Krishna asked me, “Did you see the Cricket match on television last A. Krishna asked me whether I saw the Cricket match on television the earlier night. B. Krishna asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night. C. Krishna asked me did I see the Cricket match on television the last night. D. Krishna asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the last night.
Option B
Solution: Krishna asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
He said to me, “What are you doing?” A. He asked me what I have been doing. B. He had asked me what I was doing. C. He asked me what I was doing. D. He asked me what I had been doing.
Answer: C
In case of interrogative sentences, reporting Verb like “said/ said to” changes to asked, enquired or demanded.
He said, “Will you come for the meeting?” A. He asked them whether they would come for the meeting. B. He asked them whether they could come for the meeting. C. He asked them whether they come for the meeting. D. He asked them whether they would come to the eeting.
Answer: A
In case of interrogative sentences, reporting Verb like “said/ said to‟ changes to asked, enquired or demanded. Here, “will” changes to “would‟.
Rama said to Krishna, “Go away.” A. Rama ordered Krishna to go away. B. Rama requested Krishna to go away C. Rama pleaded Krishna to go away D. Rama told Krishna to go away
Answer: A
Indirect Speech is introduced by some verbs like ordered, requested, advised and suggested. Forbid(s)/ forbade is used for the negative sentences. The imperative mood is changed into the Infinitive.
He said to her, “Please wait.” A. He requested her to wait. B. He commanded her to wait. C. He asked her to wait. D. He told her to wait.
Answer: A
Indirect Speech is introduced by some verbs like ordered, requested, advised and suggested. Forbid(s)/ forbade is used for the negative sentences. The imperative mood is changed into the Infinitive.
He said, “Alas! I have lost.” A. He exclaimed sadly that he had lost. B. He exclaimed sadly that he had been lost. C. He exclaimed sadly that he has lost. D. He exclaimed sadly that he lost.
Answer: D
Indirect Speech is introduced by some words like grief, sorrow, happiness, applaud. Exclamatory sentence changes into assertive sentence and Interjections are removed.
Ramesh said to her, “You must obey your elders.” A. Ramesh said to her that she must obey her elders B. Ramesh said to her that she should obey her elders C. Ramesh ordered to her that she must obey her elders D. Ramesh said you should obey your elders.
Answer: A
Here, “must” will remain unchanged even in the indirect speech as it refers to duty or laws of nature.
She said, “We must all die.” A. She said that we shall all die. B. She said that we must all die. C. She said that we will all die. D. She said that we would all die.
Answer: B
Here, the word “must” will remain unchanged. The sentence talks about the law of nature, i.e. natural death.
Ramya said, “I must leave at once.” A. Ramya said that she had to leave at once. B. Ramya said that she would have to leave at once C. Ramya said that she will leave at once D. Ramya said that she has to leave at once
Answer: A
In this case “must” changes into “had to”. The sentence does not talk about duty/ laws of nature. So “must” will change here.
Nagaraj said, “I must get up early tomorrow.” A. Nagaraj said that he should get up early the next day. B. Nagaraj said that he would get up early the next day. C. Nagaraj said that he would have to get up early the next day. D. Nagaraj said that he will have to get up early the next day.
Answer: C
In this case “must” changes into “would have to”. The sentence does not talk about duty/ laws of nature. So “must” will change here. Note that the direct speech talks about an activity in the future that is why we need to make sure that the indirect speech also is in future tense. Also “tomorrow‟ changes to “the next day”.
