Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.

Anjana said that she was waiting for her friends.

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    Anjana said, "I have been waiting for my friends"
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    Anjana said, "I had been waiting for my friends"
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    Anjana said, "I waiting for my friends"
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    Anjana said, "I am waiting for my friends"
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Answer : 4. "Anjana said, "I am waiting for my friends""

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Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

The driver said to the passerby, “Do you know the way to the market?”

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    The driver asked the passerby did he know the way to the market.
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    The driver asked the passerby if he knows the way to the market.
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    The driver asked the passerby if he knew the way to the market.
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    The driver asked the passerby whether you know the way to the market
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Answer : 3. "The driver asked the passerby if he knew the way to the market."

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Aunt said to mother, "I will be in Surat on Friday."

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    Aunt told mother she will be in Surat on Friday.
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    Aunt told mother that she would be in Surat on Friday.
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    Aunt told mother that she will be in Surat on Friday.
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    Aunt told mother she would be in Surat on Friday.
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Answer : 2. "Aunt told mother that she would be in Surat on Friday."

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In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

“What’s that noise ? It sound like an aeroplane,” said Ravi.

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    Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane.
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    Ravi demanded to know what the noise was, saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
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    Ravi asked what the noise could have been saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
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    Ravi wondered about the noise thinking that it sounded like an aeroplane.
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Answer : 1. "Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane."

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Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

I said to Promod, “How did you break your leg?”

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    I asked Promod how did you break your leg.
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    I asked Promod how he had broken his leg.
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    I asked Promod how he had broken your leg.
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    I asked Promod how you broke your leg.
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Answer : 2. "I asked Promod how he had broken his leg."

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Rewrite the sentence in direct speech.

He exclaimed sadly that he was undone.

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    He said, "Alas! I am undone"
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    He said, "Alas! He is undone"
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    He said, "Alas! He was undone"
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    He said, "Alas! I have been undone"
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Answer : 1. "He said, "Alas! I am undone" "

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Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence from the given options:
 He said, "They are in the class."

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    He said that they were in the class.
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    He says that they are in the class.
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    He said that they had been in class.
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    He says that they are in the class.
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Answer : 1. "He said that they were in the class."

Q:

Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech.

"Call the first witness," said the judge.

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    The judge commands to call the first witness
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    The judge pleaded to call the first witness
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    The judge commanded to called the first witness
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    The judge commanded to call the first witness
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Answer : 4. "The judge commanded to call the first witness "

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