Direct and Indirect Speech
The passenger said to the clerk, " When is the next train to Hyderabad?"

The passenger enquired the clerk when was the next train to Hyderabad.
The passenger asked the clerk when the next train to Hyderabad was.
The passenger enquired the clerk that when was the next train to Hyderabad.
The passenger enquired the clerk that when the next train was to Hyderabad.

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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 said to him, "Why are you working so hard?"

I asked him why he had been working so hard.
I asked him why had he been working so hard.
I asked him why he was working so hard.
I asked him why was he working so hard.

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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 client told his lawyer, "I'm going away for a few days. I'll call you when I get back."

The client promised his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.
The client assured his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would definitely call him when he got back.
The client told his lawyer that he is going away for a few days and will call him when he gets back.
The client told his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The gardener said to the boys, "Do not pluck the flowers".

The gardener scolded the boys for plucking flowers.
The gardener told the boys that they should not pluck flowers.
The gardener said to the boys that they should not pluck flowers.
The gardener forbade the boys to pluck the flowers.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
They said to him, "We shall visit your house tomorrow".

They expressed a desire to visit his house the next day.
They said that they will go to his house the next day.
They told him that they might visit his house the next day.
They told him that they would visit his house the next day.

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