Transformation of Sentences Test 44

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported).

In the direct speech, the exact words of the original speaker are repeated.

In the indirect speech (reported speech), the exact meaning of what the speaker told is expressed but not necessarily in the speaker’s exact words.

Option D is correct as the appropriate introductory verb 'told' is used, appropriate conjunction 'that' is used and the given sentence is in the simple present tense so the reported sentence uses the past tense (wanted to), and it ends with a full stop.

Options A, B, and C are not correct as 'said to', 'want', and 'he' cannot be used respectively.

The correct answer is D) I told the hotel receptionist that I wanted to be woken up at 6.30 the next morning.

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. Direct speech is found in books, plays, and quotations.

In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words.

 When we turn direct questions into direct speech, the following changes are necessary:

Tenses, pronouns, and possessive adjectives, and adverbs of time and place change as in the statements.

The interrogative form of the verb changes to the affirmative form. The question mark (?) is therefore omitted in indirect questions.

If the introductory verb is say, it must be changed to a verb of inquiry, e. g. ask, inquire, wonder, wan to know etc.

When the direct speech begins with a question word ( when, where, who, why etc) the question word is repeated in the indirect question.

Ask can be followed by the person addressed (indirect object- me) 

Option C is correct as a direct question is given which needs to be transformed into reported speech. Therefore, your is changed to my , simple present tense to simple past tense, and the question word how is repeated.

The options A, B, and D are wrong as the above-mentioned rules were not followed.

The correct answer is C)Kate asked me how far was my home from the airport.

An action in a sentence can be represented in two ways, namely active and passive voice.

The passive voice always uses the past participle form of the main verb irrespective of any tense. Only the auxiliary verbs depend upon the sentence given in active voice.

The correct answer is D)The concert has been postponed by them.

The option D is correct as the given sentence is in active voice and to transform it into passive voice the subject of the given sentence 
(They) comes in the place of the object(the concert) and vice versa. Also, as the sentence is in the present perfect tense, 'been' is added after the helping verb 'has' and before the past participle form of the main verb(postpone).

Options A, B, and C are wrong as had been, is, and was cannot be used respectively.

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 when we convert the given direct question to indirect speech which doesn't start with a question word, then if/whether is used, the present tense is changed to simple past tense (wanted) and you is changed to she. The dialogues are connected using to which,sorry is replaced by the phrase '  apologised for the same.', and is is changed to was.

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

The correct answer is D) Sue told Sam that he had been driving too fast to which Sam replied that it was true and apologised for the same.

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. Direct speech is found in books, plays, and quotations.

In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words.

 When we turn direct questions into direct speech, the following changes are necessary:

Tenses, pronouns, and possessive adjectives, and adverbs of time and place change as in the statements.

The interrogative form of the verb changes to the affirmative form. The question mark (?) is therefore omitted in indirect questions.

If the introductory verb is say, it must be changed to a verb of inquiry, e. g. ask, inquire, wonder, wan to know etc.

When the direct speech begins with a question word ( when, where, who, why etc) the question word is repeated in the indirect question.

Ask can be followed by the person addressed (indirect object- me) 

Option C is correct as a direct question is given which needs to be transformed into reported speech. Therefore, you is changed to I , present perfect tense to past perfect tense, and the question word where is repeated.

The options A, B, and D are wrong as the above-mentioned rules were not followed.

The correct answer is C)He asked me where I had been.

An action in a sentence can be represented in two ways, namely active and passive voice.

The passive voice always uses the past participle form of the main verb irrespective of any tense. Only the auxiliary verbs depend upon the sentence given in active voice.

The correct answer is C)He has been promoted by his boss.

The option C is correct as the given sentence is in active voice and to transform it into passive voice , the subject of the given sentence (his boss) comes in the place of the object(him) and vice versa. Also, as the sentence is in the present perfect tense, 'been' is added after the helping verb 'has' and before the past participle form of the main verb(promote).

Options A,B, and D are wrong as is, was and had been cannot be used respectively.

The given sentence is in the active voice, as the subject 'They' performs an action 'pay' against the object 'you'.Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.

The given sentence is in the active voice, as the subject 'The police' performs an action 'arrested' against the object 'two people'.Hence options A, B and D are 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. Direct speech is found in books, plays, and quotations.

In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words.

 When we turn direct questions into direct speech, the following changes are necessary:

Tenses, pronouns, and possessive adjectives, and adverbs of time and place change as in the statements.

The interrogative form of the verb changes to the affirmative form. The question mark (?) is therefore omitted in indirect questions.

If the introductory verb is say, it must be changed to a verb of inquiry, e. g. ask, inquire, wonder, wan to know etc.

When the direct speech begins with a question word ( when, where, who, why etc) the question word is repeated in the indirect question.

Ask can be followed by the person addressed (indirect object- me) 

Option D is correct as a direct question is given which needs to be transformed into reported speech. Therefore, you is changed to I , simple present tense to simple past tense, and the question word how is repeated.

The options A, B, and C are wrong as the above-mentioned rules were not followed.

The correct answer is D)Gerry asked me how I was.