Direct & Indirect Speech

141. seema said to reena,“You should visit shimla in the summer.”

A. Seema tells to reena that she should visite shimla in the summer.
D. Seema ordered to reena to visite shimla in the summer.
C. Seema suggested to reena that she should visite shimla in the summer.
B. Seema said reena that you should visite shimla in the summer.

142. Choose the correct indirect form of the sentence.The man said, “Let me have the first chance.”

C. The man desired that he had the first chance.
A. The man proposed that he should have the first chance.
B. The man asked to have the first chance.
D. The man claimed that he had the first chance.

143. Choose the correct transformation from assertive to interrogative :We should not waste time in this fruitless occupation.

D. Why would we waste time in this fruitless occupation ?
A. What should we do of this fruitless occupation ?
B. Why will we waste time in this fruitless occupation ?
C. Why should we waste time in this fruitless occupation ?

144. Change the following into indirect speech by choosing correct alternative.Our teacher said to us,“sugar dissolves in water”.

B. Our teacher told us that sugar has dissolved in water.
D. Our teacher told us that sugar dissolves in water.
A. Our teacher told us that sugar dissolved in water.
C. Our teacher said to us that sugar dissolves in water.

145. Choose the most appropriate reported form of the sentence from the given options :“Who is going to live in the big house ?” asked Annu.

D. Annu asked who has been living in the big house.
A. Annu asked who will have to live in the big house.
B. Annu asked who was going to live in the big house.
C. Annu asked who will be living in the big house.

146. Choose the most appropriate optjon for the reported form of the given sentence:“Read it for yourself if you don’t believe what I say”, he told me.

A. He suggested that I read it since I didn’t believe what he said.
D. He asked me to read it himself if I was not ready to believe.
C. He told me to read it for myself if I didn’t believe what he said.
B. He told me to read it as I didn’t believe what he said.

147. Select from the given options the sentence which correctly transforms the following Direct speech sentence in reported speech. Sentence: “Please, could you tell me the answer?”, he said,

B. He said that please could I tell him the answer.
A. He asked me to tell him the answer.
D. He asked me please could I tell him the answer.
C. He requested if I could tell him the answer.

148. O that I were a beauty queen!Transform the sentence into an assertive sentence by choosing the most appropriate option.

D. Alas, I were a beauty queen !
C. I am not so beautiful to become a beauty queen.
B. I wish I were a beauty queen.
A. Why would I not want to be a beauty queen ?

149. Choose the correct assertive form of the following sentence from the options below :How cold the weather is !

B. The weather isn’t hot.
A. The weather is not cold.
D. Never was the weather so cold.
C. The weather is very cold.

150. Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence from the given options -He said,“ They are in the class.”

C. He said that they had been in class.
D. He says that they are in the class.
B. He says that they are in the class.
A. He said that they were in the class.

151. Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. She said to me, ‘Have you visited Kashmir this winter?’

B. She asked me if I have visited Kashmir this winter.
D. She asked me if I had visited Kashmir that winter.
C. She asked me if I had been visiting Kashmir that winter.
A. She asked me if I have visited Kashmir that winter.

152. Change from Interrogative to Assertive : Who can be expected to submit to injustice?

D. Nobody could submit to injustice.
B. No one can be expected to submit to injustice.
C. No one should submit to injustice.
A. Anyone can be expected to submit to injustice.

153. She said “Mr. Narender modi is the prime minister of india.”

D. She said that mr. Narender modi is the prime minister of india.
C. She asked that mr. Narender modi was the prime minister of india.
B. She tell that mr. Narender modi is the prime minister of india.
A. She said that mr. Narender modi was the prime minister of india.

154. Choose the correct answer from the given options-The teacher said to the students, “Take back your books”. (Change into indirect speech)

C. The teacher told the students to take back books.
D. The teacher ordered the students to take back your books.
B. The teacher asked the students to take back your books.
A. The teacher asked the students to take back their books.

155. Identify the correct Indirect form -She said, “I would like to see it.” (Change to Indirect speech)

A. She said that she had liked to see it.
B. She said that she would like to see it.
D. She said that she liked to see it.
C. She said she had been liking to see it.

156. Choose the most appropriate reported form of the given sentence:He said, “Don’t walk on snow it isn’t safe.”

C. He warned us not to walk on snow as it wasn’t safe.
A. He told us that it is not safe to walk on the snow
B. He warned them how unsafe it was to walk on snow
D. He said to us not welk on snow for it isn’t safe.

157. Change the narration :“Do you suppose you know better than your own father ?” jeered his angry mother.

D. His angry mother jeered and asked whether he supposed he knew better than his own father.
A. His angry mother admonished him and said not to think that he knowing better than his father.
C. His angry mother laughed and said if I know better than my father.
B. His mother scolded him and said if he can know better than his own father.

158. Choose the correct assertive form of the given sentence from the options that follow:What a fool you are!

D. You are a great fool.
B. You are foolish.
C. None but you are a fool.
A. You are more or less a fool.

159. Choose the correct indirect speech of - He said to her, “If what you say is true I must go to the police.”

A. He said that if what she said was true I must go to the police.
D. He said that if what she said is true she must go to the police.
B. He said that if what he said was true, he would have to go to the police.
C. He said that if what she said was true, he must go to the police.

160. Choose the correct option for Assertive to Interrogative transformation of the sentence given :I am not the man to submit.

D. Should a man not submit ?
A. Is there a man to submit ?
B. Am I the man to submit ?
C. Is that a way to submit ?

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