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RRB ALP Direct Indirect Speech — practice questions

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SSCCGL · English · Spot the Error — English GrammarRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and match each direct speech to its indirect formRead the answer and worked solution →Tap in order: steps to convert direct to indirect speechRead the answer and worked solution →Match each rule to what it governsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: commas and clausesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the rule on participial phrasesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every principle of composition Strunk givesRead the answer and worked solution →Which principle does this illustrate?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the rules backRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the paragraph rulesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: compositionRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: tighten a sentenceRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Rule of usage, or principle of composition?Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: rule with its pointRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: punctuation rulesRead the answer and worked solution →Applying the principlesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every sentence problem Strunk's rules would catchRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the composition principlesRead the answer and worked solution →More of Strunk's rulesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: sentence structureRead the answer and worked solution →Which rule is being applied?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each pair of words to the distinctionRead the answer and worked solution →Fewer or less?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: commonly misused wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Compare to, or compare with?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the shall and will ruleRead the answer and worked solution →

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SSCCGL · English · Spot the Error — English Grammar

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Questions
  1. Statement parts
    1. She
    2. don't
    3. like
    4. reading
    5. old
    6. novels
    7. .
    Correction
    doesn't
    Incorrect part
    don't
  2. Statement parts
    1. The
    2. children
    3. is
    4. playing
    5. in
    6. the
    7. park
    8. .
    Correction
    are
    Incorrect part
    is
  3. Statement parts
    1. I
    2. have
    3. saw
    4. this
    5. movie
    6. before
    7. .
    Correction
    seen
    Incorrect part
    saw
  4. Statement parts
    1. He
    2. run
    3. faster
    4. than
    5. anyone
    6. else
    7. .
    Correction
    runs
    Incorrect part
    run
Instructions
One word breaks the grammar — tap it.

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Flip and match each direct speech to its indirect form

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Matching pairs
  1. A
    He said, 'I am tired.'
    B
    He said that he was tired
  2. A
    She said, 'I will come.'
    B
    She said that she would come
  3. A
    He said, 'I have finished.'
    B
    He said that he had finished
  4. A
    He said, 'I bought it.'
    B
    He said that he had bought it

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Tap in order: steps to convert direct to indirect speech

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Steps
  1. Change the reporting verb if needed (said to -> told/asked/ordered)
  2. Remove the inverted commas and use 'that' or 'if/whether'
  3. Shift pronouns to match the new perspective
  4. Shift the tense back by one step
  5. Change time and place words (now -> then, this -> that)

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