Direct and Indirect Speech
Mother said to the baby, "Don't play with fire".

Mother forbade the baby not to play with fire.
Mother warned the baby not to play with fire.
Mother warned the baby to play with fire.
Mother requested the baby not to play with fire.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"It's not my business," said the postman. "Let the government do whatever it has to."

The postman said that the government did not do what it was expected to do.
The postman said that it was the business of the government to do whatever it had to.
The postman said that it was not his business and that the government should do whatever it had to.
The postman said that it was the government's and not his business to do that.

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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 asked me if I had been ill.

He said to me, "Are you ill?"
He said to me, "Were you ill?"
He said to me, "Have you been ill?"
He said to me, "Had you been ill?"

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Direct and Indirect Speech
Baruch said, "I might teach English Literature next semester."

Baruch said that he will teach English Literature next semester.
Baruch said that he might teach English Literature next semester.
Baruch said that he might be teaching English Literature next semester.
Baruch said that he is going to teach English Literature next semester.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The patient asked the doctor what he should normally eat.

The patient exclaimed, "What should I normally eat, doctor?"
The patient said, "What I should normally eat doctor?"
The patient told,"What should I normally eat?"
The patient said, "What should I normally eat doctor?"

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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 a terrible storm it is!" he said.

He exclaimed that it has been a terrible storm.
He exclaimed that it is a terrible storm.
He exclaimed that it will be a terrible storm.
He exclaimed that it was a terrible storm.

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