Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer

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."

Q:

Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence from the given options:
 He said, "They are in the class."

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    He said that they were in the class.
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    He says that they are in the class.
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    He said that they had been in class.
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    He says that they are in the class.
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Answer : 1. "He said that they were in the class."

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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 asked his teacher, “Need I read this chapter?’ 

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    He asked his teacher whether there was a need to read that chapter.
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    He asked his teacher whether he needed to read this chapter.
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    He asked his teacher if it was necessary to read this chapter.
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    He asked his teacher if he had to read that chapter.
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Answer : 4. "He asked his teacher if he had to read that chapter. "

Q:

Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.

He asked me what I was doing.

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    He said to me, "What are you doing?
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    He said to me, "What you are doing?
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    He said to me, "What I am doing?
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    He said to me, "What were you doing?
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Answer : 1. "He said to me, "What are you doing? "

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."

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Choose the correct option:
 "Don't go there," He said.
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    He said don't go there.
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    He told them not to go there.
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    He told them not go there.
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    He said them not to go there.
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Answer : 2. "He told them not to go there."

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:

Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech.

"Call the first witness," said the judge.

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    The judge commands to call the first witness
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    The judge pleaded to call the first witness
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    The judge commanded to called the first witness
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    The judge commanded to call the first witness
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Answer : 4. "The judge commanded to call the first witness "

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