Narration Part-IV

 

 

Total Questions: 50

31. "Please wait for me at the coffee shop in case I am late" said Reema to her friend. [SSC CGL Tier II (18/11/2020)]

Correct Answer: (d) Reema told her friend to wait for her at the coffee shop in case she was late.
Solution:(d) Reema told her friend to wait for her at the coffee shop in case she was late. (Correct)

(a) Reema told to her friend wait for her at the coffee shop in case she were late. ("Told to" and "were" are incorrect)

(b) Reema told her friend wait for me at the coffee shop in casel am late. (Incorrect pronoun)

(c) Reema told her friend to wait for her at the coffee shop in case lam late. (Incorrect pronoun)

32. Father asked her if there was anything else she wished for. [SSC CGL Tier II (18/11/2020)]

Correct Answer: (d) Father said to her, "Is there anything else you wish for?
Solution:(d) Father said to her, "Is there anything else you wish for?" (Correct)

(a) Father said to her, "There was anything else you wished for?" (Change of reported speech to simple past is incorrect)

(b) Father said to her, "Was there anything else she wished for?"(Change of reported speech to simple past interrogative is incorrect)

(c) Father said to her, "Is there anything else she had wished for?" (Incorrect pronoun)

33. "Do you attend the film festival at Goa every year?" he asked. [SSC CHSL 12/10/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) He asked me if I attended the film festival at Goa every year.
Solution:(d) He asked me if I attended the film festival at Goa every year. (Correct)

(a) He asks me if I attend the film festival at Goa every year. (Incorrect reported verb)

(b) He had asked me if I was attending the film festival at Goa every year. (Incorrect reported verb)

(c) He is asking me if I attended the film festival at Goa every year. (Incorrect reported verb)

34. Ravi asked, "Ritu, how many sets of class 12 practice papers have you finished?" [SSC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) Ravi asked Ritu how many sets of class 12 practice papers she had finished.
Solution:(a) Ravi asked Ritu how many sets of class 12 practice papers she had finished. (Correct)

(b) Ravi asked Ritu how many sets of class 12 practice papers was she finishing. (Change of reported speech to past continuous interrogative. This is incorrect.)

(c) Ravi asked Ritu how many sets of class 12 practice papers had she been finishing. (Structure of reported speech is incorrect)

(d) Ravi asked Ritu how many sets of class 12 practice papers \she has been finishing. (Incorrect tense)

35. Brinda told her doctor that she was leaving for Boston the next day. [SSC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) Brinda said to her doctor, "I am leaving for Boston tomorrow."
Solution:(b) Brinda said to her doctor, " I am leaving for Boston tomorrow." (Correct)

(a) Brinda told her doctor, I was leaving for Boston tomorrow." (Change of reported speech to past continuous is incorrect.)

(c) Brinda had told her doctor, "She was leaving for Boston the next day."(Reported verb and reported speech are incorrect)

(d) Brinda told to her doctor, "I will be leaving for Boston the next day."(Change of reported speech to future continuous and also reported verb is incorrect)

36. Bharati told Rakesh to call her when he reached there. [SSC CHSL 14/10/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) "Call me when you reach there", Bharati told Rakesh.
Solution:(d) "Call me when you reach there", Bharati told Rakesh. (Correct)

(a) "Call her when you have reached here", Bharati told Rakesh. (Incorrect Pronoun)

(b) "Call him when you are reaching there", Bharati told Rakesh. (Incorrect Pronoun)

(c) "Call me when you reached there", Bharati says to Rakesh. (incorrect reported verb and also "reached")

37. Aanya said, "I've made a rose and honey vanilla dessen for you." [SSC CHSL 14/10/2020 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) Aanya told me that she had made a rose and honey vanilla dessert for me.
Solution:(a) Aanya told me that she had made a rose and honey vanilla dessert for me. (Correct)

(b) Aanya told me that she is making a rose and honey vanilla dessert for me. (Change of reported speech to present continuous is incorrect.)

(c) Aanya told me that she would make a rose and honey vanilla dessert for her. (Incorrect tense in reported speech)

(d) Aanya said to me that she was making a rose and honey vanilla dessert for me. (It is wrong to change reported speech to

past continuous)

38. The child asked his mother if he could swim in the pool There. [SSC CHSL 15/10/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) The child asked his mother, "May I swim in the pool here?"
Solution:(d) The child asked his mother, "May I swim in the pool here?"(Correct)

(a) The child said to his mother, "Will I swim in the pool here?"(Change of reported speech to simple future and also reported verb is incorrect)

(b) The child asked to his mother, "Can he swim in the pool there?" ("can and there" are incorrect)

(c) The child asked his mother, "Could he swim in the pool there?"("could and there" are incorrect)

39. Roshan said to me, "Sandeep made a new year greeting card for his teacher". [SSC CHSL 15/10/2020(Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) Roshan told me that Sandeep had made a new year greeting card for his teacher.
Solution:(a) Roshan told me that Sandeep had made a new year greeting card for his teacher. (Correct)

(b) Roshan was saying that Sandeep made a new year greeting card for his teacher. (Incorrect tense of reported verb)

(c) Roshan said Sandeep had made a new year greeting card for his teacher. (Listener is missing)

(d) Sandeep made a new year greeting card for his teacher said Roshan. (Change of reported speech to simple past is incorrect.)

40. Neeta said, "Let me see how Pragya performs in her preboard examinations." [SSC CHSL 15/10/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) Neeta said that she wanted to see how Pragya performed in her pre board Examinations.
Solution:(a) Neeta said that she wanted to see how Pragya performed in her pre board examinations. (Correct)

(b) Neeta said I would see how Pragya performed in her pre board examinations. (Incorrect tense)

(c) Neeta wants to see Pragya's performance in her pre board examinations. (Incorrect reported verb)

(d) Neeta wanted to see how Pragya would perform in her pre board examinations. (Incorrect reported verb and speech also)