Transformation of Sentences Test 19

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.

When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).

Option c is correct as may is changed to might and I to he.

 The other options are wrong as I, may, and might he can't be used.

The correct answer is C)He might take

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.

When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).

Option D is correct as may is changed to might and my to her.

 The other options are wrong as was going, had been able, and improved can't be used.

The correct answer is D)Chandani said that her Maths might improve very quickly.

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.

When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).

Option B is correct as that is added, I is changed to she, my to her, and simple past tense to past perfect tense.

 The other options are wrong as went, is going, and was going can't be used.

The correct answer is B)Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family.

Normally, the tense in reported speech is one tense back in time from the tense in direct speech. For past tense, past perfect tense is used in reported speech. Hence, Option A is correct. However, we do not need to change the tense if the original statement was about something that is still true, like, the second battle of Panipat. Hence, Option C, that is, both A and B are correct. The rest of the options are individually incorrect.

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.

When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).

Option B is correct as the present perfect tense is changed to past perfect tense.

 The other options are wrong as has, has India, and had India can't be used.

The correct answer is B)India had won

If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the corresponding past tense. If it is in the simple past tense, as is in the question, we change it into the past perfect tense. In accordance with this rule, option C is the correct answer.

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.

When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).

Option A is correct as the present perfect tense is changed to past perfect tense, I to he my to his and that is added to connect,

 The other options are wrong as wrote, was writing, and will write can't be used.

The correct answer is A)Sangeet said that he had already written a letter to his family in Dubai.

'Whom' should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. Since passive voice is used, the object comes to the fore instead of the subject. Occasionally, the prepositions for, to, by, with, and about may need to be used with 'whom' to ensure the sentence makes sense in passive. Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not follow the required structure, hence they're incorrect. 

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.

When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).

Option B is correct as the present tense is changed to past tense( looked).

 The other options are wrong as looks, is looking and was looking can't be used.

The correct answer is b) Looked