Direct and Indirect Speech
My friend said to me, "Has your father returned from Calcutta?"

My friend asked me if my father had returned from Calcutta.
My friend told me that his father had returned from Calcutta.
My friend said to me that my father has returned from Calcutta.
My friend enquired me if his father had returned from Calcutta.

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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. "And you believe all this ?" asked Sriram, in surprise.

Sriram asked me in surprise if I believed all this.
Sriram was amazed that I believed all that.
Sriram asked me in disbelief if I was believing all this.
Surprised, Sriram asked me whether I believed all 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. Sanda said that she used to know a lot of people in Delhi but I had few friends in Kolkata.

Sanda said, "I have known a lot of people in Delhi but I had few friends in Kolkata."
Sanda said, "I used to know a lot of people in Delhi but I have fewer friends in Kolkata."
Sanda said, "I had known a lot of people in Delhi but I had few friends in Kolkata."
Sanda said, "I had got to know a lot of people in Delhi but I had few friends in Kolkata."

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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, "Oh, that I had the wings of a bird".

He wished that he could have the wings of a bird.
He wished that he might have the wings of a bird.
He wished that he had the wings of a bird.
He proposed to have the wrings of a bird.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The teacher asked me why I had been absent the day before.

The teacher asked me, "Why were you absent yesterday?"
The teacher asked me, "Why are you absent yesterday?"
The teacher asked me, "Why are you absent the day before?"
The teacher asked me, "Were you absent the day before?"

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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. Vinay told me that he had been writing a letter the day before.

Vinay said, "I was writing a letter yesterday."
Vinay said, "I will write a letter today."
Vinay said, "I had been writing a letter yesterday. "
Vinay said, "I will write a letter tomorrow."

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