Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Father said to Swami, "Take whatever you like from this drawer."
Option 1: Father said Swami to take whatever you like from this drawer.
Option 2: Father said to Swami to have taken whatever he liked from that drawer.
Option 3: Father told Swami that he can take whatever he likes from the drawer.
Option 4: Father told Swami to take whatever he liked from that drawer.
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Correct Answer: Father told Swami to take whatever he liked from that drawer.
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words.
Therefore, the correct answer is: Father told Swami to take whatever he liked from that drawer.
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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
He told me that I could eat from his plate.
Option 1: He said, "You can eat from my plate."
Option 2: He said to me, "Can you eat from my plate?"
Option 3: He said, "I can eat from my plate."
Option 4: He said to me, "You can eat from my plate."
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 correct indirect narration of the given sentence. Mother said to Ravi, "Wash your hands before eating."
Option 1: Mother said to Ravi to wash your hands before eating.
Option 2: Mother said Ravi must wash his hands before he was eating.
Option 3: Mother told Ravi to wash his hands before eating.
Option 4: Mother told to Ravi you have to wash your hands before eating.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
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.
He advised his friend to lose some weight.
Option 1: He told his friend, "I may lose some weight."
Option 2: He told to his friend, "You must lose some weight."
Option 3: He told to his friend, "Please lose some weight."
Option 4: He told his friend, "You should lose some weight."
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