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Select the correct indirect form of the
given sentence.
1. The traveller said to a passerby, “Can
you help me find my way, please?”
A. The traveller asked the passerby could
you kindly help me find my way?
B. The traveller asked the passerby that he
can kindly help him find his way.
C. The traveller requested to the passerby
if he can help him find his way.
D. The traveller asked the passerby if he
could kindly help him find his way.
Select the correct indirect form of the
given sentence.
2. “What are you going to call the puppy,
Jane?” the boy asked.
A. The boy wondered what Jane were going
to call the puppy.
B. The boy told Jane what she was going to
call her puppy.
C. The boy asked Jane what she was going
to call the puppy.
D. Jane asked the boy what is he going to
call the puppy.
Select the correct indirect form of the
given sentence.
3. The guard said to the visitors, “Do not
take photographs inside the museum.”
A. The guard forbade the visitors to take
photographs inside the museum.
B. The guard told the visitors that do not
take photographs inside the museum.
C. The guard warned the visitors not to be
taking photographs inside the museum.
D. The guard requested the visitors to not
took photographs inside the museum.
Select the correct indirect form of the
given sentence.
4. Mahesh said to Rita, “Don’t play in the
sun.”
A. Mahesh advised Rita not to play in the
sun.
B. Mahesh told to Rita to not play in the
sun.
C. Mahesh requested Rita that don’t play in
the sun.
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D. Mahesh ordered Rita that not play in the
sun.
Select the indirect narration of the
given sentence.
5. He said to me, “What time do the banks
open and close?”
A. He asked me what time the banks
opened and closed.
B. He said me what time did the banks open
and close.
C. He wanted to know what time the banks
open and close.
D. He asked me what time do the banks
open and close.
Select the correct indirect form of the
given sentence.
6. “What a good idea!”, Seema remarked.
A. Seema said what a good idea it is.
B. Seema told what an idea!
C. Seema exclaimed that it was a very good
idea.
D. Seema exclaimed that the idea is good.
Select the correct indirect form of the
given sentence.
7. The lawyer said to me, “There is no proof
of your involvement in this case.”
A. The lawyer told me that there was no
proof of my involvement in that case.
B. The lawyer told that there is no proof of
my involvement in that case.
C. The lawyer told me that there is no proof
of your involvement in that case.
D. The lawyer said me that there was no
proof of my involvement in that case.
Select the correct indirect form of the
given sentence.
8. The teacher said to me, “You have not
submitted the assignment.”
A. The teacher said me that I had not
submitted the assignment.
B. The teacher told me that I had not
submitted the assignment.
C. The teacher said me that I have not
submitted the assignment.
D. The teacher told me that I have not
submitted the assignment.
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Select the indirect narration of the
given sentence.
9. He said to the hotel receptionist, “Can
you tell me the tariff of rooms?
A. He asked the hotel receptionist that if he
can tell him the tariff of rooms.
B. He asked the hotel receptionist to tell
him the tariff of rooms.
C. He enquired the hotel receptionist if he
can tell him the tariff of rooms.
D. He asked the hotel receptionist if he
could tell him the tariff of rooms.
Direction: Choose the most appropriate
option to change the narration
(direct/indirect) of the given sentence.
10. The Times of India says, “We shall issue
a Corona virus section in our weekend
paper.”
A. The Times of India says that it will issue
a Corona virus section in their weekend
paper
B. The Times of India says that they will
issue a Corona virus section in their
weekend paper
C. The Times of India said that it will issue
a Corona virus section in its weekend paper
D. The Times of India says that it will issue
a Corona virus section in its weekend paper
Direction: Choose the most appropriate
option to change the narration
(direct/indirect) of the given sentence.
11. Rahul said,” When he lived in Delhi he
often saw Renu.”
A. Rahul said that when he lived in Delhi he
had often seen Renu
B. Rahul said that when he had lived in
Delhi he often saw Renu
C. Rahul said that when he had lived in
Delhi he had often seen Renu
D. Rahul said that when he were living in
Delhi he often saw Renu
Direction: Choose the most appropriate
option to change the narration
(direct/indirect) of the given sentence.
12. Renu said.” Madam, I have done
homework.”
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A. Renu said respectfully to her teacher she
had been done homework.
B. Renu said respectfully that she has done
homework.
C. Renu said respectfully that she had done
homework.
D. Renu said respectfully to her teacher
that she had done homework.
Direction: Choose the most appropriate
option to change the narration
(direct/indirect) of the given sentence.
13. “We wished we didn’t have to eat the
vegetables.” said the children.
A. The children said they wished that they
hadn’t had to eat the vegetables
B. The children said they wished that they
didn’t need to eat the vegetables
C. The children said they wished that they
didn’t have to eat the vegetables
D. The children said they wished that they
will not have to eat the vegetables
Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.
14. He asked me what I was doing.
A. He said to me, "What are you doing?
B. He said to me, "What you are doing?
C. He said to me, "What I am doing?
D. He said to me, "What were you doing?
Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.
15. Malini said that she would go for the
meeting.
A. Malini said, "I go for the meeting"
B. Malini said, "I am going for the meeting"
C. Malini said, "I will go for the meeting"
D. Malini said, "I went for the meeting"
Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.
16. Akshai said that he was playing drums.
A. Akshai said, "I had been playing drums."
B. Akshai said, "I have been playing
drums."
C. Akshai said, "I am playing drums."
D. Akshai said, "I play drums."
Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.
17. Anjana said that he was waiting for her
friends.
A. Anjana said, "I have been waiting for my
friends"
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B. Anjana said, "I had been waiting for my
friends"
C. Anjana said, "I waiting for my friends"
D. Anjana said, "I am waiting for my
friends"
Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.
18. He exclaimed sadly that he was
undone.
A. He said, "Alas! I am undone"
B. He said, "Alas! He is undone"
C. He said, "Alas! He was undone"
D. He said, "Alas! I have been undone"
B. She said, "I will play with my kids"
C. She said, "I played with my kids"
D. She said, "I will be playing with my kids"
Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.
20. Sanjay said that he was going to Delhi
then.
A. Sanjay said, "I am going to Delhi now"
B. Sanjay said, "I was going to Delhi now"
C. Sanjay said, "I am going to Delhi then"
D. Sanjay said, "He is going to Delhi now"

Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.

19. She said that she would be playing with
her kids.
A. She said, "I have played with my kids"

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1. Ans. D.
The given sentence is of interrogative form.
We will change it into indirect speech
accordingly. Said to will be changed to
asked according to the sense of the
sentence. As the reported speech is a
yes/no question, inverted commas will be
removed and if will be used. Option D is the
only option which goes by the given rules.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.
2. Ans. C.
The Reporting verb is in the past tense and
reported speech is in the present tense
(interrogative), the conversion into indirect
speech will be acc. to the specified rules.
Jane is the listener (object) and will come
after the reporting verb "asked"; helping
verb “are” will be converted to “was” as
present continuous is changed to past
continuous. The inverted commas will be
removed and conjunction ‘that’ will not be
used here as a question word itself acts as
conjunction.
Hence, option C is the correct answer.
3. Ans. A.
Reporting verb is in past tense and the
reported speech is in present tense (an
imperative sentence). The conversion into
indirect speech will be acc. to specified
rules. “Said to” will be changed to “forbade”
as the reported speech is asking the
visitors not to take pictures. We will not use
“not” after the word “forbade” as this will
lead to double negatives in the sentence
which will make it grammatically wrong.
Hence option A is the correct answer.
4. Ans. A.
This is an imperative sentence of direct
speech. According to the sense of the
question, we can see that here advice has
been given, so "said to" will be changed to
"advised" in indirect narration. This is a
negative command, so inverted commas
will be removed and "not + to + verb" will
be used. Hence, option A is the correct
answer.
5. Ans. A.
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The given sentence is an interrogative
sentence. Therefore, the reporting verb will
be changed to “asked”. Since it is a WH-
question, we don’t need a conjunction here
as “what” will act as a connector. The
sentence is in simple present tense,
therefore, it will change to simple past
tense. Also, we will convert the
interrogative sentence into a simple
sentence (Subject followed by a verb).
Hence, option A is the correct answer.
6. Ans. C.
This is a direct narration of exclamatory
sentence and we will change it to indirect
narration. Remarked will be changed to
exclaimed according to the sense of the
sentence. Inverted commas will be
removed and conjunction ‘that’ will be
used. As the reported speech starts with
‘what’, it will be changed to very in the
indirect speech.
Hence, option C is the correct answer.
7. Ans. A.
It is a simple sentence, we will change it to
indirect speech. Said to will be changed to
told because the reporting verb is followed
by an object. The inverted commas will be
removed and conjunction, ‘that’ will be
used. The tense of the reported speech is
in the simple present tense and it will be
converted to simple past in the indirect
speech. The 2nd person pronoun is changed
according to the object of the reporting
speech i.e. ‘your’ will change to ‘my’. This
changes to that.
Hence, option A is the correct answer.
8. Ans. B.
This is a simple sentence of direct speech.
‘Said to’ will be changed to ‘told’ as the
reported verb is followed by an object. The
inverted commas will be removed and
conjunction, ‘that’ will be used. The tense
of the reporting speech is the present
perfect tense, so it will change to the past
perfect tense in the indirect speech i.e.
have to ‘had’. The 2nd person pronoun
changes according to the object of the
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reporting speech i.e. ‘you’ will change to ‘I’.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.
9. Ans. D.
This is an interrogative sentence of direct
narration. We will convert it into indirect
narration accordingly. Said to in the
reporting speech will be converted to
asked. Inverted commas are removed. If
the reported question is in yes/no question
then if/whether is used, here inverted
commas will be removed and if will be
used. Can will be changed to could. 2nd
person pronoun will be changed according
to the object of the reporting speech and
1st person pronoun will be changed
according to the subject of the reporting
speech. Hence, option D is the correct
answer.
10. Ans. D.
The given sentence is of direct narration in
assertive form. The reporting verb “says”
will not change in indirect narration.
Inverted commas (““) are removed.
Conjunction that will be used, the reported
speech is in simple future tense in the
direct narration, therefore it will not change
in indirect narration. Whenever some
newspaper or magazine use "we", "our",
"us" in direct speech, then it should be
replaced by "it" or "its" in indirect speech.
Hence option D is the correct answer.
11. Ans. A.
The given sentence is of direct narration in
assertive form. The reporting verb “said”
will not change in indirect narration.
Inverted commas (““) are removed.
Conjunction that will be used, the reported
speech is in simple past tense in the direct
narration, therefore it should change into
past perfect in indirect narration but in time
clause they do not normally change.
However the verb of the main clause can
either remain unchanged or can be
changed accordingly. Hence option is A the
correct answer.
12. Ans. C.
The given sentence is of direct narration in
assertive form. The reporting verb “said”
will not change in indirect narration.
Inverted commas (““) are removed.
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Conjunction that will be used, the reported
speech is in present perfect tense in the
direct narration, therefore it will change
into past perfect tense in indirect narration.
While changing it to indirect speech,
remove "Sir/Madam" with "respectfully" so
option A and D are incorrect. Hence option
C is the correct answer.
13. Ans. C.
- The given sentence is of direct narration
in assertive form. The reporting verb “said”
will not change in indirect narration.
Inverted commas (““) are removed.
Conjunction that will be used, the reported
speech is in simple past tense in the direct
narration, therefore it should change into
past perfect in indirect narration but here it
is a wish which is unreal past subjunctive,
so the tense will not change as unreal past
tense do not change in indirect speech.
Hence option C is the correct answer.
14. Ans. A.
The rules for converting indirect to direct
speech are as follows:
1. Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to"
in its correct tense.
2. Remove the conjunctions "that, to, if or
whether etc". wherever necessary.
3. Insert quotation marks, question mark,
exclamation and full stop, wherever
necessary.
4. Put a comma before the statement.
5. Write the first word of the statement
with capital letter.
6. Change the past tense into present tense
wherever the reporting verb is in the past
tense.
7. Convert the past perfect either into past
tense or present perfect as found
necessary.
8. Be careful about the order of words in
the question.
Therefore, the sentence in direct Speech
will be option A i.e. He said to me, "What
are you doing?”.
15. Ans. C.
The rules for converting indirect to direct
speech are as follows:
1. Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to"
in its correct tense.
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2. Remove the conjunctions "that, to, if or
whether etc". wherever necessary.
3. Insert quotation marks, question mark,
exclamation and full stop, wherever
necessary.
4. Put a comma before the statement.
5. Write the first word of the statement
with capital letter.
6. Change the past tense into present tense
wherever the reporting verb is in the past
tense.
7. Convert the past perfect either into past
tense or present perfect as found
necessary.
8. Be careful about the order of words in
the question.
Therefore, the sentence in direct Speech
will be option C i.e. Malini said, "I will go for
the meeting".
16. Ans. C.
The rules for converting indirect to direct
speech are as follows:
1. Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to"
in its correct tense.
2. Remove the conjunctions "that, to, if or
whether etc". wherever necessary.
3. Insert quotation marks, question mark,
exclamation and full stop, wherever
necessary.
4. Put a comma before the statement.
5. Write the first word of the statement
with capital letter.
6. Change the past tense into present tense
wherever the reporting verb is in the past
tense.
7. Convert the past perfect either into past
tense or present perfect as found
necessary.
8. Be careful about the order of words in
the question.
Therefore, the sentence in direct Speech
will be option C i.e. Akshai said, "I am
playing drums".
17. Ans. D.
The rules for converting indirect to direct
speech are as follows:
1. Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to"
in its correct tense.
2. Remove the conjunctions "that, to, if or
whether etc". wherever necessary.
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3. Insert quotation marks, question mark,
exclamation and full stop, wherever
necessary.
4. Put a comma before the statement.
5. Write the first word of the statement
with capital letter.
6. Change the past tense into present tense
wherever the reporting verb is in the past
tense.
7. Convert the past perfect either into past
tense or present perfect as found
necessary.
8. Be careful about the order of words in
the question.
Therefore, the sentence in direct Speech
will be option D i.e. Anjana said, "I am
waiting for my friends".
18. Ans. A.
The rules for converting indirect to direct
speech are as follows:
1. Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to"
in its correct tense.
2. Remove the conjunctions "that, to, if or
whether etc". wherever necessary.
3. Insert quotation marks, question mark,
exclamation and full stop, wherever
necessary.
4. Put a comma before the statement.
5. Write the first word of the statement
with capital letter.
6. Change the past tense into present tense
wherever the reporting verb is in the past
tense.
7. Convert the past perfect either into past
tense or present perfect as found
necessary.
8. Be careful about the order of words in
the question.
Therefore, the sentence in direct Speech
will be option A i.e. He said, "Alas! I am
undone".
19. Ans. D.
The rules for converting indirect to direct
speech are as follows:
1. Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to"
in its correct tense.
2. Remove the conjunctions "that, to, if or
whether etc". wherever necessary.
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3. Insert quotation marks, question mark,
exclamation and full stop, wherever
necessary.
4. Put a comma before the statement.
5. Write the first word of the statement
with capital letter.
6. Change the past tense into present tense
wherever the reporting verb is in the past
tense.
7. Convert the past perfect either into past
tense or present perfect as found
necessary.
8. Be careful about the order of words in
the question.
Therefore, the sentence in direct Speech
will be option D i.e. She said, "I will be
playing with my kids".
20. Ans. A.
The rules for converting indirect to direct
speech are as follows:
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1. Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to"
in its correct tense.
2. Remove the conjunctions "that, to, if or
whether etc". wherever necessary.
3. Insert quotation marks, question mark,
exclamation and full stop, wherever
necessary.
4. Put a comma before the statement.
5. Write the first word of the statement
with capital letter.
6. Change the past tense into present tense
wherever the reporting verb is in the past
tense.
7. Convert the past perfect either into past
tense or present perfect as found
necessary.
8. Be careful about the order of words in
the question.
Therefore, the sentence in direct Speech
will be option A i.e. Sanjay said, "I am
going to Delhi now".
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