Narration (Part-IV)

 

 

Total Questions: 50

41. Roopa said to me, "Please accompany me to the market [SSC CHSL 16/10/2020 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) Roopa requested me to accompany her to the market.
Solution:(c) Roopa requested me to accompany her to the market. (Correct)

(a) Roopa said please accompany me to the market. (Incorrect reported verb)

(b) Roopa said to me that you must accompany me to the market. (Meaning changed and also incorrect reported verb)

(d) Roopa is requesting me to accompany her to the market (Incorrect reported verb)

42. Rama said to me, "I need your help for my new assignment." [SSC CHSL 16/10/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Rama told me that she needed my help for her new assignment.
Solution:(d) Rama told me that she needed my help for her new assignment. (Correct)

(a) Rama says that she needs my help for the new assignment. (Incorrect reported verb and change of reported speech to simple present is also incorrect)

(b) Rama said to me I need your help for my new assignment (Incorrect tense)

(c) Rama said that she was needing my help for her new assignment. (Change of reported speech to past continuous is incorrect)

43. Ravina asked her little brother, "Where are you going to play?" [SSC CHSL 19/10/2020 ( Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) Ravina asked her little brother where he was going to play.
Solution:(a) Ravina asked her little brother where he was going to play. (Correct)

(b) Ravina said to her little brother where he was going to play. (Incorrect reported verb)

(c) Ravina asked her little brother where he would like to go to play. (Incorrect tense)

(d) Ravina asked her little brother where will he be going to play. (Change of reported speech to simple future interrogative is incorrect)

44. Mother said to Kavya, "Switch off the light before you go to sleep. [SSC CHSL 19/10/2020 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) Mother told Kavya to switch off the light before she went to sleep.
Solution:(d) Mother told Kavya to switch off the light before she went to sleep. (Correct)

(a) Mother told Kavya to switch off the light before you go to sleep. (Incorrect tense and verb in reported speech)

(b) Mother told Kavya to switch off the light before she is going to sleep. (Change of reported speech to present continuous is incorrect.)

(c) Mother told Kavya to switch off the light before she goes to sleep. (Change of reported speech incorrect.) to simple present is incorrect.)

45. The lion asked the lioness, "Where will you hide yourself, until I return?" [SSC CHSL 19/03/2020(Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) The lion asked the lioness where she herself, until he returned.
Solution:(d) The lion asked the lioness where she would hide herself, until he returned. (Correct)

(a) The lion asked the lioness whether she would hide herself. until he returned. (Whether is used instead of where)

(b) The lion asked the lioness where she will hide herself, until he returns. (Change of tense to simple future is incorrect.)

(c) The lion asked the lioness where would she hide herself, until he returned. (Change of reported speech to interrogative sentence is incorrect.)

46. Peter said, "He broke his glasses." [SSC CHSL 20/10/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) Peter said that he had broken his glasses.
Solution:(a) Peter said that he had broken his glasses. (Correct)

(b) Peter said that he is going to break his glasses. (Change of reported speech to present continuous and meaning changed)

(c) Peter said that he is breaking his glasses. (Change of reported speech to present continuous)

(d) Peter said that he break his glasses. (Incorrect verb in reported speech)

47. "It is a fact that kids model parental behavior," said the Researcher. [SSC CHSL 21/10/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) The researcher said that it is a fact that kids model parental behaviour.
Solution:(a) The researcher said that it is a fact that kids model parental behaviour. (Correct- Tense does not change in case of facts/habitual behaviours/idioms and roverbs.)

(b) The researcher has said that it is a fact that kids have modeled parental behaviour. (Incorrect reported verb and also incorrect tense in reported speech)

(c) The researcher has been saying that kids model parental behaviour. (Incorrect reported verb)

(d) The researcher says that it is a fact that kids model parental behaviour (Incorrect reported verb).

48. Gary said, "I have finally cleared my exams with distinction!" [SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) Gary exclaimed that he had finally cleared his exams with distinction
Solution:(d) Gary exclaimed that he had finally cleared his exams with distinction. (Correct) Said exclaimed Have (present perfect)→ had (past perfect)

(a) Gary told that he have cleared his exams with distinction.(Incorrect tense)

(b) Gary said that he has finally cleared his exams with distinction. (Incorrect tense)

(c) Gary exclaimed that he cleared his exams with distinction. (Incorrect tense)

49. The minister said, "It is tragic that the Australian bush fires have claimed the lives of so many helpless animals." [SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) The minister said that it was tragic that the Australian bush fires had claimed the lives of so many helpless animals.
Solution:(a) The minister said that it was tragic that the Australian bush fires had claimed the lives of so many helpless animals. (Correct) said said that, Have had, Is→ was

(b) The minister said that it was tragic that the Australian bush fires claimed the lives of so many helpless animals. (Incorrect tense in reported speech)

(c) The minister said that it was tragic that the Australian bush fires were claiming the lives of so many helpless animals. (Incorrect tense in reported speech)

(d) The minister said that it was tragic that the Australian bush fires have been claiming the lives of so many helpless animals. (Incorrect tense in reported speech)

50. The doctor advised Jaya to put the eye drops into her eyes four times a day from the next day. [SSC CHSL 17/03/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) The doctor advised Jaya, "From tomorrow put the eye drops into your eyes four times a day."
Solution:(b) The doctor advised Jaya, "From tomorrow put the eye drops into your eyes four times a day. (Correct) Next day tomorrow, Her → you

(a) The doctor had advised Jaya, "From the next day you put the eye drops into your eyes four times a day. (Incorrect reporting verb)

(c) The doctor advises Jaya, "From the next day put the eye drops into your eyes four times a day. (Incorrect reporting verb)

(d) The doctor advised Jaya, "From tomorrow put the eye drops into her eyes advised Jaya day. (Incorrect pronoun in reported speech)