Narration — GK Questions with Answers

1. He said, “I am hungry.” → Indirect:
   1. He said that he was hungry.
   2. He said that I was hungry.
   3. He said that he had hungry.
   4. He said that he is hungry.
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   Answer: (A) He said that he was hungry.

   am → was; I → he.

2. She said, “I have lost my keys.” → Indirect:
   1. She said that she lost her keys.
   2. She said that she had lost her keys.
   3. She said that I had lost my keys.
   4. She said that she has lost her keys.
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   Answer: (B) She said that she had lost her keys.

   present perfect → past perfect.

3. Ravi said, “I will help you.” → Indirect: Ravi told me that —
   1. he helps me
   2. he will help me
   3. he would help me
   4. I would help him
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   Answer: (C) he would help me

   will → would; you → me.

4. He said, “I can swim.” → Indirect:
   1. He said that I could swim.
   2. He said that he cans swim.
   3. He said that he can swim.
   4. He said that he could swim.
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   Answer: (D) He said that he could swim.

   can → could.

5. The teacher said, “The sun rises in the east.” → Indirect:
   1. The teacher said that the sun rises in the east.
   2. The teacher said that the sun had risen in the east.
   3. The teacher said that the sun is rising.
   4. The teacher said that the sun rose in the east.
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   Answer: (A) The teacher said that the sun rises in the east.

   A universal truth.

6. He says, “I am busy.” → Indirect:
   1. He says that he was busy.
   2. He says that he is busy.
   3. He said that he is busy.
   4. He says that he had been busy.
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   Answer: (B) He says that he is busy.

   Reporting verb present.

7. Sneha said to me, “You are late.” → Indirect: Sneha —
   1. told me that you were late
   2. said me that you were late
   3. told me that I was late
   4. told me that she was late
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   Answer: (C) told me that I was late

   you → the object “me” → I.

8. “Said to” in indirect speech becomes —
   1. asked
   2. ordered
   3. said
   4. told
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   Answer: (D) told

   said to → told.

9. He said, “I came yesterday.” → Indirect:
   1. He said that he had come the previous day.
   2. He said that he had come yesterday.
   3. He said that he comes the day before.
   4. He said that he came the day before.
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   Answer: (A) He said that he had come the previous day.

   simple past → past perfect; yesterday → the previous day.

10. She said, “I will come tomorrow.” → Indirect:
    1. She said that she would come the next day.
    2. She said that she will come tomorrow.
    3. She said that she would come tomorrow.
    4. She said that she came the next day.
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    Answer: (A) She said that she would come the next day.

    tomorrow → the next day.

11. He said, “I am here now.” → Indirect:
    1. He said that he had there now.
    2. He said that he was there then.
    3. He said that he is here now.
    4. He said that he was here then.
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    Answer: (B) He said that he was there then.

    here → there; now → then.

12. He said to me, “Are you ready?” → Indirect:
    1. He asked me was I ready.
    2. He told me if I was ready.
    3. He asked me that I was ready.
    4. He asked me if I was ready.
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    Answer: (D) He asked me if I was ready.

    yes/no → if.

13. She said, “Where do you live?” → Indirect:
    1. She asked where I lived.
    2. She asked that where I lived.
    3. She asked where I live.
    4. She asked where did I live.
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    Answer: (A) She asked where I lived.

    Normal order.

14. He said, “What is your name?” → Indirect:
    1. He asked what was my name.
    2. He asked what my name was.
    3. He asked that what my name was.
    4. He said what my name is.
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    Answer: (B) He asked what my name was.

    Normal order.

15. The boss said to me, “Do you know him?” → Indirect:
    1. The boss said me if I knew him.
    2. The boss asked me if I knew him.
    3. The boss asked me do I know him.
    4. The boss told me if I knew him.
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    Answer: (B) The boss asked me if I knew him.

    asked … if.

16. The teacher said to the boy, “Leave the room.” → Indirect:
    1. The teacher asked the boy that he leave.
    2. The teacher said the boy to leave.
    3. The teacher ordered the boy to leave the room.
    4. The teacher ordered the boy that leave the room.
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    Answer: (C) The teacher ordered the boy to leave the room.

    ordered + object + to V1.

17. She said, “Please help me.” → Indirect:
    1. She said him to help her.
    2. She requested that help her.
    3. She told please help her.
    4. She requested him to help her.
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    Answer: (D) She requested him to help her.

    requested … to.

18. The doctor said to him, “Take rest.” → Indirect:
    1. The doctor advised him to take rest.
    2. The doctor said him to take rest.
    3. The doctor advised him taking rest.
    4. The doctor told take rest.
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    Answer: (A) The doctor advised him to take rest.

    advised … to.

19. He said to us, “Don’t make noise.” → Indirect:
    1. He said us not make noise.
    2. He told us do not make noise.
    3. He ordered us not to make noise.
    4. He told us to not making noise.
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    Answer: (C) He ordered us not to make noise.

    not to + V1.

20. The guard said, “Beware of the dog.” → Indirect:
    1. The guard said beware of the dog.
    2. The guard told beware dog.
    3. The guard warned us to beware of the dog.
    4. The guard warns to beware.
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    Answer: (C) The guard warned us to beware of the dog.

    warned … to.

21. He said, “Let us go for a walk.” → Indirect:
    1. He said us to go for a walk.
    2. He let us go for a walk.
    3. He told that let us go.
    4. He suggested that we should go for a walk.
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    Answer: (D) He suggested that we should go for a walk.

    let us → suggested that we should.

22. She said, “May you live long!” → Indirect:
    1. She wished that I might live long.
    2. She said that I live long.
    3. She asked me to live long.
    4. She wished me live long.
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    Answer: (A) She wished that I might live long.

    A wish → wished/prayed.

23. He said, “Hurrah! We have won.” → Indirect:
    1. He asked with joy if they had won.
    2. He exclaimed with joy that they had won.
    3. He exclaimed that we have won.
    4. He said hurrah that they won.
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    Answer: (B) He exclaimed with joy that they had won.

    exclaimed with joy that…

24. She said, “Alas! He is dead.” → Indirect:
    1. She said alas that he is dead.
    2. She asked with sorrow if he was dead.
    3. She exclaimed with sorrow that he was dead.
    4. She exclaimed with joy that he was dead.
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    Answer: (C) She exclaimed with sorrow that he was dead.

    Sorrow → with sorrow.

25. He said to her, “Thank you.” → Indirect:
    1. He said her thank you.
    2. He told her thanks.
    3. He thanked to her.
    4. He thanked her.
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    Answer: (D) He thanked her.

    thanked.

26. “Good morning,” he said to me. → Indirect:
    1. He wished me good morning.
    2. He told me good morning.
    3. He said good morning to me.
    4. He asked me good morning.
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    Answer: (A) He wished me good morning.

    wished.

27. He said, “Yes, I will help.” → Indirect:
    1. He asked if he would help.
    2. He replied in the affirmative.
    3. He replied in the negative.
    4. He said yes that he would.
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    Answer: (B) He replied in the affirmative.

    replied in the affirmative.

28. Indirect: He told me that he had finished the work. → Direct:
    1. He said to me, “He has finished the work.”
    2. He said to me, “You finished the work early.”
    3. He said to me, “I finished the work.”
    4. He said to me, “I have finished the work.”
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    Answer: (D) He said to me, “I have finished the work.”

    past perfect → present perfect.

29. Indirect: She asked me if I liked tea. → Direct:
    1. She said to me, “Do you like tea?”
    2. She said to me, “Does he like tea?”
    3. She said to me, “Will you like tea?”
    4. She said to me, “Did you like tea?”
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    Answer: (A) She said to me, “Do you like tea?”

    if → helping verb first + ?

30. Indirect: He ordered his servant to bring tea. → Direct:
    1. He said to his servant, “Bring tea.”
    2. He said to his servant, “Brought tea.”
    3. He said, “His servant bring tea.”
    4. He said to his servant, “Will bring tea.”
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    Answer: (A) He said to his servant, “Bring tea.”

    imperative.

31. In “She told me that she was ill”, the reporting verb is —
    1. ill
    2. was
    3. told
    4. that
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    Answer: (C) told

    “Told” is the reporting verb.

32. The reported speech in: He said, “I am ill.” is —
    1. He
    2. said
    3. He said
    4. I am ill
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    Answer: (D) I am ill

    The words inside the quotes.

33. Which time word does NOT change “tomorrow” correctly?
    1. the following day
    2. the previous day
    3. the day after
    4. the next day
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    Answer: (B) the previous day

    “The previous day” is the form for yesterday.

34. “This” in direct speech becomes — in indirect (past reporting):
    1. this
    2. that
    3. these
    4. those
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    Answer: (B) that

    this → that.

35. “Come” becomes — in indirect speech:
    1. comes
    2. go
    3. came
    4. coming
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    Answer: (B) go

    come → go.

36. “Must” in indirect speech may become —
    1. would must
    2. may
    3. had to
    4. musted
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    Answer: (C) had to

    must → had to.

37. Which modal stays unchanged in indirect speech?
    1. can
    2. might
    3. shall
    4. will
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    Answer: (B) might

    “Might” is already a past form.

38. The pronoun “you” changes according to the —
    1. subject of the reporting verb
    2. object of the reporting verb
    3. third person
    4. tense of reporting verb
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    Answer: (B) object of the reporting verb

    2nd person → follows the object.

39. The pronoun “I” changes according to the —
    1. time word
    2. subject of the reporting verb
    3. object of the reporting verb
    4. reported verb
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    Answer: (B) subject of the reporting verb

    1st person → follows the subject.

40. Which conjunction introduces a yes/no question in indirect speech?
    1. to
    2. and
    3. that
    4. if
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    Answer: (D) if

    if / whether.

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