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Category: Grammar
Topic: Change of Speech
Exercise: Change of Speech - 1
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In the questions below the sentences have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Question 11

"Are you alone, my son?" asked a soft voice close behind me.

A A soft voice asked that what I was doing there alone.

B A soft voice said to me are you alone son.

C A soft voice from my back asked If I was alone.

D A soft voice behind me asked If I was alone.

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Question 12

The boy said, "Who dare call you a thief?"

A The boy enquired who dared call him a thief.

B The boy asked who called him a thief.

C The boy told that who dared call him a thief.

D The boy wondered who dared call a thief.

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Question 13

Nita ordered her servant to bring her cup of tea.

A Nita told her servant, "Bring a cup of tea."

B Nita said, "Bring me a cup of tea."

C Nita said to her servant, "Bring me a cup of tea."

D Nita told her servant, "Bring her that cup of tea."

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Question 14

The little girl said to her mother, "Did the sun rise in the East?"

A The little girl said to her mother that the sun rose in the East.

B The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East.

C The little girl said to her mother if the sun rises in the East.

D The little girl asked her mother if the sun is in the East.

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Question 15

She said to him, "Why don't you go today?"

A She asked him why he did not go that day.

B She said to him why he don't go that day.

C She asked him not to go that day.

D She asked him why he did not go today.

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Question 16

She exclaimed with sorrow that was a very miserable plight.

A She said with sorrow, "What a pity it is."

B She said, "What a mystery it is."

C She said, "What a miserable sight it is."

D She said, "What a miserable plight it is."

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Question 17

Samir said that he was sick and tired of working for that company.

A Samir said, "I am sick and tired of working for this company."

B Samir said, "He was tired of that company."

C Samir said to me, "I am sick and tired of working for this company."

D Samir said, "I will be tired of working for that company."

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