DIRECT/INDIRECT SPEECH
438. I said to him, “You are wrong.”           (3) My sister said that they would       (3) My mother said what did you
      (1) I told him that he was wrong.            contact me as soon as they               eat last night.
      (2) I said that he was wrong.                will finish the job.                 (4) My mother questioned me
      (3) I told him that he is wrong.         (4) My sister told to me that they           what I ate last night.
      (4) I told him how wrong he was.             would contact me as soon as     448. He asks which chair he is to sit
                                                   they would finish the job.           on.
     Directions (439-465) : In each of
the following questions, a sentence has   443. Sheela reassured me,”I can come          (1) He said,”Which chair am I to
been given in Direct/Indirect Speech.          tonight.”                                    sit on?”
Out of the four alternatives suggested,        (1) Sheela told me I could come          (2) He asked,”Which chair he is
select the one which best expresses                that night.                              to sit on?”
the same sentence in Indirect/Direct           (2) Sheela told me that she could        (3) “Which chair am I to sit on?”
Speech.                                            come that night.                         asks he.
                   (SSC CGL Tier-II (CBE)      (3) Sheela told me she could come        (4) He said,”Which chair should
                       Exam. 30.11.2016)           tomorrow evening.                        I sit on?”
439. He said that she was coming               (4) Sheela told me she could will   449. The boss said, “Please give me
      that year.                                   come that night.                     the latest reports.”
      (1) He said,”She will come this     444. I said to you,”I can not be blamed       (1) The boss said to please give
          year.”                               for this.”                                   the latest reports.
      (2) He said,”She is coming this          (1) I told you that you could not        (2) The boss wanted to please the
          year.”                                   be blamed for that.                      latest reports.
      (3) He said,”Come this year.”            (2) I told you that I could not be       (3) The boss wanted the latest
      (4) He said,”She was coming that             blamed for that.                         reports, please.
          year.”                                                                        (4) The boss requested for the
                                               (3) I said you that I can not be
440. My mother says,”I have often                                                           latest reports.
                                                   blamed for this.
      told you not to play with fire.”                                             450. They said to me, “Bring these
                                               (4) I said to you that I can not be
      (1) My mother has often told me                                                   books upstairs.”
                                                   blamed for this.
          not to play with fire.                                                        (1) They ordered me to bring
                                          445. The father said to the son,”Why
      (2) My mother said that I should                                                      those books upstairs.
                                               do you not start preparing for the
          not play with fire.                                                           (2) They implored me to take
                                               examination this month?
      (3) My mother says that she has                                                       those books upstairs.
                                               (1) The father asked the son that
          often told me not to play with                                                (3) They suggested me to take
                                                   why did he not start preparing
          fire.                                                                             those books upstairs.
                                                   for the examination this
      (4) My mother says that she often                                                 (4) They asked me bring the books
                                                   month?
          tells me not to play with fire.                                                   upstairs.
                                               (2) The father told the son why
441. The teacher said to the                                                       451. She said,“I’ve been in this school
                                                   he did not prepare for the
      student,”Why were you absent                                                      since 1998.”
                                                   examination that month.
      yesterday?”                                                                       (1) She said that she had been in
                                               (3) The father enquired of the son
                                                                                            that school since 1998.
      (1) The teacher asked the student            why he did not start preparing
          why had been he absent the                                                    (2) She said that she have been
                                                   for the examination this
          previous day.                                                                     in this school since 1998.
                                                   month.
      (2) The teacher asked the student                                                 (3) She said that she was in this
                                               (4) The father asked the son why
          why had he been absent the                                                        school since 1998.
                                                   he did not start preparing for
          previous day.                                                                 (4) She said that she was being
                                                   the examination that month.
      (3) The teacher informed the                                                          in that school since 1998.
                                          446. He said, “How can a Zebra talk?’’
          student that why he had been                                             452. “Are you the same person I met
                                               (1) He wondered how a Zebra              in the park?” I asked.
          absent the next day.                     talks.
      (4) The teacher asked the student                                                 (1) I asked the stranger if he was
                                               (2) He questioned a Zebra talking.           the same person I had met in
          why he had been absent the
                                               (3) He asked how a Zebra could               the park.
          previous day.
                                                   talk.                                (2) Was he the same person I met
442. My sister said,”They will contact
                                               (4) He was amazed how a Zebra                in the park I asked the
      you as soon as they finish the
                                                   can talk.                                stranger.
      job.”
                                          447. “What did you eat last night?”           (3) I asked the stranger if I was
      (1) My sister said that they would
                                               asked my mother.                             the same person he had met
          contact me as soon as they
                                               (1) My mother said to me what                in the park.
          would finish the job.
                                                   did I eat last night.                (4) I asked the stranger if he was
      (2) My sister said that they would
                                               (2) My mother asked me what I                the same person I met in the
          contact me as soon as they
                                                   had eaten the previous night.            park.
          finish the job.
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