Test: Reported Speech - 4 - Class 8 MCQ

In the direct speech, the sentence would be 'Anthony: "Steve will be back in India next year"' as the indirect speech uses present conditional, and so the direct speech should be in simple future tense. Also, 'the following year' changes to 'next year' in direct speech.

In the indirect speech, the sentence would be 'The teacher told me not to cheat in the exam'. As the given direct speech is a command, it should use the phrase 'told me'.

In the indirect speech, the sentence would be 'Oliver said that he had never seen a zebra' as the direct speech is in present perfect tense and so the indirect speech would be in past perfect tense.

To convert the given sentence into direct speech, we need to quote the exact words spoken by Steve's father. The correct answer is option A: "Steve's father: 'close the door'." Here's the explanation:
1. Direct speech: Direct speech is when we quote someone's exact words using quotation marks. In this case, we need to quote Steve's father's words.
2. Removing reported speech: The reported speech in the original sentence is "Steve's father told him to." We need to remove this and directly quote what Steve's father said.
3. Quoting the exact words: The exact words spoken by Steve's father are "close the door." We need to put these words in quotation marks to indicate that they are being quoted.
4. Adding speaker tag: To make it clear who is speaking, we need to mention that it is Steve's father who said these words. This is done by adding a speaker tag before the quoted words.
Therefore, the correct conversion of the sentence into direct speech is: "Steve's father: 'close the door'."

On conversion into Direct Speech, the given sentence will become: The boy said,"I am happy with my results."

In the direct speech, the sentence would be 'Jerry to Tom: Did you see my book?' as the indirect speech is a question as it uses 'asked' and 'if'. So, the direct speech should also be a question. Also, the indirect speech is in past perfect tense, and so the direct speech should be in simple past tense.

In the indirect speech, the sentence would be 'Sam said that he had met with an accident the previous day' as the sentence is in simple past tense, and so the indirect speech would be reported in past perfect tense. Also, 'yesterday' changes to 'the previous day' or 'the day before' in the indirect speech.

In the indirect speech, the sentence would be 'Jenny asked if she could leave early that day'. As the sentence is a question, it should use 'if' in the indirect speech. Also, 'today' changes to 'that day' in indirect speech.

In the indirect speech, the sentence would be 'Sara said that the next day was her mother's birthday'. As the direct speech is in simple present tense,  the indirect speech would be reported in simple past tense. Also, 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day' in indirect speech.

In the indirect speech, the sentence would be 'Catherine said that Jade would definitely come to her house'. As the direct speech is in simple future tense, the indirect speech would be reported in present conditional.