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. 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.
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.
He said, "These dresses are cheap."
Option 1: He said that those dresses was cheap.
Option 2: He said that these dresses are cheap.
Option 3: He said that these dresses were cheap.
Option 4: He said that those dresses were cheap.
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