Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 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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649c0161cae316dfef8ba231- 1She asked about our meeting her partners next week.false
- 2She asked if we meet her partners next week.false
- 3She asked if we were meeting her partners the following week.true
- 4She asked if we were meeting her partners next week.false
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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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6479da4323e51f4777f0a473She said, “I am in no mood to work now.”
- 1She said that she has been in no mood to work then.false
- 2She said that she was in no mood to work now.false
- 3She said that she was in no mood to work then.true
- 4She said that she has been in no mood to work now.false
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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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644b9cb09471d8ce70d3be93- 1Nandini said she did bought a pen the previous day.false
- 2Nandini said that she had bought a pen the previous day.true
- 3Nandini said that she had bought a pen yesterday.false
- 4Nandini says that she had bought a pen the previous day.false
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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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64c3a7eb9e9013486a7a9925- 1I asked Promod how did you break your leg.false
- 2I asked Promod how he had broken his leg.true
- 3I asked Promod how he had broken your leg.false
- 4I asked Promod how you broke your leg.false
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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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601a77bc552e5f41f7b13910- 1Aunt told mother she will be in Surat on Friday.false
- 2Aunt told mother that she would be in Surat on Friday.true
- 3Aunt told mother that she will be in Surat on Friday.false
- 4Aunt told mother she would be in Surat on Friday.false
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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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632b04541656651c9e9bad30- 1Anjana said, "I have been waiting for my friends"false
- 2Anjana said, "I had been waiting for my friends"false
- 3Anjana said, "I waiting for my friends"false
- 4Anjana said, "I am waiting for my friends"true
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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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64ca4a9f42082e8c9b842956- 1I asked my friend to help me arrange these books on the shelf.false
- 2I requested my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.true
- 3I ordered my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.false
- 4I told to my friend to please help me arrange those books on the shelffalse
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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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5f363969f5730b1383276978- 1Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane.true
- 2Ravi demanded to know what the noise was, saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.false
- 3Ravi asked what the noise could have been saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.false
- 4Ravi wondered about the noise thinking that it sounded like an aeroplane.false
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