DIRECT/INDIRECT SPEECH
     (3) Farhan asked Geeta wheth-              (4) He told me that he expected     178. The visitor said to them “Please
         er she could lend me a hun-                me to attend the function.           give me a glass of water.”
         dred rupees until the next                                                      (1) The visitor said please give
                                          174. He said, “Why didn’t you send
         day.                                                                                him a glass of water.
                                                your application to me ?”
     (4) Farhan asked whether Gee-                                                       (2) The visitor said to them to
                                                (1) He enquired why I had not
         ta could lend me a hundred                                                          give him a glass of water.
                                                    sent my application to him.
         rupees until the next day.                                                      (3) The visitor ordered them to
                                                (2) He enquired why I did not
170. “What about going for a swim,”                 send my application to him.              give a glass of water.
     he said, “It’s quite fine now.”                                                     (4) The visitor requested them to
                                                (3) He enquired why had I not
     (1) He asked me what about go-                 sent my application to him.              give him a glass of water.
         ing for a swim as it was quite         (4) He enquired why did I not       179. The policeman told the students,
         fine then.                                                                      “Do not park your vehicles here.”
                                                    send my application to him.
     (2) He proposed going for a swim                                                    (1) The policeman asked the
         as it was quite fine.            175. Dinesh asked, “Are you going to
                                                                                             students not park your
     (3) He suggested going for a               the party tomorrow, Eliza ?”
                                                                                             vehicles here.
         swim as it was quite fine.             (1) Dinesh asked whether Eliza
                                                    was going to the party the           (2) The policeman asked the
     (4) He advised me to go for a                                                           students not to park their
         swim as it was quite fine.                 next day.
                                                                                             vehicles here.
171. “You can’t bathe in this sea,” he          (2) Dinesh asked Eliza whether
                                                    you are going to the party the       (3) The policeman asked the
     said to me, “it’s very rough.”                                                          students not to park their
                                                    next day.
     (1) He said that I can’t bathe in                                                       vehicles there.
         this sea because it’s very             (3) Dinesh asked Eliza whether
                                                    she was going to the party the       (4) The policeman asked the
         rough.                                                                              students not to park. his
                                                    next day.
     (2) He said that you couldn’t                                                           vehicle here.
         bathe in that sea if it was very       (4) Dinesh asked Eliza are you
                                                                                    180. The man said, “All the boys are
         rough.                                     going to the party tomorrow.
                                                                                         playing in the street.”
     (3) He said that I couldn’t bathe    176. John asked, “How long will it             (1) The man told us that all the
         in that sea as it was very             take to travel from Germany to
                                                                                             boys had been playing in the
         rough.                                 South Africa ?”                              street.
     (4) He said that you can’t bathe           (1) John asked how long it will
                                                                                         (2) The man told us that all the
         in this sea since it was very              take to travel from Germany
                                                                                             boys were playing in the
         rough.                                     to South Africa.
                                                                                             street.
172. Jagdish said, “We passed by a              (2) John asked how long would
                                                                                         (3) The man told us that all the
     beautiful lake when we went on                 it take to travel from Germa-
                                                                                             boys play in the street.
     a trip to Goa.”                                ny to South Africa.
     (1) Jagdi sh said that they                (3) John asked how long it would         (4) The man told us that all the
                                                    take to travel from Germany              boys in the street are playing.
         passed by a beautiful lake
         when they had gone on a trip               to South Africa.                181. She said, “I am sorry, I did not
         to Goa.                                (4) John was asking how long             write”.
     (2) Jagdish said that they had                 must it take to travel from          (1) She apologized for I did not
         passed by a beautiful lake                                                          write.
                                                    Germany to South Africa.
         when they went on a trip to                                                     (2) She apologized she is sorry,
                                          177. “What did you see at the South
         Goa.                                                                                she did not write.
                                                Pole ?” Ashok asked Anil.
     (3) Jagdish said that they had                                                      (3) She apologized she is sorry,
                                                (1) Ashok asked Anil if he saw
         passed by a beautiful lake                                                          she has not written.
                                                    anything at the South Pole
         when they had gone on a trip                                                    (4) She apologized that she had
                                                (2) Ashok asked Anil what he had
         to Goa.                                                                             not written.
                                                    seen at the South Pole
     (4) Jagdish said they passed by                                                182. “Alright, yes, I was wrong and
                                                (3) Ashok asked Anil what did he
         a beautiful lake when they                                                      you were right”, he said.
                                                    see at the South Pole
         went on a trip to Goa.                                                          (1) He admitted that he has been
                                                (4) Ashok asked Anil that he saw
173. He said to me, “I expect you to                                                         wrong and I have been right.
                                                    anything at the South Pole
     attend the function.”                                                               (2) He admitted that I was wrong
                                                 Directions (178-187) : In the
     (1) He told me that he had ex-                                                          and you were right.
                                          following questions, a sentence has
         pected me to attend the func-                                                   (3) He admitted that I was wrong
                                          been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out
         tion.                                                                               and he was right.
                                          of the four alternatives suggested,
     (2) He told me that he expected      select the one which best expresses            (4) He admitted that he had been
         me to attended the function.     the same sentence in Indirect/Direct               wrong and I had been right.
     (3) He told me that he expected      form.                                     183. Nirmal said to us, “My father gave
         me to have attended the func-            (SSC FCI Assistant Grade-III Main      me a purse yesterday.”
         tion.                                                   Exam. 07.04.2013)
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