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SSC - Direct & Indirect Speech Test 191
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  • Question 1/10
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    Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

    His father said to him, "I cannot allow you to waste my hard-earned money.”

    Solutions

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

    * The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration and “that” conjunction is used.

    * “Said to” changes to “told” in indirect speech because object is there after the reporting verb i.e. “him”.

    * As the reporting verb is in the Past tense (‘said’), Modal verb (can) changes to its past equivalent (could).

    * The first person pronoun (I) of the reported speech is changed to pronoun (he) according to the subject of reporting verb i.e. Father. The second person pronoun (You) of the reported speech is changed to pronoun (him) according to the object of reporting verb i.e. Him. Determiner (my) is changed to “His” because “hard-earned money” belongs to subject i.e. Father.


    So, with the help of the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into indirect speech: His father told him that he could not allow him to waste his hard-earned money.

    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

  • Question 2/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

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    Dr. Chanda said, “I will definitely write about this case in the medical journal.”

    Solutions

    The sentence is an assertive 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 and “that” conjunction is used.

    The reporting verb “said remains the same in indirect speech as it is not followed by an object.

    As the reporting verb is in the past tense (said), “will” changes to “would”.

    The first-person pronoun will change according to the subject of reporting speech. Thus, “I” will change to “she”.

    This” changes to “that”.

    So, following the above rules, the indirect narration of the given sentence would be: Dr. Chanda said that she would definitely write about that case in the medical journal.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

  • Question 3/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

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    “Where did the children leave their record books?” the sports coach asked the class prefect.

    Solutions

     The given sentence is an interrogative sentence.

     The sentence is in past simple tense.

     The reporting verb “asked” will remain the same.

     If the reporting speech is having the reporting verb (where) at it its start, then use it as it is.

     Since the reporting verb is in past tense, leave will be changed to left and did will be changed to had.

    So, with the help of the above rules, we can convert the given sentence into reported speech as: - The sports coach asked the class prefect where the children had left their record books.

    Hence, option A is the correct answer.

  • Question 4/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

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    The policeman said to the Inspector, "I arrested a man who broke the window of a car."

    Solutions

    The given sentence is in direct speech of an assertive sentence.

    • The reporting verb ‘said’ will be changed to ‘told’.

    • The comma and inverted commas will be replaced by a conjunction ‘that’.

    ‘I’ will be changed according to the sense of the sentence as ‘he’.

    • Since the reporting verb is in past tense, changes will be made to the tense i.e. ‘arrested’ will be changed to ‘had arrested’ and ‘broke’ will be changed to ‘had broken’.

    So, with the help of the above rules, we can convert the given sentence into indirect speech as: - The policeman told the inspector that he had arrested a man who had broken the window of a car.

    Hence, option A is the correct answer.

  • Question 5/10
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    Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

    "I like having South Indian breakfast," said Arun to the receptionist.

    Solutions

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

    * The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration and “that” conjunction is used.

    * “Said to” changes to “told” in indirect speech because object is there after the reporting verb i.e. “the receptionist”.

    * As the reporting verb is in the Past tense (‘said’). Simple present tense (like) changes to simple past tense (liked).

    * Also, the first-person pronoun (I) of the reported speech is changed to pronoun (he) according to the subject of reporting verb i.e. Arun


    So, with the help of the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into indirect speech: Arun told the receptionist that he liked having South Indian breakfast.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

  • Question 6/10
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    Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

    The gardener said to the children, “Please do not pluck any flowers.”

    Solutions

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

    * The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration.

    * In the imperative sentences, direct speech has structure: “V1+Object”. This is changed to “to + V1+Object” in indirect speech. Accordingly, “pluck any flowers” is converted to “to pluck any flowers”.

    Note: “Not” is an adverb. It must not be put in between “to +V1”.

    * “Said to” changes to “requested” in indirect speech as the given sentence has the word “please” that shows request. And the object of reporting verb "children" will be used after it. 


    So, with the help of the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into indirect speech:
    The gardener requested the children not to pluck any flowers.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

  • Question 7/10
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    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

    They said that they would issue the certificate the following week.

    Solutions

    The given sentence is the indirect speech of an assertive sentence.

     The reporting verb ‘said’ will remain the same.

     The conjunction ‘that’ will be replaced by a comma and inverted commas.

     Since the reporting verb is in Past tense, changes will be made to the tense i.e. it will be changed to its present form (i.e. 'would' will be changed to 'will'.)

     ‘They’, a third person pronoun, will be changed according to the sense of the sentence as ‘we’.

     Some words like 'the following week' will be change to 'next week'.

    So, with the help of the above rules, we can convert the given sentence into direct speech as :- They said, “We will issue the certificate next week.”

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

  • Question 8/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions


    “I am going to walk to the market to check which shops are open,” said Anant.

    Solutions

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

    • The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration and “that” conjunction is used.

    • “Said to” is not changed to “told” in indirect speech as it is not followed by an object. Thus, reporting verb “said” is written without any change.

    • As the reporting verb is in the Past tense (‘said’). Thus, verb forms mentioned in both the clauses will change:

    Clause 1: Present continuous tense verb “am going” changes to Past continuous tense verb “was going”

    Clause 2: Simple present tense verb “are” changes to Simple past tense verb “were”

    • First person pronoun (I) of the reported speech is changed according to the subject (Anant) of the reporting verb i.e. “he” is used.


    So, with the help of the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into indirect speech: Anant said that he was going to walk to the market to check which shops were open.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

  • Question 9/10
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    Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

    “Let’s not have non-vegetarian meals in summer,” Aruna said to her son.

    Solutions

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

    * The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration and “that” conjunction is used.

    * The reported speech here, is a suggestion i.e., Aruna asked her son, not to have non-vegetarian meals in summer.

    * Said to changes to ‘suggested’ in indirect speech as it is followed by an object.

    * Subject ‘they’ will be added (to denote both of them, aruna and her son).

    * And, we will use modal verb ‘should’ after it.

    * "Let" will be removed in the indirect speech.

    So, with the help of the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into indirect speech:- Aruna suggested to her son that they should not have non-vegetarian meals in summer.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

  • Question 10/10
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    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

    Netra says that the flowers look beautiful.

    Solutions

    This is an assertive sentence. The given sentence is in Indirect Speech. The given sentence is in Indirect Speech because it does not quotes actual words. Therefore, it must be changed into Direct Speech.

    * “That” conjunction is replaced by inverted commas (“ “) because these commas shows the actual words of the speaker.

    * “Says” remains unchanged because the reporting verb is in present tense.

    * A comma is put after “says” to show the pause in the sentence and to separate the actual words of the speaker.

    * As the reporting verb is in the Present tense (‘says’). Thus, tense of the speech will not change while transforming indirect to direct or indirect to direct.


    So, with the help of the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into indirect speech: Netra says, “The flowers look beautiful.”

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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