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
The Professor said, "Have you cleared your last semester papers?"

The Professor asked whether I cleared my last semester papers.
The Professor asked if I had cleared my previous semester papers.
The Professor asked whether I have cleared my last semester papers.
The Professor asked if I have cleared my previous semester papers.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"If you want to smoke,you'll have to go out", said the conductor.

The conductor told me that I will have to go out and smoke.
The conductor said that if i/he wanted to smoke, i/he would have to go out.
The conductor ordered me to go out and smoke.
The conductor told me that smoking is not permitted in the bus.

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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. Father told Peter to clean his shoes.

"Clean your shoes, Peter," reported father.
"Clean your shoes, Peter," said father.
"Clean your shoes, Peter," told father.
"Clean your shoes, Peter," says father.

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

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

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