10th class,board examination, English grammar-Practice: Direct and Indirect Speech.

 

English Grammar Practice: Direct and Indirect Speech

1. Direct: He said, "I am reading a very interesting book." A) He said that he is reading a very interesting book. B) He said that he was reading a very interesting book. C) He said that he had been reading a very interesting book. D) He says that he was reading a very interesting book.

2. Direct: The teacher said to the students, "The Sun rises in the east." A) The teacher told the students that the Sun rose in the east. B) The teacher told the students that the Sun rises in the east. C) The teacher said the students that the Sun rises in the east. D) The teacher told the students if the Sun rises in the east.

3. Direct: She said to me, "Where are you going?" A) She asked me where was I going. B) She asked me where I am going. C) She asked me where I was going. D) She told me where I was going.

4. Direct: My mother said to me, "Please help me in the kitchen." A) My mother ordered me to help her in the kitchen. /B) My mother requested me to help her in the kitchen. C) My mother asked me that I help her in the kitchen. D) My mother requested me to help me in the kitchen.

5. Direct: The boy said, "I have finished my homework." A) The boy said that he has finished his homework. B) The boy said that he finished his homework. C) The boy said that he had finished his homework. D) The boy told that he had finished his homework.

6. Direct: "Do you like coffee?" he asked me. A) He asked me if I liked coffee. B) He asked me that I liked coffee. C) He asked me if I like coffee. D) He asked me did I like coffee.

7. Direct: The doctor said to the patient, "Take your medicines on time." A) The doctor told the patient to take his medicines on time. B) The doctor advised the patient to take his medicines on time. C) The doctor said the patient to take your medicines on time. D) The doctor advised the patient that he takes his medicines on time.

8. Direct: He said, "I will visit you tomorrow." A) He said that he will visit me tomorrow. B) He said that he would visit me the next day. C) He said that he would visit me tomorrow. D) He said that he should visit me the next day.

9. Direct: They said, "We were playing football." A) They said that they were playing football. B) They said that they have been playing football. C) They said that they had been playing football. D) They said that they played football.

10. Direct: She said, "Alas! I have lost my purse." A) She exclaimed with joy that she had lost her purse. B) She exclaimed with sorrow that she has lost her purse. C) She exclaimed with sorrow that she had lost her purse. D) She said sadly that I had lost my purse.

Answer Key with Explanations:

  1. B) He said that he was reading a very interesting book. (Present Continuous changes to Past Continuous.)

  2. B) The teacher told the students that the Sun rises in the east. (Universal truths do not change their tense in indirect speech.)

  3. C) She asked me where I was going. (Interrogative sentences: Change 'said to' to 'asked' and use assertive word order.)

  4. B) My mother requested me to help her in the kitchen. (Imperative with 'Please': Change to 'requested' + to-infinitive.)

  5. C) The boy said that he had finished his homework. (Present Perfect changes to Past Perfect.)

  6. A) He asked me if I liked coffee. (Yes/No questions: Use 'if' or 'whether' and change Simple Present to Simple Past.)

  7. B) The doctor advised the patient to take his medicines on time. (Imperative: Use 'advised' for medical instructions.)

  8. B) He said that he would visit me the next day. ('Will' changes to 'would' and 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day'.)

  9. C) They said that they had been playing football. (Past Continuous changes to Past Perfect Continuous.)

  10. C) She exclaimed with sorrow that she had lost her purse. (Exclamatory: 'Alas' becomes 'exclaimed with sorrow' and the tense shifts to Past Perfect.

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