Reported Speech

Q.1 Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.

(a) I don't speak Italian," she said.
She said that she didn't speak Italian.

(b) Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
He wanted to know if she knew Robert.

(c) Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.

(d) The policeman said to the boy, “Where do you live?”
The policeman asked the boy where he lived.

(e) Please give me something to eat. I am hungry,” the old man said to them.
The old man requested them to give him something to eat and said that he was
hungry.

Q.2 Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.

(a) My friend asked me if I had ever been to London.
My friend said to me, “Have you ever been to London?”

(b) The bank officer asked him to fill in an application form now. 
The bank officer said to him, “Please fill in an application form then.”

(c) He told us that they had been playing football the previous morning in spite of
rainfall.
He told us, ”We were playing football yesterday morning in spite of rainfall.”

(d) Mr. Patel said that he was travelling to Singapore the following day. 
“I am travelling to Singapore tomorrow,” said Mr. Patel.

(e) The man said that the repairs had been completed the previous week. They had to
only paint the house.
The man said, “The repairs have been completed last week. We have to only
paint the house.”

Q 3 Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones givenbelow. Write the answer in your answer sheet against the correct blanks. 

(1) I met Aditya yesterday and he told me that he (a) _________ a good job offer from a
US company. I asked him when he (b) _________ He said that he (c) _________ for the
US the next week. I congratulated him and told him that I (d) _________ for him.

(a) i. receives                  ii. received                    iii. had received                  iv. have received
(b) i. are leaving             ii. was leaving               iii. will have left                 iv. will leave
(c) i. will be leaving       ii. would be leaving       iii. would leave                  iv. will leave
(d) i. am happy               ii. had been happy         iii. was happy                     iv. will be happy

(2) Arti: Do you know swimming?
Priti: Yes, I do.
Arti: Can you teach me how to swim?
Priti: Yes, I will. Come to the club tomorrow at 6 a.m. 
Arti asked Priti if she (a) ____________ swimming. Priti replied that she (b) _________. Then , Arti asked Priti if she (c) __________teach her how to swim. Priti replied that she
would and asked Arti to come to the club____________ at 6 a.m.

(a) i. know             ii. has known                iii. knew                           iv. had known
(b) i. did                 ii. did not                      iii. does                            iv. does not
(c) i. could             ii. would                        iii. will                             iv.can

(d) i. now               ii. the previous day       iii. the following day       iv. then

(3) Neil: I like living here. The people are friendly.
Amit: Mussorie is a nice city.
Neil: It has beautiful houses and wonderful restaurants.
Amit: It's close to the mountains.
Neil said to Amit that he likes living (a) _________. The people (b) _________ friendly.
Amit said that Mussorie was a nice city. Neil said that it (c) _________ beautiful
houses and wonderful restaurants. Amit replied that it (d) _________ close to the
mountains. 

(a) i. here                ii. now                        iii. then                             iv. there
(b) i. were               ii. was                         iii. was being                   iv. were being
(c) i. had been         ii. have                       iii. had                              iv. have been

(d) i. were               ii. was                         iii. have                            iv. had

(4) Neha: I have been cleaning the house since morning.
Seema: Was it very dirty?
Neha: Yes, it was.
Seema: What do you want me to do?
Neha: Can you help me in cleaning the kitchen next weekend?
Neha told Seema that she had been (a) _________ the house since that morning.
Seema asked if it was very dirty. Neha replied that it was. Seema asked Neha what
she wanted (b) _________ to do. Neha asked Seema if she (c) _________ help her in
cleaning the kitchen the (d) _________ weekend.

(a) i. clean                     ii. cleans                       iii. cleaned                 iv. cleaning
(b) i. him                       ii.me                             iii. her                        iv.us
(c) i. can                        ii. could                        iii. will                       iv. would

(d) i. that                       ii. previous                   iii. next                       iv. following

Q4 The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line.Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.

                                                                                                      Error                       Correction

“Have you or your friend take my note book?”                    e.g.   take                             taken
asked Shreya. I replied, “Neither I nor my friend were         (a)   were                              are
the culprits. We both are not in the class since morning.       (b)    are                              were
We are out practice for the annual day function.                   (c)   practice                      practicing
“Then, who have taken the book?” asked Shreya                  (d)    have                               has
“I don’t knew, but we are not guilty,” said I                          (e)    knew                            know


Q 5 In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write the
missing word in each sentence of the given paragraph, along with the word
that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided.  


                                                                                                  Before         Missing word       After

One morning, the Nawab called his minister                    e.g.  called                 his                 minister
and told him that he wanted the length                               (a)    that                  he                 wanted
and breadth of the earth measured                                      (b) breadth              of                      the
He also felt the need to have the stars in                             (c)   need                 to                    have 
the sky counted. The minister told him that                        (d)   told                 him                   that
the task he had set was impossible.                                     (e)    set                  was              impossible


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