Direct and indirect speech exercise

Rahul asked me, ‘Did you see the cricket match on TV last night?’

• Rahul asked me if I had seen the cricket match on TV the previous night.

• Rahul asked me if I saw the cricket match on TV the previous night.

• Rahul asked me did I see the cricket match on TV last night.

• Rahul asked me whether I had seen the cricket match on TV last night.

James said to his mother, ‘I am leaving for New York tomorrow.’

• James told his mother that he was leaving for New York tomorrow.

• James told his mother he is leaving for New York tomorrow.

• James told his mother that he was leaving for New York the next day.

• James told his mother he would be leaving for New York the next day.

I said to him, ‘Why don’t you work hard?’

• I asked him why didn’t you work hard.

• I asked him why he didn’t work hard.

• I asked him why he wouldn’t work hard.

• I asked him why he wasn’t working hard.

He said to her, ‘What a hot day!’

• He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was hot day.

• He told her that it was a hot day.

• He exclaimed that it was a hot day.

• He said that it was a hot day.

The priest said, ‘Be quiet and listen to my words.’

• The priest said them to be quiet and listen to his words.

• The priest told them that they should be quiet and listen to his words.

• The priest urged them to be quiet and to listen to his words.

• The priest said they should be quiet and listen to him.

Jacob fell as he’d have wished’, the father said.

• The father said that Jacob has fallen as he would have wished.

• The father said that Jacob had fallen as he would have wished.

• The father said that Jocob had fallen as he had wished.

• The father said that Jacob had been fallen as he would have been wished.

The Professor said that nobody could solve the problem.

• The Professor said, ‘Nobody can solve the problem’.

• The Professor said, ’Nobody could solve the problem’

• The Professor exclaimed, ‘Nobody could solve the problem’

• The Professor exclaimed, ‘Nobody can solve the problem?’

The instructor asked Ronny if he was ready for the race.

• ‘Ronny, are you ready for the race?’, the instructor asked.

• ‘Are you ready for the race Ronny?’, the instructor asked.

• ‘Ronny, ready for race?’ the instructor said.

• ‘Ronny, are you ready for the race?’, said the instructor.

She requested the interviewer to repeat the question.

• She asked the interviewer, ‘Please repeat the question’

• She said to the interviewer, ‘Could you please repeat the question?’

• She requested the interviewer, ‘Please repeat the question.’

• She asked the interviewer, ‘Could you please repeat the question?’

The poor beggar said, "O God, have mercy on my soul".

• The poor beggar prayed to God to have mercy on his soul.

• The poor beggar, invoking God, implored him to have mercy on his soul.

• The poor beggar exclaimed that God, have mercy on his soul.

• The poor beggar told God to have mercy on his soul.