Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: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.
Mother said to you, “When will you start from Pune?”
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5f3f49e754900c5349e16e59- 1Mother asked you when you will be starting from Pune.false
- 2Mother asked you when you will start from Pune.false
- 3Mother asked you when you would start from Pune.true
- 4Mother asked you when you will have started from Pune.false
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Answer : 3. "Mother asked you when you would start from Pune."
Q: Direction: Choose the correct alternative of the following sentences.
He said, “Let us work hard.”
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5d7a03749b43216ae13d680dHe said, “Let us work hard.”
- 1He requested to let him to work hardfalse
- 2He proposed that they should have worked hardfalse
- 3He proposed that they should do work hardfalse
- 4He proposed that they should work hardtrue
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Answer : 4. "He proposed that they should work hard"
Q: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.
My father said to me, "Don't talk to your mother like that."
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601a741408ff1450d90d342f- 1My father warned me not to have talked to my mother like that.false
- 2My father warns me not to have talked to my mother like that.false
- 3My father warns me not to talk to my mother like that.false
- 4My father warned me not to talk to my mother like that.true
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Answer : 4. "My father warned me not to talk to my mother like that."
Q:Change into Indirect speech.
The teacher said to the boys. "Wait here till I return."
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5e5f790362abf16a39f906fb- 1The teacher told the boys to wait there till he returned.true
- 2The teacher told the boys that they should wait till her returns.false
- 3The teacher advised the boys not to wait for him till he returns.false
- 4The teacher requested the boys to wait for him till he returned.false
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Answer : 1. "The teacher told the boys to wait there till he returned. "
Q: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.
They said, “It was raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre.
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5f364ef0dcc3540833156f5d- 1They said that it was raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre.false
- 2They said that it had been raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre.true
- 3They said that it rained when they had come out of the theatrefalse
- 4They said that it had been raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre.false
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Answer : 2. "They said that it had been raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre."
Q: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.
Looking at the Taj Mahal the tourist said, “ What an exquisitely beautiful creation !”
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5f364f4da27d450be2f3e69d- 1Looking Taj Mahal the tourist told that it is an exquisitely beautiful creation.false
- 2Looking at the Taj Mahal the tourist exclaimed in wonder that what an exquisitely beautiful creation.false
- 3Looking Taj Mahal the tourist said what an exquisitely beautiful creation it was indeed.false
- 4Looking at the Taj Mahal the tourist exclaimed in wonder that it was indeed an exquisitely beautiful creation.true
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Answer : 4. "Looking at the Taj Mahal the tourist exclaimed in wonder that it was indeed an exquisitely beautiful creation."
Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
I said to Mohan, “He has a green book.”
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649abbae1a612ce001f69ee0- 1I told Mohan that he had had a green book.false
- 2I told Mohan that he have a green book.false
- 3I told Mohan that he had a green book.true
- 4I told Mohan that he has a green bookfalse
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Answer : 3. "I told Mohan that he had a green book."
Q: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.
He wrote in his report, " The rainfall has been scanty till now. "
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5e2696f457f70c65e285271c- 1He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till now.false
- 2He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till now.false
- 3He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till then.false
- 4He reported that the rainfall had been scanty till then.true
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