Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer

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Direction: Choose the correct alternative of the following sentences.
The father said, “He is a good boy.” The father

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    said that he is a good boy
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    told that he is a good boy
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    said that he was a good boy
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    told that he was a good boy
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Answer : 3. "said that he was a good boy"

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The girl wondered where the sparrows had gone. 

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    The girl said , "Oh ! Where had the sparrows gone?"
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    The girl said , "Oh ,! where have the sparrows gone ?"
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    The girl said , "Oh ! Where the sparrows have gone?"
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    The girl said , "Oh ! Where are the sparrows?"
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Answer : 2. "The girl said , "Oh ,! where have the sparrows gone ?""

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

My son said to me, "I will not disappoint you."

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    My son told me that he would not disappoint me.
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    My son had told me that he would not be disappointing me.
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    My son tells me that he will not disappoint me.
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    My son tells me that he will not be disappointing me.
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Answer : 1. "My son told me that he would not disappoint me."

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She said, " I am sorry, I am not able to submit those papers ". 

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    She apologized for not being able to submit those papers.
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    She exclaimed with sorrow that she was sorry and she will not be able to submit those papers.
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    She said she was sorry , she is not able to submit those papers.
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    She said that she was sorry and she will not be able to submit those papers.
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Answer : 1. "She apologized for not being able to submit those papers. "

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

"I am proud of you," father said to me.

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    Father told me this that he was proud of me.
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    Father told me that that he is proud of me.
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    Father told me that he is proud of me.
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    Father told me that he was proud of me.
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Answer : 4. "Father told me that he was proud of me."

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Choose the correct Reported Form of the sentences from the options given below:

He said, "Sonia, when is the next train?"

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    He asked Sonia when was the following train.
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    He asking Sonia when would be the next train.
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    He told Sonia when was the next train.
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    He asked Sonia when the next train was.
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Answer : 4. "He asked Sonia when the next train was."

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

I know her well said Manisha.

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    Manisha said that she knew her well.
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    Manisha said if she knows her well.
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    Manisha said that she knows her.
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    Manisha says that she knew her well.
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Answer : 1. "Manisha said that she knew her well."

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Direction: Choose the correct alternative of the following sentences.
I said to him, “Let us go to school.” I told him

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    we would go to school
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    we shall go to school
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    that we would go to school
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    that we should go to school
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Answer : 4. "that we should go to school"

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