Direct & Indirect Speech

QUESTION 161

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. He said to his sister, “Please help me with my homework”.

C His sister told him that he should help her with her homework.
B His sister was asked by her brother that she should help him with his homework.
D He requested his sister to help him with his homework.
A He told his sister that she should help him with his homework.

QUESTION 162

Select the correct sentence from the given options which rightly transforms the Direct speech sentence in reported speech –Sentence: She said to me, “I thought I heard. you coming down the stairs”.

C She told me she thought she had heard her coming down the stairs.
A She told me I thought she had heard me coming down the stairs.
D She told me she thought I had heard her coming down the stairs.
B She told me she thought she had heard me coming down the stairs.

QUESTION 163

Choose the correct option changing the following sentence into exclamatory, :It is a matter of praise that he has won the trophy.

C Hurrah ! he has won the trophy.
A Bravo ! he has won the trophy.
D Alas ! he won the trophy.
B Bravo, he won the trophy !

QUESTION 164

Choose the correct compound form of the given sentence from the options that follow: Seeing a bear coming, he lay on the ground.

B Seeing a bear coming and so he lay on the ground.
C He was lying on the ground as he saw the bear.
D He saw a bear and lay on the ground.
A The bear having come, he lay on the ground.

QUESTION 165

Choose the correct direct speech of the following sentence from the options given below- He ordered them to lock the door.

B He said to them, “Please lock the door.”
A He said to them, “Lock the door.”
C He told them, “You locked the door.”
D He tells them, “Lock the door.”

QUESTION 166

Change from assertive to negative : The two brothers are like each other.

B The two brothers resemble each other.
C The two brothers do not look like each other.
D The two brothers are not unlikely like each other.
A The two brothers are not very unlike each other.

QUESTION 167

The teacher said to the students, “Two and two make four.”

D None of these.
A The teacher told the students that two and two made four.
C The teacher told the students that two and two make four.
B The teacher told the students two and two made four.

QUESTION 168

Choose the correct option –He said, “My wife leaves for Vienna tomorrow”. (Change into indirect speech)

A He said that his wife have to leave for Vienna the next day.
D He said that his wife had to leave for Vienna tomorrow.
C He said that his wife has to leave for Vienna tomorrow.
B He said that his wife would leave for Vienna the next day.

QUESTION 169

Choose the correct Indirect form of the following Direct speech sentence:“Could you call me back later?”

B He asked me to call him back later.
A He asked if you could call to me later.
D He pleased me to call him later.
C He asked to later make a call on him.

QUESTION 170

Choose the correct option for Assertive to Negative transformation for the sentence given :Human is mortal.

C Not all humans are mortal
D Not all humans are immortal
A Human is immortal
B Human is not immortal

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