Direct and Indirect Speech
The General said, "Bravo! Well done, my soldiers".

The General told the soldiers that they had done well.
The General applauded his soldiers saying that they would do well.
The General applauded his soldiers for their excellent job.
The General applauded his soldiers saying that they had done well.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The man said to the boy, "It only seems complicated because you're not used to it."

The man told the boy that it only seemed complicated because he is not used to it.
The man told the boy it only seems complicated, it is really not so.
The man told the boy that it only seems complicated because he was not used to it.
The man told the boy that it only seemed complicated because he was not used to it.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"We'll go for an outing tomorrow," said Laila's father, "so you had better complete your homework this evening."

Laila's father told her to complete her homework this evening as they would be going for an outing the next day.
Laila's father had told her to complete her homework that evening as they would be going for an outing the next day.
Laila's father tells her to complete her homework this evening as they would be going for an outing the next day.
Laila's father told her to complete her homework that evening as they would be going for an outing the next day.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
She asked, "Is the secretary coming to the meeting?"

She asked if the secretary is coming to the meeting.
She asked that if the secretary was coming to the meeting.
She asked if the secretary was corning to the meeting.
She asked that the secretary was corning to the meeting.

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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 why I did not come on time the previous day.

He asked me, "Why didn't you come on time the previous day?"
He said to me, "Why didn't I come on time yesterday?"
He asked me, "Why didn't you come on time yesterday?"
He asked me, "Why you didn't come on time yesterday?"

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"What about going for a swim," he said, "It's quite fine now."

He suggested going for a swim as it was quite fine.
He advised me to go for a swim as it was quite fine.
He proposed going for a swim as it was quite fine.
He asked me what about going for a swim as it was quite fine then.

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