Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The mother said that the kids were playing.
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64aab23e8c254a4ceae00d86- 1The mother said, “The kids have been playing”.false
- 2The mother has said, “The kids were playing”.false
- 3The mother told, “The kids had been playing”.false
- 4The mother said, “The kids are playing”.true
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Answer : 4. "The mother said, “The kids are playing”."
Q: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 last thing I want for my daughter is a boy who drinks ! ”said Brinda.
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5f36390cdcc354083315029b- 1Brinda proclaimed that the last thing she wanted for her daughter was a boy who drank.true
- 2Brinda said the last thing she should want for her daughter was a boy who drank.false
- 3Brinda told that the last thing she wants for her daughter was a boy who drinks.false
- 4Brinda complained that the last thing she wants for her daughter is a boy who drank.false
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Answer : 1. "Brinda proclaimed that the last thing she wanted for her daughter was a boy who drank."
Q:In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
He said to his partner, "I will not be responsible if the project fails."
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601a75a708ff1450d90d35ed- 1He tells his partner that he would not be responsible if the project fails.false
- 2He told his partner that I will not be responsible if the project failed.false
- 3He has told his partner that he will not be responsible if the project fails.false
- 4He told his partner that he would not be responsible if the project failed.true
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Answer : 4. "He told his partner that he would not be responsible if the project failed."
Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
“So help me heaven!”, the man cried, “I shall never lie again.”
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64a6b7ae9a74b54cff5ce4b6- 1The man cries out to heaven to help him not to lie again ever.false
- 2The man called upon heaven to witness his resolve that he would never lie again.true
- 3The man requested heaven to help him and see that he lie again.false
- 4The man called heaven and ordered to help him and see to it that she never lies again.false
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Answer : 2. "The man called upon heaven to witness his resolve that he would never lie again."
Q: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 man said to the boy, "It only seems complicated because you're not used to it."
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5f3635bff5730b1383274f21- 1The man told the boy that it only seems complicated because he was not used to it.false
- 2The man told the boy that it only seemed complicated because he is not used to it.false
- 3The man told the boy that it only seemed complicated because he was not used to it.true
- 4The man told the boy it only seems complicated, it is really not so.false
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Answer : 3. "The man told the boy that it only seemed complicated because he was not used to it. "
Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Harry said that he would not be in town on Friday.
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64aa9005c4e3d04ca173a149- 1Harry saying, “I will not be in town on Friday”.false
- 2Harry said, “I will not be in town on Friday”.true
- 3Harry said, “I can’t be in town on Friday”.false
- 4Harry said, “I must not be in town on Friday”.false
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Answer : 2. "Harry said, “I will not be in town on Friday”."
Q:Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.
He asked me what I was doing.
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632b04b1751e5310a5c23e61- 1He said to me, "What are you doing?true
- 2He said to me, "What you are doing?false
- 3He said to me, "What I am doing?false
- 4He said to me, "What were you doing?false
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Answer : 1. "He said to me, "What are you doing? "
Q: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The driver said to the passerby, “Do you know the way to the market?”
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64b683ed2dc867f593fb02f5- 1The driver asked the passerby did he know the way to the market.false
- 2The driver asked the passerby if he knows the way to the market.false
- 3The driver asked the passerby if he knew the way to the market.true
- 4The driver asked the passerby whether you know the way to the marketfalse
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