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.
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Correct Answer: I requested Sharma to give me his book.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
In the original sentence, the speaker directly quotes their words to Sharma using double quotation marks.
When transforming this into indirect speech:
This maintains the meaning of the original sentence while conforming to the conventions of indirect speech, where the exact words are paraphrased within a reporting structure.
Therefore, the indirect sentence would be: "I requested Sharma to give me his book."
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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Rohan said, "I will arrive late."
Option 1: Rohan says that he is late in his arrival.
Option 2: Rohan said that he would arrive late.
Option 3: Rohan said that I will arrive late.
Option 4: Rohan said that he is arriving late.
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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Option 1: The little boy said that his cat climbed the tree.
Option 2: The little boy said that his cat had climbed the tree.
Option 3: The little boy said that his cat could climb the tree.
Option 4: The little boy said that his cat can climb the tree.
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. I said to my brother, "Please do not disturb me."
Option 1: I requested my brother not to disturb me.
Option 2: I request my brother not to disturb me.
Option 3: I requested my brother to stop disturbing me.
Option 4: I requested my brother do not disturb me.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Mukesh said to me, "You are wrong".
Option 1: Mukesh told me that you are wrong.
Option 2: Mukesh tells me that I am wrong.
Option 3: Mukesh told me that he was wrong.
Option 4: Mukesh told me that I was wrong.
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