MCQ
61. Nila said, 'I must write a letter' The Indirect Speech-
Nila said that she had to write a letter.
Nila said that she has to write a letter.
Nila proposed to wrote a letter.
Nila said that she is going to write a letter.
62. Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentences: He said to me, 'Are you ill?' I replied, 'No'.
He asked me if I was ill. I replied that I was not.
He asked me if I was ill. I replied that I was.
He asked me that I am ill. I replied that I was.
He asked me that I am not ill. I replied I was not.
63. He asked her, 'How long have you lived here?'
He asked her how long she lived there.
He asked her how long she lived there.
He asked her how long she had lived there.
He asked her how long she had been living there.
64. What is the indirect speech of 'He said to her, 'Who is your favourite singer?
He asked who her favourite painter was.
He asked her who her favourite painter is.
He asked her who her favourite painter (singer হবে) was.
He asks her who her favourite painter was.
65. A waitress asked me if I would like to have a cup of tea. (Make it direct)
A waitress asked me, "Would you like to have a cup of tea?"
A waitress told me, "Would you like to have a cup of tea?"
A waitress wanted to know, "Would you like to have a cup of tea?"
A waitress said to me, "Would you like to have a cup of tea?"
66. Change the narration. He said to me, 'Let us go home together.
He proposed to me to go home together.
He proposed to me that we should go home together.
He asked me to go home together.
He urged me to go home with him.
67. She says, 'I did not finish my homework'. (Make it indirect)
She says that she had not finish her homework.
She says that she did not finish her homework.
She says that she was not finish her homework.
She says that she had not been finishing her homework.
68. I said to him 'Do you hear me?' The indirect form is :
I told him if he heard me.
I wanted to know if he heard me.
I asked him if he hear me.
I asked him if he heard me.
ব্যাখ্যা: Wh question বিহীন interrogative বাক্যটির indirect speech : I asked (interrogative বাক্য হওয়ায়) him if he (you কেfollow করে) heard (past tense-এ রূপান্তর) me ( I কে follow করে)।
69. 'I can play ten musical instrument', she-
boasts
pleaded
shouted
demanded
ব্যাখ্যা: দাবী করা অর্থে reported speech-এর পর demand শব্দটি ব্যবহৃত হয়। সুতরাং শূন্যস্থানে demanded বসবে।
70. The indirect speech of: He said to her, 'What a cold day!' is -.
He told her that it was a cold day.
He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold day.
He exclaimed sadly that it was a cold day.
He exclaimed that it was a very cold day.
ব্যাখ্যা: প্রদত্ত exclamatory বাক্যের indirect narration-এর structure হবে : Reporting verb-এর sub + exclaimend + that + it + reporting verb-এর tense-কে follow করে was + a + very + adjective + noun। সুতরাং সঠিক indirect form হলো: He exclaimed that it was a very cold day.
71. He said to me, 'Do you know me?'
He asked me if I know him.
He said do I know him.
He asked me if I knew him.
He asked me if I had known him.
ব্যাখ্যা: Yes অথবা no interrogative বাক্যে indirect speech এ if ব্যবহৃত হয়। Reporting verb asked এ রূপান্তরিত হয় আর present indefinite tense past indefinite tense এ রূপান্তরিত হয়। Reported speech-এর sub এবং ob, reporting verb-এর sub এবং ob অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হয়।
72. He said to me, 'Do you know me? Its indirect speech is :
He asked me if I know him
He said do I know him
He asked me if I knew him
He asked me if did know him
ব্যাখ্যা: Wh question বিহীন interrogative বাক্যের indirect narration-এর ক্ষেত্রে if বা whether ব্যবহৃত হবে আর present indefinite tense-এ থাকলে তা past indifinite tense হবে এবং reporting verb said, asked-এ রূপান্তরিত হবে। সুতরাং সঠিক indirect narration- He asked me if I knew him |
73. He said to one, "Is not your name Ahmed?" (Make it indirect)
I told him that his name is Ahmed.
He enquired one if his name was not Ahmed.
He enquired one if his name was not Ahmed.
He said that his name was Ahmed.
74. 'I will have a cup of tea', my father said. (Make it indirect)
My father said that he will have a cup of tea.
My father said that he would have had a cup of tea.
My father said that he had a cup of tea.
My father said that he would have a cup of tea.
75. He confessed with regret that he had been very foolish. (Make it direct)
He said, 'Alas! How foolish I have been?'
He explained, 'Alas! How foolish I have been?'
He said, 'Alas! How foolish I was?'
He explained, 'Alas! How foolish I was?'
76. He said to me, 'Who has done the work?'
He asked me who did the work.
He asked me who had done the work.
He asked me by whom was the work done.
He asked me who the work had done.
ব্যাখ্যা: Interrogative বাক্যকে indirect করতে reporting verb asked এ রূপান্তরিত হয় আর interrogative speech-এর structure হবে who + had done (present perfect এর স্থলে past perfect) + বাকি অংশ। সুতরাং সঠিক পরিবর্তিত speech হলো He asked me who had done the work.
77. Teacher said to me, 'May God bless you'. Choose the correction of indirrect speech.
Teacher wished so that may God bless me.
Teacher prayed so that may-God bless me.
Teacher prayed that God might bless me.
Teacher wished that God might bless me.
78. 'Are you happy in your new job.' The correct speech is-
He told me whether I am happy in my new job.
He asked me if I had been happy in my new job.
He asked me if I have been happy in my new job.
He asked me if I was happy in my new job.
ব্যাখ্যা: Present indefinite যুক্ত wh question বিহীন বাক্যকে indirect narration-এ রূপান্তরিত করতে if বসিয়ে past indifinite tense-এ রূপান্তর করতে হবে এবং reporting verb-এর sub এবং ob-কে অনুসরণ করে reported speech-এর sub এবং pronoun গুলোর রূপ পরিবর্তন হবে। সুতরাং সঠিক indirect speech টি হলো : He asked me if I was happy in my new job .
79. The indirect speech of: He said to me, 'Which book do you want'?
He said to me which book he wanted
He asked me which book I wanted
He asked me the book I wanted
None of these
ব্যাখ্যা: Who question যুক্ত reported speech-এর indirect speech-এর structure : Sub + asked + ob + which question + reporting verb-এর sub/ob অনুযায়ী sub + verb-এর পরিবর্তিত রূপ। সুতরাং সঠিক indirect speech হলো: He asked me which book I wanted |
80. I said to him, 'Why are you working so hard'? What is the indirect form of the sentence?
I asked him why he was working so hard.
I asked him why was he working so hard.
I asked him why had he been working so hard.
I asked him why he had been working so hard.
ব্যাখ্যা: Wh question যুক্ত present continuous বাক্যের indirect narration past continuous tense-এ হবে এবং assertive বাক্যে রূপান্তর করতে হবে। Reporting verb- এর sub এবং obj অনুযায়ী reported speech-এর sub এবংobj পরিবর্তন করতে হবে। সুতরাং প্রদত্ত বাক্যটির indirect speech হলো: I asked him why he was working so hard |