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?"
"Does butterflies drinks water?", she asked.
She asked, "Did butterflies drank 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. Wardha said to her sister, "How long do you intend to stay here?"

Wardha asked her sister how long she intended to stay there.
Wardha asked her sister that how long she intended to stay there.
Wardha asked her sister how long she intended to stay here.
Wardha asked to her sister how long she intended to stay here.

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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. "It's not my business," said the postman. "Let the government do whatever it has to."

The postman said that the government did not do what it was expected to do.
The postman said that it was the business of the government to do whatever it had to.
The postman said that it was the government's and not his business to do that.
The postman said that it was not his business and that the government should do whatever it had to.

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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. My father said, "Honesty is the best policy."

My father said that honesty is the best policy.
My father said that honesty was the best policy.
My father stated that honesty was the best policy.
My father said that honesty has been the best policy.

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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. "And you believe all this ?" asked Sriram, in surprise.

Sriram asked me in disbelief if I was believing all this.
Surprised, Sriram asked me whether I believed all that.
Sriram was amazed that I believed all that.
Sriram asked me in surprise if I believed all this.

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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. "Can you see a woman seated on the bench in a park?" - Alice asked her.

Alice told her if she could see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
Alice asked her if she could see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
Alice asked her if she can see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
Alice asked her if she could have seen a woman seated on the bench in a park.

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