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SSC Direct & Indirect Narration Test 60
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SSC Direct & Indirect Narration Test 60
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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 spectators said, "Bravo! Good hit, Jay!"
    Solutions

    This is a direct narration of exclamatory sentence. We will change it into indirect narration accordingly. Said used in direct narration will be changed to applauded as the spectators are praising Jay for his good shoot. The inverted commas used in the direct narration will be removed in the indirect narration. Using these rules option A is the appropriate conversion of the given direct narration to indirect narration.

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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 student said “Alas! I wasted my time last year.”
    Solutions
    This is an indirect narration of exclamatory sentence. We change such sentences into indirect narration using the 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.
      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.
    • Last year should change to previous year.

    As per the given rules, option B is the most suitable response.
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    Directions For Questions

    Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

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    “How cruel the boss is!” said the clerk
    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.
    Present tense will change into past tense.
    Hence, option C is the correct answer. 

  • Question 4/10
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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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    He said to me, “I shall go with you for this house party.”
    Solutions
    The given sentence is the direct speech of a Simple sentence. The reported verb ‘said to’ changes into ‘told’. The inverted comma (“”) will be replaced by the conjuction “that”. Since the reporting verb is in Past tense, changes will be made to the tense of the reported speech. ‘I’ is the first person pronoun so it will change according to the subject i.e., ‘he’. ‘You’ is the second person pronoun which will change according to the object of the reported verb i.e., ‘me’. Thus, option B is the correct answer.
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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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    He said, “Lie down, Mukesh.”
    Solutions

    This is an imperative sentence. The rules for changing such sentences into indirect speech are given below:-
    The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration. 'Said' will be changed to 'asked'. As the reporting verb has an object, then we use “to” after 'asked' to connect. Tense of the sentence will remain the same.
    Hence, option C 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.

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    Ruby requested me to lend her Rs. 1000 the next day.
    Solutions
    Options A and B are ruled out because "the next day" is a conversion of "tomorrow" when sentence is changed to indirect narration from direct narration. In option B, the pronoun "her" is not changed to "me" which again makes it incorrect choice.

    Option C is incorrect because the pronoun "her" is not changed to "me". Only option D follows the rules correctly.
  • 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.

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    Kanika said, “Can you help me in lifting this box?” and I said “No.”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is in Direct Speech because it quotes actual words. Therefore, it must be changed into Indirect Speech.

    Also, the first part of the sentence is interrogative.

    To convert interrogative sentences into indirect speech, follow the following rules along with the above-mentioned rules:

    • The reporting verb ‘said’ is changed to ‘asked’.

    • If the reporting speech is having the reporting verb (can) at it its start, then if' is used in place of that.

    • The present tense (can) is changed to the past tense (could).

    • The pronoun ‘me’ is changed to ‘her’.

    The second part of the sentence contains 'reply' to the question asked by Kanika. We will use the conjunction ‘and’ to connect the two parts of the question. Also, the verb ‘could’ will be used to maintain parallelism.

    Therefore, the sentence in Indirect Speech will be :- Kanika asked if I could help her in lifting that box and I replied that I could not.

    Hence, option C 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.

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    Priyanka said Rohan, “Can you be quiet and listen to my words?”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is in Direct Speech because it quotes actual words. Therefore, it must be changed into Indirect Speech.

    To convert interrogative sentences into indirect speech, follow the following rules along with the above-mentioned rules:

    • The reporting verb ‘said’ is changed to ‘asked’.

    • If the reporting speech is having the reporting verb (can) at it is its start, then if is used in place of that.

    • The present tense (can) is changed to the past tense (could).

    ÂThe pronoun ‘my’ is changed to ‘her’.

    • A full stop is placed at the end of the sentence instead of a mark of interrogation.

    Therefore, the sentence in Indirect Speech will be option A i.e. Priyanka asked Rohan if he could be quiet and listen to her words.

  • 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.

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    My friends said to me, “You had better take something to eat.”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is in Direct Speech because it quotes actual words. Therefore, it must be changed into Indirect Speech.

    Also, it is an imperative sentence.

    The first person of the reported speech is changed according to the subject of reporting speech. To change an imperative sentence into the indirect speech, we use a to-infinitive.

    In the given question, the second-person pronoun ‘you’ will be changed to ‘me’.

    Therefore, the sentence in Indirect Speech will be :- My friends advised me to take something to eat.

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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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 girls said, "We were walking 8km each day to reach the camp site."

    Solutions

     The given sentence is in direct speech and in past continuous tense (was / were + ving), while converting it in indirect speech, ‘were’ will be converted into ‘had been’ (past perfect continuous tense). The first person pronoun “we” will be changed according to the subject “girls” ( ‘We’ will change to ‘they’).

    This is given only in option B.

    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

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