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Changes in Tenses for Reported Speech

Practice Exercise: Narration | English Grammar Advanced - Class 10

This chart simplifies how tenses shift in reported speech. Use it as your guide while working through this worksheet to confidently transform sentences from direct to indirect speech.

Practice Exercise: Narration | English Grammar Advanced - Class 10

I. Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.

Q1: Rahul said, “I will manage hereafter.”

(a) Rahul said that he would manage hereafter.

(b) Rahul said that he will manage thereafter.

(c) Rahul said that he would manage thereafter.

(d) Rahul said that he will manage hereafter.

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Ans: (c)

Q2: “I am going out tonight.” Manisha said.
(a) Manisha said that she was going out tonight.
(b) Manisha said that she was going out that night.
(c) Manisha said she was going out that night.
(d) Manisha said that she will be going out that night.

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Ans: (b)

Q3: The guard asked, “Who are you?”
(a) The guard asked who he was.
(b) The guard asked me who he was.
(c) The guard asks me who he was.
(d) The guard asked who I was.

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Ans: (d)

Q4: Ravi said, “The concert ended yesterday.”
(a) Ravi said that the concert had ended yesterday.
(b) Ravi said that the concert ended the day before.
(c) Ravi said that the concert had ended the previous day.
(d) Ravi said that the concert ended already.

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Ans: (c)

Q5: She said, “Bring a glass of water, please.”
(a) She commands me to bring a glass of water.
(b) She requested me to bring a glass of water.
(c) She asked me to brought a glass of water.
(d) She ordered me to bring her a glass of water.

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Ans: (b)

II. Change the following into indirect speech.

Q1. Mohit said, “My brother has won a trophy today.”

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Ans: Mohit said that his brother had won a trophy that day.

Q2. The man said, “Where do you live?”

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Ans: The man asked me where I lived.

Q3. The beggar said, “Please, give me some food.”

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Ans: The beggar requested me to give him some food.

Q4: He said to my uncle, “I will meet you in London.”

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Ans: He said to my uncle that he would meet him in London.

Q5: Abdul said, “My father is coming today.”

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Ans: Abdul said that his father was coming that day.

III. Read the following sentences and change them into reported speech.

Q1: Mimi said, “I have been writing this letter.”

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Ans: Mimi said that she had been writing that letter.

Q2: I said, “Sam’s driving the car.”

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Ans: I said that Sam was driving the car.

Q3: My uncle said, “I am cooking lunch.”

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Ans: My uncle said that he was cooking lunch.

Q4: My brother said, “I had already eaten.”

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Ans: My brother said that he had already eaten.

Q5: The old lady said to the girl, “Where do you come from?”

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Ans: The old lady asked the girl where she came from.

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