Practice Direct & Indirect Speech

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“Do you want balloons?” he said to the child.

He asked the child if it wanted balloons.

He asked the child whether it had wanted balloons.

He asked the child did it want balloons.

He asked the child if it would want balloons.

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She said, “How ugly I look in this dress !”

She said that how ugly she was looking in that dress.

She exclaimed how ugly she looked in that dress.

She expressed how ugly she looked in that dress.

She exclaimed that she looked very ugly in that dress.

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My friend said “I am leaving today.”

My friend said that he is leaving today.

My friend said that he was leaving today.

My friend said that he leaves today.

My friend said that he was leaving that day.

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Mukta said to Puneet, “My mother is a good cook”.

Mukta told Puneet that her mother was a good cook.

Mukta told Puneet that my mother was a good cook.

Mukta told to Puneet that her mother is a good cook.

Mukta asked Puneet that her mother is a good cook.

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The commander said to the army, “March forward”.

The commander asked the army march forward.

The commander ordered the army to march forward.

The commander requested the army to go forward.

The army requested the com- mander to march.

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He promised, “I will do it tomorrow .”

He promised that he will do it tomorrow.

He promised that he will do it the next day.

He promised that he would do it tomorrow.

He promised that he would do it the next day.

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Geeta said, “I did not do this deliberately.”

Geeta said that I had not done that deliberately.

Geeta said that she had not done that deliberately.

Geeta said that she has not done this deliberately.

Geeta said that I have not done this deliberately.

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She said to me, “What can I do for you?”

She asked me what she could do for me.

She asked me what can she do for me.

She asked me what she can do for me.

She asked me whether she can do anything for me.

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He said, ‘Alas! I am undone!

He said that it was his undoing.

He exclaimed pathetically that he was undone.

He stated that he was undone.

He cried that he was being undone.

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“I shall unlock the secrets of their success,” he said.

He said that he shall unlock the secrets of their success.

He said that he should unlock the secrets of their success.

He said that he would unlock the secrets of their success.

He said that he will unlock the secrets of their success.

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Dinesh said, “I want to eat a good mango one of these days.”

Dinesh said he wants to eat a good mango one of these days.

Dinesh said that he wanted to eat a good mango one of those days.

Dinesh said that he wants to eat a good mango one of those days.

Dinesh said that he wanted to eat a good mango one of these days.

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He said, “Long may you live.”

He suggested that my life might be long.

He prayed that my life might be long.

He prayed that my life may be longer.

He declared that my life is longer.

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He said, “The Sun rises in the east.”

He said that the Sun rised in the East.

He said that the Sun rises in the East.

He said that the Sun will rise in the East.

He said that the Sun may rise in the East.

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He said, “I will come again.”

He said that he will come again.

He says he is coming again.

He says he’ll come again.

He said that he would come again.

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The teacher said, “Gandhiji was born in India.”

The teacher said that Gandhiji had been born in India.

The teacher says that Gandhiji was born in India.

The teacher said that Gandhiji was born in India.

The teacher will say that Gandhiji was born in India.

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The teacher said to the student “Why do you disturb the class?”

The teacher said to the stu- dent why he disturbed the class.

The teacher told the student why he had disturbed the class.

The teacher asked the student why he disturbed the class.

The teacher asked the student why he had disturbed the class.

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They said, “We’ve lived here for a long time.”

They said they have lived there for a long time.

They said they lived here for a long time.

They said they had lived there for a long time.

They said they have lived for a long time.

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“Would you open the door please?”

She asked me to please open the door.

She requested me to open the door.

She requested me to please open the door.

She asked me open the door.

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“Be quiet” I said to them.

I told them to be quiet.

I asked them to remain quiet.

I told to them for being quiet.

I ordered them to remain quiet.

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He said, “We are all sinners.”

He said that we are all sinners.

He said they were all sinners.

He said that he was a sinner.

He said all were sinners.