Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 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: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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Answer : 1. "Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane."
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.
Miranda said to her teacher, “I was sick for a day.”
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644a698a9e10c4684b0748cc- 1Miranda told her teacher that she has been sick for a day.false
- 2Miranda told her teacher that she is sick for a day.false
- 3Miranda told her teacher that she was sick for a day.false
- 4Miranda told her teacher that she had been sick for a day.true
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Answer : 4. "Miranda told her teacher that she had been sick for a day."
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:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
He asked me when I had booked the flight tickets.
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6482f78de72c4684a1ee00d4- 1He said to me, “When you had book the flight tickets?”false
- 2He said to me, “When did you book the flight tickets?”true
- 3He said to me, “When are you booking the flight tickets?”false
- 4He said to me, “When do you book the flight tickets?”false
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Answer : 2. "He said to me, “When did you book the flight tickets?”"
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.
He asked his teacher, “Need I read this chapter?’
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60c335d8c8f0c93c707b4238- 1He asked his teacher whether there was a need to read that chapter.false
- 2He asked his teacher whether he needed to read this chapter.false
- 3He asked his teacher if it was necessary to read this chapter.false
- 4He asked his teacher if he had to read that chapter.true
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