Direct & Indirect Speech

81. Change the following sentence into indirect speech:‘We wish we didn’t have to take exams’, said the children.

C. The children said they wish they didn’t have to take exams.
D. The children said they wished they do not have to take exams.
A. ‘The children said they wish they do not had to take exams.
B. The children said that they wished they didn’t have to take exams.

82. Choose the correct negative form (without change of meaning) of the following sentence from the options given below :She is sometimes clever.

D. She is never clever.
B. She is not sometime clever.
C. She is not always stupid.
A. She is sometime not clever.

83. Choose the correct Direct speech of the following sentence from the given options :He says that the king will come.

B. He says “the king would come.”
D. He says, “The king will come.”
C. He says “the king came.”
A. He says that “the king will come.”

84. Choose the correct interrogative form of the following sentence from the options below :She doesn’t obey her teachers.

B. Doesn’t she ever obey her teachers ?
A. Doesn’t she obey her teachers ?
C. Does she never obey her teachers ?
D. Does she obey her teachers ?

85. Change the direct speech into indirect speech by selecting the most appropriate option from below:He said, “I do not wish to see any of you, go away.”

C. He told that he did not wish to see any of them and ordered them to go away.
A. He told that he did not wish to see us and ordered us to go away.
B. He said thatthe had not wished to see any of them and ordered them to go away.
D. He said that he does not wish to see any of us and ordered us to go away.

86. Choose the grammatically correct option that shows the change of Direct to Indirect Speech :“I will pay for the damage” said the man who had bumped into our car.

B. I promise to paying for the damage said he who was bumped into our car.
A. I would paid for the damage said the man who had bumped into our car.
C. The man who had bumped into our car offered to pay for the damage.
D. The man who had been bumped into our car offered that he would pay for the damage.

87. Given below is an exclamatory sentence. Change it to assertive form, choosing the best option.What a delicious flavour these mangoes have !1. These mangoes have a delicious flavour.2. These delicious mangoes have a good flavour.3. The good flavour is of these mangoes only.4. The mangoes are delicious.Choose the correet answer from the options given below :

D. 3 only
A. 1 and 4 only
B. 2 only
C. 1 only

88. Choose the correct option for Interrogative to Assertive transformation of the sentence given :Can any man, by taking thought, add a cubit to his stature ?

D. Everyone can add a cubit, by taking a thought, to his stature.
A. Any man can add a cubit to his stature.
B. That is how one can add a cubit to his stature, by taking thought.
C. No man can, by taking a thought, add a cubit to his stature.

89. Choosing the correct option, change the following sentence into Assertive without changing the meaning : Shyam has promised never to touch hard drink again.

A. Shyam has promised to touch hard drink again.
B. Shyam has promised to abstain from hard drink in future.
C. Shyam has not promised to touch hard drink in future.
D. Shyam has never promised to touch hard drink again.

90. Transform the following sentence from affirmative to negative from the options :(without change of meaning)You must yield to your fate.

D. You need to yield to your fate.
B. You should not but yield to fate.
C. You have no other option so better challenge your fate.
A. You cannot but yield to your fate.

91. Pick the correct direct sentence for the following indirect sentence -I asked him if he knew my name.

A. I said, “Do you know my name?”
D. I say, “Do you know my name?”
C. I asked, “Did you know my name?”
B. I said to him, “Do you know my name”

92. Choose the cotrect assertive form of the following sentence from the options below :What a fine doctor he is !

D. He isn’t a fine doctor.
C. Isn’t he a fine doctor !
B. He is a very fine doctor.
A. He is a doctor who is fine.

93. Choose the correct exclamatory form of the given sentence from the options that follow: It is very sad that poor Bimla is dead.

D. Wow, Bimla is dead.
B. Ho! Ho! poor Bimla is dead.
A. Alas, poor Bimla is dead.
C. Hurrah, poor Bimla is dead.

94. Choose the most appropriate Affirmative form of the given sentence without changing the meaning:He could not climb the wall.

A. He can climb the wall.
D. He climbed the wall.
C. He could climb the wall.
B. He failed to climb the wall.

95. My friend advised me not to be hasty.

C. “Please do not be hasty,” said my friend.
D. My friend said, “How hasty you are!”
A. “Don’s be hasty,” my friend advised me.
B. “Try not be hasty,” my fried advised me

96. Choose the most appropriate option –Ashin said, “Shall I ever win a gold medal?” (Change into Indirect Speech)

D. Ashin wondered if he would ever win a gold medal.
C. Ashin asked if he shall ever have won a gold medal.
B. Ashin said that shall he ever won a gold medal.
A. Ashin exclaimed if he shall ever win a gold medal.

97. Choose the correct option :‘Do you know when she will go home?’ I said to him. (Change into indirect speech)

D. I asked him if he know when she would go home.
A. I asked him that did he know when she would go home.
C. I asked him if he knew when she will go home.
B. I asked him if he knew when she would go home.

98. Choose the sentence which is the correct indirect form of the sentence given below: Direct: The architect said to the builder, “Using innovative materials, we can help reduce the environmental impact of building”. The builder said, “This would increase the cost of construction twofold”

B. The architect told the builder that using innovative materials, we could help reduce the environmental impact of building. The builder said that that would increase the cost of construction twofold.
D. The architect told the builder that using innovative materials, they could help reduce the environmental impact of building. The builder said that this would increase the cost of construction twofold.
A. The architect told the builder that using innovative materials, they could help reduce the environmental impact of building. The builder said that that would increase the cost of construction twofold.
C. The architect told the builder that using innovative materials, they can help reduce the environmental impact of building. The builder said that that would increase the cost of construction twofold.

99. Change from negative to assertive:He did not live many years in India.

C. He lives in India for a few years.
B. He lived in India for a few years.
D. It has been few years that he has lived in India.
A. He does not live in India for many years.

100. Transform the following sentences into inter- rogative.No one can tolerate such injustice.

B. Can one not tolerate such injustice?
D. None of these.
C. Who can tolerate such injustice?
A. Can one tolerate such injustice?

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