Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. He said to me, “Please pass the salt.”
Option 1: He asked for the salt.
Option 2: He requested me to pass the salt.
Option 3: He requested me that I pass the salt.
Option 4: He advised me that I should pass the salt.
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Correct Answer: He requested me to pass the salt.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Indirect speech focuses more on the content of what someone says than their exact words.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
Therefore, the correct answer is: "He requested me to pass the salt."
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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. I said to Sharma, "Please give me your book".
Option 1: I request Sharma please give me your book.
Option 2: I requested Sharma to give me his book.
Option 3: I requested Sharma to give your book.
Option 4: I requested Sharma book.
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
He told the compere to start the programme then.
Option 1: He said to the compere, “Start the programme now.”
Option 2: He asked the compere, “You may start the programme then.”
Option 3: He told to the compere, “Start the programme then.”
Option 4: He said the compere, “You can start the programme now.”
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. She asked me how much I had paid for the mangoes.
Option 1: She said to me, “How much did you pay for the mangoes?”
Option 2: She said to me, “How much I paid for the mangoes?”
Option 3: She said to me, “How I paid for the mangoes?”
Option 4: She said to me, “How much did I pay for the mangoes?”
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. John said, "I cannot come with you."
Option 1: John says that he cannot come with me.
Option 2: John said that he will not be coming with me.
Option 3: John said that he would not come with me.
Option 4: John said that he could not come with me.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. The priest said, “God loves all his creations.”
Option 1: The priest said that God is about to love all his creations.
Option 2: The priest said that God will love all his creations.
Option 3: The priest said that God loves all his creations.
Option 4: The priest said that God loved all his creations.
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