Transformation of Sentences Test 36

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Question 1
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Rewrite the following sentence in indirect speech.

The postman said to her, "I have a letter for you".
The postman told her____.

A
That I have a letter for her

B
That she had a letter for her

C
That he has a letter for you

D
That he had a letter for her

Solution

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words. In the case of present simple tense, reported speech is formed by using the simple past tense. Inverted commas are removed and 'that' is used as a conjunction.
The sentence would become The postman told her that he had a letter for her.
Thus, option D is the correct answer according to the rules.
Question 2
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Directions For Questions

Read the conversation given below and complete the sentence:
Attendant : A person wants to see you, Sir.
Principal : Did you ask him his name?
Attendant : Sorry, I didn't. I shall go and ask him.
Principal : Yes, and let me know soon who he is.

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The principal wanted to know _______.

A
What his name was.

B
Who he is.

C
If he had asked his name.

D
If he did ask his name.

Solution

The given sentence in active voice is in simple past form, therefore as per the rule, for converting the sentence in simple past form to passive voice, the tense of the sentence should be changed to past perfect form, and the pronouns to third person form as per the subjects.
Therefore as per the rule option C is the correct answer, whereas other options are incorrect.
Question 3
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The sentence has been given in the Active/Passive voice. From the given options, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in the Passive/Active voice.

Who wrote this book?

A
By whom was this book written?

B
By whom is this book written?

C
By whom was this book being written?

D
By whom is this book being written?

Solution

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 given sentence is in the active voice.
The correct answer is A )By whom was this book written?
Option A) is correct as the object of the given sentence(book) comes in the place of the subject (who). Also, the main verb (write) is used in the third form (written ).
Options B, C, and D cannot be used here as 'is' represents the present tense, being cannot be used here.
Question 4
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The sentence has been given in the Active/Passive voice. From the given options, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in the Passive/Active voice.

What did you buy?

A
What is bought by you?

B
What is being bought by you?

C
What was bought by you?

D
What was being bought by you?

Solution

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 given sentence is in the active voice.

The correct answer is C) What was bought by you?

Option C) is correct as the subject of the given sentence(you) becomes the object and vice versa. Also, the main verb (buy) is used in the third form (bought).

Options A, B, and D are not correct as the given sentence is in the past tense, not in present continuous and past continuous tense respectively.
Question 5
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Change the following statement into passive voice.
Someone has lit the fire.

A
The fire was lit by someone.

B
You are requested to light the fire by someone.

C
The fire has been lit by someone.

D
The fire had been lit by someone.

Solution

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 verb depends upon the sentence given in the active voice.
The correct answer is C)The fire has been lit by someone.
Option C is correct as the subject of the given sentence (someone) comes in the place of the object (the fire) and vice versa, the same tense is used (present perfect tense), and 'been' is used with the past participle of the main verb (lit).
Question 6
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Change the following statement into indirect speech.
Ramesh said, "I was having my dinner when the peon called upon me." [Intermediate]

A
Ramesh said that he had been having his dinner when the peon called upon him.

B
Ramesh said that i was having my dinner when the peon called upon him.

C
Ramesh told that he had been having my dinner when the peon called upon me.

D
Ramesh told that he had been having his dinner when the peon called upon me.

Solution

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 A is correct as the direct speech is in the past continuous tense and the appropriate introductory verb (said) is used.
Options B, C, and D are wrong as 'I' cannot be used, 'my dinner' is not transformed and 'me' cannot be used respectively.
The correct answer is A)The watchman cried that the thieves had broken into the house and stolen all the property.
Question 7
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Change the following statement into indirect speech.
Ravi said' "He met his father last Sunday."

A
Ravi told that he met his father last Sunday.

B
Ravi said that he had met his father last Sunday.

C
Ravi told that he had met his father last Sunday.

D
Ravi said that he met his father last Sunday.

Solution

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 B is correct as the direct speech is in the simple past tense.
Options A, C, and D are wrong as 'told', 'told', and 'met' cannot be used respectively.
The correct answer is B)Ravi said that he had met his father last Sunday.
Question 8
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Directions For Questions

Read the following dialogue between Amit and Sumit carefully. Then complete the paragraph in the Reported Speech. A few choices are given. Choose the best alternative.

Amit: Have you been to the Book Fair?
Sumit: Yes, I went there yesterday.
Amit: Did you like it?
Sumit: Yes, it's quite good.
Amit: We will be going to see it tomorrow.

Amit asked Sumit if he had been to the Book Fair.
Sumit replied that he (1)______
Amit asked him if he (2)______
Sumit replied that (3) _______
Amit then said that (4) _______

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Which of the following options best fits in blank no (2) _______ ?

A
liked it

B
has liked it

C
has been liked it

D
had liked it

Solution

Blank no.2 refers to the third quote. The third quote is "Did you like it?" This statement is in the simple past tense.
A sentence that is in the simple past tense in direct speech should be converted into the past perfect tense in reported speech. Option D correctly uses the structure "had + past participle of the verb" of the past perfect tense to convert the statement into the past perfect tense.
Option C is grammatically incorrect. Option B uses the present perfect tense. Option A uses the simple past tense.
The correct answer is option D.
Question 9
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Change the following statement into indirect speech.
My father said to us, "You should study and get a good grade in the examination."

A
My father said us that we should study and get a good grade in the examination.

B
My father told us that we should studied and get a good grade in the examination.

C
My father told to us that we should study and get a good grade in the examination.

D
My father told us that we should study and get a good grade in the examination.

Solution

The given sentence is an suggestion.
In the indirect speech 'told' may be used for 'said to'.
According to the rules of Narration and Reporting, in a proposal or suggestion sentence 'should' is used before the reported verb. Since, should takes the basic form of the main verb, 'study' and 'get' remains unchanged. The first person in the direct speech is changed to the person of the speaker. Therefore 'you' is changed to 'we'.
Thus option D is the correct answer.
Options A,B,,C are incorrect as they do not follow the rules of Narration and Reporting.
Question 10
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Change the following statement into indirect speech.
The watchman cried, "The thieves have broken into the house and stolen all the property." [Intermediate]

A
The watchman cried that the thieves had broken into the house and stolen all the property.

B
The watchman told that the thieves had broken into the house and stolen all the property.

C
The watchman cried that the thieves have broken into the house and stolen all the property.

D
The watchman cried that the thieves had broken into the house and had stolen all the property.

Solution

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 B is correct as the direct speech is in the present perfect tense and uses the appropriate introductory verb (cried)
Options A, C, and D are wrong as 'told' cannot be used, the sentence is not transformed and 'had' cannot be used two times respectively.
The correct answer is A)The watchman cried that the thieves had broken into the house and stolen all the property.

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Question 1

That I have a letter for her

That she had a letter for her

That he has a letter for you

That he had a letter for her

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Question 2

What his name was.

Who he is.

If he had asked his name.

If he did ask his name.

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Question 3

By whom was this book written?

By whom is this book written?

By whom was this book being written?

By whom is this book being written?

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Question 4

What is bought by you?

What is being bought by you?

What was bought by you?

What was being bought by you?

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Question 5

The fire was lit by someone.

You are requested to light the fire by someone.

The fire has been lit by someone.

The fire had been lit by someone.

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Question 6

Ramesh said that he had been having his dinner when the peon called upon him.

Ramesh said that i was having my dinner when the peon called upon him.

Ramesh told that he had been having my dinner when the peon called upon me.

Ramesh told that he had been having his dinner when the peon called upon me.

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Question 7

Ravi told that he met his father last Sunday.

Ravi said that he had met his father last Sunday.

Ravi told that he had met his father last Sunday.

Ravi said that he met his father last Sunday.

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Question 8

liked it

has liked it

has been liked it

had liked it

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Question 9

My father said us that we should study and get a good grade in the examination.

My father told us that we should studied and get a good grade in the examination.

My father told to us that we should study and get a good grade in the examination.

My father told us that we should study and get a good grade in the examination.

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Question 10

The watchman cried that the thieves had broken into the house and stolen all the property.

The watchman told that the thieves had broken into the house and stolen all the property.

The watchman cried that the thieves have broken into the house and stolen all the property.

The watchman cried that the thieves had broken into the house and had stolen all the property.

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