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  1. 1641SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Choose the correct direct speech form of the following sentence. Rina told Suman to leave the city immediately.

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    Correct option: C — Rina said to Suman, "Leave the city immediately."

    Rina said to Suman, "Leave the city immediately." (Correct) (a) Rina said to Suman, "Leave the city immediately now." (Additional Word) (b) Rina said to Suman, "Please leave the city immediately." (Additional Word) (d) Rina said to Suman, "You leave the city immediately." (Additional Subject)

  2. 1642SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence. He said, "Will you finish your task on time?"

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    Correct option: C — He asked me if I should finish my task on time.

    He asked me if I should finish my task on time. (Correct) (a) He asked me if I should finish my task on time? (Incorrect Punctuation) (b) He asked me if I should have finished my task on time. (Incorrect Tense) (d) He asked me if I should finish his task on time. (Incorrect Pronoun)

  3. 1643SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct to Indirect Speech. She said, "Has he left already?"

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    Correct option: A — She asked if he had left already.

    She asked if he had left already. (Correct) (b) She asked had he left already. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (c) She asked whether had he left already. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (d) She said if he had left already. (Incorrect Reporting Verb)

  4. 1644SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Indirect Speech. They said, "We are watching a movie."

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    Correct option: B — They said that they were watching a movie.

    They said that they were watching a movie. (Correct) (a) They said that they had watched a movie. (Incorrect Tense) (c) They said that they watched a movie. (Incorrect Tense) (d) They said that they are watching a movie. (Incorrect Tense)

  5. 1645SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Choose the correct direct speech form of the following sentence. Sobhit said that he could speak more fluently than Rahul.

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    Correct option: C — Sobhit said, "I can speak more fluently than Rahul."

    Sobhit said, "I can speak more fluently than Rahul." (Correct) (a) Sobhit said, "I can speak most fluently than Rahul." (Incorrect word) (b) Sobhit said, "I can speak more fluentlier than Rahul. (Incorrect word) (d) Sobhit said, "I can spoke more fluently than Rahul." (Incorrect form of Verb)

  6. 1646SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence. Mohan told Radha, "I have seen you many times in the market since last year."

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    Correct option: C — Mohan told Radha that he had seen her many times in the market since the previous year.

    Mohan told Radha that he had seen her many times in the market since the previous year. (Correct) (a) Mohan told Radha that he had seen her many times in the market since last year. (Incorrect Word) (b) Mohan told Radha that he had seen her many times in the market since the following year. (Incorrect Word) (d) Mohan told Radha that she had seen him many times in the market since the previous year. (Incorrect Pronouns)

  7. 1647SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Choose the correct direct speech form of the following sentence. Ravi requested his friend to turn the music down.

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    Correct option: D — Ravi said to his friend, "Please turn the music down."

    Ravi said to his friend, "Please turn the music down." (Correct) (a) Ravi said, "Will you please turn the music down?" (Incorrect use of Modal) (b) Ravi said to his friend, "Are you going to turn the music down?" (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (c) Ravi said to his friend, "I request you to turn the music down. (Incorrect Sentence Structure)

  8. 1648SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Indirect Speech. She said, "Who knows the answer?"

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    Correct option: D — She asked who knew the answer.

    She asked who knew the answer. (Correct) (a) She told who knows the answer. (Incorrect Verb) (b) She asked who knows the answer. (Incorrect form of Verb) (c) She said who is knowing the answer. (Incorrect Verb & Tense)

  9. 1649SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct Speech. They said that they were supposed to arrive earlier.

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    Correct option: B — They said, "We were supposed to arrive earlier."

    They said, "We were supposed to arrive earlier." (Correct) Normally, present tense in direct speech is changed into corresponding past tense in indirect speech. But in the given sentence, the word ‘earlier’ is a comparative degree, which indicates that we were supposed(expected) to arrive earlier, but we did not. Therefore, past tense will remain in the direct speech. Hence, option (b) gives the correct direct speech.

  10. 1650SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence. He said, "Where are you going at this time of the day?"

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    Correct option: B — He asked me where I was going at that time of the day.

    He asked me where I was going at that time of the day. (Correct) (a) He asked me where I was going at this time of the day. (Incorrect Word) (c) He asked me where was I going at this time of the day. (Incorrect Word) (d) He asked me where was I going at that time of the day. (Incorrect order of Words)

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