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SSC CGL Direct Indirect Speech — practice questions — page 2

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Report: "The match will end in a draw," he said.Read the answer and worked solution →Report: Tom said, "I can swim."Read the answer and worked solution →Report: "Please leave the room," I said to them.Read the answer and worked solution →Report: "Will you come tomorrow?" I asked him.Read the answer and worked solution →Report: He asked, "Where do you live?"Read the answer and worked solution →Report: "I shall come tomorrow," said Raj.Read the answer and worked solution →Report: Mina said, "I have lost my pen."Read the answer and worked solution →Report: "We finished the work," they said.Read the answer and worked solution →Report: Ravi said to me, "You are late."Read the answer and worked solution →Report: "Where is my bag?" she asked.Read the answer and worked solution →A request like "Please leave the room" is reported withRead the answer and worked solution →Yes or no questions are reported usingRead the answer and worked solution →Reporting "How do people live here?" needs question syntax to becomeRead the answer and worked solution →In indirect speech, pronouns and place words suit the context ofRead the answer and worked solution →"I need a key," says Batman. "Needs" stays because the main verb isRead the answer and worked solution →Batman has said that he needs a key. No backshift occurs as the main verb isRead the answer and worked solution →Which situation favours keeping the original tense after "said"?Read the answer and worked solution →Tense changes in reporting arise when the verb of saying is in theRead the answer and worked solution →In the future-in-the-past, will and shall change toRead the answer and worked solution →A direct verb already in the past perfect, once reported, becomesRead the answer and worked solution →Which words are liable to change when speech is reported?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Report: "The match will end in a draw," he said.

  1. He said the match will end in a draw.
  2. He said the match had ended in a draw.
  3. He said the match would end in a draw.
  4. He said the match ends in a draw.
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Correct answer: C. He said the match would end in a draw.

Will changes to would after the past reporting verb said.

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Report: Tom said, "I can swim."

  1. Tom said I could swim.
  2. Tom said he should swim.
  3. Tom said he has swum.
  4. Tom said he could swim.
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Correct answer: D. Tom said he could swim.

Can becomes could and the pronoun I becomes he.

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Report: "Please leave the room," I said to them.

  1. I asked them to leave the room.
  2. I asked them they leave the room.
  3. I told them leaving the room.
  4. I asked them if leave the room.
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Correct answer: A. I asked them to leave the room.

A polite order is reported with asked and an infinitive.

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