Direct and Indirect Speech
She wanted to know whether butterflies drank water.

"Does butterflies drinks water?", she asked.
She asked, "Do butterflies drink water?"
She asked, "Did butterflies drank water?"
She wanted to know "Do butterflies drink water?"

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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. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.

She ordered the boys "Don't play on the grass."
She said to the boys that they should not play on the grass.
She told the boys that they should not be playing on the grass.
She told the boys not to play on the grass.

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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 taking my children to the zoo tomorrow", she said, "to see the baby white tiger".

She said that she was taking the children to the zoo that day to see the baby white tiger.
She said that she would take the children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.
She said that she was taking her children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.
She said that she will take the children to the zoo to see the baby white tiger tomorrow.

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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 man said, "What I give today I trust that tomorrow I shall be able to earn back."

The man said that he trusted he would be able to earn back the next day what he gave that day.
The man said that what he gave that day he trusted he would be able to return the next day.
The man said to give him his trust so that he would be able to earn back the next day.
The man asked what to give that day as he trusted that the next day he would earn back.

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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 was digging the garden when the doctor arrived," replied Harry.

Harry said that he had been digging the garden when the doctor arrived.
Harry said that he was digging the garden when the doctor arrived.
Harry says that he was digging the garden when the doctor arrived.
Harry said that he had been digging the garden when the doctor arrive.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
She said to her brother, "Don't be late, we'll be waiting for you."

She requested her brother not to be late for they would be waiting for him.
She said to her brother that he should not be late for she would be waiting for him.
She requested her brother not to be late for we would be waiting for him.
She said to her brother not to be late for they would have been waiting for him.

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