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.
They told me, "Have you visited Delhi this winter?"
Option 1: They asked me if I had visited Delhi that winter.
Option 2: They asked me if I have visited Delhi this winter.
Option 3: They asked me if I visited Delhi that winter.
Option 4: They asked me if I visit Delhi this winter.
Correct Answer: They asked me if I had visited Delhi that winter.
Solution : The correct answer is option 1.
They asked me if I had visited Delhi that winter.
Explanation:
The given sentence can only have a yes or no response because it is an interrogative.
Therefore, "if/whether" can be used in an indirect manner.
Be aware that as direct speech becomes indirect, interrogative sentences become assertive.
As a result, 'had will' come right after subject 'l'. Additionally, "this" will become "that." As a result, choice A is the right response.
Direct Speech: They told me, "Have you visited Delhi this winter?"
Indirect Speech:They asked me if I had visited Delhi that winter.
She told me. "How long have you lived in the flat here?"
Option 1: She asked me how long I had lived in the house here.
Option 2: She asked me how long I have lived in the house here.
Option 3: She asked me how long had I lived in the house there.
Option 4: She asked me how long I had lived in the house there.
Deep said, "They came at seven."
Option 1:
Deep informed us that they came at seven.
Option 2: Deep said they came at seven.
Option 3: Deep told us that they came at seven.
Option 4: Deep said that they had come at seven.
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 most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech. Rani said, “We went for a winter vacation.”
Option 1: Rani said that they went on a winter vacation.
Option 2: Rani said that they were on a winter vacation.
Option 3: Rani said that they had gone on a winter vacation.
Option 4: Rani said they went for a winter vacation.
They said, "We will not be leaving the police station without justice".
Option 1: They say that they would not be leaving the police station with justice.
Option 2: They said that they were leaving the police station without justice.
Option 3: They said that they will not be leaving the police station without justice.
Option 4: They said that they would not be leaving the police station without justice.
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