Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Girish said, "We have not gone to Mexico".
Option 1: Girish said that they had not went to Mexico.
Option 2: Girish said that they has not gone to Mexico.
Option 3: Girish said that we had not gone to Mexico.
Option 4: Girish said that they had not gone to Mexico.
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Correct Answer: Girish said that they had not gone to Mexico.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
In converting the sentence from direct speech to indirect speech, we maintain the meaning while adjusting the pronouns and verb tenses.
Therefore, the indirect speech is: "Girish said that they had not gone to Mexico."
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Question : Select the correct indirect form of speech for the given sentence.
Bajrang said, "I went to Chandigarh yesterday."
Option 1: Bajrang said that he had gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Option 2: Bajrang said that he was gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Option 3: Bajrang said that he gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Option 4: Bajrang said that he have gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Sourabh said, "Alas! We have been cheated."
Option 1: Sourabh exclaimed with sorrow that they have been cheated.
Option 2: Sourabh said that oh we have cheated.
Option 3: Sourabh exclaimed with sorrow that they had been cheated.
Option 4: Sourabh was sad that they were cheated.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. She said that she was going to the theatre then.
Option 1: She said, "I am going to the theatre now."
Option 2: She said, "She goes to the theatre now."
Option 3: She said, "She has gone to the theatre now."
Option 4: She said, "I go to the theatre then."
Question : Change the following sentence from direct speech to indirect speech and choose the correct sentence from the given options.
The students said, "We wish we didn't have to write exams."
Option 1: The students say we wish they had not written exams.
Option 2: The students said they wished they have not written exams.
Option 3: The students say that we wish we do not write exams.
Option 4: The students said that they wished they didn't have to write exams.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The priest said, "Death is inevitable".
Option 1: The priest said death had been inevitable.
Option 2: The priest said that death is inevitable.
Option 3: The priest said that death was inevitable.
Option 4: The priest told that death had been inevitable.
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