Direction.
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech
He wanted to know where the post office was.
He asked me that where the post office was.
He asked me where the post office was.
He asked me where was the post office.
C. He asked me where the post office was.
The Manager asked what he could do for him.
The Manager woundered what he could do for him.
The Manager wanted to know what he could do for him.
The Manager said that he couldnt do any for him.
I am bidding you Goodbye
Goodbye, my friends, he was saying to them.
I will see you later, he told his friends.
He said, Goodbye, my friends.
The teacher said that the boys should be quiet.
The teacher called the boys and ordered them to the quiet.
The teacher urged the boys to be quiet.
The teacher commanded the boys that they be quiet.
The Captain urged his men to stand at ease
The Captain wanted his men to stand at ease
The Captain told his men that they should stand at ease
The Captain commanded his men to stand at ease
He said that he did it.
He said that he has done it.
He said that he had done it.
He said that he had been doing it.
He wanted to know where the post office was.
He asked me that where the post office was.
He asked me where the post office was.
He asked me where was the post office.
The prisoner enquired, Had a lawyer been arranged for me?
The prisoner asked, Has a lawyer been arranged for me?
The prisoner enquired, Is there a lawyer for me?
The prisoner said, Have you arranged a lawyer for me?
He told them that dont make a noise.
He told them not to make noise.
He told them not to make a noise.
He asked them not to make a noise.
He wanted to know what time the offices close.
He asked me what time did the offices close.
He asked me what time the offices close .
He asked me what time the offices did close.Practice Exercise
He said that he had often told not to waste your time.
He said that he had often told him not to waste his time.
He said that he had often suggested to him not to waste him time.
He told that he has often told him not to waste his time.
Rajan exclaimed with wonder that he was a child again.
Rajan wondered that were be a child again.
Rajan strongly wished that he had been a child again.
Rajan prayed that he were a child again
It is time you visit your uncle, said his father.
It was time you visited your uncle, said his father.
It is time you visited my uncle, said his father
It is time you visited your uncle, said his father.
He said that he must go next week.
He said that he must go the following week.
He said that he would have to go the following week.
He said that he was to go the following week.
Mrs. Shankar is depressed she said.
Mrs. Shankar said that she was knowing what it was to be depressed.
Mrs. Shankar said that she knew what it was to be depressed.
Mrs. Shankar knows what it is to be depressed.
He said that if he had the tools he could mend the car.
He tells that he had the tools he could mend the car.
He told he could mend the car.
He said I could mend the car if I have the tools.
The sage said that God helps those who help themselves.
The sage said that God helped those whose helped themselves.
The sage said that God helps those who helped themselves.
The rage said God will help those who will help themselves.
The employer told the workman that he could not be paid higher wages.
The employer forbade the workman that he could not pay him higher wages.
The employer forbade the workman to pay higher wages.
The employer warned the workman that he cannot pay him higher wages.
Pinki asked Gaurav if he would help her in her work just then.
Pinki questioned to Gaurav that will you help me in my work just now.
Pinki told Gaurav whether he will help her in her work just now.
Pinki asked to Gaurav that will he help her in her work just now.
They had wanted to know who will now listen to their troubles and protect them from the crocodiles.
They wanted to know who will listen to their troubles and protect them from the crocodiles.
They had wanted to know who would listen to their troubles and protect them from the crocodiles.
They had wanted to know who then would listen to their troubles and protect them from the crocodiles.
He told me that he had grown those carrots himself.
He told me that he grew those carrots himself.
He told me I grew these carrots myself.
He told me that he grew these carrots himself.
I asked my brother to go to some hill station for a change.
I asked my brother if he would go to some hill station for a change.
I permitted my brother to go to some hill station for a change.
I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change.
He said, We are all born to die.
He said, We have all been born to die.
He exclaimed, We were all born to die.
He said, We were all born to die.
He asked them will you listen to such a man.
He asked them are you listening to such a man.
He asked them whether they would listen to such a man.
He asked them whether they will listen to such a man.
He asked that where should he be that time next year.
He wondered where he should be that time the following year.
He contemplated where shall he be that time the following year.
He wondered where he would be that time the following year.
She said to please her and not go away.
She told me not to go away.
She begged that I not go away.
She begged me not to go away.
Gavaskar exclaimed with joy that Azhar had done well.
Gavaskar called Azhar and exclaimed that he had done well.
Gavaskar congratulated Azhar, saying that he had done well.
Gavaskar praised Azhar for his having done well.
Everybody comments that she sings well.
Everybody says that she sang well.
Everybody says how well she sings.
Everybody tells that she sang very well.
The poor examinee prayed God to take pity on him
The poor examinee, invoking God, improve him to take pity on him
The poor examinee exclaimed that God take pity on him
The poor examine asked God to take pity on him
He exclaimed, Hurrah ! Our team has won the tournament !
He said, Our team has won the tournament.
He said, Wow ! Our team won the tournament.
He said, Our team won the tournament.
He said that honesty has been the best policy.
He said that honesty is the best policy.
He said that honesty had been the best policy.
He said that honesty was the best policy.