Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

She asked, “Are you meeting my partners next week?”

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    She asked about our meeting her partners next week.
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    She asked if we meet her partners next week.
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    She asked if we were meeting her partners the following week.
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    She asked if we were meeting her partners next week.
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Answer : 3. "She asked if we were meeting her partners the following week."

Q:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
 She said, “I am in no mood to work now.”

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    She said that she has been in no mood to work then.
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    She said that she was in no mood to work now.
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    She said that she was in no mood to work then.
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    She said that she has been in no mood to work now.
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Answer : 3. "She said that she was in no mood to work then."

Q:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Nandini said, “I bought a pen yesterday.”

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    Nandini said she did bought a pen the previous day.
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    Nandini said that she had bought a pen the previous day.
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    Nandini said that she had bought a pen yesterday.
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    Nandini says that she had bought a pen the previous day.
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Answer : 2. "Nandini said that she had bought a pen the previous day."

Q:

Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

I said to Promod, “How did you break your leg?”

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    I asked Promod how did you break your leg.
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    I asked Promod how he had broken his leg.
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    I asked Promod how he had broken your leg.
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    I asked Promod how you broke your leg.
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Answer : 2. "I asked Promod how he had broken his leg."

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.

Aunt said to mother, "I will be in Surat on Friday."

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    Aunt told mother she will be in Surat on Friday.
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    Aunt told mother that she would be in Surat on Friday.
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    Aunt told mother that she will be in Surat on Friday.
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    Aunt told mother she would be in Surat on Friday.
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Answer : 2. "Aunt told mother that she would be in Surat on Friday."

Q:

Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.

Anjana said that she was waiting for her friends.

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    Anjana said, "I have been waiting for my friends"
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    Anjana said, "I had been waiting for my friends"
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    Anjana said, "I waiting for my friends"
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    Anjana said, "I am waiting for my friends"
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Answer : 4. "Anjana said, "I am waiting for my friends""

Q:

Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

I said to my friend, “Please help me arrange these books on the shelf.”

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    I asked my friend to help me arrange these books on the shelf.
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    I requested my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.
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    I ordered my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.
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    I told to my friend to please help me arrange those books on the shelf
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Answer : 2. "I requested my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf."

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.

“What’s that noise ? It sound like an aeroplane,” said Ravi.

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    Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane.
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    Ravi demanded to know what the noise was, saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
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    Ravi asked what the noise could have been saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
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    Ravi wondered about the noise thinking that it sounded like an aeroplane.
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Answer : 1. "Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane."

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