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
He asked his teacher, "Need I read this chapter?"

He asked his teacher if he had to read that chapter.
He asked his teacher whether he needed to read this chapter.
He asked his teacher if it was necessary to read this chapter.
He asked his teacher whether there was a need to read that chapter.

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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 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.
The postman said that it was the business of the government to do whatever it had to.
The postman said that the government did not do what it was expected to do.

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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. He said, "I must go next week."

He said that he must go next week.
He said that he would have to go the following week.
He said that he must go the following week.
He said that he was to go the following week.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The client told his lawyer, "I'm going away for a few days. I'll call you when I get 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 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 was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.
The client promised 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 teacher said, "Neha why are you late again today?"

The teacher asked Neha why she was late again today.
The teacher asked Neha why was she late again that day.
The teacher asked Neha why she was late again that day?
The teacher asked Neha why she was late again that day.

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