Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Mona said to me, "Are you planning a trip to Disneyland?"
Option 1: Mona enquired of me if I was planning a trip to Disneyland.
Option 2: Mona asked me that was I planning a trip to Disneyland?
Option 3: Mona enquired of me that was I planning a trip to Disneyland.
Option 4: Mona asked me if I had been planning a trip to Disneyland?
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Correct Answer: Mona enquired of me if I was planning a trip to Disneyland.
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
Reported speech, or indirect speech, is the form of speech used to convey what was said by someone at some point in time.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
Therefore, the correct answer is: "Mona enquired of me if I was planning a trip to Disneyland."
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The priest said, "Death is inevitable".
Option 1: The priest said death had been inevitable.
Option 2: The priest said that death is inevitable.
Option 3: The priest said that death was inevitable.
Option 4: The priest told that death had been inevitable.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Pawan said, "I am preparing hot coffee for you."
Option 1: Pawan said that he was preparing hot coffee for me.
Option 2: Pawan had said that he was preparing hot coffee for me.
Option 3: Pawan has said that he was preparing hot coffee for me.
Option 4: Pawan says that he was preparing hot coffee for me.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Sourabh said, "Alas! We have been cheated."
Option 1: Sourabh exclaimed with sorrow that they have been cheated.
Option 2: Sourabh said that oh we have cheated.
Option 3: Sourabh exclaimed with sorrow that they had been cheated.
Option 4: Sourabh was sad that they were cheated.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Girish said, "We have not gone to Mexico".
Option 1: Girish said that they had not went to Mexico.
Option 2: Girish said that they has not gone to Mexico.
Option 3: Girish said that we had not gone to Mexico.
Option 4: Girish said that they had not gone to Mexico.
Sneha said to me, "I am doing my homework."
Option 1: Sneha told me that she was doing her homework.
Option 2: Sneha told me that she had been doing her homework.
Option 3: Sneha told me that she were doing her homework.
Option 4: Sneha told me that she has been doing her homework.
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