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

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"You can't bathe in this sea," he said to me, "it's very rough."

He said that I couldn't bathe in that sea as it was very rough.
He said that you can't bathe in this sea since it was very rough.
He said that you couldn't bathe in the sea if it was very rough.
He said that I can't bathe in this sea because it's very rough.

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

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.
The passenger asked the clerk when the next train to Hyderabad was.
The passenger enquired the clerk when was the next train 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. My cousin said, "My room-mate had snored throughout the night."

my cousin told me that her room-mate snored throughout the night.
my cousin complained to me that her room-mate is snoring throughout the night.
my cousin said that her room-mate snored throughout the night.
my cousin felt that her room-mate may be snoring throughout the night.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.

She told the boys not to play on the grass.
She ordered the boys "Don't play on the grass."
She told the boys that they should not be playing on the grass.
She said to the boys that they should not play on the grass.

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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 mother advised her son to be careful and not to enter into a quarrel with the goons.

The mother said to her son to "be careful."
The mother said to her son, "Do not enter into a quarrel with the goons."
The mother advised her son, "Be careful and not enter into a quarrel with the goons."
The mother said to her son, "Be careful. Do not enter into a quarrel with the goons."

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