Narration exercises with Answers

• 15. He said to me, "Do read the holy Gita daily."

  1. He asked to me to read the holy Gita daily.
  2. He asked me to do read the holy Gita daily.
  3. He asked me to read the holy Gita daily.
  4. He requested me to read the holy Gita daily.

  Answer :

  Option C

  Explanation:

  Note: We remove "do" in the imperative sentences starting with "do".
  But if "do" is acting like a verb then we do not remove "do"
  Example : He said to me, "Do this work on priority."
  Answer: He asked me to do that work on priority.
  
  In above example "do" is acting as a verb so we did not remove it.

• 16. He said to us, "Are you going to market today?"

  1. He asked us if we were going to market that day.
  2. He asked us if you are going to market that day.
  3. He asked us if we went to market that day.
  4. He asked us if we had gone to market that day.

  Answer :

  Option A

• 17. I asked, "What happened?"

  1. I enquired what happened.
  2. I asked what happened.
  3. I enquired that what happened.
  4. I asked what had happened.

  Answer :

  Option D

• 18. He said, "Honesty is the best policy."

  1. He said that Honesty is the best policy.
  2. He said that Honesty was the best policy.
  3. He said that Honesty would be the best policy.
  4. He said that Honesty will be the best policy.

  Answer :

  Option A

  Explanation:

  If Reporting verb is in Past Tense and Reported Speech is a universal truth, then we do not change it in indirect speech.

• 19. Salma said to me, "Have you a LED TV ?"

  1. Salma asked me if I have a LED TV.
  2. Salma asked me have you a LED TV.
  3. Salma told me have you a LED TV.
  4. Salma asked me if I had a LED TV.

  Answer :

  Option D

  Explanation:

  It can also be written as,
  
  Salma enquired of me if I had a LED TV.
  
  Note: In place of "If" we can use "whether" also in both answers.

• 20. Rahul said, "I can buy that watch."

  1. Rahul said that he can buy that watch.
  2. Rahul said that he could buy that watch.
  3. Rahul said that he was able to buy that watch.
  4. Rahul said that he can be buy that watch.

  Answer :

  Option B

• 21. She said, " Ugh! I have hated him."

  1. She exclaimed with disgust that she had been hated him.
  2. She exclaimed with disgust that she had hated him.
  3. She exclaimed with sorrow that she had hated him.
  4. She exclaimed with disgust that I had hated him.

  Answer :

  Option B