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Narration - Test Set 5

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  1. Question 1

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
    The teacher says, “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction”.
    1. The teacher says every action had an equal and opposite reaction.
    2. The teacher said that every action had an equal and opposite reaction.
    3. The teacher said that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
    4. The teacher says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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  2. Question 2

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
    The Chief Minister said, “All exams shall be cancelled this year”.
    1. The Chief Minister said that all exams should have been cancelled that year.
    2. The Chief Minister said that all exams would be cancelled that year.
    3. The Chief Minister says that all exams shall be cancelled this year.
    4. The Chief Minister said that all exams should be cancelled this year.
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  3. Question 3

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
    The old man said, “I was walking in my garden at six o’clock”.
    1. The old man said that I had been walking in my garden at six o’clock.
    2. The old man said that he had been walking in his garden at six o’clock.
    3. The old man said that I was been walking in my garden at six o’clock.
    4. The old man said that he was walking in his garden at six o’clock.
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  4. Question 4

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
    The actor said that what he did in films was something he had never attempted in real life.
    1. The actor said, “What he did in films is something he has never attempted in real life”
    2. The actor said, “What I do in films is something I have never attempted in real life”.
    3. The actor said, “What I am doing in films is something I have never attempted in real life”.
    4. The actor said, “What he did in films was something he had never attempted in real life”.
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  5. Question 5

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
    The captain announced, “The flight will be delayed due to bad weather”.
    1. The captain announced that the flight will be delayed due to bad weather.
    2. The captain announced that the flight was delayed due to bad weather.
    3. The captain announced that the flight would be delayed due to bad weather.
    4. The captain announced that the flight would be delay due to bad weather.
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  6. Question 6

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
    The children said to the nurse, “Reema slipped and fell from the stairs”.
    1. The children told the nurse that Reema had slipped and fallen from the stairs.
    2. The children told to the nurse that Reema slipped and fallen from the stairs.
    3. The children told the nurse Reema has slipped and fallen from the stairs.
    4. The children told the nurse that Reema slipped and fell from the stairs.
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  7. Question 7

    Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
    She wondered if she had enough money to buy a pullover.
    1. She said, “I wonder that she has enough money to buy a pullover”.
    2. She said, “I wonder if I have enough money to buy a pullover”.
    3. She said, “I wondered that she has enough money to buy a pullover”.
    4. She said, “I am wondering that she has enough money to buy a pullover”.
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  8. Question 8

    Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
    Father said, “On the news tonight they mentioned a possibility of a power strike”.
    1. Father said that on the news that night they had mentioned a possibility of a power strike.
    2. Father wondered why on the news tonight they mentioned a possibility of a power strike.
    3. Father asked if on the news that night they had mentioned a possibility of a power strike.
    4. Father said that on the news tonight they mentioned a possibility of a power strike.
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  9. Question 9

    Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
    Mary says, “My younger brother wants to be a radio jockey”.
    1. Mary says that her younger brother wants to be a radio jockey.
    2. Mary says that my younger brother wanted to be a radio jockey.
    3. Mary said that her younger brother wanted to be a radio jockey.
    4. Mary says that my younger brother wants to be a radio jockey.
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  10. Question 10

    Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
    “We will wait for you if you are late”, they said to me on the telephone.
    1. They told me on the telephone that they would wait for me if I am late.
    2. They told me on the telephone that they would wait for me if I was late.
    3. They said to me on the telephone that we will wait for you if you are late.
    4. They said to me on the telephone that they will wait for me if you were late.
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  11. Question 11

    Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
    The captain said that the crew had to leave the ship at Liverpool.
    1. The captain said, “The crew have to leave the ship at Liverpool”.
    2. The captain said to the crew, “Leave the ship at Liverpool”.
    3. The captain said, “The crew could leave the ship at Liverpool”.
    4. The captain said, “The crew has to leave the ship at Liverpool”.
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  12. Question 12

    Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
    She said to them, “Don’t smoke here”.
    1. She asked them to not smoke here.
    2. She told them no smoke here.
    3. She told them not to smoke there.
    4. She asked them to smoke somewhere else.
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  13. Question 13

    Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
    The officer informed his boss that his men were leaving the next day by plane.
    1. The officer said to his boss, “His men were leaving the next day by plane”.
    2. The officer said to his boss, “Your men were leaving tomorrow by plane”.
    3. The officer said to his boss, “His men are leaving the next day by plane”.
    4. The officer said to his boss, “My men are leaving tomorrow by plane”.
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  14. Question 14

    Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
    He said that his new slippers were very comfortable.
    1. He said, “His new slippers were very comfortable”.
    2. He said, “My new slippers are very comfortable”.
    3. He said, “My new slippers were very comfortable”.
    4. He said, “His new slippers have been very comfortable”.
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  15. Question 15

    Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
    Bill said, “I have missed my train. I will be late for work.”
    1. Bill said that he missed his train and he will be late for work.
    2. Bill said that he had missed his train and he would be late for work.
    3. Bill said that I have missed my train and I would be late for work.
    4. Bill said that he has missed his train and he is late for work.
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  16. Question 16

    Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
    She said, “I am going home tomorrow.”
    1. She said that she was going home tomorrow.
    2. She said that she is going home Monday.
    3. She said that she was going home next day.
    4. She said that I was going home Saturday.
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  17. Question 17

    Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
    The captain told them that the ship had to reach London that night.
    1. The captain said to the crew, “The ship had to reach London that night.”
    2. The captain said to the crew, “The ship had to reach London tonight.”
    3. The captain said to the crew, “The ship had to reach London tonight.”
    4. The captain said to the crew, “The ship had to reach London tonight.”
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  18. Question 18

    Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
    Anurag said, “The coming elections in Bihar will be the main topic of discussion for the next fortnight”.
    1. Anurag predicted that the coming elections in Bihar would be the main topic of discussion for the following fortnight.
    2. Anurag informed that the coming elections in Bihar were the main topic of discussion for the following fortnight.
    3. Anurag commented that the coming elections in Bihar will be the main topic of discussion for the next fortnight.
    4. Anurag exclaimed that the coming elections in Bihar are the main topic of discussion for the coming fortnight.
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  19. Question 19

    Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
    “I finished my assignment two hours ago”, she said.
    1. She said that she finished my assignment two hours ago.
    2. She said that she had finished her assignment two hours before.
    3. She said that I finished my assignment two hours before.
    4. She said that she has finished her assignment two hours ago.
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  20. Question 20

    Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
    His mother told him to phone his father at once.
    1. His mother said to him, “Phone your father at once”.
    2. His mother said to him, “He has to phone your father at once”
    3. His mother said to him, “You should phone his father at once”.
    4. His mother said to him, “He must phone his father at once”.
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