Question : Change the speech.

"Are you ready, Ajay ?" Mother asked.

Option 1: Mother told Ajay if he were ready.

Option 2: Mother asked Ajay if he was ready.

Option 3: Mother wanted to know from Ajay if he was ready.

Option 4: Mother asked Ajay if he would be ready.

Option 5: Mother told Ajay if he was ready.

Question :  Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.

His mother asked, “Who are you?”

Option 1: His mother asked who he was.
  

Option 2: His mother asked me who he was.
 

Option 3:  His mother asks me who he was.
 

Option 4:   His mother asked who I was.

Question : Change the speech.

Bala's mother, "Will you lock the door, Bala ?"

Option 1: Bala's mother asked Bala if he would lock the door.

Option 2: Bala's mother asked Bala if he can lock the door.

Option 3: Bala’s mother said lock the door.

Option 4: Bala's mother told Bala that he need not lock the door.

Option 5: Bala's mother asked Bala if he had locked the door.

Question : In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Mother told him, "Why did you failed in the exam?"
 

Option 1: Mother asked him why he failed in the exam.
 

Option 2: Mother asked him why had he failed in the exam.
 

Option 3:  Mother asked him why he had failed in the exam.
 

Option 4: Mother asks him why he failed in the exam.

Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

Mahendra told her that he would be waiting for her at the theatre.

Option 1: Mahendra told her, "He will be waiting for her at the theatre."

Option 2: Mahendra asked her, "I will be waiting for you at the theatre."

Option 3: Mahendra inquired her, "He will be waiting for you at the theatre."

Option 4: Mahendra told her, "I will be waiting for you at the theatre."

Question : Change the speech.

Amit told my brother, "I will meet you in your class".

Option 1: Amit told my brother that he will meet her in her class.

Option 2: Amit told my brother that he would meet you in your class.

Option 3: Amit told my brother that he would meet him in his class.

Option 4: Amit told my brother that she would meet him in her class.

Option 5: Amit told my brother that I would meet you in your class.