Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct sentence in indirect speech.
He asked: if I was going.
He asked if I was going,
He asked if I was going.
None of these
He asked if I was going.
This is an indirect question, so it ends with a full stop, not a question mark or colon. No comma is needed after “asked” in indirect speech.
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B. The man requested the officer to help him.
C. The man said to the officer to please help him.
D. The man requested to the officer to help.
โDonโt waste timeโ, the teacher said to the students. (Choose the correct indirect speech)
A. The teacher forbade the students not to waste time.
B. The teacher advised the students not to waste time.
C. The teacher forbade the students to not waste time.
D. The teacher ordered the students donโt waste time.
He said to me, โLetโs go home together.
A. He urged me to go home with him.
B. He proposed to me that we should go home together.
C. He proposed to me to go home together.
D. He asked me to go home with him.
17. He exclaimed sadly that he was undone. (Convert the sentence to direct speech.)
A. He said, โAh! I am undone.โ
B. He said, โAlas! I am undone.โ
C. He said, โHow sad! I am yet to do.โ
D. He said, โWhat a pity I am undone!โ
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A. My father said that he will have a cup of tea because he wasnโt hungry.
B. My father said that he would have had a cup of tea because he wasnโt hungry.
C. My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasnโt hungry.
D. My father said that he had had a cup of tea because he wasnโt hungry.
He said to me, โMay you be happy.โ (Which one the correct narration)
A. He told me that I might be happy.
B. He reported that I might be happy.
C. He said that I might be happy.
D. He wished that I might be happy.
Pamela said, โMan is mortal.โ
A. Pamela said that man is mortal.
B. Pamela said that man was mortal.
C. Pamela said man is mortal.
D. None of the above
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