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SSC Direct & Indirect Test 33
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  • Question 1/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

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    “How long does the journey take?” my co-passenger asked me.

    Solutions
    The given sentence is of direct speech. It is of interrogative form. Since the reporting speech is already given in question form, no changes will be made to it. We can also see that the reported speech begins with questions word "how long". So, it will work as a conjunction in indirect speech. The reported speech will change into an assertive sentence. Out of the given choices, option D is the correct alternative.
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

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    The teacher said to the boys, “Since it is so warm let us go for swimming.”
    Solutions

    The word “let” is used to suggest, to propose or to allow something. Below are the rules for changing such sentences in indirect speech:

    • Say/said to changes to propose/proposed; suggest/suggested.
    • If the reporting verb has an object, then it is used with “to” after proposed/suggested.
    • The inverted commas (“ “) used in is removed and “that” conjunction is used.
    • “Should + verb (Ist form)” is used after subject of the reported verb.
    • The words like, this, these, tomorrow, yesterday change to that, those, the next day, the previous day respectively.
  • Question 3/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

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    "How clever of you to have solved the puzzle so quickly!" said mother.
    Solutions

    The given sentence is an exclamatory sentence as there is an expression of certain emotions in the sentence. Therefore, we will apply the rules of exclamatory sentences in the given sentence while converting it into indirect speech:

    • Said is changed to exclaimed admiringly as there is a sense of admiration in the sentence.
    • Inverted commas (" ") are removed and that is used instead.
    • The tense of the reported speech will change from simple present to simple past.
    • Sign of exclamation (!) if given is removed and full stop is used.
    Out of the given alternatives, option A is the correct representation of the given sentence into indirect speech.
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

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    The teacher said to Mahesh, “Congratulations! Wish you success in life.”
    Solutions
    This is a sentence of optative direct speech. Rules for changing such sentences into indirect narrations are given below:-
    Said changes to prayed/wished/bade/cursed/thanked etc as per the sense of the sentence.
    Inverted commas (" ") are removed and “that” is used instead. However, in some sentences, “that” is not used.
    Reported speech (which has the verb and subject) is now written in the form of (subject + verb); reported speech is made assertive.
    If may is hidden, one can use may/might accordingly and the first form of verb is used with it.
    Sign of exclamation (!) if given is removed and full stop is used.
    Present changes to past.
    Second person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting verb i.e 'you' will change into 'him'.
    Hence, option D is the correct answer.
  • Question 5/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions


    John said to James, “Have you come here just to see me or are there some other reasons?”
    Solutions

    Rules for changing the direct speech into indirect speech are given below:
    The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration and “that” conjunction is used.
    If the reported speech is in YES/NO question form then if/whether is used before reported speech.
    Present perfect changes to past perfect.
    Below are the rules for changing the pronouns correctly:
    Second person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting verb i.e 'you' will change into 'he'.
    Hence, option A is the correct answer.

  • Question 6/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions


    Abdul said, “What a lovely morning for tennis!”
    Solutions

    This is a direct narration of exclamatory sentence. We change such sentences in indirect narration using following rules:

    • Said is changes to exclaimed/exclaimed with joy/exclaimed with sorrow/ exclaimed with grief/ confessed with regret/ shouted with applause/ cried out/ eagerly wished.
    • If the reporting verb is in present or future tense, no changes are made to the verb/tense of the reported speech. In such cases, says to changes to tells/comments.
    • Inverted commas (" ") are removed and that is used instead.
    • The verb and tense of the reported speech changes accordingly.
    • Sign of exclamation (!) if given is removed and full stop is used.
    • The words like, this, these, tomorrow, yesterday change to that, those, the next day, the previous day respectively.
  • Question 7/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions


    They said, “Mother, we are not hungry; we shall eat later.”
    Solutions

    Rules for changing the direct speech into indirect speech are given below:
    The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration and “that” conjunction is used.
    If the reported speech is in YES/NO question form then if/whether is used before reported speech.
    Present changes to the past.
    Below are the rules for changing the pronouns correctly:
    First person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting verb i.e 'we' will change into 'they'.
    Hence, option A is the correct answer.

  • Question 8/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions


    He said angrily to his brother, “Why don’t you do as you are told?”
    Solutions

    The speech is an interrogative sentence. The reporting verb "said" will be changed to "asked" as the reporting speech is an interrogative sentence. Inverted commas (" ") will be removed. As the reported speech is in the form of WH-Question (who/what/why/how/where/when/which etc), no conjunction will be used before the question word and the question word itself works as conjunction. The reported verb will be made assertive; i.e. it is kept in the order of subject + verb. The reported speech is in the present indefinite tense and it will be changed to the past indefinite tense. Also, the second person pronoun will be changed according to the object of the reporting speech i.e. 'you' will be changed to 'he'. Hence, option C is the correct answer.

  • Question 9/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions


    I said to the visitor, “Don’t sit on that chair, it is broken.”
    Solutions

    This is an imperative sentence. In such sentences, order, request, advise or negative command is given. In negative command, the reported speech starts with Do not or Don't.
    Rules for changing imperative sentences in indirect speech:

    • Say/said to changes to order/ordered/command/commanded/request/requested/urge/urged/advise/advised/ask/asked/tell/told/suggest/suggested.
    • Inverted commas (" ") is removed and to is used before the main verb.
    • The pronoun of the reported speech changes accordingly.
    • The words like kindly, please are removed.
    • For negative command, inverted commas are removed and not + to + verb (first form) is used. For example, do not go changes to not to go.
    • In negative commands, forbid/forbade + object + to + verb (first form) is also used.
    • The words like, this, these, tomorrow, yesterday change to that, those, the next day, the previous day respectively.
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions


    “How steep the path is !” they said, “We are quite tired.”
    Solutions
    The given sentence is of Direct narration. To convert it into the indirect form, the following rules should be followed- 
    1). An exclamatory sentence changes to an assertive sentence.
    2). Interjections are removed and exclamation mark changes to a full stop. 
    3). The conjunction "and" is used to connect the two sentences. 
    4). W.H words like, "what" and "how" are removed and before the adjective of reported speech, we put "very".
    5). A simple present will change to a simple past tense. 
    6). "We" will be changed to "they" (The first person pronoun change according to the subject).

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.
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