Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
Esha requested Anshul to lower the volume of the TV as the baby was sleeping.
Option 1: Esha said to Anshul, "Lower the volume of the TV. The baby was sleeping."
Option 2: Esha said to Anshul, "Please lower the volume of the TV as the baby is sleeping."
Option 3: Esha asked Anshul, "Why don't you lower the volume of the TV? The baby is sleeping."
Option 4: Esha told Anshul, "You should lower the volume of the TV as the baby was sleeping."
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Correct Answer: Esha said to Anshul, "Please lower the volume of the TV as the baby is sleeping."
Solution : The correct answer is the second option.
Direct speech is a form of speech or writing where the actual words spoken by a person are quoted within quotation marks and attributed to the speaker.
Narration conversion:
Therefore, the correct answer is: Esha said to Anshul, 'Please lower the volume of the TV as the baby is sleeping.'
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Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. The guard asked the boy if he hadn’t been told to be indoors.
Option 1: The guard said to the boy, “Hadn’t you told to be indoors?”
Option 2: The guard said to the boy, “Wasn’t he told to be indoors?”
Option 3: The guard said to the boy, “Weren’t you told to be indoors?”
Option 4: The guard said to the boy, “You weren’t told to be indoors?”
Question : Select the correct direct narration of the given sentence. I told my driver that it was raining heavily and requested him to drive slowly.
Option 1: I told my driver, "It has been raining heavily and I am requesting to drive slowly."
Option 2: "It is raining heavily," I told my driver and asked, "Would you drive slowly?"
Option 3: "It is raining heavily. Please drive slowly," I said to my driver.
Option 4: I said to my driver, "It was raining heavily. Can you please drive slowly?"
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. I told Kavya that she was late for her class.
Option 1: I said to Kavya, "She was late for her class."
Option 2: I said to Kavya, "You were late for your class."
Option 3: I said to Kavya, "Why are you late for your class?"
Option 4: I said to Kavya, "You are late for your class."
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. Arjun asked whether I wanted to join the job.
Option 1: Arjun said if I was ready to join the job
Option 2: Arjun said, "Do you wish to join the job?"
Option 3: Arjun said, "Do you want to join the job?"
Option 4: Arjun replied, "Do you want to join the job?"
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Madam Hooch asked the students what they were waiting for.
Option 1: Madam Hooch told the students, "What they were waiting for?"
Option 2: The students said to Madam Hooch, "What are we waiting for?"
Option 3: Madam Hooch said to the students, "What you are waiting for?"
Option 4: Madam Hooch said to the students, "What are you waiting for?"
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