REPORTED SPEECH

1. The Police asked:

a) Where is your home

b) Where his home was

c) Where is his home

d) Where was his home

2. Teacher to the boy “Consult a dictionary”

The teacher asked the boy………..

a) That he may consult a dictionary

b) That he may consulted a dictionary

c) To consult a dictionary

d) That he consulted a dictionary

3. Priya said to him, “Why are you working so hard?”

a) Priya asked him why he was working so hard

 b) Priya asked him why was he working so hard

c) Priya asked him why was he has working so hard

d) Priya asked him why he had been working so hard.

4. Arun said, “Charity begins at home.”

a) Arun said that charity began at home.

b) Arun stated that charity begins at home

c) Arun was sure that charity began at home.

d) Arun doubted if charity began at home.

5. “Have you read Othello”? The teacher asked me.

a) The teacher asked me whether I read ‘Othello’

b) The teacher asked me whether I would read ‘Othello’

c) The teacher asked that I read ‘Othello’

d) The teacher asked me whether I had read ‘Othello’

6. Teacher asked me………..

a) Why was I late

b) Why I am late

c) Why I was late

d) Why am I late.

7. Tom said, “I am leaving for Madras tomorrow”

a) Tom said to he was leaving for Madras the next day.

b) Tom said that he was leaving for Madras tomorrow.

c) Tom said he is leaving for Madras the previous day.

d) Tom said he is leaving for Madras the next day

8. She exclaimed “What a beautiful child!”

a) She exclaimed that the child is beautiful

b) She exclaimed that it is a beautiful child

c) She exclaimed that the child was beautiful

d) She exclaimed that it was a beautiful child.

9. The doctor said to the patient, ‘Give up smoking’

a) The doctor advised the patient to give up smoking

b) The doctor advised the patient to smoke

c) The doctor advised the patient he gave up smoking.

d) The doctor advised the patient smoke not good.

10. John said, ‘I go out too often’

a) John said that I go out too often

b) John said that he was going out too often

c) John said that he had gone out too often

d) John said that he went out too often.

11. Anil asked Anu, Are you going to see your grand mother?”

a) Anil asked Anu whether she is going to see her grandmother.

b) Anil asked Anu whether she was going to see her grandmother

c) Anil asked Anu whether she had gone to see her grandmother

d) Anil asked Anu whether she will go see her grandmother

12. She said to him, “Why don’t you go today?”

a) She asked to him that why he don’t go today

b) She asked to him if he was going that day

 c) She asked to him why he did not go today

d) She asked to him that why he don’t go that today

13. Manu : What are you doing here?

Reema : I am studying for the exam

Manu asked Reema what she ……… (Complete it)

a) Is doing here

b) was doing there

c) were doing here

d) did there

14. “Do you like comics?” she asked me.

a) She asked me weather I liked comics

b) She asked me weather I have like comics

c) She asked me whether I liked comics

d) She asked me did I like comics

15. Patient to doctor, “Can I take solid food?”

a) The patient asked the doctor could took she solid food

b) The patient asked the doctor whether could she take solid food.

c) The patient asked the doctor whether she could take solid food

d) The patient asked the doctor can she taken solid food

16. “Which country do you come from?” said Ram

a) Ram asked which country you come from

b) Ram asked which country I am coming from

c) Ram asked which country are you coming from

 d) Ram asked which country I came from

17. “Call the first witness, ” said the Judge. The judge commanded them………..

a) Called the first witness

b) First witness was called

c) To call the first witness

d) First witness is called

18. She said “Are you ready”

a) She said that whether I am ready

b) She asked that whether I was ready

c) She asked whether I was ready

d) She asked whether I am ready

19. Appu said, “My teacher drew the picture.”

a) Appu said that his teacher drew the picture

b) Appu said that his teacher had drawn the picture

c) Appu said that his teacher has drawn the picture

d) Appu said that his teacher drawn the picture

20. “Keep quiet” said the mother to the child.

The mother asked the child………..

a) For keeping quiet

b) To keep quiet

c) Should keep quiet

d) That it should have kept quiet

21. Tom asked the stranger, ‘Where did you go?’

 Tom asked the stranger………..

a) Where he has gone

b) Where he had gone

c) Where he went

d) Where do you go

22. Teacher said to Jack, “Don’t be late again tomorrow”.

a) Teacher said to Jack that don’t be late again the next day

b) Teacher warned Jack that not to be late again tomorrow

c) Teacher warned Jack not to be late again the next day

d) Teacher told Jack not to be late again tomorrow

23. He said ‘Alas I it is a heavy loss’

a) He told it is a Heavy loss

b) He exclaim it was a heavy loss

c) He exclaimed and said that it was a heavy loss

d) He exclaimed with sorrow that it was a heavy loss

24. Alice ……….. that she liked fruits with ice creams

a) talked

b) spoke

c) described

d) replied

25. Ravi: “Where is my book”

a) Ravi asked where is his book

b) Ravi asked where was his book

 c) Ravi asked where his book is

d) Ravi asked where his book was

26. “Don’t overeat,” said the doctor to the patient

a) The doctor warned the patient did not overeat

b) The doctor warned the patient not to overeat

c) The doctor requested patient you don’t overeat

d) The doctor requested patient you not to overeat

27. Hari “I was a student of A P J Abdul Kalam”

a) Hari said that he were a student of A P J Abdul Kalam

b) Hari said that he has been a student of A P J Abdul Kalam.

c) Hari said that he had been a student of A P J Abdul Kalam

d) Hari said that he was a student of A P J Abdul Kalam.

28. She asked me ……. I could type

a) That

b) who

c) if

d) did

29. The stranger said to me, “Which is the shortest route to the railway station?”

a) The stranger asked me which is the shortest route to the railway station

b) The stranger asked me which route was the shortest to the railway station

c) The stranger told me the shortest route to the railway station

d) The stranger told me the route to the railway station is the shortest

30. Pick out the correct sentence from the options:

 a) Father asked had I gone

b) Father asked whether I have gone

c) Father asked whether I go

d) Father asked whether I had gone

31. Mr. George asked her why she……… for yesterday’s presentation.

a) Did not prepared well

b) Had not prepared well

c) Have not prepared well

d) Do not prepare well

32. The lady to the Thief: “Please don’t kill me”

a) The lady requested the thief not to kill her

b) The lady requested the thief didn’t kill her

c) The lady requested the thief not to killed her

d) The lady requested the thief don’t kill her

33. The man enquires where ………..

a) The office is

b) was the office

c) the office was

d) will be the office

34. Are the windows open? He said.

a) He said whether the windows are open

b) He asked that the windows were open

c) He asked whether the windows were open

 d) He asked whether the windows are open

35. He said, “I shall come”

a) He said that he shall come

b) He says that he shall come

c) He said he should come

d) He said that he would come

36. Pradeep say, “I am going for higher studies”

a) Pradeep said that he was abroad for higher studies

b) Pradeep said that he is going abroad for higher studies

c) Pradeep says that he would go abroad for higher studies

d) Pradeep says that he is going abroad for higher studies

37. Choose the correct sentence:

a) He told he was not well

b) He said that he was not well

c) He told me that he was no well

d) He said me that he was not well

38. “How did you solve the problem?” the teacher asked the girl.

a) The teacher asked the girl how she solved the problem

b) The teacher asked the girl how she had solved the problem

c) The teacher asked the girl how she has solved the problem

d) The teacher asked the girl whether she had solved that problem.

39. Raju asked, “Can I help You”

a) Raju wanted to know if he could help me

 b) Raju asked that whether he can help me

c) Raju inquired me that how can he help me

d) Raju asked how could he help me

40. The teacher asked Ravi, “Have you done your homework?”

a) The teacher asked Ravi whether he has done his homework

b) The teacher asked Ravi that had he done his homework.

c) The teacher asked Ravi whether he had done his homework

d) The teacher asked Ravi he had done his homework

41. She asked me why I ...... her sister the previous day

a) Insulted

b) have insulted

c) had insulted

d) did insulted

42. “Have you taken your umbrella, Vishal?” mother asked.

a) Mother asked Vishal whether he have taken his umbrella

b) Mother asked Vishal whether he has had taken his umbrella

c) Mother asked Vishal whether he has taken his umbrella

d) Mother asked Vishal whether he had taken his umbrella

43. He said “I bought a house in Mumbai”

a) He said that he was bought a house in Mumbai

b) He said that he was bought a house in Mumbai

c) He said that he has bought a house in Mumbai

d) He said that he has bought a house in Mumbai

44. “Let the guards be armed”, he ordered

a) The guards ordered him to be armed

b) He ordered that the guards should be armed

c) He suggested that let the guards were armed.

d) He suggested the guards that they are armed.

45. Beggar said to Ramu, “Give some water”.

a) Beggar asked Ramu water

b) Beggar requested Ramu to give some water

c) Beggar wanted Ramu to give water

d) Beggar ordered Ramu to give water

46. “You may leave the room,” said the principal

a) The principal said I might leave the room

b) The principal said I may leave the room

c) The principal says I might leave the room

d) No right answer.

47. The lady said, “I saw the culprit”

a) The lady said that she had saw the culprit

b) The lady said that she had seen the culprit

c) The lady said she saw the culprit

d) None of these

48. “Don’t sleep late and miss the bus”, said [Link].

a) [Link] advised us not to sleep late and miss the bus

b) [Link] advises us not to sleep late and miss the bus

 c) [Link] advised us to sleep late and miss the bus

d) [Link] advised us not to sleep late and missed the bus.

49. “Sit down and tell me what is wrong with you,” he said to her.

He told her to sit down and......

a) Told him what was wrong with her

b) Told her what was wrong with her

c) Tell him what was wrong with her

d) Tell her what was wrong with her

50. My mother asked me.... I had not finished the work

a) Whether

b) when

c) how

d) why

51. Anamika said ‘God spared our lives because he wants us to do something
meaningful’.

a) Anamika said that God had spared their lives because he wanted them to do
something meaningful

b) Anamika said that God had spares their lives because he wants them to do
something meaningful

c) Anamika said that God spared their lives because he wanted them to do
something meaningful

d) Anamika said that God had spares their lives because he wants us to do
something meaningful.

52. “Why are you late”? He asked me:

a) He asked me if I was late

 b) He asked me why I was late

c) He asked me if I am late?

d) He asked me why are you late?

53. Is your book on Shakespeare?”, He asked her.

a) He asked her if your book is on Shakespeare

b) He asked her if her book was on Shakespeare

c) He asked her if her book were on Shakespeare

d) He told her if her book is on Shakespeare

54. “I saw this car here a week ago” She said that

a) She saw that car here a week ago

b) She saw that car there a week ago

c) She saw that car there a week since

d) No right answer.

55. Keats wrote “A thing of beauty is a joy fever”

a) Keats wrote a thing of beauty is a joy forever

b) Keats wrote that a thing of beauty was a joy forever

c) Keats wrote a thing of beauty has a joy forever

d) Keats wrote that a thing of beauty is a forever

56. The teacher asked the students......

a) Who are absent today

b) Who were absent today

c) Who are absent that day

d) Who were absent that day

57. Teacher asked us why ...... in the class

a) We are talking

b) We were talking

c) We have talked

d) Were we talking

58. He said to me, “You alone can save her”

a) He said that I alone can save her

b) He said that you alone can save her

c) He told me that I alone could save her

d) He told me that I alone can save her

59. His father advised Raj ...... use soft drink

a) Not do

b) should not

c) not to

d) does not

60. Teacher asked the students ...... make any noise

a) Do not

b) should not

c) not to

d) does not

61. “Rani, why were you absent yesterday?”.

Teacher said.

Teacher asked Rani why ......

 a) She was absent yesterday

b) She was absent the previous day

c) She had been absent yesterday

d) She had been absent the previous day

62. “Thank you”, he said

a) He said that, he thanked me

b) He told me, thanks

c) He said that, he thanked you

d) He thanked me

63. He said, “I must go at once”

a) He said that he had to go at once

b) He said that he would go at once

c) He said that he must have gone at once

d) He said that he had had to go at once

64. I advised him ......

a) Not resign his job

b) To not resign his job

c) Not to resign his job

d) To don’t resign his job

65. “O dear! I ’ve lost my purse!” she said.

a) She said that she lost purse

b) She exclaimed that she had lost her purse

c) She said that she had lost her purse

 d) She exclaimed that she had lost her purse

66. She said to Ahmed, “I be late”

a) She said to Ahmed that I’ll be late

b) She told Ahmed that she will be late

c) She told Ahmed that she’d be late

d) She told Ahmed that she could be late

67. Please ask ......

a) Whether the train is likely to be late

b) Whether it is the train likely to be late

c) Whether the train was likely to be late

d) Whether was the train likely to be late

68. He asked me ......

a) Where my book is.

b) Where was my book

c) Where is my book

d) Where my book was

69. “Take the tablets before meals”, said the doctor

a) The doctor told me that I took the tablets before meals

b) The doctor wanted to take the tablets before meals

c) The doctor told me to take the tablets before meals

d) According to the doctor the tablets were to taken before meals

70. Ask him ......

a) Whether he likes coffee

 b) Whether he do like coffee

c) Whether does he like coffee

d) Whether he like coffee

71. When Raju came to the class very late, the teacher asked him where ......

a) He has

b) were you

c) had you gone

d) he had been

72. I asked the porter where ......

a) Was the ticket counter

b) The ticket counter was

c) The ticket counter were

d) Is he ticket counter

73. Choose the correct indirect form

a) The doctor advised the patients don’t smoke

b) The doctor advised the patients to not smoke

c) The doctor patients not smoke

d) The doctor advised the patients not to smoke

74. Rani said, “Let me go home early.”

a) Rani said that she was to go home early

b) Rani said that she should to go home early

c) Rani requested that she should go home early

d) Rani requested to let her go home early.

75. “Never insult the poor.” Change into passive.

a) Never the poor be insult.

b) Never the poor be insulted.

c) Let never the poor be insulted.

d) Let the poor never be insulted