GRAMMAR WORK SHEET (REPORTED SPEECH)

NOTE: Copy all the paragraphs with blanks before writing the answers.
No need to copy the conversations and options.

PART – A [32 marks]

1. Read the dialogue and complete the passage given below.

Interviewer: So, why do you want to be a computer programmer?

Ravi: Well, I have always been interested in computers.
Interviewer: I see. Do you have any experience?
Ravi: No, but I’m a fast learner.
Interviewer: What kind of a computer do you use?
Ravi: Computer? Uhm, let me see. I can use a Mac. I also used Windows 10
once.
Interviewer: That’s good.

Ravi recently attended an interview for the selection of a computer programmer.

At the interview, he was asked
(a) ……………………….. To this question he replied that he wanted to change
his job because (b) ……………………….. When the interviewer asked him (c)
………………………. he replied that he (d) ……………………….. Finally,
the interviewer wanted to know (e) ………………………. . Ravi replied that he
could use a Mac and had also used Windows 10 once in the past. The
interviewer seemed to be pleased with his answers.

2. Manu: Where are you going to?

Annu: I am going to the market. Do you want anything?

Manu asked Annu (a) …………………… Annu replied (b) ……………………

and she further asked (c) ……………………

3. Sunita: Tomorrow is your birthday, what do you want as a gift?

Neetu: That is a lovely thought but I don’t want anything.

Sunita asked Neetu since the next day was her birthday, (a) ……………………
Neetu replied that (b) …………………… but (c) ………………….. .

4. Gardener: Did you water the plant today?

Dev: No, but I will, today.
Gardener: Then tomorrow I will get a sapling of sunflower.
The Gardener asked Dev (a) …………………… Dev replied negatively but (b)
…………………… Then the gardener said that (c) ………………….. .

5. Mr. Harish: Can you polish my shoes?

Cobbler: Yes sir. But I will take 10 for each shoe.

Mr. Harish: I will not mind as long as it is done. Mr. Harish asked the cobbler
(a) …………………… The cobbler replied affirmatively but (b)
…………………… Mr. Harish said that (c) …………………….

6. Electrician: When did your electricity go?

Mohan: It is not working since evening.
Electrician: Sorry sir, in this case, I will have to check the fuse now.

The electrician asked Mohan (a) …………………… Mohan replied that (b)
…………………… The electrician apologetically said that in that case (c)
……………………

7. Teacher : Children, let us all pledge to save trees.

Children : Yes, mam, we all pledge to save our trees as the trees are the lungs
of the city.
Teacher : Let us start today by planting a sapling.

The teacher asked all the children to pledge to save trees. The children replied
affirmatively (a) …………………… as the (b) …………………… Then the
teacher said that (c) ………………….. .

8. Buddha : Honesty is the best policy.

Disciple : Does honesty always pay?
Buddha : It may or may not, but at least you will never feel guilty.

Buddha in his preaching said that (a) …………………… the best policy. A
disciple asked him if (b) …………………… always pays, Buddha replied (c)
…………………… but at least he would never feel guilty.

9. Doctor : You should take this medicine every day.

Patient : Should I take it before dinner or after dinner?
Doctor : No, you should take it after breakfast.

The Doctor advised the patient that (a) …………………… The patient further
asked (b) …………………… The doctor replied negatively and then said (c)
………………….. .
10. Reena : Do you know how to swim?
Surbhi : Yes I know. I have learnt it during this summer vacation.

Reena asked Surbhi (a) …………………… Then Surbhi replied (b)

…………………… and also added that (c) ………………….. .

PART – B [76 marks]

11. Sbruti : Your dress is pretty.
Prachi : My mother gave it on my birthday.
Shruti : When does your birthday fall on?
Prachi : 7th Nov. every year.

Shruti told Prachi (1) ……………. Prachi did (2) ……………. Shruti enquired
of (3) ……………. Prachi informed that it’ falls on 7th Nov. every year.

(1)(a) that your dress is pretty (b) that her dress is pretty
(c) that your dress was pretty (d) that her dress was pretty

(2) (a) that my mother had given it on her birthday

(b) that her mother had given it on her birthday
(c) that y mother has given it on her birthday
(d) that her mother has given it on her birthday

(3) (a) when her birthday fell on

(b) when your birthday falls on
(c) when your birthday fell on
(d) when her birthday fall on

12. Doctor: Do you go for a morning walk?

Sagar : I don’t have enough time in the morning.
Doctor: but morning walk is very essential for you.
Sagar : a walk many miles a day during the course of my work.

The doctor asked Sagar (1) ………………. Sagar told him (2)
………………….. enough time in the morning. the doctor insisted that (3)
…………………….. Sagar told him that he walked many miles a day during
the course of his work.

(1) (a) If you went for a morning walk (b) if he went for a morning walk
(c) it you go for a morning walk (d) if he goes for a morning walk

(2) (a) that I do not have (b) that I did not have
(c) that he did not have (d) that he does not have
(3) (a) morning walk had been very essential for him
(b) morning walk has been very, essential for him
(c) morning walk was very essential for him
(d) morning walk is very essential for him

13. Alba Kumar : Where are you going now?

Gulab : I am going to look for my grandfather.
Kumar : What happened to him?
Gulab : He was suering from high fever.

Kumar asked Gulab (1) ……………………… Gulab replied that (2)

………………… Kumar further asked him (3) ……………….. Gulab told him
that he had been suffering from high fever.

(1) (a) where I am going now (b) where he was going then
(c) where I was going then (d) when he is going then

(2) (a) he is going to look for his grandfather

(b) I am going to look for my grandfather
(c) he was going to look for his grandfather
(d) a was going to look for my grandfather

(3) (a) what was happening to him (b) what is happened to him
(c) what has happened to him (d) what had happened to him

14. aayush : What did you think about the question paper?
alisha : I didn’t think it was very difficult.
aayush : I found the writing section very Interesting.

aayush asked alisha (1) …………………. alisha replied (2)

…………………….. aayush added (3) ……………………..

(1) (a) what she thought about the question paper

(b) what did you think about the question paper
(c) what you thought about the question paper
(d) what she think about the question paper

(2) (a) that I think it was not very difficult

(b) that I didn’t think it was very difficult
(c) that she didn’t think it was very difficult
(d) that she does not think it was very difficult
(3) (a) that I find the writing section very interesting
(b) that he finds the writing section very interesting
(c) that I found the writing section very interesting
(d) that he found the writing section very interesting

15. Doctor : How are you feeling now?

Raghu : Much better, sir.
Doctor : are you taking the medicines regularly?
Raghu : Yes, sir.

The doctor asked Raghu (1) …………………. then. Raghu replied that (2)
…………………… much better. The doctor further asked Raghu (3)
……………………….. the medicines regularly. Raghu replied in affirmative.

(1) (a) that how he was feeling (b) how he was feeling
(c) how you are feeling (d) how was he feeling

(2) (a) I am feeling (b) I was feeling

(c) he is feeling (d) he was feeling

(3) (a) if you are taking (b) if he is taking

(c) that he was taking (d) if he was taking

16. Mother : Why don’t you clean up your study table, dear?
Daughter : I don’t have time, Mama
Mother : How can you study in this mess?

The mother lovingly asked her daughter (1) ………………….. The daughter
replied (2) ……………….. Expressing her surprise the mother asked her (3)
………………..

(1) (a) why don’t you clean up your study table

(b) why you did not clean up your study table
(c) why she didn’t clean up her study table
(d) why she does not clean up her study table

(2) (a) that I don’t have time (b) that she don’t have time
(c) that she does not have time (d) that she didn’t have time

(3) (a) how she could study in hat mess

(b) how she can study in this mess
(c) how you can study in this mess
(d) how you could study in that mess
17. Son : Mummy, I am very hungry. Is there anything for me to eat?
Mother : I am preparing your lunch.
Son : When will it be ready?
Mother : In just a 10 minutes.

The son told his mother that he was very hungry and asked (1)
…………………… for him to eat. The mother told him (2) …………………
The son inquired when It would be ready. The mother replied that (3)
………………….

(1) (a) If there had been anything (b) if there has been anything
(c) if there is anything (d) if there was anything

(2) (a) that she is preparing his lunch (b) that I am preparing your lunch
(c) that she was preparing his lunch (d) that I was preparing your lunch

(3) (a) it will be ready in just 10 minutes

(b) it would be ready in just 10 minutes
(c) it should be ready in just 10 minutes
(d) it is ready in just 10 minutes

18. Seema : Why does your at remain locked?

Rashmi : We have shifted to a rented house.
Seema : Why?
Rashmi : We are getting our at renovated.

Seema asked Rashmi (1) ………………. Rashmi replied (2)

……………….house Seema enquired why she had shifted. Rashmi replied that
(3)………………….. their at renovated.

(1) (a) why your at remained locked (b) why her at remained locked
(c) why her at remains locked (d) why your at remains locked

(2) (a) that we had shifted to a rented

(b) that they have shifted to a rented
(c) that we have shifted to a rented
(d) that they had shifted to a rented

(3) (a) they are getting (b) we are getting

(c) they were getting (d) we were getting
19. Father: Sonu, don’t pull the cat’s tail. It’ll hurt the cat.
Sonu : Daddy, I am not doing anything. I’m simply holding the cat’s tail.

The cat is pulling Father asked his son, Sonu (1) …………………. because (2)
………………… Sonu wittingly told his father (3) ……………… He was
simply holding the cat’s tail. He supported his statement saying (4)
………………

(1) (a) not pull the cat’s tail (b) don’t pull the cat’s tail
(c) not to pull the cat’s tail (d) not to pulled the cat’s tail

(2) (a) it should hurt the cat (b) it shall hurt the cat
(c) it will hurt the cat (d) it would hurt the cat

(3) (a) that he is not doing anything (b) that I am not doing anything
(c) that he was not doing anything (d) that I was not doing anything

(4) (a) that the cat was pulling (b) that the cat is pulling
(c) that the cat had been pulling (d) that the cat has been pulling

20. Teacher : aisharya, why are you late today?

Aishwarya : Sir I missed my bus.
Teacher : Take care in future.

The teacher asked Aishwarya (1) ………………… Aishwarya replied (2)

………………… The teacher advised (3) ……………………

(1) (a) why you are late today (b) why she was late that day
(c) why she is late today (d) why she was late today

(2) (a) that I had missed my bus (b) that I missed my bus
(c) that she had missed her bus (d) that she missed my bus

(3) (a) him to take care in the future (b) him to take care in future
(c) her to took care in future (d) her to take care in future

21. Raman : Sukanya, why is this old lady shouting at you?

Sukanya : I don’t know. I haven’t done anything to her, yet I am afraid.

Raman asked Sukanya (1) …………………. Sukanya replied (2)

……………………… and she thought (3) …………………… yet she was
afraid.
(1) (a) why that old lady is shouting at her
(b) why that old lady was shouting at her
(c) why that old lady was shouting at you
(d) why that old lady is shouting at you

(2) (a) that I did not know (b) that she does not know
(c) that I do not know (d) that she didn’t know

(3) (a) she has not done anything to her

(b) I had not done anything to her
(c) she hadn’t done anything to her
(d) I have not done anything to her

22. Gaitri : How did you climb this tall tree?

Pranav : I used a ladder. but someone went off with it while I was cutting
this branch.

While I was cutting this branch. Gaitri asked Pranav (1) ……………….. Pranav
replied (2) ………………….. but that (3) ………………..while he had been
cutting that branch.

(1) (a) how you had climbed trial tall tree

(b) how he had climbed that tall tree
(c) how you did climbed that tall tree
(d) how did he climb this tall tree

(2) (a) that I used a ladder (b) that he has used a ladder
(c) that he had used a ladder (d) that I had used a ladder

(3) (a) someone went off with it (b) someone has gone off with it
(c) someone gone off with it (d) someone had gone off with it

23. School mistress : Has anyone of you seen a camel’s skin ?

One Little boy : Yes, madam.
Mistress : Where did you see it ?
The boy : On camel’s back, madam.

a school mistress asked little children (1) ………………… One little boy
shouted out (2) …………………….. The mistress asked him (c)
…………………….The boy innocently answered that he had seen it on camel’s
back.
(1) (a) if anyone of them have seen a camel’s back
(b) if anyone of them has seen a camel’s skin
(c) if anyone of them had seen a camel’s skin
(d) if anyone of them saw a camel’s skin

(2) (a) that I have seen it (b) that he had seen it

(c) that I had seen it (d) that he has seen it

(3) (a) where he had seen it (b) where you have seen it
(c) where you had seen it (d) where he has seen it

24. Mrs. Roy : Ramu, lock the door as I am going out. Prepare the dinner by 8
pm.
Ramu (servant) : Where are you going, madam ? Please come home early.

Mrs. Roy ordered her servant Ramu (1) ………………. She instructed him (2)
……………….. Ramu respectfully asked Mrs. Roy (3) ……………… and
requested her to come home early.

(1) (a) to lock the door as I am going out

(b) to lock the door as she was going out
(c) to lock the door as she is going out
(d) to lock the door as I was going out

(2) (a) to be prepared the dinner by 8 pm

(b) to prepared the dinner by 8 pm
(c) to prepare the dinner by 8 pm
(d) to have prepared the dinner by 8 pm

(3) (a) where she is going (b) where you were going
(c) where you are going (d) where she was going

25. Doctor : How many times did you take the medicine?
Patient : as per your prescription?
Doctor : What was my prescription?
Patient : Three times a day.

The doctor asked the patient (1) ……………… Patient replied (2)
…………………. The doctor cross questioned. (3) ………………. The patient
informed that it was about three times a day.
(1) (a) how many times you have taken the medicine
(b) how many times he had taken the medicine
(c) how many times you had taken the medicine
(d) how many times he has taken the medicine

(2) (a) that I have taken it as per his prescription

(b) that I had taken ¡t as per his prescription
(c) that he has taken it as per his prescription
(d) that he had taken it as per his prescription

(3) (a) what my prescription has been

(b) what is prescription had been
(c) what his prescription has been
(d) what my prescription had been

26. Girlsh : I have invited my friends to dinner.

Nidhi : I’ll invite my friends also.
Girish : What should we have for dinner?

Girish told Nidhi (1) …………….. Nidhi said. (2) ……………… Girish asked
her (3) ………………………

(1) (a) that I have invited my friends to dinner

(b) that he has invited his friends to dinner
(c) that I had invited my friends to dinner
(d) that he had invited his friends to dinner

(2) (a) that I would invite my friends also

(b) that she would invite her friends also
(c) that she will invite my friends also
(d) that I will invite any friends also

(3) (a) what they shall have for dinner (b) what we should have for dinner
(c) what they should have for dinner (d) what we shall have for dinner

27. Wife : Our domestic help has run away.

Husband : Has she taken away anything?
Wife : She has taken the jewellery lying on my bedside.

The wife Informed her husband (1) ………………….. The husband asked her
(2) ………………….. She replied (3) …………………… lying on her bedside.
(1) (a) that our domestic help had run away
(b) that their domestic help had run away
(c) that their domestic help has run away
(d) that our domestic help has run away

(2) (a) if she had taken away nothing

(b) if has she taken away anything
(c) if she has taken away anything
(d) if she had taken away anything

(3) (a) that she does take the jewellery

(b) that she has taken the jewellery
(c) that she had taken the jewellery
(d) that she have taken the jewellery

28. Policeman : You are driving too fast and have also jumped a red light.
Car Driver : Excuse me this time. I shall be careful in future.

a policeman stopped a car driver and told him (1) ……………………… and (2)
………………….. The car driver pleaded to be excused that time and
‘promised (3) …………………….

(1) (a) that you are driving too fast (b) that he was driving too fast
(c) that he is driving too fast (d) that you were driving too fast

(2) (a) that you had also jumped a red light

(b) that you have also jumped a red light
(c) that he has also jumped a red light
(d) that he had also jumped red light

(3) (a) to be careful in future (b) be careful in future

(c) to be not careful in future (d) shall be careful in future

29. Rajeev : Our new servant has a tendency to steal things.

Vandana : Is anything missing ?
Rajecev : He has stolen the watch you presented me on my birthday.

Rajeev told his wife Vandana that (1) …………………. Vandana asked him (2)
…………………… Rajeev told her that (3) …………………… on his
birthday.

(1) (a) their servant has a tendency to steal things

(b) our servant has a tendency to steal things
 (c) their servant had a tendency to steal things
(d) our servant had a tendency to steal things

(2) (a) if anything is being missed (b) if anything was missed

(c) if anything is missing (d) if anything was missing

(3) (a) he has stolen the watch I have presented him

(b) he had stolen the watch she had presented him
(c) he had stolen the watch I have presented you
(d) he had been stolen the watch she had presented him

30. Umang : I have problem with my homework. Will you please help me ?
Pulkit : Yes, but what is the problem?

Umang told her brother (1) ………………….. with her homework. Requesting
him she asked (2) ……………………. help her. Pulkit said that he
would but wanted to know (3) …………………….

(1) (a) that I have problem (b) that she had problem
(c) that I had problem (d) that she has problem

(2) (a) if you would (b) if would

(c) if he would (d) if she would

(3) (a) what the problem is (b) what is the problem

(c) what was the problem (d) what the problem was

31. Sumit : My father has decided to gift me a bike on my birthday.

Vipul : 0! It is a wonderful news.
Sumit : We will go on a long ride the day get the bike.

Sumit informed his friend Vipul 1 on his birthday. (1) ……………………..

Vipul was very happy and said that for him (2) ………………….. Sumit
told Vipul (3) …………………… on a long ride the day he got the bike.

(1) (a) that my father had decided to gift me a bike

(b) that his father has decided to gift me a bike
(c) that my father has decided to gift him a bike
(d) that his father had decided to gift him a bike

(2) (a) it is a wonderful news (b) it was a wonderful news

(c) it had been a wonderful news (d) it has been a wonderful news
(3) (a) that we will go (b) that they will go
(c) that they would go (d) that we would go

32. Rekha : anita’s mother is seriously ill and ¡s in the hospital.

Dolly : What has happened to her?
Rekha : She complained of chest pain yesterday.
DoIly : a will go to see her tomorrow.

Rekha told Dolly (1) ………………………. and was ¡n the hospital. Dolly
asked (2) …………….. Rekha told her that (3) ………………… Dolly felt
much concerned and said that she would go to see her the day after.

(1) (a) that anita’s mother had been seriously ill

(b) that anita’s mother was seriously ill
(c) that anita’s mother is seriously ill
(d) that anita’s mother has been seriously ill

(2) (a) what has happened to him (b) what had happened to him
(c) what has happened to her (d) what had happened to her

(3) (a) she complains of chest pain. yesterday

(b) she complained of chest pain yesterday
(c) she had complained of chest pain the previous day
(d) she complains of chest pain the previous day

33. Tarun : Divya, do you see the way the old lady is looking at us?
Divya : She seems to be working her magic on us. We should run away
from here.

Tarun asked his friend Divya (a) ……………………… the old lady was
looking at them To this Divya replied that (2) ………………………. and
suggested that (3) ……………………..

(1) (a) if you could see the way (b) if she could see the way
(c) if you see the way (d) if she can see the way

(2) (a) she seems to be working her magic on us

(b) she seemed to be working her magic on us
(c) she seems to be working her magic on them
(d) she seemed to be working her magic on them

(3) (a) they should run away from there (b) they should run away from here
(c) we should run away from here (d) we should run away from there
34. Mrs. bhalla : I can’t believe it ! live lost ten pounds.
Mr. bhalla : That’s great ! Your diet seems to be working.
Mrs. bhalla : I hope you have not disturbed the scales.

Mrs. bhalla expressing surprise told her husband (1) ………………………..

that she had lost ten pounds. Mr. bhalla exclaimed that was great and added (2)
……………………………. working. Mrs. bhalla commented that she hoped
(3) …………………….

(1) (a) she can’t believe (b) I could not believe

(c) I can’t believe (d) she could not believe

(2) (a) that your diet seems to be (b) that her diet seemed to be
(c) that your diet seemed to be (d) that her diet seems to be

(3) (a) he has not. disturbed the scales

(b) you have not disturbed the scales
(c) he had not disturbed the scales
(d) you had not disturbed the scales

35. Grandmother : What has happened, Rahul?

Rahul : Grandma, I lost my tooth.
Grandmother : Don’t worry. I’ll take you to the dentist.

Grandmother asked her grandson, Rahul (1) ………………. Rahul replied (2)
……………….. His grandmother advised him (3) ………………….. and
added that she would take him to the dentist.

(1) (a) what happened had (b) what had happen

(c) what has happened (d) what had happened

(2) (a) that he has lost his tooth (b) that he had lost his tooth
(c) that I lost my tooth (d) that I have lost my tooth

(3) (a) worry not (b) not to worry

(c) not to get worry (d) nor to worried

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