The given sentence (Indirect Speech) is an Assertive Sentence. Since this sentence contains the sense of Universal Truth, when changing to Direct Speech, we remove the Conjunction 'that' and use Inverted Commas, and despite the Reporting Verb being in the Past Tense, there is no change in the Tense of the Reported Speech.

Exclamatory sentences, when converted to assertive sentences, should convey the same meaning as a statement of fact. Adding 'It was a' makes the sentence structurally assertive.

The given sentence is in Direct Speech, an Assertive Sentence in the Present Continuous Tense. To convert it to Indirect Speech, it is changed into the Past Continuous Tense. The pronoun 'your' is changed to 'my', the objective case 'you' to 'me', and 'are waiting' to 'were waiting'. Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

The given sentence (Direct Speech) is in Interrogative-Negative sentence. When converting to Indirect Speech, in Reported Speech starting with the interrogative word 'Why', no other connective is used; rather, the word itself acts as the connective. After the question word, the subject is used to solve the conversion.

'Please' implies a request, hence 'requested' is used. The imperative structure 'to take' is correct.

This question is partially visible. Based on the given option (a), it seems to be the correct conversion as past simple changes to past perfect.

When an interrogative sentence starts with a 'Wh-word', the inverted commas are removed, and the same Wh-word is used as the connective. The sentence is then converted into an Assertive form.

Here, 'asked' or 'enquired' is used to change the interrogative sentence into indirect speech. 'didn't send' (past indefinite) is changed to 'had not sent' (past perfect), and the sentence structure is made assertive. The correct option is A.

'Said' changes to 'regretted' due to the apology. Tenses are backshifted: 'am unable' becomes 'was unable'.

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'We' (first person plural) changes to 'they' and 'our' changes to 'their'. 'love' (present) changes to 'loved' (past).

The statement is in simple future ('will'), which changes to 'would' in indirect speech. 'We' changes to 'they' as per the subject 'they'. The conjunction 'that' is used to connect the clauses.

It is a king's order, so 'commanded' is the correct usage.

'Forbade' is a negative word itself, so 'not' is not used with it.

In imperative sentences, a negative command is converted using the structure 'ordered... not to + V1'.

Exclamatory: 'He exclaimed that Tom was a big fool'.

This is an interrogative sentence of Direct Speech. The rule is that when an interrogative sentence contains a question that can be answered in 'Yes' or 'No', and the reported speech starts with an auxiliary verb (here 'Do'), then in indirect speech, we start with the connective word 'if' or 'Whether'. Thereafter, we use the subject followed by the verb.

The reporting verb 'ordered' indicates an imperative sentence in direct speech. Therefore, the direct speech must use the order 'He ordered his servant, ...'.

The correct answer is (b). 'have you come' is interrogative, so 'whether' or 'if' is used with 'asked'. 'have you come' (Present Perfect) changes to 'it had come' (Past Perfect).

169. (b) The given sentence 'She announced that they had selected Pradeep as their leader' is in Indirect Speech. To convert it into Direct Speech, we remove 'that' and use inverted commas. 'They' (third person) changes to 'we' (first person), and 'had selected' (Past Perfect) changes back to 'have selected' (Present Perfect).