Direct and Indirect Speech
"Who was the first man to fly in space?" questioned the examiner.

The examiner asked who was the first man to fly in space.
The examiner questioned about the first man to fly in space.
The examiner asked about the first man to fly in space.
The examiner asked who the first man to fly in space was.

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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. She wanted to know whether butterflies drank water.

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

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Direct and Indirect Speech
Janet exclaimed that she had lost all her belongings at the airport that morning.

Janet said, "I had lost all my belongings at the airport that morning."
Janet said, "I had to lose all my belongings at the airport this morning."
Janet said, "I lost all my belongings at the airport this morning."
Janet said, "I lost all my belongings at the airport that morning."

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Direct and Indirect Speech
He said, "I had a wonderful dream last night".

He said that last night he had a wonderful dream.
He said that he had had a wonderful dream the previous night.
He said that he had seen a wonderful dream yesterday.
He said that he saw a wonderful dream last night.

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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. Gavaskar said, "Bravo! Azhar, you have done well."

Gavaskar praised Azhar for his having done well.
Gavaskar congratulated Azhar, saying that he had done well.
Gavaskar exclaimed with joy that Azhar had done well.
Gavaskar called Azhar and exclaimed that he had done well.

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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 had 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 have 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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