Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. The manager said to the staff, “Please work with dedication. You will be paid overtime whenever you work late.”
The manager requested the staff to work with dedication and ensured them that they would be paid overtime whenever they worked late.
The correct answer is The manager requested the staff to work with dedication and ensured them that they would be paid overtime whenever they worked late.
Here are some common tense changes: Present Simple becomes Past Simple Present Continuous becomes Past Continuous Present Perfect becomes Past Perfect Past Simple becomes Past Perfect (sometimes remains Past Simple) Past Continuous becomes Past Perfect Continuous Future Simple (will) becomes Conditional Simple (would) Can becomes Could May becomes Might However, tense does not change if the statement is a universal truth, a habitual action, or if the reporting verb is in the present or future tense. Understanding these direct and indirect speech rules is essential for sentence transformation exercises in English grammar.
Similar Questions
Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Kavya said, “I have made a new painting.”
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The policeman said, “We are stopping the defaulters of the lockdown.”
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
My father asked how I had done that.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
"Stop! Don't fight." said the mother to her children.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
Nayan asked, “Can I call you back tomorrow?”
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
Rajat said, “I submitted my work assignment yesterday.”
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The policeman asked us whether we recognised the person in the photo.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
He said to the boy, “What are you writing here?”
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Shyam said that he would go into surgery the following day.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
He said, “I have got the prize”.
Important Questions from Direct and Indirect Speech
Direction : Choose the option that is in the indirect form of the sentence.
He said to his boss, "I had completed my task before the end of the day."
Identify the direction narration of the given sentence.
Rahul said, "What a pleasant surprise!"
Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The lion asked the lioness, "Where will you hide yourself, until I return?”
Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Sushant said to the elderly lady, “Madam, you can take my place and stand here in the queue.”
Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Dev said to his mother, “Don’t worry we’ll soon find a way out of this crisis.”
