Transformation of Sentences Test 52

The direct speech (DS) to be converted is given after the colon mark (:). It is: "Why don't you oil your rusty chains?" This is a sentence addressed by Mr.Otis to Mr.Ghost.  

The verb in the given sentence is 'give'. In passive voice, the past participle form of the verb (given) is used. The word 'tomorrow' tells us that the sentence is in the future tense. The future tense forms of the verb in passive voice are: will be/ shall be/ may be/ can be/ must be followed by 'given'.

The word, 'tomorrow' tells us that the sentence is in the future tense. The future tense forms of the verb in passive voice are: will be/ shall be/ may be/ can be/ must be followed by 'rewarded'.

The main verb in the given sentence is 'broke' in simple past tense. In passive voice, the past participle form of the main verb (broken) is used and the auxiliary 'was'/ 'were' is used in addition to the main verb. 

While changing a speech from direct to indirect, the speech goes one tense back. This is because the person is now narrating an action that happened in the past. Also, adverbs that express time will also change to its past counterpart.
For the given sentence, the verb phrase 'is sleeping' will be changed to its past tense counterpart 'was sleeping' and the adverb 'now' will change to 'then'.
Hence option D is correct.
Options A and C: 'Is being slept' and 'was being slept' are grammatically incorrect. 'To sleep' is an action that can only be conjugated in the active voice. (Unless you're using the form 'was made to sleep')
Option B: 'Is sleeping' is the same tense form, whereas the tense of the verb must change to past in the indirect speech.

When a sentence is changed from direct to indirect speech, the subject pronoun, verbs and tense forms also change. (This is because the speech is reported by someone else, and the tense of the direct speech goes one tense back as it's spoken at a later time now.) The meaning of the sentence should not be changed.
An interrogative sentence, when changed to reported speech, does not function as an interrogative anymore. It turns into a declarative sentence.
So, the word order of an interrogative changes to that of an assertive/declaratory sentence.
Option B: This sentence is the correct narration of the direct speech, as 'said to' has changed to 'asked' (to keep the meaning of the sentence intact). The question form 'does your' is changed to the declarative form 'if his brain': 'your' changes to 'his' because 'Chaudhary' is a third person. (Earlier, the name was in second person as the speech was directed towards the person.)
'Work' is changed to 'worked', as the tense changes from simple present to simple past. Hence B is correct.
Option A is incorrect because the possessive adjective 'your' has not been changed.
Option C is incorrect because 'did worked' is grammatically incorrect, it's either 'did work' or 'worked'.
Option D is incorrect because the question form 'did his' is not required in the reported speech.
'If' is added in reported speech, as it refers to a conditional sentence. It isn't required in direct speech as the meaning is made clear by 'does'.

When a sentence is changed from direct to indirect speech, the subject pronoun, verbs and tense forms also change. (This is because the speech is reported by someone else, and the tense of the direct speech goes one tense back as it's spoken at a later time now.) The meaning of the sentence should not be changed.
An interrogative sentence, when changed to reported speech, does not function as an interrogative anymore. It turns into a declarative sentence.
So, the word order of an interrogative changes to that of an assertive/declaratory sentence.
Option C: This sentence is the correct narration of the direct speech, as 'said' has changed to 'asked', to keep the meaning of the sentence intact. The question form 'will he' is changed to the declarative form 'he would'. 'Would' is the past tense form of 'will' in reported speech. Hence C is correct.
Option A is incorrect because the question form has not been changed; 'would he' must be changed to 'he would'.
Option B is incorrect because the tense of the verb 'will' has not been changed here. (When the reporting verb 'said' is in past tense, and the direct speech is in future tense, 'will' changes to 'would'.)
Option D is incorrect because the answer lies in C.

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 given directspeech is in the simple past tense and so past perfect tense is used in the indirect speech and  I is changed to he.

 The other options are wrong ashad is missing, would, and I can't be used.

The correct answer is A)He had visited

When a sentence is changed from direct to indirect speech, the subject pronoun, verbs and tense forms also change. (This is because the speech is reported by someone else, and the tense of the direct speech goes one tense back as it's spoken at a later time now.) The meaning of the sentence should not differ.
Option A: This sentence is the correct narration of the direct speech, as 'I liked' is changed to 'she had liked' as the tense changes from simple past to past perfect. Hence A is correct.
Option B is incorrect because the simple past tense verb 'liked' has not been changed to past perfect 'had liked'.
Option C is incorrect because the reporting verb has changed (from 'said' to 'told') without reason.
Also, 'told' does not mean the same as 'said'. The former means 'you're telling something to someone' whereas the latter means that 'to use your voice to express something'.
Option D is incorrect because the reported speech in option C is incorrect. The reporting verb has changed.
(When the direct speech is in simple past tense, the reported speech will change one tense back, past perfect tense (past of the past). This applies to most other tenses.)

The direct speech given in the dialogue "Poet: "Why have you come here?" must be changed to indirect and written in blank 23.'Why have you come here' will change its tense to past perfect.
While changing a speech from direct to indirect, the person, tense and adverb (or other relevant parts of speech) will also change.
Since the speech is being reported, it will go one tense back.
Hence the present perfect tense 'have you' changes to past perfect 'had it'.
Option C: This is the accurate indirect conversion of speech. 'Have you' changes to 'had it', 'here' changes to 'there' (as the place is not close 'here' anymore) Hence option C is correct.
Option A: 'Has' refers to the present tense whereas it should be in the past.
Also, 'here' has also not been changed.
Option B: 'Here' has not been changed to 'there'.
Option D: Except for the adverb 'there', the speech has not been changed to indirect here. The tense 'has' and pronoun 'you' must be changed.
Hence options A, B and D are incorrect.