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Tense narration voice test - Test Set 2

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  1. Question 1

    (CGL 2021 13 Apr., 2022 S-3)
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

    She said to her, “Will you ready my suit tomorrow?”
    1. She asked her if she would ready her suit tomorrow.
    2. She asked her if she would ready her suit the next day.
    3. She asked her that if she would ready her suit tomorrow.
    4. She said her if she would ready her suit tomorrow.
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  2. Question 2

    (CGL Tier-2 2020 29 Dec., 2022 S-2)
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

    The students asked how they would benefit from online classes.
    1. The students said, “How will we benefit from online classes?”
    2. The students said, “How will they be benefited from online classes?”
    3. The students said, “How they will benefit from online classes?”
    4. The students said, “How we would benefit from online classes?”
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  3. Question 3

    (CGL Tier-2 2020 29 Dec., 2022 S-2)
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

    The investigator asked me, “Did you see or hear anything in the dead of night?”
    1. The investigator asked me if I saw or heard anything in the dead of night.
    2. The investigator asked me if I see or hear anything in the dead of night.
    3. The investigator asked me if I had seen or heard anything in the dead of night.
    4. The investigator asked me that if I had seen or heard anything in the dead of night.
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  4. Question 4

    (CGL Tier-2 2020 29 Dec., 2022 S-2)
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

    The little boy asked his teacher if she had always been good as a child.
    1. The little boy said to his teacher, “You have always been good as a child?”
    2. The little boy said to his teacher, “Ma’am, always you were good as a child?”
    3. The little boy said to his teacher, “Ma’am, were you always good as a child?”
    4. The little boy said to his teacher, “Are you always good as a child?”
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  5. Question 5

    (CGL 2021 19 Apr., 2022 S-1)
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

    “What is Sonia saying?” said Rohit.
    1. Rohit asked what was Sonia saying.
    2. Rohit asked what was Sonia saying.
    3. Rohit asked what was Sonia saying.
    4. Rohit asked what is Sonia saying.
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  6. Question 6

    SSC CPO- 2024
    Select the most appropriate segment to substitute the underline words in the given sentence.

    Youth is the time when the seeds of character is sown.
    1. the seeds of character had been sown.
    2. the seeds of character were sown.
    3. the seeds of character will have been sowing.
    4. the seeds of character are sown.
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  7. Question 7

    SSC CPO- 2024
    Select the most appropriate segment to substitute the underline words in the given sentence.

    The referee declared that the participant who will score the highest points in the tally will take away the cash prize of $ 50 lakh.
    1. who can score the highest point
    2. who could score the highest point
    3. who scores the highest point
    4. who settles scores the highest point
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  8. Question 8

    SSC CPO- 2024
    Select the most appropriate segment to substitute the underline words in the given sentence.

    My son will carry out my business in my absence.
    1. carry for
    2. carry on
    3. carry in
    4. carry at
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  9. Question 9

    SSC CHSL- 2023
    The given sentence is in active voice. Change the voice of the sentence.

    She persuaded him for over a year.
    1. He was being persuaded by her for a year.
    2. He kept being persuaded by her for a year.
    3. He was persuaded by her for over a year.
    4. She was being persuaded by him for over a year.
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  10. Question 10

    SSC CHSL- 2023
    Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

    The manager lost the letter.
    1. The letter was loss by the manager.
    2. The letter was loss by the manager.
    3. The letter was lost by the manager.
    4. The letter was loss by the manager.
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  11. Question 11

    SSC CHSL- 2023
    Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

    The manager lost the letter.
    1. The letter was loss by the manager.
    2. The letter was loss by the manager.
    3. The letter was lost by the manager.
    4. The letter was loss by the manager.
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  12. Question 12

    SSC CHSL- 2023
    Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

    Khushi wiped down the tables.
    1. The tables were being wiped down by Khushi.
    2. The tables was wiped down by Khushi.
    3. The tables are wiped down by Khushi.
    4. The tables were wiped down by Khushi.
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  13. Question 13

    SSC CHSL- 2023
    Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

    He built a website from scratch.
    1. A website has been built from scratch by him.
    2. A website was built from scratch by him.
    3. A website was building from scratch by him.
    4. A website is built from scratch by him.
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  14. Question 14

    SSC CHSL- 2022
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

    The incident was narrated by somebody to Naresh.
    1. Somebody was narrating the incident to Naresh.
    2. Somebody narrated the incident to Naresh.
    3. Somebody was about to narrate the incident to Naresh.
    4. Somebody will narrate the incident to Naresh.
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  15. Question 15

    (CGL Tier-2 2020 29 Dec., 2022 S-2)
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

    She asked if she could help him with his packing.
    1. She said, “Could I help him with your packing?”
    2. She said, “Can I help you with your packing?”
    3. She said, “Should you help me with my packing?”
    4. She said, “May I help you with your packing?”
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  16. Question 16

    (CGL Tier-2 2020 29 Dec., 2022 S-2)
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

    Her parents asked her if she made proposed by them would be acceptable to her.
    1. Her parents said her, “Would the match proposed by them be acceptable to her?”
    2. Her parents said to her, “Was the match proposed by them acceptable to her?”
    3. Her parents said her, “Will the match proposed by us be acceptable to you?”
    4. Her parents said to her, “Will the match proposed by us be acceptable to you?”
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  17. Question 17

    (CGL Tier-2 2020 29 Dec., 2022 S-2)
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

    My friend asked me where I planned to go for a vacation.
    1. My friend said to me, “Where have you planned to go for a vacation?”
    2. My friend said to me, “Where you have planned to go for a vacation?”
    3. My friend said to me, “Where do you plan to go for a vacation?”
    4. My friend said to me, “Where are you planning to go for a vacation?”
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  18. Question 18

    (CGL Tier-2 2020 29 Dec., 2022 S-2)
    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

    She said to her mother, “May I have another slice of cake?”
    1. She asked her mother that may I have another slice of cake.
    2. She asked her mother that may she have another slice of cake.
    3. She asked her mother if she might have another slice of cake.
    4. She asked her mother if she may have another slice of cake.
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  19. Question 19

    (CGL Tier-2 2020 03 Feb., 2022)
    Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.

    The doctor advised her to keep off the sweets for a while.
    1. The doctor asked her, “Why don’t you keep off the sweets for a while?”
    2. The doctor said to her, “You must keep off the sweets for a while”.
    3. The doctor said to her, “Keep off the sweets for a while”.
    4. The doctor said to her, “She must keep off the sweets for a while”.
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  20. Question 20

    (CGL Tier-2 2020 03 Feb., 2022)
    Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.

    She enquired if all those potatoes were to be peeled for dinner.
    1. She said, “Should I peel all these potatoes for dinner?”
    2. She said, “All those potatoes were to be peeled for dinner?”
    3. She said, “Are all these potatoes to be peeled for dinner?”
    4. She said, “Are all those potatoes peeling for dinner?”
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