Direct Indirect Speech Practice Set 10 SOLVED IN HINDI & ENGLISH (with options)

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1. “Shall I wait for them or go on?” he wondered.

Answer: C

Explanation:

Option ‘C’. When reporting a question beginning with a helping/modal verb we use either IF or WHETHER in the indirect speech, but when a choice between two or more things has to be made, we use WHETHER, not IF; e.g.

“Do you want to go by air or by sea?” asked the travel agent.
= The travel agent asked whether I wanted to go by air or by sea.
INCORRECT: The travel agent asked if I wanted to go by air or by sea.

NOTE: Option ‘A’ is incorrect. If the subject of the sentence in the Indirect Speech is a pronoun of the Second Person or the Third Person i.e. ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, ‘they’ or ‘you’, the modal verb ‘shall’ normally becomes ‘would’, but if that pronoun is a pronoun of the First Person i.e. ‘I’ or ‘we’, the modal verb ‘shall’ can become either ‘would’ or ‘should’.

“I shall be 21 tomorrow,” said Raman.
= Raman said he would be 21 the following day.

[Here ‘shall’ can’t be changed into ‘should’ as the subject of the Indirect Speech is a pronoun of the Second Person i.e. HE.]

I said, “I should like to see it.”
= I said I WOULD like to see it.
= I said I SHOULD like to see it.

[Here, the modal verb ‘should’ can change into either ‘would’ or ‘should’ as the subject of the Indirect Speech is a pronoun of the First Person i.e. ‘I’.]

2. “Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun.” she said.

Answer: B

Explanation: Option ‘B’. Option ‘A’ is incorrect, see the explanation: If the reporting verb (SAID) is in the past tense, the tense of the verb in the reported speech changes accordingly unless it’s a universal fact or of the nature which exists still. You never know if the garden is in the same state still. ये भी तो हो सकता है कि उसने अब अपना गार्डन बेच ही दिया हो. Option ‘C’ is incorrect as ANYTHING can’t begin a sentence/clause with a negative verb.

NOTE: The two clauses given in the Indirect Speech will be added by AS/SINCE/BECAUSE as the action of the second clause is the reason of the action given in the first clause.

3. “Where will you be tomorrow,” I said, “in case I have to ring you?”

Answer: B

4. “I’m going away tomorrow, mother.” he said.

Answer: A

Explanation: Option ‘A’. Statements are normally introduced by ‘say’, or tell + object’, but ‘say + to + object’ is also correct, however less usual. So both ‘said to his mother’ and ‘told his mother’ are correct. When reporting verb is in the past, TOMORROW changes into the next day or the following day.

Another possible indirect conversion: He told his mother that he was going away the next day.

5. “I’ve been in London for a month but so far I haven’t had time to visit the tower.” said Mohan.

Answer: B

Explanation: Option ‘B’. SO FAR = till now/until now; when the reporting verb is in the past tense SO FAR changes into TILL THEN/UNTIL THEN.

6. “How clever of you to have solved the puzzle so quickly!” said the mother.

Answer: A

Explanation: Option ‘A’. The mother said it as the result of a strong feeling that arose inside her; use of the word ADMIRANGLY is no wrong in this context.

7. She said, “How ugly I look in this dress!”

Answer: D

8. “We have moved into our new flat. We don’t like it nearly so much as our last one.” said my aunt.

Answer: D

Explanation: Option ‘D’. The two clauses of the reported speech are contrasting in style, so they will be added by BUT, not AND.

9. The new underpass is being officially opened the day after tomorrow.” said the BBC announcer.

Answer: D

Explanation: Option ‘D’. ‘the day after tomorrow’ changes into ‘two days later’; not ‘the day after next day’.

10. “I’ve no idea what the time is but I shall dial 8081 and find out.” said his daughter.

Answer: A

Explanation: Option ‘A’. WOULD is a common modal to the verbs DIAL and FIND; so the tense of FIND won’t change, also a helping/modal verb common for two or more verbs is not repeated, means both options ‘B’ and ‘D’ are incorrect. Option ‘C’ is also incorrect as we do not use an article before names of family relations like father, mother, aunt, etc.; e.g.

INCORRECT: The father has come back from Ludhiana.
CORRECT: Father has come back from Ludhiana.

INCORRECT: The brother wants your help.
CORRECT: Brother wants your help.

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