“Is that so?” the Sahib said cheerfully.”Well, I like village folk.”
A. The Sahib cheerfully asked if it was such and said he likes village folk.
B. The Sahib asked cheerfully whether that was so, adding that he liked village folk.
C. The Sahib told with cheer that it was so and asked if he liked village folk.
D. The Sahib was asking cheerfully if it was so and added that he liked village folk.
Mr. Gupta said to his son, “Do not take up any responsibility unless you are confident you can do it.”
A. Mr. Gupta advised his son not to take up any responsibility unless he is confident of doing it.
B. Mr. Gupta advised his son against taking up responsibility without completing it.
C. Mr. Gupta advised his son to take up the responsibility of completing the task.
D. Mr. Gupta advised his son not to take up any responsibility unless he was confident that he could do it.
Suma said to him, “Am I to wait for you forever?”
A. Suma asked him if she were to wait for him forever.
B. Suma said to him if she can wait for him forever.
C. Suma asked him if she was to wait for him forever.
D. Suma asked him if she had to wait for him forever.
“Tomorrow gives me no time !”said Amanda.
A. Amanda exclaimed that tomorrow gives her no time.
B. Amanda said that tomorrow gave her no time at all.
C. Amanda exclaimed that tomorrow had given her no time.
D. Amanda exclaimed that the following day gave her no time.
I said to the worker, “How do you like your job ?”
A. I told the worker how he liked his job.
B. I asked the worker how you like your job.
C. I asked the worker how he liked his job.
D. I asked the worker how you liked his job.
The teacher said, “Rajiv, come to my desk with your exercise book now.”
A. The teacher ordered Rajiv to come to her desk with his exercise book now
B. The teacher ordered Rajiv to come to her desk with his exercise book then.
C. The teacher ordered Rajiv to go to her desk with his exercise book now.
D. The teacher said to Rajiv come to her desk with his exercise book then.
“What’s that noise? It sounds like an aeroplane,” said Ravi.
A. Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane.
B. Ravi demanded to know what the noise was, saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
C. Ravi asked what the noise could have been saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
D. Ravi wondered about the noise thinking that it sounded like an aeroplane.
Naren said, “Why are you still waiting here, Binod?”
A. Naren asked Binod why he was still waiting there.
B. Naren asked Binod that why he was still waiting there.
C. Naren asked Binod why he is still waiting there.
D. Naren asked Binod that why you were still waiting there.
The traveller said, “What a beautiful sight!”
A. The traveller exclaimed that it was an beautiful sight.
B. The traveller exclaimed that it was a beautiful sight.
C. The traveller said that it was beautiful.
D. The traveller remarked the beautiful sight.
The policeman said to the violent crowd,”Stop all this or you will be arrested.”
A. The policeman said to the violent crowd to stop all this or be arrested.
B. The policeman said to the violent crowd that they should stop or else be arrested.
C. The policeman advised the violent crowd to stop or else be arrested.
D. The policeman ordered the violent crowd to stop all that or they would be arrested.
