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Speech, Tenses Key
Speech, Tenses Key
Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the verbs given in the brackets.
1. When the burglars broke into the house, everybody……… sound sleep, (have)
2. The milk…… over as she went to see the crowd passing by with loud slogans, (spill)
3. If Shubham….. any mistake, he will be rewarded, (not + make)
4. They were watching TV when they…….. a loud bang at the door, (hear)
5. The bus…… the stop before we could catch it. (leave)
6. Rounak……. the same song for last three days. It has become boring now. (play)
7. Shamal…… after we reach home, (call)
8. The show…… its one thousand episodes by next month, (complete)
9. Don’t worry, we will be……. the airport in time. (reach).
10. Arman has.. sick after eating some snacks at the street side shop, (fall)
Answer:
1. were having
2. spilt
3. does not make
4. heard
5. had left
6. has been playing
7. will call
8. will have completed
9. reaching
10. fallen
Question 2:
Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Simple Past Tense.
Answer:
1. has formed
2. gave
3. operated
4. has applied
5. got
6. had begun, reached
7. started, got
8. had died, arrived
9. had run, caught
10. joined, started
Question 3:
Tick the correct option to complete the sentences.
1. The climate of the city………. mild and pleasant most of the time.
(a) is remaining
(b) remains
(c) was remaining
(d) is remained
2. One day he ……… into a hotel in Shillong, a beautiful city in Meghalaya.
(a) booking
(b) was booking
(c) booked
(d) had booked
3. You will certainly…….. rewards for what you are doing.
(a) getting
(b) had got
(c) was getting
(d) be getting
4. Do you …….. the day we moved the piano upstairs?
(a) remember
(b) remembered
(c) are remembering
(d) had remembered
5. The rain completely………. our day.
(a) spoilt
(b) is spoiling
(c) is spoilt
(d) was spoilt
6. Akbar…… the king at the age of fifteen after the sudden death of his father.
(a) was becoming
(b) had become
(c) became
(d) become
7. The criminal …… the place before the police could reach.
(a) was escaping
(b) had escaped
(c) is escaping
(d) will escape
8. They ……… all the arrangements before the guestis arrival.
(a) will have made
(b) will be made
(c) had been making
(d) were making
9. She……… her job by tomorrow evening.
(a) will be completing
(b) will complete
(c) will have completed
(d) will have been completing
10. Aryan…… his mother in making rangoli in the yard for last one hour.
(a) is helping
(b) has helped
(c) has been helping
(d) helps
Answer:
1. (b) remains
2. (c) booked
3. (d) be getting
4. (a) remember
5. (b) is spoiling
6. (c) became
7. (b) had escaped
8. (a) will have made
9. (c) will have completed
10. (c) has been helping
Question 4:
Use the appropriate form (Present Tense) of the verbs given in brackets to fill in the gaps.
1. Susan………. for three hours. Now she needs some rest, (work)
2. In India, people ……………. different festivals througout the year, (celebrate)
3. John……. some important issue with Jennie. Let us not disturb him. (discuss)-
4. All the planets in the solar system…….. around the Sun. (revolve)
5. Sam ….. to Zarun on phone for forty-five minutes, (talk)
6. You can give me some other novel. I…… read this earlier, (read)
7. Ninad….. very hard these days, (work)
8. Tisha often…………… her work and goes to play. (shirk)
Answer:
1. has worked
2. celebrate
3. is discussing
4. revolve
5. has been talking
6. have read
7. is working
8. shirks
Question 5:
Use the appropriate form (Past Tense) of the verb given in brackets to fill in the blanks.
Answer:
1. surprised/has surprised
2. are inviting
3. had robbed ; realised
4. lived, took
5. were dancing
6. became, came
7. had been looking
8. trying, noticed
9. had faced, met
10. understand, was shouting
Question 6:
Identify the errors in the sentences given below and rewrite them.
Answer:
Question 1:
Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.
1.
1. John said, ‘I love this city.’
2. “Be nice to others”, Priya said.
3. “Don’t waste your money” he said to the boys.
4. She said, “everyone loves her.”
5. She said, “He works in a bank.”
6. Seema said, ‘I don’t have a laptop.”
7. Kanika said, “I don’t go to the gym very often.”
8. “We don’t travel much”, she said.
9. He said, “we like working in London.”
10. She said, “she never gets up early on Sunday.”
Answer:
Question 2:
Change the following into indirect speech.
Answer:
1. I asked Prerana how she travel to office everyday.
2. Shivam asked his mother where the rain comes from.
3. A crazy man asked me whether I knew the way to Paradise.
4. Maria asked her daughter at what time she would come back.
5. The man asked the mechanic by what time he would have fixed the type of his bike.
6. Varun asks Tarun where he went yesterday.
7. She asked whether there was anything special in it.
8. Mr Naik exclaimed with fear and said to his colleagues that he could smell something
there.
9. Shishir exclaimed with sorrow and told his friend that they have lost the game.
10. Manjiri told her grandfather that he was very intelligent.
Question 3:
Rewrite the sentences into direct speech from indirect speech.
Answer:
Question 4:
Choose the correct options from the given set of options according to the rules of reported
speech.
Answer:
1. (b) how
2. (d) his
3. (b) knew
4. (a) what
5. (c) have
6. (d) the last day
7. (c) if
8. (d) fear
9. (a) had
10. (b) that
Question 5:
Supply the most suitable and appropriate word to fill in the blanks with the help of rules of
reported speech.
Answer:
1. wrote
2. she
3. rises
4. had
5. if .
6. to
7. was
8. where
9. did
10. floats