Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer

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Direction: Choose the correct alternative of the following sentences.
Ram said, “Pay attention to me.” Ram asked

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    pay attention to him
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    paid attention to him
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    having paid attention to him
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    to pay attention to him
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Answer : 4. "to pay attention to him"

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Choose the correct Reported Form of the sentences from the options given below:

"I have an English lesson this afternoon and I haven't done my homework yet", said the boy. 

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    The boy told that he has an English lesson this afternoon and he haven't done my homework yet.
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    The boy complained that he have an English lesson in the afternoon and he was not done his homework yet.
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    The boy suggested that he was having an English lesson that afternoon and I hadn't done my homework till then.
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    The boy said that he had an English lesson that afternoon and (that) he hadn't done his homework till then.
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Answer : 4. "The boy said that he had an English lesson that afternoon and (that) he hadn't done his homework till then. "

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Direction: Choose the correct alternative of the following sentences.
The father said, “He is a good boy.” The father

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    said that he is a good boy
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    told that he is a good boy
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    said that he was a good boy
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    told that he was a good boy
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Answer : 3. "said that he was a good boy"

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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.

My brother said to me, "I was upset, but now I am fine."

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    My brother told me that he had been upset, but then he was fine.
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    My brother told me that he has been upset, but then he is fine.
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    My brother told me that he was upset, but now he was fine.
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    My brother told me that he had been upset, but then he will be fine.
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Answer : 1. "My brother told me that he had been upset, but then he was fine."

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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.

Preeti said to her friend, "I am like my mother."

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    Preeti tells her friend that she is like her mother.
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    Preeti tells her friend that that she was like her mother.
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    Preeti told her friend that she was like her mother.
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    Preeti told her friend that I was like her mother.
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Answer : 3. "Preeti told her friend that she was like her mother."

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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.

The teacher said to me, "Stand here next to the podium."

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    The teacher told me to stand there next to the podium.
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    The teacher had told to me to have stood there next to the podium.
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    The teacher tells to me to stand there next to the podium.
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    The teacher told to me to have stood there next to the podium.
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Answer : 1. "The teacher told me to stand there next to the podium."

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Choose the correct Reported Form of the sentences from the options given below:

She said, "Don't wait for me after seven."

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    She told me not to wait for her after seven.
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    She tells that we should not wait after seven.
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    She asks that we don't wait after seven.
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    She suggests to not wait after seven.
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Answer : 1. "She told me not to wait for her after seven. "

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Direction: Choose the correct alternative of the following sentences.
I said to him, “Let us go to school.” I told him

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    we would go to school
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    we shall go to school
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    that we would go to school
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    that we should go to school
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Answer : 4. "that we should go to school"

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