Olympiad Test : Narration - 2 - Grade 9 MCQ

• Direct speech: She said, "You were missing from the picnic."


• Indirect speech: She told me that I had been missing from the picnic.

• Option A: She told me that I had been missing from the picnic - This is the correct answer as it correctly changes the pronoun and verb tense from direct to indirect speech.


• Option B: She told me that I has been missing from the picnic - Incorrect use of verb tense 'has' instead of 'had'.


• Option C: She told me that I were missing from the picnic - Incorrect use of verb tense 'were', it should be 'had been'.


• Option D: She told me that I had been missed from the picnic - Incorrect use of passive voice, it should be 'I had been missing'.

• Direct Speech: Reeta said Shivani, "You have to go to school".


• Indirect Speech: Reeta told Shivani that she had to go to school.


• Explanation:
  
  
  
  • In indirect speech, the tense of the reporting verb 'said' changes according to the tense of the reporting speech.
  
  
  • In this case, 'have' changes to 'had' because the reporting verb is in the past tense.
  
  
  • Therefore, option D is the correct choice as it correctly conveys the sentence in indirect speech.
  
  
  
  

• Identifying the direct speech: The direct speech in the sentence is "She has to cook food for you".


• Converting the direct speech to indirect speech:




• Option A: "You told her that she has to cook food for you." - This option is incorrect because the reported speech should be in the past tense.


• Option B: "You told her that she had to cook food for you." - This option correctly changes the present tense "has" to past tense "had", making it the correct answer.


• Option C: "You told her that she needs to cook food for you." - This option changes the meaning slightly by using "needs" instead of "has/had".


• Option D: "You told her that she would have to cook food for you." - This option changes the meaning significantly by using "would have to" instead of "had to".




• Conclusion: The correct option is B, as it accurately conveys the direct speech in indirect speech by changing the tense appropriately.

• Direct speech: "I had to finish this first."


• Indirect speech: He told me that he had to finish this first.


• Option A: He told me that he has to finish this first - Incorrect, 'has' should be changed to 'had' to maintain the past tense.


• Option B: He told me that he have to finish this first - Incorrect, 'have' should be changed to 'had' to match the past tense.


• Option C: He told me that he had to finish this first - Correct, this option accurately represents the sentence in indirect speech.


• Option D: He told me that he had finish this first - Incorrect, 'had' should be followed by the infinitive form of the verb 'to finish'.

• Direct speech: Rahul said to Sunita, "I had to reach there."


• Indirect speech: Rahul told Sunita that he had to reach there.


• Option D: "Rahul told Sunita that he had to reach there." correctly represents the sentence in indirect speech.

• Direct speech: "I could reach there easily."


• Indirect speech: She told me that she could reach there easily.


• In indirect speech, we change the pronouns, tense, and some other words accordingly.


• Here, "I" changes to "she", "could" remains the same, and "there" remains the same.


• The reporting verb "said to me" changes to "told me".


• Therefore, option A is the correct transformation of the given sentence from direct to indirect speech.

• Identifying the original sentence: Reena said to Jitender, "You would not fight with me."


• Converting to indirect speech: Reena told to Jitender that he would not fight with her.


• Explanation: In indirect speech, we need to change the pronouns and verb tenses according to the context. In this case, "said to" becomes "told to", "you" becomes "he", and "would" remains the same to indicate a future possibility.


• Options:
  
  
  
  • A: Reena told to Jitender that he has not to fight with her. (Incorrect - Incorrect tense and usage of "has not to")
  
  
  • B: Reena told to Jitender that he would not fight with her. (Correct - Correct conversion to indirect speech)
  
  
  • C: Reena told to Jitender that he will not fight with her. (Incorrect - Incorrect tense, "would" should be used instead of "will")
  
  
  • D: Reena told to Jitender that he should not fight with her. (Incorrect - Incorrect verb usage, "would" is more appropriate in this context)
  
  
  
  

Therefore, option B: Reena told to Jitender that he would not fight with her, best expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

• Direct speech: "It might rain yesterday" - This is what the father said directly to the speaker.


• Indirect speech: When we report what someone else has said, we often need to change the tense of the verbs. In this case, the verb "might" in the direct speech needs to be changed accordingly in the indirect speech.


• Option A: "My father told me that it may have rain the previous day." - This option changes the tense of "might" to "may have rain", which is incorrect. The correct past form of "might" is "might have rained".


• Option B: "My father told me that it would rain the previous day." - This option changes the modal verb "might" to "would", which changes the meaning of the original statement. The use of "would" implies a certainty that it rained, which is not what was originally stated.


• Option C: "My father told me that it might rain the previous day." - This option correctly changes the tense of "might" to "might rain", maintaining the conditional nature of the original statement.


• Option D: "My father told me that it could rain the previous day." - This option changes the modal verb "might" to "could", which again alters the meaning of the original statement. "Could" implies a possibility but does not match the original statement as closely as "might" does.


• Therefore, the correct option is C: My father told me that it might rain the previous day.

• Direct Speech: "I went to Rajasthan yesterday."


• Indirect Speech: He said that he had gone to Rajasthan the day before.

• The correct option is A because when we change direct speech to indirect speech, the tense of the reporting verb is changed according to the tense of the reported speech.


• In this case, the past simple tense "went" in the direct speech changes to past perfect tense "had gone" in the indirect speech.


• Option B is incorrect because it uses the present perfect tense "has gone," which does not match the past tense of the original sentence.


• Options C and D are incorrect because "has went" and "had went" are grammatically incorrect. The correct form is "had gone."

• Direct Speech: Raju said to me, "He worked hard."


• Indirect Speech: Raju told me that he had worked hard.

• When converting direct speech to indirect speech, we need to change the tense of the reporting verb and the pronouns in the reported speech.


• In this case, "said" changes to "told" as it is a past tense reporting verb.


• The pronoun "he" remains the same in indirect speech.


• The past tense "worked" changes to "had worked" in indirect speech.


• Therefore, the correct conversion of the given sentence in indirect speech is: Raju told me that he had worked hard.

• Direct Speech: Rahul said, "He was walking."


• Indirect Speech: Rahul said that he had been walking.

• In the direct speech, Rahul mentioned that 'He was walking' which is in the past continuous tense.


• While converting this into indirect speech, we need to change the tense of the reported speech from past continuous to past perfect continuous.


• Therefore, the correct option is Rahul said that he had been walking.

• Direct speech: Sheela said to me, "Munni is dancing better than me."


• Indirect speech: Sheela told me that Munni had been dancing better than her.


• Explanation:




• "Said to me" changes to "told me" as per the rules of indirect speech.


• "Munni is dancing" changes to "Munni was dancing" to reflect the change from present to past tense.


• "Better than me" changes to "better than her" to reflect the change in point of view.


• "Had been dancing" is used to show the continuous action in the past.

• Direct Speech: She said, "He was trying to help me."


• Indirect Speech: She said that he had been trying to help her.

• When converting direct speech to indirect speech, the tense of the reporting verb changes according to the context of the sentence.


• In this case, the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense, so the tense of the verb in the direct speech also needs to be converted to past tense.


• The verb "was trying" in the direct speech becomes "had been trying" in the indirect speech to maintain the past tense.


• Therefore, the correct option is B: She said that he had been trying to help her.

• Direct Speech: Deepak said to me, "I had finished the coffee."


• Indirect Speech: Deepak told me that he had finished the coffee.


• Option A is the correct answer as it accurately represents the transformation of the sentence from direct to indirect speech.

• Direct Speech: "Rahul said to me, 'I had gone through it.'


• Indirect Speech: Rahul told me that he had gone through it.

• First, identify the reporting verb, which is "said."


• Next, identify the reporting verb object, which is "to me."


• Then, change the pronoun "I" to "he" as per the rules of indirect speech.


• Change "had gone" to "had gone" to maintain the past perfect tense in the reported speech.


• Combine all the changes to form the correct sentence in indirect speech: Rahul told me that he had gone through it.

• Identifying the main sentence: The main sentence is "Ravinder said to me, 'I had been working on it for 5 days.'"


• Converting to Indirect speech: In indirect speech, we need to change the pronouns and tenses according to the context.


• Options analysis:
  
  
  
  • Option A: "Ravinder told me that he had been working on it for 5 days." - This is the correct option as it correctly changes the pronouns and tenses to fit indirect speech.
  
  
  • Option B: "Ravinder told me that he has been working on it for 5 days." - This option uses the present perfect tense which is not correct for the past context provided.
  
  
  • Option C: "Ravinder told me that he had worked on it for 5 days." - This option changes the continuous tense to simple past which alters the meaning of the original sentence.
  
  
  • Option D: "Ravinder told me that he was working on it for 5 days." - This option uses the past continuous tense instead of past perfect continuous tense as in the original sentence.
  
  
  
  

• Direct speech: "I had been writing an essay for 3 hours."


• Indirect speech: Sweeta said that she had been writing an essay for 3 hours.


• Option B: Sweeta told me that she had been writing an essay for 3 hours.

• Direct speech: Rahul said, "I can buy that watch."


• Indirect speech: Rahul said that he could buy that watch.


• The correct answer is option B as it correctly changes the modal verb "can" to "could" in the reported speech.

• Direct Speech: He said, "Honesty is the best policy."


• Indirect Speech: He said that honesty is the best policy.


• The correct option is A as it accurately conveys the message from direct speech to indirect speech without changing the tense of the verb.

• Direct Speech: The original sentence is in direct speech, where the speaker's exact words are quoted within quotation marks.


• Indirect Speech: In indirect speech, we report what someone else said without quoting them directly.


• Conversion: To convert the direct speech to indirect speech, we need to change the verb tense in the reported speech.


• Option A: "He remarked that two and two would make four." - Incorrect tense usage; it should be "made" instead of "would make" in indirect speech.


• Option B: "He remarked that two and two made four." - Correct answer as it correctly changes the verb tense to "made" in indirect speech.


• Option C: "He remarked that two and two makes four." - Incorrect tense usage; it should be "made" instead of "makes" in indirect speech.


• Option D: "He advised that two and two makes four." - Incorrect verb usage as "advised" does not fit the context of the original sentence.