Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer

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Direction: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four-alternative suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. 

They said to their teacher, “Shyam will leave for the show tomorrow.” 

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    They told their teacher that Shyam would left for the show tomorrow.
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    They told their teacher that Shyam will leave for the show the following day.
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    They told their teacher that Shyam would leave for the show the following day.
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    They told to their teacher that Shyam would leave for the show the following day.
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Answer : 3. "They told their teacher that Shyam would leave for the show the following day. "

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Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

I asked him where he would stay. 

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    I said to him, "Where I will stay ?"
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    I said to him, "Where will I stay ?"
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    I said to him, "Where you will stay ?"
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    I asked him, "Where will you stay ?"
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Answer : 4. "I asked him, "Where will you stay ?" "

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In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

I said to him, “How do you know this?”

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    I asked him how I knew that.
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    I asked him that how he knew that.
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    I told him how I knew that.
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    I asked him how he knew that.
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Answer : 4. "I asked him how he knew that."

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Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Miranda said to her teacher, “I was sick for a day.”

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    Miranda told her teacher that she has been sick for a day.
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    Miranda told her teacher that she is sick for a day.
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    Miranda told her teacher that she was sick for a day.
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    Miranda told her teacher that she had been sick for a day.
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Answer : 4. "Miranda told her teacher that she had been sick for a day."

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In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

He said, “We are all sinners.”

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    He said that we are all sinners.
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    He said they were all sinners.
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    He said that he was a sinner.
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    He said all were sinners.
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Answer : 1. "He said that we are all sinners."

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In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

“And you believe all this?” asked Sriram, in surprise.

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    Sriram asked me in surprise if I believed all this.
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    Sriram asked me in disbelief if I was believing all this.
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    Surprised, Sriram asked me whether I believed all that.
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    Sriram was amazed that I believed all that.
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Answer : 3. "Surprised, Sriram asked me whether I believed all that."

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Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

The visitor said to them "Please give me a glass of water." 

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    The visitor ordered them to give a glass of water.
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    The visitor requested them to give him a glass of water.
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    The visitor said please give him a glass of water.
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    The visitor said to them to give him a glass of water.
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Answer : 2. "The visitor requested them to give him a glass of water. "

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Direction: In the question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

He said to me, "I will have been digging the ground for half an hour" 

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    He told me that he would have been digging the ground for half an hour
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    He told me that I would have been digging the ground for half an hour
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    He told me that he will have been digging the ground for half an hour.
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    He told me that I will have been digging the ground for half an hour
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Answer : 1. "He told me that he would have been digging the ground for half an hour "

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