Direct & Indirect Speech

QUESTION 61

Choose the most appropriate reported form of the sentence given: “Where will you be tomorrow”, I said “in case I have to meet you?”

B I said to him where he will be next day in case I have to meet him.
C I enquired about his whereabouts the next day in case I would have to meet up.
D I asked where you will be next day in case I will meet him.
A I asked where he would be the next day in case I had to meet him.

QUESTION 62

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.

QUESTION 63

Choose the correct option : “Don't go there”, He said. (Change into Indirect)

A He said don't go there.
B He told them not to go there.
D He said them not to go there.
C He told them not go there.

QUESTION 64

Change the following sentence from interrogative to assertive :When can their glory fade ?

B Fade will never their glory.
D The glory to fade is not possible.
A Their glory can never fade.
C No, the glory will never fade.

QUESTION 65

Convert the following sentence into direct speech from the options that follow :She asked if I would come with her.

A She asked that, ‘Will you come with me.’
B She said, ‘Will you come with me ?’
C She requested, ‘Will I come with her ?’
D She said, ‘Will I come with her ?’

QUESTION 66

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.
A She said, “What has been happen ?”
C She said, “What happened ?”
B She asked to me “What happened ?”

QUESTION 67

Change from Assertive to Negative:He is cleverer than me.

D I am not as cleverer than him.
B I will not be as cleaver as him.
A I am not very cleaver.
C I am not as clever as he is.

QUESTION 68

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:

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.
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.

QUESTION 69

His father ordered him to go to his room and study.

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.”
D His father said firmly, “Go and study in your room.”

QUESTION 70

Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence :He said,“When did she arrive ?”

C He asks when she had arrived.
D He asked when she had arrived ?
A He asked when she had arrived.
B He asked when had she arrived.

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