Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. Meena said that her parents were getting divorced.
Option 1: Meena said, "My parents get divorced."
Option 2: Meena said, "My parents are getting divorced."
Option 3: Meena said, "My parents will be getting divorced."
Option 4: Meena said, "My parents were getting divorced."
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Correct Answer: Meena said, "My parents are getting divorced."
Solution : The second option is the correct answer.
The reporting verb "said" remains unchanged because it does not have an object.
The pronoun "her" is changed to "my" to match the subject of the reporting verb in direct speech.
The past continuous tense "were getting divorced" is changed to the present continuous tense "are getting divorced" when converting from indirect to direct speech.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: Meena said, "My parents are getting divorced."
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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. Her parents asked her if the match proposed by them would be acceptable to her.
Option 1: Her parents said her, "Would the match proposed by them be acceptable to her?"
Option 2: Her parents said to her, "Was the match proposed by them acceptable to her?"
Option 3: Her parents said her, "Will the match proposed by us be acceptable to you?"
Option 4: Her parents said to her, "Will the match proposed by us be acceptable to you?"
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. Leena said that his relatives were landing the next day.
Option 1: Leena said, "My relatives land tomorrow."
Option 2: Leena said, "His relatives are landing today."
Option 3: Leena said, "His relatives were landing tomorrow."
Option 4: Leena said, "My relatives are landing tomorrow."
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. She told her brother that she was going to meet her friend.
Option 1: She said to her brother, "I was going to meet my friend."
Option 2: She said to her brother, "She will go to meet her friend."
Option 3: She said to her brother, "I am gone to meet her friend."
Option 4: She said to her brother, "I am going to meet my friend."
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. Saaransh said he had solved the crossword the previous day.
Option 1: Saaransh said, "I solved the crossword yesterday."
Option 2: Saaransh said, "He have solved the crossword yesterday."
Option 3: Saaransh said, "I have solved the crossword the previous day."
Option 4: Saaransh said, "He has solved the crossword the previous day."
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Mother said to her, "Paint the river blue."
Option 1: Mother said her to paint the river blue.
Option 2: Mother told her to paint the river blue.
Option 3: Mother told to her paint the river blue.
Option 4: Mother asked her paint the river blue.
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