Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.
Deep said, “Shut the window !”
Option 1: Deep asked me whether I would shut the window .
Option 2: Deep ordered me to shut the window.
Option 3: Deep said that I should shut the window.
Option 4: Deep shouted and said to shut the window .
Correct Answer: Deep ordered me to shut the window.
Solution :
The correct answer is option 2.
Deep ordered me to shut the window.
Explanation:
The tense of the verb, in the reported speech involving any order, request and instruction does not undergo any change during the conversion from direct to indirect mode.
He said, “Bring a towel, please.”
Option 1: He commands me to bring a towel
Option 2: He requested me to bring a towel
Option 3: He asked me to brought a towel
Option 4: He ordered me to bring her a towel
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.
She said, “Let us have coffee here.”
Option 1: She proposed that we had coffee there.
Option 2: She asked if we wished to have coffee there.
Option 3: She said that we should have coffee there.
Option 4: She said that we had coffee there.
Rucha said, “The sale ended yesterday.”
Option 1: Rucha said that the sale had ended yesterday.
Option 2: Rucha said that the sale ended the day before.
Option 3: Rucha said that the sale had ended the previous day.
Option 4: Rucha said that the sale ended already.
Ram said, “I will watch hereafter.”
Option 1: Ram said that he would watch hereafter.
Option 2: Ram said that he will watch thereafter.
Option 3: Ram said that he would watch thereafter.
Option 4: Ram said that he will watch hereafter.
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