Narration Part-IV

(a) He said to me. "Do you like to learn French?" (Incorrect tense)

(c) He said to me, "You would like to learn French? (Change of reported speech to simple past is incorrect)

(d) He said to me, "I would like to learn French. (Change of reported speech to simple past is incorrect)

(a) The supervisor asked the worker that how long you had been working for that company. (That and pronoun used in reported speech are incorrect)

(b) The supervisor asked the worker for how long had he been working for this company. (Incorrect word used)

(c) The supervisor asked the worker how long had he being working for that company. (Being and that are incorrect words used)

(a) My neighbour said hello and asked how were I.("Were" is incorrect)

(b) My neighbour said hello and asked how are you. (Change of reported speech to simple present is incorrect)

(d) My neighbour said hello and asked how was I. (Structure is incorrect)

(a) She said to her brother, "I was going to meet my friend."(Change of reported speech to past continuous is incorrect)

(b) She said to her brother, "She will go to meet her friend."(Change of reported speech to simple future is incorrect

(c) She said to her brother, "I am gone to meet her friend." (Incorrect tense used)

(a) The Principal say that hard work is the key to success. (Reported verb "say" is incorrect)

(b) The Principal said that Hard work was the key to success ("Was" in the reported speech and reported verb "said are

incorrect)

(c) The Principal says that Hard work was the key to success (Change of reported speech to simple past is incorrect)

(a) Saaransh said, "I have solved the crossword the previous day." (Change of reported speech to present perfect)

(b) Saaransh said, "He has solved the crossword the previous day." (pronoun "he" is incorrect)

(d) Saaransh said, "He have solved the crossword yesterday. (verb "have" and "yesterday" in reported speech are incorrect)

(a) I said to him, "Have it never occurred to you that he is in the wrong profession?" ("have" and "he is are incorrect)

(b) 1 said to him, "Has it never occurred to you that he was the wrong profession?" ("Was" in the reported speech is incorrect)

(c) I said to him, "Does it never occur to you that you are in the wrong profession?" (Change of reported speech to simple present is incorrect)

(a) He said to me. "Welcome. Please to be seated." ("to" is superfluous)

(b) He said to me, "Welcome and sit down." ("please" is missing in reported speech)

(c) He said to me, "Be welcome. Please sit." ("be" is incorrect)

Note First form of Verb(V)" in the direct form will convert to "Second form of Verb(V)" in the indirect form. Further, please in the direct form converts to 'requested' in the indirect form.

(a) I say, "Your mother may recover soon." (Incorrect reporting verb)

(c) I said, "Oh God! Your mother may recover soon." ("Oh God" is superfluous here)

(d) I said. "Might his mother soon recover." (Structure of reported speech is incorrect)

Note- In indirect sentences may change into might so option a and c will not be the answer. Recover soon is the correct phrase. Hence option b will be the appropriate direct form of given indirect sentence.

(a) The old woman requested to her neighbour to please buy some vegetables for her tomorrow. ("Please "is superfluous and tomorrow is incorrect)

(b) The old woman told her neighbour that buy some vegetables for me tomorrow, (That and tomorrow are incorrect)

(c) The old woman ordered her neighbour to buy some vegetables for me the next day. ("Me" in the reported speech is Incorrect)

Note- The word 'Please' shows some sense of request. So, 'please' in the direct form converts to 'requested' in the indirect form. Further, 'please' and 'requested' cannot come together in a sentence in the indirect form. Going through the options, only option d satisfies this condition.