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  • Question 1
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    Ann said to me,"You don't like fish."
    Rewrite in reported speech:
    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 sentence in the inverted commas is in the simple present tense and 'didn't' is used. 

    Options A, B, and D are wrong as 'you', 'he' and 'she' cannot be used respectively. 

    The correct answer is C)Ann told me that I didn't like fish.

  • Question 2
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    Convert the sentence given below to indirect speech. 

    They said,"We won't be able to help you in this matter".
    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. 'This' is changed to 'that' 
    Thus, option B is the correct answer according to the rules. 
  • Question 3
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    Rewrite the following sentence in indirect speech:

    The teacher said,"The sun rises in the east". [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.
    Here, 'The sun rises in the east' is the universal truth. Thus, option B is the correct answer according to the rules. 
  • Question 4
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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:
    The company is not independent. It ______ (own) by a much larger company.
    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 D)is owned.

    The option D is correct as the given sentence is in the active voice and the simple present tense, and so, the blank should be filled by 'is + owned'(past participle form of the main verb).

    Options A, B, and C are wrong as 'by' indicates that the incomplete sentence is in the passive voice and so 'owns' cannot be used because it is used in the active voice when the sentence is in the simple present tense, the previous sentence is in the simple present tense, and 'is owning' cannot be used respectively.

  • Question 5
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    Rewrite the following by changing the voice:
    The manager will send the memo to the secretary.
    Solution
    The given sentence is in the active voice, as the subject 'The manager' performs an action 'will send' against the object 'the memo'.
    If this sentence is changed to passive voice, then 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 manager) + verb (will send) + direct object (the memo) + to + indirect object (the secretary)' changes to:
    'New subject (The memo) + verb (will be sent) + to + indirect object (the secretary) + by + new object (the manager)'
    The passive form of 'will send' in the simple future tense is 'will be sent'.
    This can be seen in option A, hence it's the right answer.

    Option B: The verb form 'is sent' is in the present tense whereas the original sentence is in future tense 'will send'.
    Option C: Similarly, in this option, 'has been sent' is in the present perfect tense, and not the required future tense.
    Option D: The verb form 'had been sent' is in the past perfect tense whereas the sentence expresses the future.
    Hence options B, C and D are incorrect.
  • Question 6
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    Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:
    Why ______ (Bill/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong?
    Solution
    The appropriate verb form must express the past tense, as mentioned by the verb phrase 'did he do'.
    Option A: 'Was Bill sacked' expresses the simple past tense in the interrogative and in passive voice. It's the most appropriate option here, since it expresses the right tense and voice. 'Was sacked' means that Bill receives the action 'to be dismissed from his job' ('sacked' means 'dismissed'). Hence option A is right.
    Option B: 'Bill sacked' is in active voice and means that 'Bill sacked someone else'. But this action has no recipient. There has to be an object of the action in the active voice here.
    Option C: 'Is Bill sacked' is in the simple present tense. This tense expresses a daily habit or fact. But the action here has already happened.
    Option D: The clause 'Bill was sacked' is declarative, as opposed to the interrogative sentence given 'Why...?'. So, it's not suitable.
    Hence options B, C and D are wrong.
  • Question 7
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    Change the following statement into indirect speech.
    He told her "I want to meet your father."
    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, 'told', is in the past form. Therefore, the reported verb, 'want' will change into 'wanted'. The first person pronoun 'I' will change to third person 'he'
    Thus, the complete sentence must be,
    He told her that he wanted to meet her father.
    Thus option B is the correct answer.
    Options A,C,D are incorrect as they do not follow the rules of Narration and Reporting.
  • Question 8
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    Convert the following sentence to indirect speech.

    She said to me,"John would arrive before David".
    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. The tense of indirect speech will not change in case of the future tense. 
    Both shall and will normally become would. Thus, option B is the correct answer according to the rules. 
  • Question 9
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    Change the voice of the sentence given below:
    We will not tolerate this.
    Solution
    The given sentence is in the active voice, as the subject 'We' performs an action 'will not tolerate' against the object 'this'.
    If this sentence is changed to passive voice, then 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 (We) + verb (will not tolerate) + direct object (this)' changes to:
    'New subject (This) + verb (will not be tolerated) + by + new object (us)'
    The passive form of 'will not tolerate' in the simple future tense is 'will not be tolerated'.
    This can be seen in option D, hence it's the right answer.
    ('Us' is the object form of the subject pronoun 'we'.)

    Option A: The verb form 'was not tolerated' is in the past tense whereas the sentence 'will not tolerate' is in the future tense.
    Option B: Similarly, the present tense verb 'is not' does not express the tense of the sentence, i.e., future tense 'will'.
    Option C: 'Has not been tolerated' expresses the present perfect tense, as opposed to the future tense of the sentence.
    Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.
  • Question 10
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    Convert the given direct speech into indirect:

    Tony said, "Please help me in completing this work."
    Solution
    Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words. 
    In case of order, the pattern for converting direct speech to reported speech is verb + indirect object + to-clause. 
    The indirect object is the person spoken to. Verb in case of request can be request. 'This' changes to 'that' in indirect speech. 
    Thus, the sentence would be - Tony requested to help him in completing that work. 
    Hence, option D is the correct answer. 
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