Given below are three sentences with one common word emboldened. Choose the correct pair of sentences from the options given that use the word incorrectly. 

Interest

i.Extra-curricular activities interest the students and therefore they have been a part of our regular engagements.

ii.I tried to interest my mother in buying a new smartphone for me; however, she refused to buy the same stating that I am not in college yet.

iii.East India Company’s interests were always in procuring as many benefits from Indian resources and exporting everything to its own country. 

1. With such a passive attitude, the very

P. to one that is inferior you will begin to

Q. moment you pass from a superior environment

Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence. 

Select the option which correctly converts the given sentence into direct speech.

Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence. 

The teacher said to the parents, “Young children are very restless.”

Choose the option that is the indirect form of the sentence.

Jaya told me “I’ve been waiting for you since 4 pm.”

I am sure she will like you.

Sunaina said, “I went to the school yesterday”.

Choose the correct indirect/direct speech which best expresses the following sentence:- Mother told her son. "Why are you leaving the house early today?"

Change the following sentence to Indirect Speech.

The passenger asked the ticket collector, "Is this train running late?"