Narration exercises with Answers

• 50. Sheela said, "I must go."

  1. Sheela said that she had to go.
  2. Sheela said that I must go.
  3. Sheela said that she need to go.
  4. Sheela said that she must went.

  Answer :

  Option A

• 51. Shahekant said to me, "I have no time for you".

  1. Shahekant said that he had no time for me.
  2. Shahekant told me that he had no time for me.
  3. Shahekant told me that he has no time for me.
  4. Shahekant told me that he was having no time for me.
  5. Only argument I is strong
  6. Only argument II is strong
  7. Either I or II is strong
  8. Neither I nor II is strong
  9. Both I and II are strong

  Answer :

  Option F

  Explanation:

  When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is having "have" after subject + First Verb.
  Then we change "have" to "had" + First verb.

• 52. She said, "Madam, I have done homework."

  1. She said respectfully that she had been done homework.
  2. She said respectfully that she has done homework.
  3. She said respectfully that she had done homework.
  4. She said respectfully to her teacher that she had done homework.
  5. employment in production is more fruitful than employment in agriculture.
  6. Indian economy is in a poor shape basically due to improper mobilisation of man-power.
  7. a shift of labour from agricultural sector to the industrial sector would uplift the living standard.
  8. the industrial sector is labour-deficient while the agricultural sector is over-manned in our country.

  Answer :

  Option F

  Explanation:

  Note: while changing it to indirect speech, remove "Sir/Madam" with "respectfully" as we did in this question.

• 53. I said her, "Could you please help me ?"

  1. I requested her to help me.
  2. I asked her to help me.
  3. I told her if she can help me.
  4. I asked her if she can help me.

  Answer :

  Option A

• 54. Shakshi said, "How clever I am!"

  1. Shakshi exclaimed that she was very clever.
  2. Shakshi exclaimed with joy that she was very clever.
  3. Shakshi exclaimed that she is very clever.
  4. Shakshi said that she was very clever.

  Answer :

  Option A

• 55. She said to me, "I could reach there easily".

  1. She told me that she could reach there easily.
  2. She told me that she could have reach there easily.
  3. She told me that she had reach there easily.
  4. She told me that she had been reach there easily.

  Answer :

  Option A

  Explanation:

  When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is having "could", "would", "should", "might".
  
  Then in indirect speech these are written as it is.

• 56. I said to my brother, "What are you playing today ?"

  1. I asked my brother what he will be playing that day.
  2. I asked my brother what he was playing that day.
  3. I asked my brother if he was playing that day.
  4. I asked my brother what he would be playing that day.

  Answer :

  Option B

  Explanation:

  When there is wh-questions inside invertved commas then we do not use if or whether in indirect speech.
  
  Note: wh-questions means, questions starting with, "who", "what","why", "whom" etc.