Transformation of Sentences Test 14

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Question 1
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Choose the sentence that contains an altered word order:

A
We would understand what had happened that night only later.

B
Only later would we understand what had happened that night.

C
Only later we would understand what had happened that night.

D
None of the above

Solution

An inverted sentence happens when we reverse (invert) the normal word order of a sentence structure.
Option A is incorrect: The sentence has the normal word order, subject + verb + object.
Option B is correct: The sentence has the altered word order- Adverb + auxiliary verb (would) + subject (we) + main verb (understand) + object + clause.
Option C is incorrect: The inverted word order is not followed here. Because the subject is used before the verb.
Option D is incorrect: It's irrelevant.
Question 2
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Choose the sentence that contains an altered word order

A
Nowhere had they met such rude people before

B
They had met such rude people nowhere before.

C
Nowhere they had met such rude people before

D
None of the above

Solution

An inverted sentence happens when we reverse (invert) the normal word order of a sentence structure.
Option A is correct: The sentence has the altered word order- Adverb + auxiliary verb (had) + subject (they) + main verb (met) + object + clause.
Option B is incorrect: The sentence has the normal word order- subject + verb + object.
Option C is incorrect: The inverted word order is not followed here. Rather the subject is used before the verb.
Option D is incorrect: It's irrelevant
Question 3
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Choose the sentence that contains an altered word order:

A
The children should on no account go on their own.

B
On no account should the children go on their own.

C
On no account the children should go on their own

D
None of the above

Solution

An inverted sentence happens when we reverse (invert) the normal word order of a sentence structure.
Option A is incorrect: The sentence has the normal word order- subject + verb + object.
Option B is correct : The sentence has the altered word order- Adverb + auxiliary verb (should) + subject (children) + main verb (go) + object + clause.
Option C is incorrect: inverted word order is not followed here. Because the subject is used before the verb.
Option D is incorrect: It's irrelevant.
Question 4
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Choose the sentence that contains an altered word order

A
He understood little about the situation.

B
Little did he understand about the situation

C
Little he did understand about the situation

D
None of the above

Solution

An inverted sentence happens when we reverse (invert) the normal word order of a sentence structure.
Option A is incorrect: The sentence has the normal word order- subject + verb + object.
Option B is correct: The sentence has the altered word order- Adverb + auxiliary verb (did) + subject (he) + main verb (understand) + object + clause.
Option C is incorrect: The inverted word order is not followed here. Rather the subject is used before the verb.
Option D is incorrect: It's irrelevant.
Question 5
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Directions For Questions

[passage-header]
Read the following conversation and then complete the sentence using reported speech:
[/passage-header]
Girish: Do you stock hair shampoos?
Store Manager: Yea. Please go to the counter on the left.
Girish: Will you show me some hair shampoos?
Sales Girl: Of course, sir. Which one do you want?
Girish: I want one which removes dandruff.
Sales Girl: Here it is. This is the best one we have.
Girish: Do you have some nice hair oil as well?
Sales Girl: Which sort do you need?
Girish: The one which helps hair to grow on a bald scalp.
Sales Girl: Sorry sir, we do not stock 'wonder drugs'.

...view full instructions

Girish visited a departmental store and asked the store manager _________

A
if you stock hair shampoos.

B
if they stocked hair shampoos.

C
if you stocked hair shampoos.

D
if they stock hair shampoos.

Solution

b'The given question asked by Girish is in the simple present tense, therefore as per the rule, it needs to be changed to simple past form in order to convert it into reported speech.
Also, the form of pronoun is to be changed to the third person as per the subject.

Therefore option B is the correct answer.
In options, A and C forms of pronouns remain unchanged. While option D is not in the simple past form. Therefore A, C, D are incorrect.
Question 6
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Convert the below sentence in indirect speech.
'Do you come from China?' said the prince to the girl.

A
The prince asked the girl if she come from China.

B
The prince asked the girl if she came from China.

C
The prince asked the girl if she had come from China.

D
The prince asked the girl if she had been coming from China.

Solution

The given sentence is in simple present tense. It gets converted to simple past tense in reported speech or indirect speech. As per the rule, simple present tense gets converted to simple past tense. So "come" becomes "came". Hence, option B is the correct answer.
Question 7
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Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech.
He asked, 'When do you intend to make the payment ?'

A
He asked when I/he/she will make the payment.

B
He asked when I/he/she will be making the payment.

C
He asked when l/he/she intended to make the payment.

D
He inquired when l/he/she intended to making the payment.

Solution

While converting a speech from direct to indirect, the tense changes to past tense (if it is in simple present, it changes to simple past, if it's in present continuous, it changes to past continuous, and so on.) because the event is now being spoken of at a later time.
When the question is changed to reported speech, the form of the latter is: verb form of 'ask' + question word + clause. (The question form is question word + clause)
The given interrogative sentence, when changed to indirect speech must be of this form: He asked + question word (when) + clause (I/he/she intended to make the payment). The verb 'intend' is changed to its past tense 'intended'. The pronoun 'you' is changed to 'I/he/she' because it is not clear whether the quoted "you" is in the first or second person, also, the gender is not clear.
This form can be seen in C, hence option C is correct.
Option A is incorrect because the tense and form of the verb "intend" has not been changed to past 'intend', but to future tense 'will make', also, 'intend' has been omitted.
Option B is incorrect because the verb 'intend' has been removed. Also, the tense has been changed to future continuous tense 'will be making'.
Similarly, option D is incorrect: the tense has been changed to past only of the verb 'intended' and not the infinitive 'to make'; the latter has been changed here to continuous tense 'to making'.
Question 8
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Directions For Questions

[passage-header]
Read the following conversation and then complete the sentence using reported speech:
[/passage-header]
Girish: Do you stock hair shampoos?
Store Manager: Yea. Please go to the counter on the left.
Girish: Will you show me some hair shampoos?
Sales Girl: Of course, sir. Which one do you want?
Girish: I want one which removes dandruff.
Sales Girl: Here it is. This is the best one we have.
Girish: Do you have some nice hair oil as well?
Sales Girl: Which sort do you need?
Girish: The one which helps hair to grow on a bald scalp.
Sales Girl: Sorry sir, we do not stock 'wonder drugs'.

...view full instructions

The sales girl agreed to do so and enquired _____.

A
which one he wants

B
which one he wanted

C
which one did he want

D
which one do you want

Solution

The given question asked by Sales Girl is in the simple present tense, therefore as per the rule, it needs to be changed to simple past form in order to convert it into reported speech.
Also, the form of pronoun is to be changed to the third person as per the subject.

Therefore option B is the correct answer.
In options, D form of pronoun remains unchanged. While option A is not in the simple past form. Therefore A, D are incorrect.
Also, normal word order is used in reported question that is the subject comes before the verb, and it is not necessary to use 'do' or 'did'. Therefore Option B is also incorrect.

Correct answer is option is B.
Question 9
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Change the sentence in indirect speech:
"Don't you know the way home?" I said to her.

A
I asked her whether she did not know the way home.

B
I said to her if she knew the way home.

C
I asked her if she knew the way home.

D
I asked her whether did she not know the way home.

Solution

What is given to us is an interrogative sentence, which is to say that it is in the form of a question.
An interrogative is always either "asked" or "enquired" in reported speech. Hence the subject and verb of the reported speech would be, "I asked".

The pronoun for the listener, in reported speech, will change according to the object of the direct speech, which in this case is "her".

The interrogative sentence is beginning with an Auxiliary Verb - "Don't". Thus, the indirect speech will have to be joined by using either "if" or "whether".

Thus, the speech will look like, "I asked her whether"

Since the principal reporting verb - "said", is in the past tense; the indirect speech will be in the past tense. Thus, it would be written as, "did not know the way home"

Hence the overall sentence will be, "I asked her whether she did not know the way home."
Thus, Option A is correct.
Question 10
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Convert the given sentence into indirect speech:
"Do you write a good hand?" the teacher said to the student.

A
The teacher asked the student if he/she wrote a good hand.

B
The teacher asked the student do you write a good hand.

C
The teacher asked the student did you write a good hand.

D
The teacher asked the student if he/she did write a good hand.

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 proper introductory verb 'asked' is used, appropriate conjunction 'if' is used and the given question is in simple present tense so the reported sentence uses the simple past tense and 'you' becomes 'he/she' and ends with a full stop.
Options B, C, and D are wrong as thee appropriate conjunction is not used, the reported sentence cannot use 'did', and 'did write' cannot be used respectively.
The correct answer is A) The teacher asked the student if he/she wrote a good hand.

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Question 1

We would understand what had happened that night only later.

Only later would we understand what had happened that night.

Only later we would understand what had happened that night.

None of the above

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Question 2

Nowhere had they met such rude people before

They had met such rude people nowhere before.

Nowhere they had met such rude people before

None of the above

Solution

Question 3

The children should on no account go on their own.

On no account should the children go on their own.

On no account the children should go on their own

None of the above

Solution

Question 4

He understood little about the situation.

Little did he understand about the situation

Little he did understand about the situation

None of the above

Solution

Question 5

if you stock hair shampoos.

if they stocked hair shampoos.

if you stocked hair shampoos.

if they stock hair shampoos.

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Question 6

The prince asked the girl if she come from China.

The prince asked the girl if she came from China.

The prince asked the girl if she had come from China.

The prince asked the girl if she had been coming from China.

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Question 7

He asked when I/he/she will make the payment.

He asked when I/he/she will be making the payment.

He asked when l/he/she intended to make the payment.

He inquired when l/he/she intended to making the payment.

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Question 8

which one he wants

which one he wanted

which one did he want

which one do you want

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Question 9

I asked her whether she did not know the way home.

I said to her if she knew the way home.

I asked her if she knew the way home.

I asked her whether did she not know the way home.

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Question 10

The teacher asked the student if he/she wrote a good hand.

The teacher asked the student do you write a good hand.

The teacher asked the student did you write a good hand.

The teacher asked the student if he/she did write a good hand.

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