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SSC Direct / Indirect Test 140
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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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    Raj said, “I may buy a new mobile phone tomorrow.”

    Solutions

    The given sentence is in direct speech and since the reporting verb is in past tense, ‘may’ will be converted into ‘might’ and ‘tomorrow’ will be converted into ‘the next day’. Inverted commas will be eliminated and conjunction ‘that’ will be used. This combination is mentioned in option B.

    Hence, option B 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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    The manager said to his assistant, “You will get a bonus next month.”

    Solutions

    The given sentence is in direct speech and the reported speech is in simple future tense (will/ shall + v1). Since the reporting verb is in past tense, ‘will’ is changed into ‘would’ also ‘said to’ will change into ‘told’ since the reporting verb is in past tense. The subject of the reported speech ‘you’ will change into ‘he’. These changes are mentioned only in option C.

    Hence, option C 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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    Sahil said to Rohit, “I don’t have the car key”

    Solutions

    The given sentence is in direct speech. Since the reporting verb is in past tense, when we convert into indirect speech, ‘don’t’ will be converted into ‘did not’ and ‘said to’ will be converted to ‘told’. Also, inverted commas will be removed and conjunction ‘that’ will be used. The subject of the reported speech ‘I’ will change into ‘he’ in the given sentence. This is given only in option A.

    Hence, option A 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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    She said that they would shift to the new house the following year.
    Solutions
    The sentence is in the indirect speech. The rules for converting indirect to direct speech are as follows:

    1. Use the reporting verb, "said”

    2. Remove the conjunctions "that” and insert quotation marks.

    3. Put a comma before the statement.

    4. Change the past tense (would) into future tense (will).

    5. Change the pronoun ‘they’ into ‘we’.

    6. Convert the adverb ‘the following year’ into ‘next year’.

    The sentence in direct Speech will be, She said, “We will shift to the new house next year.”

    Hence, 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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    Karan said to us, “You should leave early for the airport so as to reach on time.”

    Solutions
    The given sentence is in Direct Speech because it quotes actual words. Therefore, it must be changed into Indirect Speech. Hence, 'said' is changed to 'told'.

    The first person of the reported speech is changed according to the subject of reporting speech. 'You' is changed to 'we'.

    The sentence in Indirect Speech will be, Karan told us that we should leave early for the airport so as to reach on time.

    Hence, option D 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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    John said, “When I am bored, I cook.”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is in direct speech and the reported speech is in simple present tense. When it will be converted in indirect speech, inverted commas will be removed and connector ‘that’ will be used. The simple present tense changes to the simple past tense. Also, the subject (I) of the reported speech will be changed into ‘he’. All these changes are mentioned in option A.

    Hence, option A is the correct answer.

  • 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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    “I don’t want to hang this picture here,” Mary said.
    Solutions
    As the given negative sentence is in simple present tense which changes to simple past tense in the indirect speech, add the appropriate form of the verb ‘be’ to the sentence in the indirect speech and replace ‘this’ and ‘here’ by ‘that’ and ‘there’ respectively in the indirect speech. Also, ‘I’ is converted into ‘she’ in the indirect speech according to the narrative subject.

    Thus, the same sentence in the indirect speech is ‘Mary said she didn’t want to hang that picture there’.

    Hence, the option D is 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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    “Children are eating the wrong foods,” remarked Mrs. Nair.
    Solutions
    Indirect speech is used to report something in our own words. As the given sentence is in present continuous tense which changes to past continuous tense in the indirect speech, add the appropriate form of the verb ‘be’ to the sentence in the indirect speech.

    Thus, the same sentence in the indirect speech is ‘Mrs. Nair remarked that children were eating the wrong foods’.

    Hence, the option B is 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.

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    “I will appreciate your support,” the new captain told the team.
    Solutions
    This sentence shows that the subject was notifying the support of team and told them for appreciation. Hence, ‘inform’ is the correct verb to use here in the past form ‘informed’ . As the given sentence is in simple future tense which changes to simple past tense in the indirect speech, the verb needs to convert into past and the following changes in this sentence to convert into indirect speech are given below :

    ‘I’ changes to ‘he’ (according to the subject ‘the new captain’)

    ‘will’ changes to ‘would’ (past form).

    ‘your’ changes to ‘their’ (referring to ‘team’)

    Thus, the same sentence in the indirect speech is ‘The new captain informed the team that he would appreciate their support’.

    Hence, the option B is correct answer.

  • Question 10/10
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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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    “I arrived in India last week,” said Sarah.
    Solutions
    Indirect speech is used to report something in our own words. As the given sentence is in simple past tense which changes to past perfect tense in the indirect speech, the verb needs to convert into past perfect (‘arrived’ is converted into ‘had arrived’) and ‘last’ changes to ‘previous’ in the indirect speech.

    Thus, the same sentence in the indirect speech is ‘Sarah said she had arrived in India the previous week’

    Hence, the option A is correct answer.

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