CBSE Class 10 English Grammar Practice Assignment Set 11

Direct Indirect Speech

Question 1. Change the question into reported speech: Sophia : “Did you watch the latest movie?”
Answer: Sophia asked if I had watched the latest movie.

Question 2. Change the question into reported speech: Anne : “Must I do shopping?”
Answer: Anne asked if she had to do shopping.

Question 3. Change the question into reported speech: Ronald : “Where does Pinki park her car?”
Answer: Ronald asked me where Pinki parked her car.

Question 4. Change the question into reported speech: Joseph : “May I ask you a question?”
Answer: Joseph asked if he might ask me a question.

Question 5. Change the question into reported speech: “Have you set your alarm clock?” he asked me.
Answer: He asked me if/whether I had set my alarm clock.

Question 6. Change the question into reported speech: “How long have you been working here?” Sonam asked me.
Answer: Sonam asked me how long I had been working there.

Question 7. Change the question into reported speech: “Shall I tell you the story of ghosts?” Ruma asked the child.
Answer: Ruma asked the child whether she should tell him/her the story of ghosts.

Question 8. Change the question into reported speech: “What do you want?” Rohit asked his brother.
Answer: Rohit asked his brother what he wanted.

Question 9. Change the question into reported speech: Mum asked, “How often do you phone your friend?”
Answer: Mum asked how often I phoned my friend.

Question 10. Change the question into reported speech: Alex : “What do you think of the new movie?”
Answer: Alex wanted to know what I thought of the new movie.

Question 11. Change the question into reported speech: Dev : “Did you have enough time to finish your assignment?”
Answer: Dev asked if I had had enough time to finish my assignment.

Question 12. Change the question into reported speech: Jane : “Why are Rishi and Rini still sleeping?”
Answer: Jane wanted to know why Rishi and Rini were still sleeping.

Question 13. Change the question into reported speech: “Don’t you like to read comics?” Sunita asked Ramu.
Answer: Sunita asked Ramu if he didn’t like to read comics.

Question 14. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows:
Martha: Why are you spraying wax on your car tyres?
Jhumru: It makes the rubber last longer and prevents it from drying.
Martha (looking amused): Is it like putting lotion on your skin?
Jhumru: Yes, exactly. Now I see you are beginning to get the point.

Martha asked her husband (a) ______. Jhumru explained that it made the rubber last longer and (b) ______. Martha was amused and asked if it was like putting lotion on one's skin. Jhumru agreed and commented that then he could see that (c) ______.
Answer: (a) why he was spraying wax on his car tyres (b) prevented it from drying (c) she was beginning to get the point

Question 15. Read the dialogue given below and complete the paragraph that follows:
Doctor: Have you got the tests done?
Karna: No, I have not.
Doctor: Get them done today itself.

The doctor asked Karna (a) ______. He replied that (b) ______. The doctor asked (c) ______.
Answer: (a) if he had got the tests done (b) he had not (c) him to get them done that day itself

Question 16. Report the dialogue using the given cues:
Anne: May I borrow your eraser?
Mary: I have only one.
Anne: May I borrow it after you use it?
Mary: Yes, you can.

(a) Anne asked Mary ______.
(b) Mary told her that ______.
(c) Anne further asked her ______.
(d) Mary agreed and said that ______.
Answer: (a) if she could borrow her eraser (b) she had only one (c) if she could borrow it after Mary had used it (d) she could

Question 17. Report the dialogue using the given cues:
Arun: When did you leave home?
Raj: I left home at 7:30 a.m.
Arun: Did you have breakfast before you left?
Raj: Yes, I have a sandwich and a glass of milk every morning.

(a) Arun asked Raj ______.
(b) Raj told him ______.
(c) Arun then asked ______.
(d) Raj said that ______.
Answer: (a) when he had left home (b) that he had left home at 7:30 a.m. (c) if he had had breakfast before he left (d) he had a sandwich and a glass of milk every morning

Question 18. Report the dialogue using the given cues:
Tanu: From where did you buy these bangles?
Malu: I bought them from Chand market.
Tanu: How much did you pay for them?
Malu: They were not very expensive as I paid Rs. 15 for a pair.

(a) Tanu asked Malu ______.
(b) Malu said that ______.
(c) Tanu asked her ______.
(d) Malu said that ______.
Answer: (a) from where she had bought those bangles (b) she had bought them from Chand market (c) how much she had paid for them (d) they were not very expensive as she had paid Rs. 15 for a pair

Question 19. Report the dialogue using the given cues:
Lalu: Does your leg still hurt?
Sonu: It is sore but it does not hurt much.
Lalu: Will you be able to play cricket after the plaster is removed?
Sonu: Yes, I will play cricket and win the match.

(a) Lalu asked Sonu ______.
(b) Sonu said that ______.
(c) Lalu then asked him ______.
(d) Sonu replied that ______.
Answer: (a) if his leg still hurt (b) it was sore but it did not hurt much (c) if he would be able to play cricket after the plaster was removed (d) he would play cricket and win the match

Question 20. Change the following into indirect speech:
The girl said, ‘It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening.’
Answer: The girl said that it gave her great pleasure to be there that evening.

Question 21. Change the following into indirect speech:
The man said, ‘I must go as soon as possible.’
Answer: The man said that he must (had to) go as soon as possible.

Question 22. Change the following into indirect speech:
She said, ‘I don't want to see any of you; go away.’
Answer: She said that she did not want to see any of them and asked them to go away.

Question 23. Change the following into indirect speech:
The teacher says, ‘If you work hard, you will pass.’
Answer: The teacher says that if we work hard, we will pass.

Question 24. Change the following into indirect speech:
He said, ‘I have won.’
Answer: He said that he had won.

Question 25. Change the following into indirect speech:
‘Which way did she go?’ asked the young man.
Answer: The young man asked which way she had gone.