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
The employer said to the workman, I cannot pay you higher wages.
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.
Correct Answer :
B. The employer forbade the workman that he could not pay him higher wages.
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He urged them to be quiet and listen to his words
He urged them and said be quiet and listen to words
He said they should be quiet and listen to his words
He said you should be quiet and listen to my words
Moti asked Gangu whether the latter was in his senses.
Gangu, are you in your senses ? asked Moti.
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Hey Gangu, are you in your senses now ? asked Moti.
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He said, I was doing it.
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.
Sita said. I may go there.
Sita said that she might go there.
Sita says that she may go there.
Sita said that she will go there.
Sita says that she is going there.
He said, I must go next week.
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.
He said that he intended to leave for Surat that night.
I intend to leave for Surat that night, he said.
I intend to left for Surat that night, he said.
I intended to leave for Surat tonight, he said.
I intend to leave for Surat tonight, he said.
Mrs. Shankar said, I know what it is to be depressed.
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.
Manna asked Rohan, Have you sat in a trolley bus before?
Manna asked Rohan whether he had sat in a trolley bus earlier.
Manna asked Rohan had he sat in a trolley bus before.
Manna asked Rohan if he sat on a trolley bus before.
Manna asked Rohan if he has ever sat in a trolley bus
The teacher said, Be quiet, boys.
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.
His father said that it was time he visited his uncle.
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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, I have often told you not to waste your time.
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.
Mohan said to me, Do not tell a lie.
Mohan forbade me not to tell a lie.
Mohan advised me not to tell a lie.
Mohan ordered me to tell a lie.
Mohan advised me to tell a lie.
I said to him,who teaches you English?
I asked him who was taught him English
I asked him who had taught him English
I asked him who taught me English
I asked him who taught him English
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He told me that he had often told me not to play with fire
He remained me that he had often told me not to play with fire
He said to me that he often told me not to play with fire
Sarita said to me, I will do it now or never.
Sarita told me that I would do it then or never.
Sarita told me that she would do it now or never.
Sarita told me tht she will do that now or never.
Sarita told me that she would do it then or never.
He said, May God Grant her peace!
He prayed that God might grant her peace
He ordered that God might grant her peace
He prayed that God may grant me peace.
He told that God may grant me peace.
Who now, they had asked, will listen to our troubles and protect us from the crocodiles ?
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.
Iba said that she might go home the next day with her sister.
Iba said, I can go home tomorrow with my sister.
Iba said, I may just go home tomorrow with my sister.
Iba said, I could go home tomorrow with my sister.
Iba said, I will go home tomorrow with my sister.
Are you alone, my son? asked a soft voice close behind me.
A soft voice from my back asked if I was alone.
A soft voice said to me are you alone son.
A soft voice asked that what I was doing there alone.
A soft voice behind me asked if I was alone.
He said to her, May you succeed!
He told her that she might succeed.
He prayed to God that she may succeed.
He wished her success.
He said to her that she might succeed.
Everybody says, How well she sings !
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.
He asked his teacher, Need I read this chapter?
He asked his teacher whether there was a need 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 if he had to read that chapter.
He said, Can you sing? And I said, No.
He asked me that could I sing and I refused.
He asked me if I could sing and I said that I couldnt.
I denied, when he asked me if I could sing.
He asked me if I could sing and I said no.
He said, Honesty is the best policy.
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.
My cousin said, My room-mate snored throughout the night.
My cousin said that her room-mate had snored throughout the night.
My cousin told me that her room-mate snored throughout the right.
My cousin complained to me that her room-mate is snoring throughout the night.
My cousin felt that her room-mate may be snoring throughout the night.
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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.
The prisoner enquired if a lawyer had been arranged for him.
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?
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Water is essential for life was said by me.
I told that water was essential for life.
I exclaimed that water was essential for life.
I said that water is essential for life.
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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.
He said, I have read this novel.
He said that he had read that novel.
He said that he had read this novel.
He said that he read that novel.
He said that he has read this novel.