Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer

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."

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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.

“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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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.

Miranda said to her teacher, “I was sick for a day.”

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    Miranda told her teacher that she has been sick for a day.
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    Miranda told her teacher that she is sick for a day.
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    Miranda told her teacher that she was sick for a day.
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    Miranda told her teacher that she had been sick for a day.
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Answer : 4. "Miranda told her teacher that she had been sick for a day."

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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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    Harry saying, “I will not be in town on Friday”.
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    Harry said, “I will not be in town on Friday”.
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    Harry said, “I can’t be in town on Friday”.
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    Harry said, “I must not be in town on Friday”.
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Answer : 2. "Harry said, “I will not be in town on Friday”."

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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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    He said to me, “When you had book the flight tickets?”
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    He said to me, “When did you book the flight tickets?”
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    He said to me, “When are you booking the flight tickets?”
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    He said to me, “When do you book the flight tickets?”
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Answer : 2. "He said to me, “When did you book the flight tickets?”"

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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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    The man cries out to heaven to help him not to lie again ever.
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    The man called upon heaven to witness his resolve that he would never lie again.
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    The man requested heaven to help him and see that he lie again.
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    The man called heaven and ordered to help him and see to it that she never lies again.
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Answer : 2. "The man called upon heaven to witness his resolve that he would never lie again."

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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. "

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