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’. Direct Speech का कोई question यदि किसी helping/modal verb से शुरू होता है तो Indirect Speech में IF अथवा WHETHER में से किसी का भी use किया जा सकता है. परन्तु जब हमें दो या अधिक चीजों में से किसी एक का चुनाव करना हो तो सिर्फ WHETHER का ही use किया जाता है; IF का नहीं ; जैसे

“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’ अशुद्ध है. Indirect Speech के वाक्य का subject यदि Second Person अथवा Third Person की कोई   pronoun अर्थात ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, ‘they’ या ‘you’ हो तो modal verb ‘shall’ आमतौर पर हम ‘would’ में बदलते हैं; लेकिन यदि वह pronoun First Person की कोई pronoun अर्थात  ‘I’ या ‘we’ हो तो modal verb ‘shall’ को हम या तो ‘would’ में बदलते हैं या फिर ‘should’ में बदलते हैं.

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

[इस वाक्य में हम ‘shall’ को ‘should’ में नहीं बदल सकते क्योंकि इसमें Indirect Speech के वाक्य का subject  Third Person की pronoun अर्थात HE है.]

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

[इस वाक्य में हमें ‘should’ को ‘would’ और ‘should’ दोनों में से किसी में बदल सकते हैं क्योंकि इसमें  Indirect Speech के वाक्य का subject  First Person की pronoun अर्थात ‘I’ है.]

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

Answer: B

Explanation: Option ‘B’. Option ‘A’ अशुद्ध है क्योंकि जब Reporting Verb (यहाँ SAID) past tense में हो तो Indirect Speech की verb का tense बदल जाता है यदि कोई सार्वभौमिक तथ्य (universal fact) आदि ना हो. ‘Nothing grows in my garden’ का तात्पर्य ये नहीं है कि मेरे garden में अभी भी कुछ ना grow होता हो क्योंकि ये भी तो हो सकता है कि अब गार्डन बेच ही दिया गया हो अथवा अब उसमें कुछ grow होना शुरू हो गया हो. Option ‘C’ भी अशुद्ध है क्योंकि negative verb वाला कोई भी sentence/clause ANYTHING से शुरू नहीं हो सकता.

NOTE: Indirect Speech के दोनों को conjunction AS/SINCE/BECAUSE से जोड़ा जाना जरुरी है क्योंकि दूसरे वाले clause (It never gets any sun) पहले वाले clause (Nothing grows in my garden) का कारण है.

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’. Indirect Speech के वाक्यों में Reporting Verb को हम आमतौर पर ‘say/tell + object’ के रूप में use करते हैं; लेकिन ‘say to + object’ भी शुद्ध होता है; जैसे

He said, “I just heard the news.”
= He said that he had just heard the news.
= He told me that he had just heard the news.
= He said to me that he had just heard the news.

NOTE: TOMORROW को ‘The next day’ अथवा ‘The following day’ में से किसी के भी साथ बदला जा सकता है. .

दिए गये वाक्य की Indirect Speech एक अन्य संभव वाक्य: 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 = until now/till now; Reporting Verb (यहाँ SAID) यदि past tense में हो तो SO FAR को Until then/till then में बदला जाता है.

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

Answer: A

Explanation: Option ‘A’. Mother ने जो भी कहा है वो अपने पुत्र कि प्रशंसा में कहा है; अतः Indirect Speech में शब्द ADMIRANGLY का use बिलकुल सही हुआ है.

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’. Direct Speech के दोनों clause विरोधाभास (contrast) लिए हुए हैं; अतः इनको conjunction BUT से जोड़ा जाएगा AND से नहीं.

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’ को ‘Two days later’ में बदला जाता है ‘The day after next day’ में नहीं.

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’. Modal Verb WOULD main verb DIAL और FIND दोनों के लिए common है; अतः verb FIND के लिए modal verb WOULD को repeat नहीं किया जाएगा और verb FIND का tense भी change नहीं होगा; इसका अर्थ ये हुआ कि option  ‘B’ और ‘D’ दोनों ही अशुद्ध हैं. Option ‘C’ भी अशुद्ध है क्योंकि family relations जैसे कि father, mother, aunt, आदि के पहले कोई article use नहीं किया जाता; जैसे

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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