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.

The interviewer said, “Rajiv, I’m impressed with you."

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    The interviewer says I am impressed with Rajiv.
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    The interviewer said to Rajiv that he had been impressed with you.
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    The interviewer told Rajiv that he was impressed with him.
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    The interviewer told to Rajiv that he is impressed with him.
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Answer : 3. "The interviewer told Rajiv that he was impressed with him."

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

Hira inquired how I was doing being all alone in my house.

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    Hira said to me, “Are you doing fine being all alone in your house.”
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    Hira said to me, “How are you doing being all alone in my house.”
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    Hira said to me, “How are you doing being all alone in your house?”
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    Hira said to me, “How you are doing being all alone in your house?”
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Answer : 3. "Hira said to me, “How are you doing being all alone in your house?”"

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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.

“There are ceremonies going on”, he said to me.

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    He told me that there were ceremonies going on.
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    He told that there have been ceremonies going on.
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    He told that there had been ceremonies going on.
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    He told that there are ceremonies going on.
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Answer : 1. "He told me that there were ceremonies going on."

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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.

“Is that so ?” the Sahib said cheerfully, “Well, I like village folk”.

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    The Sahib cheerfully asked if it was such and said he likes village folk.
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    The Sahib asked cheerfully whether that was so, adding that he liked village folk.
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    The Sahib told with cheer that it was so and asked if he liked village folk.
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    The Sahib was asking cheerfully if it was so and added that he liked village folk.
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Answer : 2. "The Sahib asked cheerfully whether that was so, adding that he liked village folk."

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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.

“The last thing I want for my daughter is a boy who drinks ! ”said Brinda.

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    Brinda proclaimed that the last thing she wanted for her daughter was a boy who drank.
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    Brinda said the last thing she should want for her daughter was a boy who drank.
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    Brinda told that the last thing she wants for her daughter was a boy who drinks.
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    Brinda complained that the last thing she wants for her daughter is a boy who drank.
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Answer : 1. "Brinda proclaimed that the last thing she wanted for her daughter was a boy who drank."

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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.

The mother advised her son to be careful and not to enter into a quarrel with the goons. 

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    The mother advised her son, "Be careful and not enter into a quarrel with the goon"
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    The mother said to her son, "Do not enter into a quarrel with the goons."
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    The mother said to her son, "Be careful, Do not enter into a quarrel with the goons."
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    The mother said to her son to "be careful".
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Answer : 3. "The mother said to her son, "Be careful, Do not enter into a quarrel with the goons." "

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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.

The client told his lawyer, “ I’m going away for a few days. I’ll call you when I get back”.

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    The client told his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.
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    The client promised his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.
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    The client told his lawyer that he is going away for a few days and will call him when he gets back.
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    The client assured his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would definitely call him when he got back.
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Answer : 1. "The client told his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back."

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Choose the option that is the correct indirect form of the sentence.

She said, “I will be available tomorrow.”

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    She said that she would be available tomorrow.
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    She said that she would be available the next day.
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    She said that she must be available the next day.
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    She said that she will be available the next day.
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Answer : 2. "She said that she would be available the next day."

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