1. Select the most appropriate option to transform the given sentence into Reported Speech.The traffic policeman said to him, “Show me your driving licence.”
- A. The traffic police told him to show him your driving licence.
- B. The traffic police demanded his driving licence.
- D. The traffic police ordered him to show him his driving licence.
- C. The traffic police requested him to show his driving licence.
Answer: Yeh ek imperative sentence (aadesh) hai. Isliye 'said to' ko 'ordered' mein badal diya jayega. Pronouns 'me' aur 'your' bhi accordingly 'him' aur 'his' mein badal jayenge.
2. Change the following sentence into direct speech:He exclaimed that it was a dreadful idea.
- D. He said, “what a dreadful idea it is.”
- C. He said, “what a dreadful idea!”
- B. He said, “this is a dreadful idea.”
- A. He said, “it is dreadful idea.”
Answer: Indirect speech mein 'exclaimed' shabd ka istemal hua hai, jo batata hai ki direct speech ek exclamatory sentence tha. 'it was a dreadful idea' ki strong feeling ko express karne ke liye 'what a dreadful idea!' sahi structure hai.
3. He said, “Alas, how foolish I have been!”
- C. He exclaimed regreting his foolishness.
- B. He exclained with regret that he had been very foolish.
- A. He expressed with sorrow that he had been very foolish.
- D. He expressed with sorrow that he has been very foolish.
Answer: 'Alas' dukh ya afsos (regret) vyakt karta hai, isliye 'exclaimed with regret' ka prayog kiya gaya hai. Present Perfect Tense ('have been') ko Past Perfect Tense ('had been') mein badla jaata hai.
4. He is the best student in his class.
- C. No other student in his class is so good as he.
- A. He is not the best student in his class.
- B. He is not better than any other student in his class.
- D. No other student in his class is better than he.
Answer: Yeh degree of comparison ka transformation hai (Superlative se Positive). Superlative degree ('the best') ko positive degree ('so good as') mein badalne ke liye, sentence ko 'No other' se shuru karte hain. Isse sentence ka meaning change nahi hota.
5. Choose the correct option that gives correct ‘Indirect’ form of the given sentence :He shouted, “Let me go:”
- B. He shouted to them to let him go.
- D. He shouted to them that let go.
- A. He shouted to them that he should let go.
- C. He shouted to them that let me go.
Answer: Yeh ek imperative sentence hai. 'Let me' waale sentences ko indirect speech mein badalte waqt 'to let' ka use hota hai aur pronoun 'me' ko 'him' mein badal diya jaata hai.
6. Choose the correct negative form of the following sentence from the given options :She is going out. .
- D. Nor she does go out.
- B. She hasn't gone out.
- A. She is not going out.
- C. Hardly does she go out.
Answer: Present Continuous tense ('is' + verb-ing) ko negative banane ke liye, helping verb ('is') ke baad 'not' lagaya jaata hai. Yeh sabse seedha aur aasan tarika hai.
7. Choose the correct Indirect form of the following Direct speech sentence:“We had better go”, said she getting up.
- A. She said getting up that they had better go.
- C. She said we must go better.
- B. She said in a hurry to go.
- D. She said getting up to go that it was better.
Answer: Jab 'had better' ka use hota hai, to indirect speech mein usme koi badlaav nahi aata. Pronoun 'We' ko 'they' mein badal diya jaata hai kyonki speaker third person hai.
8. The Principal said to the students, “Where were you yesterday?”(Change into Indirect)
- D. The Principal asked to the students where they had been yesterday?
- B. The Principal asked the students where they had been the day before.
- A. The Principal told the students where were they yesterday.
- C. The Principal asked the students where they were the day before.
Answer: Interrogative sentence mein 'said to' ko 'asked' mein badalte hain. Past Tense ('were') ko Past Perfect Tense ('had been') mein aur 'yesterday' ko 'the day before' mein badal diya jaata hai.
9. Choose the correct option Changing the following sentence into assertive :How childish your talks are!
- D. Your talks are very childish.
- B. Your talks should be childish.
- A. Your talks are childish.
- C. Your talks are not childish.
Answer: Exclamatory sentence ('How...!') ko assertive mein badalte samay strong emotion ko express karne ke liye 'very' ka use kiya jaata hai. Isse sentence ka aashay (meaning) wahi rehta hai.
10. Choose the correct form of Indirect Narration for the given sentence:The lady said to the man, “Please lend me your pen.”
- D. The lady asked the man politely if he could lend her his pen.
- A. The lady said that please lend me your pen.
- B. The lady told the man to lend her his pen.
- C. The lady requested the man to lend her his pen.
Answer: Direct speech mein 'Please' ka use nivedan (request) ko darshata hai. Isliye, indirect speech mein 'said to' ko 'requested' mein badalna sabse aavashyak hai.
11. Choose the most appropriate reported form of the sentence given: “Where will you be tomorrow”, I said “in case I have to meet you?”
- A. I asked where he would be the next day in case I had to meet him.
- D. I asked where you will be next day in case I will meet him.
- C. I enquired about his whereabouts the next day in case I would have to meet up.
- B. I said to him where he will be next day in case I have to meet him.
Answer: Is prashnaatmak (interrogative) sentence mein 'will' ko 'would', 'you' ko 'he/him', 'tomorrow' ko 'the next day', aur 'have to' ko 'had to' mein badla jaata hai.
12. He said, “The police had to arrest the criminal after court order.”
- A. He said that the police had had to arrest the criminal after court order.
- B. He tells that the police had to arrest the criminal after court order.
- D. He said that the police had to arrest the criminal after court order.
- C. He told that the police had had to arrest the criminal after court order.
Answer: Jab direct speech mein 'had to' (Past Tense) ka use hota hai, to indirect speech mein use Past Perfect Tense mein badal diya jaata hai, jo 'had had to' ho jaata hai.
13. Choose the correct option : “Don't go there”, He said. (Change into Indirect)
- B. He told them not to go there.
- C. He told them not go there.
- D. He said them not to go there.
- A. He said don't go there.
Answer: Negative imperative sentence ('Don't...') ko indirect speech mein badalne ke liye 'not to' + verb ka use kiya jaata hai. 'Said' ko 'told' mein badalna yahan sahi hai.
14. Change the following sentence from interrogative to assertive :When can their glory fade ?
- C. No, the glory will never fade.
- B. Fade will never their glory.
- D. The glory to fade is not possible.
- A. Their glory can never fade.
Answer: Yeh ek rhetorical question hai, jiska matlab hai ki unki shaan kabhi fiki nahi pad sakti. Isliye assertive form mein 'never' ka use karke iska arth spasht kiya jaata hai.
15. Convert the following sentence into direct speech from the options that follow :She asked if I would come with her.
- B. She said, ‘Will you come with me ?’
- D. She said, ‘Will I come with her ?’
- A. She asked that, ‘Will you come with me.’
- C. She requested, ‘Will I come with her ?’
Answer: Indirect speech mein 'if' ka use hua hai, iska matlab direct speech ek yes/no question tha. 'would' ko 'will', 'I' ko 'you', aur 'her' ko 'me' mein wapas badal diya jaata hai.
16. Choose the option that is the grammatically correct transformation into Direct Speech of the following :She asked what had happened.
- D. “What had happened ?” She says.
- B. She asked to me “What happened ?”
- C. She said, “What happened ?”
- A. She said, “What has been happen ?”
Answer: Indirect speech mein Past Perfect ('had happened') ka prayog hua hai, jiska arth hai ki direct speech Simple Past ('happened') mein tha. Isliye 'She said, “What happened ?”' sahi hai.
17. Change from Assertive to Negative:He is cleverer than me.
- B. I will not be as cleaver as him.
- D. I am not as cleverer than him.
- C. I am not as clever as he is.
- A. I am not very cleaver.
Answer: Comparative degree ('cleverer than') ko negative mein badalne ke liye positive degree ('as clever as') ka upyog kiya jaata hai, bina matlab badle. 'I' ke saath 'am' aur 'he' ke saath 'is' ka aana gramatically sahi hai.
18. Choose a sentence with the correct Indirect form of Narration:Direct : “I will sell the TV set if you keep quarrelling about the programme”. said their mother.“No, don’t do that ! We will never quarrel”, said the children.Options:
- A. Their mother said that she would sell the TV set if you kept quarrelling about the programme. The children said, don’t do that as we would never quarrel.
- C. Their mother threatened to sell the TV set if they kept quarrelling about the programme. The children begged her not to do that assuring her that they would never quarrel.
- D. Their mother threatened that she should sell the TV set if they kept quarrelling about the programme. The children requested her do not do this as we would never quarrel.
- B. Their mother told that the TV set will be sold if they keep quarrelling about the programme. The children forbade her to do that, saying that they will never quarrel.
Answer: Yahan maa dhamki de rahi hai, isliye 'threatened' ka upyog sahi hai. Bachche minnat kar rahe hain, isliye 'begged' ka prayog sahi hai. Yeh vikalp dono bhaavon (emotions) ko sahi dhang se vyakt karta hai.
19. His father ordered him to go to his room and study.
- D. His father said firmly, “Go and study in your room.”
- B. His father said to him, “Go and study in your room.”
- A. His father said, “Go to your room and study.”
- C. His father shouted, “Go right now to your study room.”
Answer: Indirect speech mein 'ordered' ka prayog hua hai, jiska direct speech ek aadesh (command) hoga. Option A is aadesh ko seedhe aur saaf taur par darshata hai.
20. Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence :He said,“When did she arrive ?”
- D. He asked when she had arrived ?
- B. He asked when had she arrived.
- C. He asks when she had arrived.
- A. He asked when she had arrived.
Answer: 'said' ko 'asked' mein badla jaata hai. Simple Past ('did arrive') ko Past Perfect ('had arrived') mein badalte hain. Indirect question mein subject (she) verb (had) se pehle aata hai.
21. Choose the most appropriate Affirmative form of the sentence given, from the options provided.Hurry up so that you don’t miss your class.
- C. Hurry up and don’t miss your class.
- A. Miss your class, if you don’t hurry up.
- B. Hurry up, lest you should miss your class.
- D. Don’t hurry and don’t miss your class.
Answer: 'Lest' ka arth hai 'kahin aisa na ho ki', aur iske saath hamesha 'should' ka prayog hota hai. Yeh 'so that... not' ke arth ko affirmative tareeke se vyakt karta hai.
22. Choose the correct option for Assertive to Interrogative transformation of the sentence given.Man cannot die better than facing fearful odds.
- A. How can man die better than having to face fearful odds?
- C. Can man die better than having to face fearful odds?
- D. Can man die better than facing fearful odds?
- B. How can man die better than facing fearful odds?
Answer: Jab assertive sentence mein 'cannot' ka prayog ho, to use interrogative mein badalte samay 'How can...?' ka prayog karke ek rhetorical question banaya jaata hai, jiska arth same rehta hai.
23. Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. He said to me, “What a pity! You missed the party.”
- B. He told to me that it was a pity I had missed the party.
- A. He exclaimed what a pity it was that you missed the party.
- C. He exclaimed that it was a pity I had missed the party.
- D. He exclaimed that it was a pity you missed the party.
Answer: 'What a pity!' exclamatory phrase hai, isliye 'exclaimed' ka use hoga. 'You' ko 'I' mein aur Simple Past ('missed') ko Past Perfect ('had missed') mein badla jayega.
24. Choose the correct affirmative sentence.She is not guilty.
- B. She is guilty.
- D. Innocent is she we know.
- C. She can be not guilty.
- A. She is innocent.
Answer: Affirmative sentence banane ke liye, negative shabd ('not') ko hatakar uske opposite meaning waale shabd ka prayog kiya jaata hai. 'Not guilty' ka opposite 'innocent' hota hai.
25. Transform the given sentence into negative form choosing the best option from below :Everyone present there, cheered for her.
- B. There was no one present there who did not cheer for her.
- D. All but none cheered for her there.
- C. There was no one absent to cheer for her.
- A. There was no one present there who cheered for her.
Answer: Bina matlab badle negative banane ke liye double negative ka use kiya jaata hai. 'No one... did not cheer' ka matlab hai 'sab ne cheer kiya'. Isliye yeh sahi hai.
