Direct & Indirect Speech

QUESTION 271

Everyone knows Subhash Bose. Choose the correct interrogative form of the above sentence:

B Subhash Bose is known to everyone?
C Who does not know Subhash Bose?
D None of the above
A Who knows Subhash Bose?

QUESTION 272

Choose the most appropriate exclamatory form of the given sentence:I never thought of meeting you here.

B To think of our meeting here!
A You here!
C Thought of meeting you here!
D Meeting you here is strange!

QUESTION 273

Kiran asked me, “Did you see the Cricket match on television last night ?”.

B Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
C Kiran asked me did I had seen the Cricket match on television the last night.
A Kiran asked me whether I saw the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
D Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the last night.

QUESTION 274

Transform the following sentence into Assertive:Could you give me a hand with this?

B He asked me to give him a hand.
A He asked me for my hand.
C He told me that I had better give him a hand.
D None of the above

QUESTION 275

For the sentence given, choose from the options provided, the most appropriate sentence in Reported Speech.She said, “The receptionist directed me to the wrong room.”

A She said that the receptionist directed her to the wrong room.
B She said that she had been directed to the wrong room, by the receptionist.
C She said that she was directed to the wrong room.
D She said that the receptionist had directed her to the wrong room.

QUESTION 276

Choose the most appropriate reported form of the sentence from the given options :The teacher said to the boys, “Can you sit still and do your work ?”

A The teacher requested the boys to do their work and sit still.
B The teacher said to the boys to sit still and do their work.
D The teacher asked the boys if they could sit still and do their work.
C The teacher told the boys if they could sit still and do their work.

QUESTION 277

Reno said that he would write books.

D Reno said, “I shall write books.”
B Reno said, “He would write books.”
A Reno said, “I will be writting books.”
C Reno said, “I would write books.”

QUESTION 278

Choose the most appropriate negative form of the sentence from the given options :Raghu has more wealth than common sense.

C Raghu has no more wealth than common sense.
D Raghu has more wealth than no common sense.
B Raghu does not have as much common sense as he has wealth.
A Raghu has more wealth and no common sense.

QUESTION 279

“How lucky I am to have a friend like you!” Choose the correct indirect form:

A She said how lucky she is to be my friend.
D She said in exclaimation that how wonderful her lucky was.
B She exclaimed that she was lucky to have a friend like me.
C She said in great wonder that I was a lucky friend.

QUESTION 280

Pick the correct option which transforms the following interrogative sentence to assertive:Can you touch the sky?

A No one can touch the sky.
D None of the above.
C You cannot touch the sky.
B The sky cannot be touched.

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