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 can't bathe in this sea," he said to me, "it's very rough."

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

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

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

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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. "What a terrible storm it is!" he said.

He exclaimed that it has been a terrible storm.
He exclaimed that it is a terrible storm.
He exclaimed that it will be a terrible storm.
He exclaimed that it was a terrible storm.

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

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Direct and Indirect Speech
He said, "Where shall I be this time next year!"

He contemplated where shall he be that time the following year.
He wondered where he should be that time the next year.
He asked that where should he be that time next year.
He wondered where he would be that time the following year.

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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. "If you want to smoke,you'll have to go out", said the conductor.

The conductor ordered me to go out and smoke.
The conductor said that if i/he wanted to smoke, i/he would have to go out.
The conductor told me that I will have to go out and smoke.
The conductor told me that smoking is not permitted in the bus.

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