

Ravi asked what the noise could have been saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
Ravi asked what the noise was, adding 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
"Jack fell as he'd have wished," the mother said."

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