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SSC Direct & Indirect Test 61
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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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    "O, what a beautiful lake that is!” said she.
    Solutions
    This is a direct narration of an exclamatory sentence. Said in the direct narration will be changed to exclaimed in the indirect narration. Inverted commas will be removed and that will be used instead. The reported verb is of the present continuous tense and will be changed to past continuous in the indirect narration. The presence of what in the direct narration will be changed to very in the indirect narration. Also, the exclamatory mark in the direct narration will be removed and full stop will be used. Hence, option d is the correct answer.
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    Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

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    Adavik said, “What a mesmerising performance it is!”
    Solutions
    The given sentence is the direct speech of an Exclamatory sentence which is kind of happiness or joy. The inverted comma (“”) will be replaced by the conjuction “that”. The tense of the reporting speech will change from simple present to simple. In exclamatory sentences, the word ‘very’ is used to emphasis the noun. Here, ‘mesmerising’ should be changed into ‘very mesmerising’. Thus, 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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    “Oh! How foolish I have been in silly and baseless matters!”
    Solutions
    The given sentence is the direct speech of an Exclamatory sentence which is a kind of confession. The inverted comma (“”) will be replaced by the conjuction “that”. The tense of the reporting speech will change from the present perfect to the past perfect. When there is no subject in the sentence, we consider ‘he’ as a subject. ‘I’ is the first-person pronoun, so it will change according to the subject which is now ‘he’, so, it will change to ‘he’. Thus, 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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    Mother said, "Oh! It's a scorpion. Don't go near it, children."
    Solutions

    Rules for changing the direct speech into indirect speech are given below:-
    Say/Said is changed to ask/asked/wonder/wondered/enquire of/enquired of etc as per the sense of the sentence.
    Inverted commas (" ") are removed.
    Exclamations like hurrah, oh, etc. are changed as per the emotions. In this case, it will be converted as exclaimed with disgust.
    The words like, this, these, tomorrow, yesterday change to that, those, the next day, the previous day respectively.
    Present tense changes to past tense.
    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    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.

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    We said to her, “Thank You for your concern and get well soon cards.”
    Solutions
    The given sentence is the direct speech of a Simple sentence. The reporting verb ‘said to’ can be changed into ‘thanked’ as given in the sentence ‘thank you’. Since the reporting verb is in Past tense, changes will be made to the tense of the reported speech. The tense of the reporting speech will change from simple present to simple past. ‘You’ is second person pronoun, so it will change according to the object of the reporting verb which is ‘her’ so it will change into ‘her’. 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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    The lecturer paused and said “Those who are tired of listening to me can go. I shall not mind it.”
    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 reporting verb is in present or future tense, no changes are made to the verb/tense of the reported speech.
    • If the reporting verb is in past tense, we make changes to the reported verb as per the below rule:
    • Simple present tense changes to simple past tense.
    • Present continuous tense changes to past continuous tense.
    • Present perfect tense changes to past perfect tense.
    • Present Perfect continuous tense changes to past perfect continuous tense.
    • Simple past tense changes to past perfect tense.
    • Past continuous tense changes to past perfect continuous tense.
    • No changes are made to past perfect and past perfect continuous tense.
    • Can, shall, will, may, must changes to could, should, would, might and must respectively.
    • If there are any universal truth, habitual fact in the reporting speech, no changes are made to the reported verb’s tense.
    • Words like “this, these, tomorrow, yesterday change to that, those, the next day, the previous day” respectively.

    Below are the rules for changing the pronouns correctly:

    • First person pronoun changes according to the subject of reporting speech.
    • Second person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting speech.
    • Third person pronoun does not change in 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 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.
    • If the reporting verb is in past tense, we make changes to the reported verb as per the below rule:
    • Simple present tense changes to simple past tense.
    • Present continuous tense changes to past continuous tense.
    • Present perfect tense changes to past perfect tense.
    • Present Perfect continuous tense changes to past perfect continuous tense.
    • Simple past tense changes to past perfect tense.
    • Past continuous tense changes to past perfect continuous tense.
    • No changes are made to past perfect and past perfect continuous tense.

    Below are the rules for changing the pronouns correctly:

    • First person pronoun changes according to the subject of reporting speech.
    • Second person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting speech.
    • Third person pronoun does not change in 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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    “Don’t let anybody in", said the owner to the peon.
    Solutions

    The direct speech shows that it is an order, so the reporting verb will be ordered. We do not use “to” after “ordered”. In the indirect speech “Don’t let anybody in” is converted to “not to let anybody in” after the reposted verb “ordered”. Hence the correct answer is option B.

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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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    Medha said to Aditi, “It was raining when I reached the school.”
    Solutions

    While converting a direct speech to an indirect speech, the past simple and past continuous do not change when the time context makes things clear itself and/or there is another action which uses past perfect tense. In such a situation, the change according to the normal rules either makes the sentence confusing or alters its meaning. 

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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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    Mini said to me, “I have bought this flat for my mother.”
    Solutions
    For the given sentence, "said to" will change to "told". The reported speech is in present perfect tense which will change to past perfect in indirect speech. The word "this" will change to "that". We can see that only option D follows the above rules, so, it is the correct answer.

    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.
    • Says to/said to changes to tells/told in indirect speech if they are followed by an object. If not, they would remain same in indirect speech.

    How to changes the tense in indirect speech

    • If the reporting verb is in present or future tense, no changes are made to the verb/tense of the reported speech.
    • If the reporting verb is in past tense, we make changes to the reported verb as per the below rule:
    • Simple present tense changes to simple past tense.
    • Present continuous tense changes to past continuous tense.
    • Present perfect tense changes to past perfect tense.
    • Present Perfect continuous tense changes to past perfect continuous tense.
    • Simple past tense changes to past perfect tense.
    • Past continuous tense changes to past perfect continuous tense.
    • No changes are made to past perfect and past perfect continuous tense.
    • Can, shall, will, may, must changes to could, should, would, might and must respectively.
    • If there are any universal truth, habitual fact in the reporting speech, no changes are made to the reported verb’s tense.

    How some words change in indirect speech

    • Words like “this, these, tomorrow, yesterday change to that, those, the next day, the previous day” respectively.

    Below are the rules for changing the pronouns correctly:

    • First person pronoun changes according to the subject of reporting speech.
    • Second person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting speech.
    • Third person pronoun does not change in indirect speech.
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