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

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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 gardener said to the boys, "Do not pluck the flowers".

The gardener said to the boys that they should not pluck flowers.
The gardener scolded the boys for plucking flowers.
The gardener forbade the boys to pluck the flowers.
The gardener told the boys that they should not pluck flowers.

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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. Samuel said to Remiel, "Where do you usually go swimming?"

Samuel said to Remiel where he usually goes swimming.
Samuel told Remiel where he usually had been going swimming.
Samuel asked Remiel where he usually went swimming.
Samuel asked if Remiel usually went swimming.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The king said to his men, "Do not be afraid of the enemy. Face them bravely."

The king told his men not to be afraid of the enemy and they had faced them bravely.
The king asked his men to not be afraid of the enemy but they should be faced bravely.
The king advised his men not to be afraid of the enemy but to face them bravely.
The king ordered his men to not be afraid of the enemy and that they had to be faced bravely.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
She asked, "Is the secretary coming to the meeting?"

She asked if the secretary was corning to the meeting.
She asked if the secretary is coming to the meeting.
She asked that the secretary was corning to the meeting.
She asked that if the secretary was coming to the meeting.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
The spectators said, "Bravo! well played, Ravi."

The spectators encouraged Ravi saying that he played well.
The spectators applauded Ravi, saying that he had played well.
The spectators called Ravi bravo because he had played well.
The spectators said that Ravi played well and applauded him.

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