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

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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. Kala said to Radha, "who were you speaking to over the phone?"

Kala asked Radha who she has been speaking to over the phone.
Kala asked Radha that who she was speaking to over the phone.
Kala asked Radha that who she had been speaking to over the phone.
Kala asked Radha who she had been speaking to over the phone.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"And you believe all this ?" asked Sriram, in surprise.

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

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Direct and Indirect Speech
He said, "I shall go as soon as it is possible."

He told he will go as soon as possible.
He suggested that he will go as soon as it was possible.
He asked whether to go as soon as it was possible.
He said that he would go as soon as it was possible.

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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 said to me, "It has been raining heavily and you cannot go".

She told me that it was raining heavily and I could not go.
She told me that it is raining heavily and I could not go.
She told me that it had been raining heavily and I could not go.
She told me that it has been raining heavily and I could not go.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
Ramesh informed his friend that he could make use of his car while he was away.

Ramesh asked his friend, "Will you make use of my car while I am away?"
Ramesh said to his friend, "You will make use of my car while I was away".
Ramesh said to his friend, "you can make use of my car while I am away".
Ramesh said to his friend, "Use my car while I go away".

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