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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Direct and Indirect Speech
My father said, "Honesty is the best policy."

My father said that honesty was the best policy.
My father said that honesty has been the best policy.
My father said that honesty is the best policy.
My father stated that honesty was 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. He said, "I had a wonderful dream last night".

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.
He said that last night he had a wonderful dream.

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

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

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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. You said to me, "Why are you talking so much?"

You asked me why was I talking so much.
You asked me why he was talking so much.
You asked me why I was talking so much.
You asked me why I had been talking so much.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
I asked him, "Will you go to Agra tomorrow?"

I asked him whether you would go to Agra the next day.
I asked him whether he will go to Agra the next day.
I asked him whether I would go to Agra the next day.
I asked him whether he would go to Agra the next day.

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