Question 1

Choose the sentence which is the correct indirect form of the sentence given below: Direct: The architect said to the builder, “Using innovative materials, we can help reduce the environmental impact of building”. The builder said, “This would increase the cost of construction twofold”

Accepted Answer

The architect told the builder that using innovative materials, they could help reduce the environmental impact of building. The builder said that that would increase the cost of construction twofold.

Question 2

Transform the following sentence into a direct sentence: I asked Sheela if I might know her father.

Accepted Answer

I said to Sheela, “May I know your father?”

Question 3

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. He said, “Please give me a glass of water”.

Accepted Answer

He requested to give him a glass of water.

Question 4

Choose the correct indirect form of the sentence. The man said, “Let me have the first chance.”

Accepted Answer

The man proposed that he should have the first chance.

Question 5

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. “Where did the children leave their record books?” the sports coach asked the class prefect.

Accepted Answer

The sports coach asked the class prefect where the children had left their record books.

Question 6

Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. She said to me, ‘Have you visited Kashmir this winter?’

Accepted Answer

She asked me if I had visited Kashmir that winter.

Question 7

Change the narration of the given sentences into Direct/Indirect. “Where is your friend?” he asked me.

Accepted Answer

He asked me where my friend was.

Question 8

Choose a sentence with the correct Indirect form of Narration : Direct : “I will sell the TV set if you keep quarrelling about the programme”. said their mother. “No, don’t do that ! We will never quarrel”, said the children. Options:

Accepted Answer

Their mother threatened to sell the TV set if they kept quarrelling about the programme. The children begged her not to do that assuring her that they would never quarrel. [Gram Sevak 2016]

Question 9

The teacher said to the boys ‘You can do this work’. The idirect narration of the above sentence will be:

Accepted Answer

The teacher told the boys that they could do that work, [Stenographer Comp. Exam - 2011 (Paper II)]

Question 10

She said, ‘How beautiful the flower is!’ The indirect speech of the above sentence will be :

Accepted Answer

She exclaimed with joy that the flower was very beautiful. [Stenographer Comp. Exam - 2011 (Paper II)]