CBSE Class 10 English Grammar Practice Assignment Set 08

Direct Indirect Speech

Question 1. Read the conversation between the owner of a showroom and a salesman. Complete the sentence by reporting the conversation.
Owner: Can you join our showroom as a salesman in a week's time?
Girish: If you want, I can join by tomorrow.
When the owner of a showroom asked Girish if he could join their showroom in a week's time, he remarked that ______ .
Answer: if the owner wanted, he could join by the next day

Question 2. Report the dialogue between a grandson and his grandfather, by completing the sentence:
Shiv: What different do you intend to do in the new year?
Dev: I am going to keep all my new year resolutions.
When Shiv asked Dev what different he intended to do in the new year, Dev replied that ______ new year resolutions.
Answer: he was going to keep all his

Question 3. Pankaj told Rohan about his hobbies. Report the question asked by Rohan.
Rohan: ______ , Pankaj?
Pankaj: My hobbies are reading, painting, and singing.
Answer: What are your hobbies

Question 4. Read the conversation between two classmates and friends. Complete the sentence by reporting the dialogue.
Shanta: How about studying together for the exams as it will be beneficial for both of us?
Prateeksha: It's a great idea! Let's plan everything systematically.
When Shanta suggested to Prateeksha that they study together for the exams as it would be beneficial for both of them, Prateeksha ______ everything systematically.
Answer: exclaimed that it was a great idea and suggested that they should plan

Question 5. Report the dialogue between two persons, by completing the sentence:
Rajat: Your face seems very familiar. I think I've seen you earlier.
Sahil: That's right. Aren't you from St Michael's School Agartala?
On meeting Sahil, Rajat remarked that his face seemed very familiar and ______ earlier. Sahil confirmed the doubt and asked him ______ from St Michael's School Agartala.
Answer: wondered if he had seen him; if he wasn't

Question 6. The clerk at the counter told Shelley that she had to fill in a form for the student bus pass. Report the question asked by Shelley.
Answer: Shelley: Please tell me how I can get a bus pass made.

Question 7. Read the dialogue between a visitor and a receptionist. Complete the sentence by reporting the conversation.
Visitor: Hello! Is Shrestha Mehra in the office?
Receptionist: Yes, but do you have a prior appointment?
A visitor greeted the receptionist and asked if Shrestha Mehra was in the office to which the receptionist ______ .
Answer: answered in the affirmative and asked if he had a prior appointment

Question 8. Report the dialogue between a guest and a girl at the house of the host, by completing the sentence:
Guest: Can you tell your father that his childhood friend, Manish from Kanpur has come to meet him?
Riya: Please be seated. I'll inform him now.
When a surprise guest asked Riya if she could tell her father that his childhood friend, Manish from Kanpur had come to meet him, she ______ .
Answer: requested him to be seated and added that she would inform him then

Question 9. Atul told Anup that they could not meet the next day because he would be travelling to Chandigarh. Report the question asked by Anup.
Answer: Anup: Can we meet tomorrow or are you busy?

Question 10. Read the conversation between a mother and daughter. Complete the sentence by reporting the dialogue.
Mother: Why don't you put things in their proper place?
Daughter: I will try.
The daughter remarked that she would try when asked by her mother ______ things in their proper place.
Answer: why she didn't put

Question 11. Report the dialogue between a patient and the receptionist at the clinic, by completing the sentence:
PATIENT: I want to see the doctor. I am very sick.
RECEPTIONIST: I am sorry. The doctor is very busy.
When a patient asked to see the doctor because he was very sick, the receptionist ______ very busy.
Answer: apologised and informed him that the doctor was

Question 12. Ina told Shelley about her inability to go out for lunch immediately and that she would have to wait half an hour at least. Report what Shelley must have said to Ina.
Answer: Shelley: I am so hungry. Let's go out for lunch right now.

Question 13. Read the conversation between a doctor and his patient. Complete the sentence by reporting the dialogue.
Doctor: You might need a surgical procedure.
Patient: I am scared of surgeries.
On being informed by his doctor that he might need a surgical procedure, the patient remarked that he ______ of surgeries.
Answer: was scared

Question 14. Report the dialogue between two classmates, by completing the sentence:
Aman: Can you lend me your practical file?
Chandan: Sure, but only for a day.
When Aman asked Chandan ______ practical file, he replied that he could but only for a day.
Answer: if he could lend him his

Question 15. Rani suggested to Sheena that they should go to the zoo and further added that it was close to her home. Report the question asked by Sheena.
Answer: Sheena: How long will it take to reach there?

Question 16. Read the conversation between a visiting parent and the peon of a school. Complete the sentence by reporting the dialogue.
Mr Rameshwar: I want to meet the Principal.
Peon: Sir, he is on a round. Please wait.
When a visiting parent, Mr Rameshwar told the peon ______ the Principal, he replied that the principal was on a round and requested the guest to wait.
Answer: that he wanted to meet

Question 17. Report the dialogue between a customer at a bank and a peon, by completing the sentence:
Customer (at a bank): When will the clerk come back to his seat?
Peon: In another ten minutes.
When a customer at a bank asked the peon on duty ______ seat, he replied that he would return in another ten minutes.
Answer: when the clerk would come back to his

Question 18. Ms Deepti called up an airlines office and informed them that she would like to book two seats on a Delhi-Pune flight. Report the question asked by the receptionist after hearing this.
Answer: Receptionist: May I know which day and time you prefer, ma'am?

Question 19. Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
I said to him, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
Answer: I requested him to bring me a glass of water.

Question 20. Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
I said to my friend, “Please lend me your book.”
Answer: I requested my friend to lend me his book.

Question 21. Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
He said, “I can do this work.”
Answer: He said that he could do that work.

Question 22. Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
Renu said to me, “I was washing the clothes.”
Answer: Renu told me that she had been washing the clothes.

Question 23. Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
He shouted, “Will you keep quiet?”
Answer: He ordered me to keep quiet.

Question 24. Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
She said to me, “Please lend me your book.”
Answer: She requested me to lend her my book.

Question 25. Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
He said to her, “What is the matter?”
Answer: He asked her what the matter was.