Question : Change the speech.

The man said,  "All the boys are playing in the street."

Option 1: The man told us that all the boys had been playing in the street.

Option 2: The man told us that all the boys were playing in the street.

Option 3: The man told us that all the boys have been playing in the street.

Option 4: The man told us that all the boys in the street are playing.

Option 5: The man told us that all the boys play in the street.

Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The mother said that the kids were playing.

Option 1: The mother said, “The kids have been playing.”

Option 2: The mother has said, “The kids were playing.”

Option 3: The mother told, “The kids had been playing.”

Option 4: The mother said, “The kids are playing.”

Question : Change the speech.

Nirmal said to us, "My father gave me a purse yesterday."

Option 1: Nirmal told us that my father given me a purse the previous day.

Option 2: Nirmal told us that his father had given him a purse the previous day.

Option 3: Nirmal told us that his father has given him a purse yesterday.

Option 4: Nirmal told us that his father has given him a purse the previous day.

Option 5: Nirmal told us that his father had given him a purse yesterday.

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 expresses the same sentence in indirect/direct speech.

Megha said, “The man was coming.”

Option 1: Megha said that the man had been coming.

Option 2: Megha said that man has been coming.

Option 3: Megha said that the man was coming.

Option 4: Megha said that the man would have been coming.

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

The priest said, "Death is inevitable".

Option 1: The priest said death had been inevitable.

Option 2: The priest said that death is inevitable.

Option 3: The priest said that death was inevitable.

Option 4: The priest told that death had been inevitable.

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

Sneha said to me, "I am doing my homework."

Option 1: Sneha told me that she was doing her homework.

Option 2: Sneha told me that she had been doing her homework.

Option 3: Sneha told me that she were doing her homework.

Option 4: Sneha told me that she has been doing her homework.