Direct & Indirect Speech

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.”

QUESTION 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 ?

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

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