Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Grandmother said to me, "You have been careless again. Remember to be careful whenever you are assigned a task."
Option 1: Grandmother said to me that I was being careless again. She further said I have to be careful whenever I was assigned a task.
Option 2: Grandmother told me that I was being careless again. She further said I had to be careful whenever I am assigned a task.
Option 3: Grandmother tells me that I have been careless again. She further reminds me to be careful whenever I am assigned a task.
Option 4: Grandmother told me that I had been careless again. She further reminded me to be careful whenever I was assigned a task.
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Correct Answer: Grandmother told me that I had been careless again. She further reminded me to be careful whenever I was assigned a task.
Solution : The correct indirect narration is the fourth option.
Explanation: When converting the given direct speech to indirect speech, it is crucial to note the changes in verb tenses and pronouns. In the original sentence, "have been" becomes "had been" to maintain past perfect tense, and "am" changes to "was" for consistency. The reporting verb "said" transforms to "told," and the imperative sentence "remember to be careful" shifts to "reminded me to be careful." These changes ensure grammatical accuracy and cohesion in the indirect narration.
So, the correct sentence would be: "Grandmother told me that I had been careless again. She further reminded me to be careful whenever I was assigned a task."
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Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
I said to Taru, "Be careful when you go out."
Option 1: I told Taru to be careful when I went out.
Option 2: I told Taru to be careful when she went out.
Option 3: I told Taru be careful when she goes out.
Option 4: I said to Taru be careful when you go out.
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
He regretted that he had been very careless.
Option 1: He said, "Alas, how careless have I been!"
Option 2: He said, "Ah! How careless I have been?"
Option 3: He said, "I am very careless."
Option 4: He said, "Oh, I am so careless."
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Sneha said to me, "I am doing my homework."
Option 1: Sneha told me that she was doing her homework.
Option 2: Sneha told me that she had been doing her homework.
Option 3: Sneha told me that she were doing her homework.
Option 4: Sneha told me that she has been doing her homework.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. She said that she was going to the theatre then.
Option 1: She said, "I am going to the theatre now."
Option 2: She said, "She goes to the theatre now."
Option 3: She said, "She has gone to the theatre now."
Option 4: She said, "I go to the theatre then."
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. She said to me, "I was thinking of going out for dinner but had changed my mind later on."
Option 1: She said me that she was thinking of going out for dinner but changed her mind later on.
Option 2: She said that she thought of going out for dinner but changed her mind later on.
Option 3: She told me that I was thinking of going out for dinner but changed my mind later on.
Option 4: She told me that she had been thinking of going out for dinner but changed her mind later on.
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