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SSC - Direct & Indirect Speech Test 302
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SSC - Direct & Indirect Speech Test 302
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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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    She said, "I am going to the park."

    Solutions
    Rules for changing the direct speech into indirect speech are given below:

    • "Said" will remain the same.
    • The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration and "that" will be used to connect.
    • Simple present changes to simple past i.e. 'am going' will be changed to 'was going'.
    • First person pronoun changes according to the subject of reporting speech i.e. "I" will be changed to "she"
    Hence, option B is the correct answer.
  • Question 2/10
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    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

    The teacher asked me why I had reached the examination hall so late.

    Solutions
     The given sentence is of indirect speech.

    The reporting verb “asked” will be changed to “said to” followed by the object “me”.

    Inverted commas will be added.

    The tense of the speech will change from the past perfect to the simple past. To make the simple sentence into an interrogative sentence, the verb will be used before the subject.

    The pronoun “I” will change to “you”.

    Question mark will be added.

    The sentence in direct speech will be: The teacher said to me, “Why did you reach the examination hall so late?”

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

  • Question 3/10
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    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

    The young man said to his father, “Pardon me, sir.”

    Solutions
     The given sentence is of direct speech. Follow the rules given below to change it to indirect speech:

    * The part “pardon” suggests that the person was asking for forgiveness from his father.

    Thus, the reporting verb “said” will be changed to “begged of his father”.

    * The main verb “pardon” will be joined with the help of the preposition “to”.

    * The first person pronoun “me” will change according to the subject (the young man) to “him”.

    The sentence in indirect speech will be: The young man begged of his father to pardon him.

    Hence, option A is the correct answer.

  • Question 4/10
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    Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

    I said to you, “You should believe her”.

    Solutions
     The given sentence is of direct speech. Follow the rules given below to change it to indirect speech:

    * The reporting verb “said to” will be changed to “told”.

    * Inverted commas will be removed and “that” will be used.

    * The modal “should” will remain the same.

    * The pronouns will remain the same too.

    The sentence in indirect speech will be: I told you that you should believe her.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

  • Question 5/10
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    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

    I said to you, “He cannot be trusted completely.”

    Solutions
     The given sentence is of direct speech. Follow the rules given below to change it to indirect speech:

    * The reporting verb “said to” will be changed to “told” followed by the object “you”.

    * Inverted commas will be removed and “that” will be added.

    * Since the reporting verb is in V2 form, the modal “can” will be changed to “could”.

    * The pronoun “he” will remain the same.

    The sentence in indirect speech will be: I told you that he could not be trusted completely.

    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.

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    You said that you would meet me that day.

    Solutions

    The given sentence is in indirect speech and needs to be converted into direct speech.

    • The part mentioned before the conjunction "that" is called a reporting portion and since it is given in past tense, it will also remain the same in direct speech.

    • So, reporting verb will be written as "you said".

    • Now, we will remove the conjunction "that" and introduce inverted commas in direct speech.

    • The clause written in inverted comma is called as reported speech. The verb "would" is the conversion of "will".

    • So, in direct speech, we will use "will".

    • The word "that day" will be written as "today".

    • The sentence in direct speech will be: You said, "I will meet you today."
    Hence, option B is the correct answer.
  • Question 7/10
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    Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.

    I asked the carpenter how long he would take to polish my furniture.

    Solutions
     The given sentence is of indirect speech. Follow the rules given below to change it to direct speech:

    * The reporting verb “asked” will be changed to “said to” followed by the object “carpenter”.

    * Inverted commas will be inserted.

    * Change the modal “would” to “will” in the direct speech. The speech will begin with the question word “how long”.

    * The pronoun “he” will change to “you”.

    * Question mark will be added.

    The sentence in direct speech will be: I said to carpenter, “How long will you take to polish my furniture?”

    Hence, option B 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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    He said that we are all born to die.
    Solutions
    The rules for converting indirect to direct speech are as follows:-
    • Use the reporting verb, "said”.
    • Remove the conjunctions "that” and insert quotation marks.
    • Put a comma before the statement.
    • There will be no change in the tense as the sentence is a universal truth.
    • Change the pronoun ‘he’ into ‘we’.
    • The sentence in indirect speech will be:- He said, "We are all born to die".
    • Hence, option D 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.

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    Shobhna said to Aditya, "This sacred dance is performed to invoke ancient gods."
    Solutions

    The given sentence is of direct speech. Follow the rules given below to change it to indirect speech:

    • The reporting verb "said to" will be changed to "told" followed by the object "Aditya".

    • Inverted commas will be removed and the conjunction "that" will be used to join the reporting verb with the speech.

    • Since the reporting verb is in V2 form, the tense of the speech will change from the simple present to the simple past. 

    • The demonstrative pronoun "this" will be changed to "that". 
    The sentence in indirect speech will be: Shobhna told Aditya that that sacred dance was performed to invoke ancient gods.

    Hence, option D is the 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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    Anmol said to Prerna, “I've never smoked as it's a filthy habit.”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is of direct speech. Follow the rules given below to change it to indirect speech:

    • The reporting verb "said" will be changed to "told". 

    • Inverted commas will be removed and "that" will be used to join the reporting verb with the speech. 

    • Since the reporting verb is in V2 form, we will change the tense of the first part of the speech from the present to the past. The second part of the sentence has a universal truth; thus, we will not change its tense. 

    • The first person pronoun "I" will change according to the subject "Anmol" to "he". 
    The sentence in indirect speech will be: Anmol told Prerna that he had never smoked as it is a filthy habit.

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.
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