Direct & Indirect Speech

QUESTION 131

Choose the correct transformation from exclamatory to assertive.What a beautiful scene this is !

B Its indeed a beautiful scene.
D There is no other scene as beautiful as these.
C It is one of the most beautiful scene.
A This is a very beautiful scene. ;

QUESTION 132

Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. The captain announced, “The aircraft will take off soon.”

C The captain announced that the aircraft would take off soon.
B The captain announced that the aircraft will be taking off soon.
A The captain announces the aircraft would take off soon.
D The captain announced that the aircraft will take off soon.

QUESTION 133

Choose the correct Direct speech of the following sentence from options given below:She said that honesty is the best policy.

B She said, “Honesty is the best policy.”
A She said, “Honesty was the best policy.”
C She said that “Honesty is the best policy.”
D She says, “Honesty is the best policy.”

QUESTION 134

Choose the correct interrogative of the following sentence from the given options : -He is angry with her.

B Isn't he angry with her ?
C Wasn't he angry with her ?
A Is he angry with her ?
D Who isn't angry with her ?

QUESTION 135

“Can you ride a bicycle?” I asked Gita.

C Does Gita not ride a bicycle?
B I asked Gita whether she could ride a bicycle.
A Can you ride a bicycle I asked Gita.
D Gita is riding a bicycle.

QUESTION 136

He said to me, ‘Do you know my name ?’ The indirect speech of the above sentence will be :

D He said to me if he knew my name.
C He asked me if he knew my name,
A He asked me if I knew his name.
B He told me if I know his name.

QUESTION 137

Choose the correct transformation from exclamatory to assertive :What a wonderful creature an elephant is !

C The elephant is wonderful.
A Elephant is the creature of wonder.
D An elephant is a very wonderful creature.
B Of all creatures elephant is wonderful.

QUESTION 138

Choose the correct transformation from assertive to exclamatory : I wish I knew more people.

B If I would be able to know more people !
C I wish to know more people !
A If I could know more people !
D If only I knew more people !

QUESTION 139

Choose the correct Direct Speech transformation of the following indirect sentence :He explained that he knew the place well because he used to live there.

B “I know the place well because I used to live here,” he explained.
C He explained, “I am knowing the place well since I lived here.”
A “I know that place well because he used to live there,” he explained.
D Giving an explanation he said, “I knew the place well because he used to live here.”

QUESTION 140

Choose the correct indirect form of the given sentence from the options given below: She said, “We were thinking of selling the house but we have decided not to”.

B She said that they had been thinking of selling the house but had decided not to.
D She said that they think of selling the house but had decided not to.
C She said that they thought of selling the house but decided not to.
A She said that they have been thinking of selling the house but had decide not to.

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