Change of Speech

1. Question: Convert to indirect speech:

She said, "I am going to the market."

A. She said that she is going to the market.

B. She said that she was going to the market.

C. She said that she has been going to the market.

D. She said that she will be going to the market.

       B. She said that she was going to the market.

2. Question: Convert to indirect speech:

He asked, "Where do you live?"

A. He asked where I live.

B. He asked where I lived.

C. He asked where did I live.

D. He asked where do I live.

       B. He asked where I lived.

3. Question: Convert to indirect speech:

The teacher said, "Complete your homework by tomorrow."

A. The teacher said to complete your homework by the next day.

B. The teacher said that complete your homework by tomorrow.

C. The teacher instructed to complete the homework by the next day.

D. The teacher told that complete homework by tomorrow.

       C. The teacher instructed to complete the homework by the next day.

4. Question: Convert to indirect speech:

She said, "I will call you tomorrow."

A. She said that she will call me tomorrow.

B. She said that she would call me the next day.

C. She said that she would call you tomorrow.

D. She said that she will call you the next day.

       B. She said that she would call me the next day.

5. Question: Convert to indirect speech:

He said, "I have finished my work."

A. He said that he has finished his work.

B. He said that he finished his work.

C. He said that he has been finishing his work.

D. He said that he had finished his work.

       D. He said that he had finished his work.

6. Question: Convert to indirect speech:

She said, "What a beautiful painting!"

A. She said that it was a beautiful painting.

B. She exclaimed that it was a very beautiful painting.

C. She exclaimed what a beautiful painting it was.

D. She exclaimed that it was a very beautiful painting.

       D. She exclaimed that it was a very beautiful painting.

7. Question: Convert to indirect speech:

He asked, "Are you coming to the party?"

A. He asked if I am coming to the party.

B. He asked whether I am coming to the party.

C. He asked if I was coming to the party.

D. He asked that am I coming to the party.

       C. He asked if I was coming to the party.

8. Question: Convert to indirect speech:

They said, "We met her yesterday."

A. They said that they met her yesterday.

B. They said that they had met her yesterday.

C. They said that they had met her the previous day.

D. They said that they meet her the previous day.

       C. They said that they had met her the previous day.

9. Question: Convert to indirect speech:

She said, "I was studying when the phone rang."

A. She said that she was studying when the phone rang.

B. She said that she had been studying when the phone rang.

C. She said that she had been studying when the phone had rung.

D. She said that she studied when the phone rang.

       C. She said that she had been studying when the phone had rung.

10. Question: Convert to indirect speech:

The teacher said, "The sun rises in the east."

A. The teacher said that the sun rose in the east.

B. The teacher said that the sun rises in the east.

C. The teacher said that the sun had risen in the east.

D. The teacher said that the sun is rising in the east.

       B. The teacher said that the sun rises in the east.

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