HARYANA CET NARRATIONS ENGLISH QUIZ

Question 1:

Choose the option that is the indirect form of the sentence.
“I’m hungry” said the child to his mother.

The child said his mother that he is hungry.

The child said to his mother that I am hungry.

The child told his mother that she was hungry.

The child told his mother that he was hungry.

Question 2:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
"I always keep a box of chocolates in my room, girls."

The matron said that she always keeps a box of chocolates in her room.

The matron informed the girls that she always kept a box of chocolates in her room.

The matron told the girls that she would always keep a box of chocolates in her room.

The matron told the girls that she had kept a box of chocolates in her room.

Question 3:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
She said, "My friend was here ten days ago, but she is not here now."

She said that her friend was here ten days ago, but she was not there then.

She said that her friend had been there ten days before but she was not there then.

She told that her friend had been there ten days before, but she has not been there then.

She informed that her friend was there ten days before but she was not there then.

Question 4:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Mother said,"Don't step out of the house in the winter season."

The mother requested the children not to step out in the winter season.

The mother threatened the children not to step out of the house in the winter season.

The mother persuaded the children not to step out of the house in the winter season.

The mother advised the children not to step out of the house in the winter season.

Question 5:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
He said, " Let it snow ever so hard, I shall go."

He said that he would go however hard it might snow.

He said that he would go ever if it snows very hard.

He suggested that he should go, let it snow very hard.

He was determined to go even if it snowed so hard.

Question 6:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The guard said that the burglar had broken into the office.

The guard said,"The burglar has broken into the office."

The guard said,"The burglar break into the office."

The guard said,"The burglar broken into the office."

The guard said,"The burglar was broken in the office."

Question 7:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
I can't stand on my head because I am not well."

He said that he couldn't stand on his head because he was not well.

He said that he can't stand on his head because he was not well.

He told that he couldn't stand on his head because he is not well.

He declared that he couldn't stand on his head because he was not well.

Question 8:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
"Who are you? Where have you come from?" said the little boy to him.

The little boy exclaimed who he was and asked where he had come from.

The little boy asked him who he was and that where he had come from.

The little boy enquired of him who he was and where he come from.

The little boy enquired of him who he was and where he had come from.

Question 9:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
He said that when he was a boy he could stay up as long as he liked.

He said,"When I had been a boy I could stay up as long as I liked."

He told,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked."

He said,"When I was a boy I could stay up as long as I liked."

He said,"When I am a boy I can stay up as long as I like."

Question 10:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
She said,"We were thinking of selling the apartment but we had decided not to"

She said that they were thinking of selling the apartment but they decided not to.

She said that they thought of selling the apartment but decided not to.

She said that they have been thinking of selling the apartment but decided not to.

She said that they had been thinking of selling the apartment but had decided not to.