ENGLISH- REPORTED SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
Date- 6/9/21
Topics covered- Reported Speech explanation through ppt and discussion of practice sheet.
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Q 1 |
Rewrite
the following sentences in reported speech. |
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(a) |
I don't speak Italian," she said. She said that she didn't speak Italian. |
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(b) |
Does she know Robert?" he wanted to
know. He wanted to know if she knew Robert. |
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(c) |
Don't try this at home," the stuntman
told the audience. The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home. |
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(d) |
The
policeman said to the boy, “Where do you live?” The policeman asked the boy where he lived. |
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(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. |
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Q 2 |
Rewrite
the following sentences in direct speech. |
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(a) |
My friend asked me if I had ever been to
London. My friend said to me, “Have you ever been to London?” |
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(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.” |
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(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.” |
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(d) |
Mr. Patel said that he was travelling to
Singapore the following day. “I am travelling to Singapore tomorrow,” said Mr. Patel. |
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(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.” |
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Q 3 |
Fill
in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given
below. Write the answer in your answer sheet against the correct blanks. Do
not copy the whole passage. |
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(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. |
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(a) |
i. receives |
ii. received |
iii. had received |
iv. have received |
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(b) |
i. are leaving |
ii. was leaving |
iii. will have left |
iv. will leave |
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(c) |
i. will be leaving |
ii. would be leaving |
iii. would leave |
iv.
will leave |
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(d) |
i. am happy |
ii. had been happy |
iii. was happy |
iv. will be happy |
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(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. |
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(a) |
i. know |
ii. has known |
iii. knew |
iv. had known |
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(b) |
i. did |
ii. did not |
iii. does |
iv. does not |
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(c) |
i. could |
ii. would |
iii. will |
iv.can |
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(d) |
i. now |
ii. the previous day |
iii. the following day |
iv. then |
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(3) |
Neil: I like
living here. The people are friendly. 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. |
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(a)
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i. here |
ii. now |
iii. then |
iv. there |
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(b)
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i. were |
ii. was |
iii. was being |
iv. were being |
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(c)
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i. had been |
ii. have |
iii. had |
iv. have been |
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(d)
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i. were |
ii. was |
iii. have |
iv. had |
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(4) |
Neha: I have been cleaning the house since
morning. 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. |
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(a)
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i. clean |
ii. cleans |
iii. cleaned |
iv. cleaning |
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(b)
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i. him |
ii.me |
iii. her |
iv.us |
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(c)
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i. can |
ii. could |
iii. will |
iv. would |
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(d)
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i. that |
ii. previous |
iii. next |
iv. following |
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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. |
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Error |
Correction |
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“Have you or your friend take my note book?” |
e.g. |
take |
taken |
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asked Shreya. I replied, “Neither I nor my friend
were |
(a) |
were |
are |
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the culprits. We both are not in the class since morning. |
(b) |
are |
were |
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We are out practice for the annual day function. |
(c) |
practice |
practicing |
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“Then, who have taken the book?” asked Shreya |
(d) |
have |
has |
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“I don’t knew, but we are not guilty,” said I |
(e) |
knew |
know |
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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. |
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Before |
Missing word |
After |
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One morning, the Nawab called his minister |
e.g. |
called |
his |
minister |
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and told him that he wanted the length |
(a) |
that |
he |
wanted |
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and breadth of the earth measured |
(b) |
breadth |
of |
the |
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He also felt the need to have the stars in
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(c) |
need |
to |
have |
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the sky counted. The minister told him that |
(d) |
told |
him |
that |
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the task he had set was impossible. |
(e) |
set |
was |
impossible |
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