Reported Speech

Q.1 Complete the following paragraphs by filling in the blanks with the help of given options.

1. I (a)____for the bus when he arrived. He asked me if I could deliver a parcel to
(b)______cousin in Pune. I informed him that I (c)_____reach Pune at noon.
He told me that his cousin would take the parcel from (d) _____ at the Pune bus stop.

(a) (i) am waiting              (ii) was waiting         (iii) waits                (iv) has waited
(b) (i) ours                         (ii) theirs                   (iii) my                    (iv) his
(c) (i) is                             (ii) will                      (iii) would               (iv) am
(d) (i) me                           (ii) us                        (iii) him                   (iv) her

2. The traveller asked the farmer if he (a)____tell him the way to the nearest hotel. The
farmer asked him if he (b)____hungry. The traveller replied that he only (c) ____a room for
the night. He would leave the (d) _____morning.

(a) (i) might             (ii) may                  (iii) can                  (iv) could
(b) (i) has                 (ii) was                  (iii) is                     (iv) am
(c) (i) wanted           (ii) wants               (iii) want                (iv) wanting
(d) (i) tomorrow      (ii) following         (iii) that                  (iv) previous

3. Karen told her son (a)_____play football in the garden. She said that she (b)____ planting
new saplings that day. She told him that she (c)_____them to get damaged.
She asked him to be careful of (d)_________ saplings.

(a) (i) no                             (ii) don’t                (iii) not to                 (iv) does
(b) (i) has                           (ii) had been          (iii) have                   (iv) has been
(c) (i) does not want          (ii) do not want      (iii) did not want       (iv) not want
(d) (i)this                           (ii)that                    (iii)these                    (iv) those

4. They said that they had been (a)_____for a small house in the city. They asked me which
locality (b)______ better. I told them that they (c)_____ find a suitable house in Model
Colony. They said they would go there the (d) ______ weekend.

(a) (i) searches                  (ii) search           (iii) searched               (iv) searching
(b) (i) is                            (ii) have              (iii) was                       (iv) has
(c) (i) may                        (ii) might            (iii) will not                 (iv) had not
(d) (i) following               (ii) next               (iii) previous               (iv) this

Q2 Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.  

(a) Tina said that her brother had gone to the stadium an hour before.
Tim said, “My brother went to the stadium an hour ago.”  

(b) She said that he was undergoing a physical test
She said, “He is undergoing a physical test.”

(c) She asked me if I had been selected for the team.
She asked me, “Have you been selected for the team?”

(d) I informed Tina that the team was visiting Germany for training.
I told Tina, “The team is visiting Germany for training.”

Q3 The following sentences are not edited. There is one error in each sentence against which a blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number given in the example.

                                                                                                  Error              Correction

Ria said that she is not going to the library                       e.g     is                        was
because she had not complete her assignment                  (a)  complete             completed
She asked me if she could borrow my book.                     (b)    can                      could
I asked her if she needed help with hers work                   (c)   hers                       her
She said she will let me know.                                           (d)   will                       would

Q.4 In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word, in the sentences 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

It takes longer to get over illness if you continue to       e.g    illness                    if                    you
lie in bed. This is because the whole range of body         (a)   range                    of                   body
functions begin to weaken. The body is unable to           (b)   body                      is                  unable
use food efficiently. Muscle tissues begin to break          (c)   begin                     to                   break
down, robbing the body of essential nutrients                  (d) robbing                  the                  body
leading to weakness in just a few days.                            (e) weakness                in                    just

Q5 Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences.

1.John / during / in / a / the / summer vacations / restaurant / is working
John is working in a restaurant during the summer vacations.
2.that restaurant / to / for / breakfast / this morning / went / I
I went to that restaurant this morning for breakfast.
3.if / I / drinking / the / tea or coffee / preferred / asked / me / the /morning / in
He asked me if I preferred drinking tea or coffee in the morning.
4.all the / polite manner / like / and / John’s / customers / cheerful face
All the customers like John’s cheerful face and polite manner.

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