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

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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 had 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 has been raining heavily and I could not go.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
His angry mother jeered, "Do you suppose you know better than your father?"

His angry mother jeered and asked whether he knew better than his father.
His angry mother jeered and asked whether he supposed that he would know better than his father.
His angry mother jeered and asked if he was supposed to know better than his father.
His angry mother jeered and asked whether he supposed that he knew better than his 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. I said to him, "Why are you working so hard?"

I asked him why was he working so hard.
I asked him why he had been working so hard.
I asked him why had he been working so hard.
I asked him why he was working so hard.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
My mother said to me, "Where are you going at this time of the day?"

My mother told me where I was going at that time of the day.
My mother asked me where I was going at that time of the day.
My mother asked me where was I going at that time of the day.
My mother told me not to go at that time of the day.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The Chief Guest said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this morning."

The Chief Guest said that that gave me great pleasure to be there that morning.
The Chief Guest said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that morning.
The Chief Guest said that it gives him great pleasure to be here that morning.
The Chief Guest said that it gives him great pleasure to be here that morning.

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