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    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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     Fill in the blank number (4) with the best option from those given below. [Intermediate]
    Solution
    When we're reporting a speech, we're narrating things that happened or were said in the past. So, the speech will go one tense back.
    In reported speech, we add a reporting verb (usually 'said'), the subject changes in narration ('he', 'she' or 'they') and the related words also change.

    Option D: For reporting Amit's speech, 'we' changes to 'they'. 'Will be going' is in the future continuous, it changes to 'would be going', 'would' is the past of 'will', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the following day'.
    So, the corrected reported speech for the sentence "We will be going to see it tomorrow" is:
    'Amit said that they would be going to see it the following day.'
    The word 'sorry' directly addresses the listener and the word 'apologetically' is the indirect format, by describing the manner in which the person spoke.
    Hence option D is correct.

    Option A: Other than the subject 'they', the verb 'are going' and adverb 'tomorrow' has not been changed.
    Option B: The past form of 'will be going' is not 'were going', and 'tomorrow' has not been changed here.
    Option C: Similarly, 'were going' is not the correct past form of 'will be going'.
    Hence these options A, B and C are incorrect.
  • Question 2
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    Change the following statement into indirect speech.

    The teacher said, "The Earth moves round the Sun." [Intermediate]
    Solution
    A universal truth sentence is that which has:
    • An accepted fact
    • A general truth
    • Habitual actions
    For universal truth sentences, the reported speech is not changed to convert direct speech to indirect speech. Inverted commas are removed.
    The given sentence in indirect speech would be: The teacher said that the Earth moves round the Sun. Here, 'the Earth moves round the Sun' is the universal truth. Thus, option A is the correct answer. 
  • Question 3
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    Change the following statement into indirect speech.
    He said to me, "I cannot help you at present because I am myself in difficulty."
    Solution
    The given sentence is a statement.
    According to the rules of narration and reporting, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense of the reported verb is changed into its corresponding past form. The reporting verb in the given sentence, 'said', is in the past form. Therefore, the reported verb, 'cannot' will change into 'could not'. The first person pronoun 'I' will change to third person 'he'.
    Thus, in indirect speech the sentence must be,
    He said that he could not help me at present because he was himself in difficulty.
    Thus option B is the correct answer.
    Options A,B,D are incorrect as they do not follow the rules of Narration and Reporting.
  • Question 4
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    Change the following statement into passive voice:
    The tiger caught a fox.
    Solution
    The given sentence is in the active voice, as the subject 'The tiger' performs an action 'caught' against the object 'a fox'.
    If this sentence is changed to passive voice, then the subject is also changed, in order to retain the meaning of the sentence.
    So, the object takes the place of the subject and vice versa and the word 'by' is introduced as now the subject receives the action by the object. The verb form of the sentence is also changed from active form to passive.

    'Subject (The tiger) + verb (caught) + object (a fox)' changes to:
    'New subject (A fox) + verb (was caught) + by + new object (the tiger)'
    The passive form of 'caught' in the simple past tense is 'was caught'.
    This can be seen in option B, hence it's the right answer.

    Option A: The tense of the given sentence is in past, whereas here the verb 'has been' expresses the present perfect tense.
    Option C: Similarly, 'is caught' is not the passive form of the past tense verb 'caught'. The right form is 'was caught'.
    Option D: ''Had been caught' is in the past perfect tense whereas the verb here is in the simple past tense 'caught'.
    Hence options A, C and D are incorrect.
  • Question 5
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    Change the following statement into passive voice.
    People speak English all over the world.
    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 the active voice.

    The correct answer is A)English is spoken all over the world.

    Option A is correct as the subject of the given sentence (People) comes in place of the object English) and vice versa, the same tense is used (simple present tense), the sentence is transformed using the appropriate helping verb (is) with the past participle of the main verb (speak).

  • Question 6
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    Change the following statement into indirect speech.

    John said, "I shall be 21 tomorrow."
    Solution
    Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words. 
    To change future tense in indirect speech, remove inverted commas and use 'that' as a conjunction. 
    Both shall and will normally become would. 'Tomorrow' is changed to 'the following day' 
    In the given sentence, 'shall' cannot be changed to should as the speech is not reported by the original speaker. It would change to 'would'. Thus, option C is the correct answer according to the rules. 
  • Question 7
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    Change the following statement into indirect speech.
    He said, "I have forgotten the combination of my safe." [Intermediate]
    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 C is correct as the direct speech is in the present perfect tense and the appropriate introductory verb (said) is used.

    Options A, B, and D are wrong as 'I' cannot be used, the present perfect tense cannot be used in the transformed sentence, and 'my' cannot be used respectively.

    The correct answer is C)He said that he had forgotten the combination of his safe.

  • Question 8
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    Change the following statement into passive voice:
    The boys killed the snake with a stick.
    Solution
    The given sentence is in the active voice, as the subject 'Julia' performs an action 'rescued' against the object 'three cats'.
    If this sentence is changed to passive voice, then the subject is also changed, in order to retain the meaning of the sentence.
    So, the object takes the place of the subject and vice versa and the word 'by' is introduced as now the subject receives the action by the object. The verb form of the sentence is also changed from active form to passive.

    'Subject (The boys) + verb (killed) + object (the snake) + prepositional phrase (with a stick)' changes to:
    'New subject (The snake) + verb (was killed) + by + new object (the boys) + prepositional phrase (with a stick)'
    The passive form of 'killed' in the simple past tense is 'was killed'.
    This can be seen in option A, hence it's the right answer.

    Option B: The sentence has changed in meaning. The boys killed the snake and not the stick.
    Option C: This sentence too has changed in meaning. The phrase 'with the stick' is the tool used by the boys to kill the snake. The snake was not with the stick.
    Option D: The passive verb form of 'killed' is 'was killed', and not 'is killed'.
    Hence options B, C and D are incorrect.
  • Question 9
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    Change the following statement into passive voice:
    They made him a king.
    Solution
    The given sentence is in the active voice, as the subject 'They' performs an action 'made' against the object 'him'.
    If this sentence is changed to passive voice, then the subject is also changed, in order to retain the meaning of the sentence.
    So, the object takes the place of the subject and vice versa and the word 'by' is introduced as now the subject receives the action by the object. The verb form of the sentence is also changed from active form to passive.

    'Subject (They) + verb (made) + direct object (him) + object complement (a king)' changes to:
    'New subject (He) + verb (was made) + object complement (a king) + by + new object (them)'
    The passive form of 'made' in the simple past tense is 'was/were made'.
    This can be seen in option B, hence it's the right answer.
    ('He' is the subject form of the object pronoun 'him' and 'them' is the object form of 'they'.)

    Option A: The verb form 'has been' expresses the present perfect tense whereas the sentence is in the simple past tense 'was made'.
    Option D: Similarly, in this option, the verb form 'have been' is in the present perfect tense. Also, the subject and object has not been interchanged, thereby changing the meaning of the sentence.
    Option C: The tense of the sentence has changed from past simple 'was made' to present perfect tense 'has been made'.
    Hence options A, C and D are incorrect.
  • Question 10
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    Change the following statement into passive voice.
    You surprise me.
    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)I am surprised by you.

    Option C is correct as the subject of the given sentence (you) comes in the place of the object (me) and vice versa, the same tense is used (simple present tense), and the helping verb 'am' is used with the past participle of the main verb (surprise).

    Options A, B,and D are wrong as the object is not mentioned, the subject is not in its place, and 'he' cannot be used respectively

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