Direct & Indirect Speech

161. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. He said to his sister, “Please help me with my homework”.

C. His sister told him that he should help her with her homework.
B. His sister was asked by her brother that she should help him with his homework.
D. He requested his sister to help him with his homework.
A. He told his sister that she should help him with his homework.

162. Select the correct sentence from the given options which rightly transforms the Direct speech sentence in reported speech –Sentence: She said to me, “I thought I heard. you coming down the stairs”.

C. She told me she thought she had heard her coming down the stairs.
A. She told me I thought she had heard me coming down the stairs.
D. She told me she thought I had heard her coming down the stairs.
B. She told me she thought she had heard me coming down the stairs.

163. Choose the correct option changing the following sentence into exclamatory, :It is a matter of praise that he has won the trophy.

C. Hurrah ! he has won the trophy.
A. Bravo ! he has won the trophy.
D. Alas ! he won the trophy.
B. Bravo, he won the trophy !

164. Choose the correct compound form of the given sentence from the options that follow: Seeing a bear coming, he lay on the ground.

B. Seeing a bear coming and so he lay on the ground.
C. He was lying on the ground as he saw the bear.
D. He saw a bear and lay on the ground.
A. The bear having come, he lay on the ground.

165. Choose the correct direct speech of the following sentence from the options given below- He ordered them to lock the door.

B. He said to them, “Please lock the door.”
A. He said to them, “Lock the door.”
C. He told them, “You locked the door.”
D. He tells them, “Lock the door.”

166. Change from assertive to negative : The two brothers are like each other.

B. The two brothers resemble each other.
C. The two brothers do not look like each other.
D. The two brothers are not unlikely like each other.
A. The two brothers are not very unlike each other.

167. The teacher said to the students, “Two and two make four.”

D. None of these.
A. The teacher told the students that two and two made four.
C. The teacher told the students that two and two make four.
B. The teacher told the students two and two made four.

168. Choose the correct option –He said, “My wife leaves for Vienna tomorrow”. (Change into indirect speech)

A. He said that his wife have to leave for Vienna the next day.
D. He said that his wife had to leave for Vienna tomorrow.
C. He said that his wife has to leave for Vienna tomorrow.
B. He said that his wife would leave for Vienna the next day.

169. Choose the correct Indirect form of the following Direct speech sentence:“Could you call me back later?”

B. He asked me to call him back later.
A. He asked if you could call to me later.
D. He pleased me to call him later.
C. He asked to later make a call on him.

170. Choose the correct option for Assertive to Negative transformation for the sentence given :Human is mortal.

C. Not all humans are mortal
D. Not all humans are immortal
A. Human is immortal
B. Human is not immortal

171. Choose the correct answer from the given options-Ravi said, “I will bring the book tomorrow,” (Change into Indirect Speech)

D. Ravi informed that he will bring the book tomorrow.
B. Ravi informed that he would bring the book the next day.
A. Ravi ordered that he would bring the book the next day.
C. Ravi informed that he would bring the book tomorrow:

172. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. “Where did the children leave their record books?” the sports coach asked the class prefect.

B. The sports coach asked the class prefect where have the children left their record books.
A. The sports coach asked the class prefect where the children are leaving their record books.
D. The sports coach asked the class prefect where the children had left their record books.
C. The sports coach asked the class prefect where the children leave their record books.

173. Change from Exclamatory to Assertive.What a marvellous painting he made !

B. He made a very marvellous painting
D. He will make a marvellous painting
C. He makes a marvellous painting
A. Did he make a marvellous painting

174. Choose the correct option changing the following sentence into Exclamatory:This is extremely a horrible sight.

A. What a horrible sight!
C. What a horrible sight this is!
B. What a horrible sight?
D. How a horrible sight is this!

175. Choose the correct option in reported speech for the sentence given, from the options provided.He said, “I am yet to propose to a girl I have been dating for a year.”

D. He said he would be proposing to a girl he has been dating.
B. He said that he will propose to a girl he has been dating for a year.
A. He said that he was yet to propose to a girl he had been dating for a year.
C. He said that he was proposing to a girl he was dating.

176. Choose the correct indirect speech alternative of ‘He said, “Oh no! I missed the train.”

B. He exclaimed with sorrow that he missed the train.
A. He exclaimed with sorrow that he had missed the train.
D. He exclaimed with sorrow that he would miss the train.
C. He exclaimed with sorrow that he has missed the train.

177. Choose the correct indirect speech of the given sentence from the options that follow:He said to me, “How is your mother?”

B. He asked me how my mother is.
A. He asked me how was my mother.
D. He asked me how my mother was.
C. He said to me how your mother was.

178. Change from assertive to interrogative :It is extremely foolish to waste time in reading trash.

C. Why waste time in reading trash ?
D. Why should we waste time and read trash ?
B. Why should one waste time in reading trash ?
A. Why waste time in reading trash books.

179. I said to him, ‘What is your name ?’The indirect speech of the above sentence will be:

B. I said to him what is his name
D. I asked him what his name was
C. I told him that what his name was
A. I told him what his name was

180. Ram said to me ‘Leave me alone’.The indirect speech of the above sentence will be:

B. Ram asked me to leave me alone.
D. Ram told me to leave her alone.
C. Ram said to me to leave him alone.
A. Ram said to me to leave me alone.

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