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Activity 1
Direction: A sentence has been given in direct speech. Out of the four alternatives, select the one which
best expresses the same sentence in indirect speech. Encircle the letter of your answer.
1. Hardin asked me, 'Did you see the cricket match on TV last night?'
Hardin asked me if I had seen the cricket match on TV the previous night.
b. Hardin asked me if I saw the cricket match on TV the previous night.
Hardin asked me did I see the cricket match on TV last night.
d. Hardin asked me whether I had seen the cricket match on TV last night.
2. Van said to his mother, 'I am leaving for New York tomorrow.'
a. Van told his mother that he was leaving for New York tomorrow.
b. Van told his mother he is leaving for New York tomorrow.
Van told his mother that he was leaving for New York the next day.
d. Van told his mother he would be leaving for New York the next day.
3. I said to him, 'Why don't you work hard?'
I asked him why didn't you work hard.
b. I asked him why he didn't work hard.
C. I asked him why he wouldn't work hard
d. I asked him why he wasn't working hard
4. He said to her, 'What a hot day!'
a. He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was hot day.
b. He told her that it was a hot day.