Worksheet Solutions: Narration | English Grammar Basic - Class 10 PDF Download

Q1: Change the mode of narration of the following sentences.
(i) I said to him that I had once seen him before.
Ans: I said to him, “ I once saw you ago.”

(ii) The boy said. “We were playing.”
Ans: The boy said that they had been playing.

(iii) Amal said to Bimal, “I gave you, my pen.”
Ans: Amal told Bimal that he had given him his pen.

(iv) She said that she had a dream that night.
Ans: She said, “I have a dream tonight.”

(iv) He told me that I should obey my parents.
Ans: He said to me, “You will obey your parents.”

Q2: Change the narration of the following sentences from direct to indirect and vice-versa.
(i) He told her that she had been a mere child when he saw her last.
Ans: He said to her. “You were a mere child when I saw you last.”

(ii) Fatema said to her father, “I shall be happy if you will put me to a college.”
Ans: Fatema said to her father that she would be happy if he would put her in college.

(iii) He said that he had been ill the previous day.
Ans: He said, “I was ill yesterday.”

(iv) You said to me, “As I do not know you, I cannot help you”
Ans: You said to me that as you did not know me, you could not help me.

(v) I told her that she was right.
Ans: I said to her, “You are right.”

Q3: Change the narration of the following sentences.
(i) “How can I do such a thing? said he.
Ans: He asked how he could do such a thing.

(ii) I said to him, “Where did you see me and what do you think of me?”
Ans: I asked him where he had seen me and what he thought of me.

(iii) They enquired about who I was and why I was opposing them that day.
Ans: They said to me, “Who are you, and why you are opposing us today.”

(iv) He asked me where I had got it.
Ans: He said to me, “Where have you got it?”

(v) I asked the boy why he had failed in the exam and what he intended to do.
Ans: I said to the boy, “Why have you failed in the exam and What do you intend to do?