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SSC Direct & Indirect Speech Test 337
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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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    Sita said to Ram, “Will you go to the forest?”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into indirect speech. The sentence is in present tense. And it is in interrogative form.
    The rules for changing such sentences into indirect speech are given below:-

    • The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration.
    • If the reported speech is in yes/no question form, then if/whether is used before reported speech.
    • And here, we will connect it with ‘if’ as a question is being asked that something should be done or not.
    • ‘Said to’ will be changed to ‘asked’ in indirect speech.
    • Present future tense changes to past future tense i.e. ‘shall’ will be changed to ‘would’.
    • Second person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting speech i.e. ‘you’ will be changed to ‘he’.
    • Question mark will be removed.


    The sentence in indirect speech will be :- “Sita asked Ram if he would go to the forest.”

    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

  • Question 2/10
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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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    Teacher said to the students, “Will you keep quiet?”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into indirect speech. The sentence is in present tense. And it is in interrogative form.

    The rules for changing such sentences into indirect speech are given below:-

    • The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration.
    • The reported speech here, is an order i.e., someone ordered another to do something.
    • Said to’ will be changed to ‘ordered’ in indirect speech.
    • According to sense, conjunction ‘to’ should be used to connect the reported speech to reporting speech.
    • Question mark will be removed.


    The sentence in indirect speech will be :- “The teacher ordered the students to keep quiet.”

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

  • Question 3/10
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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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    The boys said, “When shall the SSC publish our result?”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into indirect speech. The sentence is in future tense. And it is in interrogative form.

    The rules for changing such sentences into indirect speech are given below:-

    • The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration.
    • If the reported speech is in the form of WH-Question (i.e. ‘when’ in the given sentence), no conjunction is used before the question word. The question word itself works as conjunction.
    • ‘Said’ will be changed to ‘asked’ in indirect speech.
    • Present future tense changes to past future tense i.e. ‘shall’ will be changed to ‘would’.
    • The question mark will be removed.
    • Person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting speech i.e. ‘our’ will be changed to ‘their’


    The sentence in indirect speech will be :- “The boys asked when the SSC would publish their results.”

    Hence, option B 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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    Kiran said to Russ, “You have kidnapped my wife”.

    Solutions

    The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into indirect speech. The sentence is in present perfect tense.

    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.

    • ‘Said to’ will be changed to ‘told’ in indirect speech if they are followed by an object i.e. ‘russ’ in this sentence.

    Present perfect tense changes to past perfect tense i.e. ‘have kidnapped’ will be changed to ‘had kidnapped’.

    • Second person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting speech i.e. ‘you’ will be changed to ‘he’.

    The sentence in indirect speech will be :- “Kiran told Russ that he had kidnapped his wife”.

    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

  • Question 5/10
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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, “If anyone is ready?”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into indirect speech. The sentence is in present tense. And it is in interrogative form.

    The rules for changing such sentences into indirect speech are given below:-

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

    • If the reported speech is in Yes/No question form, then if/whether is used before reported speech.

    • ‘Said to’ will be changed to ‘inquired’ in indirect speech.

    • Present tense changes to past tense i.e. ‘is’ will be changed to ‘was’.

    • Person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting speech i.e. here, ‘anyone’ will remain same.

    • Question mark will be removed.

    The sentence in indirect speech will be :- “He inquired whether anyone was ready.”

    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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    Priya said to Seema, “Would you give me the way, please?”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into indirect speech. And it is in the imperative form. The rules for changing such sentences into indirect speech are given below:-

    • The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration are removed in Indirect Narration.
    • The reported speech is a request i.e., Priya requested Seema to do something.
    • ‘Said to’ will be changed to ‘requested’ in indirect speech.
    • According to the sense, the conjunction ‘to’ should be used to connect the reporting verb "requested" with the main verb of the speech "give"
    • The question mark will be removed.

    The sentence in indirect speech will be :- Priya requested Seema to give her the way.

    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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    “Shall I ever meet my friend!” said Ravi.
    Solutions

    The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into indirect speech. The sentence is in the present future tense. And it is an exclamatory sentence.

    The rules for changing such sentences into indirect speech are given below:-

    • The inverted commas (“ “) used in the direct narration are removed in the indirect narration.

    • The reported speech is in yes/no question form, then if/whether is used before the reported speech. And here, we will connect it with ‘if’ as a question is being asked that something will happen or not.

    • Said’ will be changed to ‘wondered’ in the indirect speech.

    • The modal verb ‘shall’ will be changed to ‘would’.

    • The first-person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting speech i.e. ‘I’ will be changed to ‘he’ and ‘my’ will be changed to ‘his’.

    • The exclamation mark will be removed.

    The sentence in indirect speech will be: “Ravi wondered if he would ever meet his friend.

    Hence, option D 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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    My mother blessed me, “May you live long”.

    Solutions

    The given question is of direct narration and we need to change it into the indirect form with the help of the following rules:

    • It is an optative sentence.

    • The inverted commas (“ “) used in the direct narration are removed in the indirect narration and “that” conjunction is used.

    • ‘Blessed me’ will remain the same.

    • As the reporting verb 'said' is the V2 form, the tense of the reported speech will change from the present tense changes to the past tense i.e. ‘may’ will change ‘might’.

    • The second-person pronoun (you) changes according to the object (me) of reporting speech i.e. ‘you’ will be changed to ‘I’.

      Thus, the indirect form will be: My mother blessed me that I might live long.

    Hence, option B 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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    The student said to the teacher, “Please give me some time”.
    Solutions

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

    • The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration are removed in Indirect Narration and “to + verb (first form)” should be used.

      For example, “give” changes to “to give”.
    • Exclamatory words such as ‘please’ should be removed.
    • ‘Said to’ will be changed to ‘requested’ in indirect speech as the student has made a request to his teacher.
    • First-person pronoun changes according to the subject (student), i.e. ‘me’ will be changed to ‘him’.

    The sentence in indirect speech will be: The student requested the teacher to give him some time.

    Hence, option A 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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    The audience said, “Long live our freedom!”
    Solutions

    The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into indirect speech. The given sentence is optative 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.
    • Said’ will be changed to ‘wished’ in indirect speech as the sentence is an optative sentence.
    • “Should + verb (Ist form)” is used in these sentences after subject of the reported verb.
    • Second person pronoun changes according to the object of reporting speech i.e. ‘our’ will be changed to ‘their’.

    The sentence in indirect speech will be :- The audience wished that their freedom should live long.
    Hence, option D is the correct answer.
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