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SSC Stenographer Direct Indirect Speech — practice questions

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In assertive sentences, the reporting verb 'said to' becomesRead the answer and worked solution →In interrogative sentences, the reporting verb 'said to' becomesRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: He said, 'I am tired.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →The matter inside inverted commas is called theRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: She said, 'I will come.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: He said to me, 'Where do you live?' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: The teacher said, 'Open your books.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: She said, 'How beautiful the flower is!' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: He said, 'I do not know the answer.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: She said, 'I am going to the market.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: He said, 'I have finished my work.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: She said, 'I was reading a book.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: He said to her, 'Please help me.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: He said, 'I will see you tomorrow.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: The boy said, 'Alas! I have failed.' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: She said, 'May God bless you!' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: She said to him, 'Can you help me?' Indirect form isRead the answer and worked solution →Direct: The mother said, 'Sleep now, my child.' Indirect form isRead 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 →

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In assertive sentences, the reporting verb 'said to' becomes

  1. Told
  2. Asked only
  3. Ordered only
  4. Exclaimed only
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Correct answer: A. Told

1. The chapter rule on reporting verbs lists this. 2. Assertive (statement) uses 'told' for 'said to'. 3. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), section on Change of Reporting Verbs_

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In interrogative sentences, the reporting verb 'said to' becomes

  1. Told only
  2. Asked
  3. Ordered only
  4. Begged only
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Correct answer: B. Asked

1. The chapter rule on reporting verbs covers all sentence types. 2. For questions (interrogative), 'said to' is changed into 'asked'. 3. Statement uses 'told'; orders use 'ordered'. 4. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), section on Change of Reporting Verbs_

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Direct: He said, 'I am tired.' Indirect form is

  1. He said that he is tired
  2. He said that I am tired
  3. He said that he was tired
  4. He told that he is tired
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Correct answer: C. He said that he was tired

1. Reported 'said' stays as 'said' for assertive without 'to'. 2. Present 'am' shifts to past 'was'. 3. Pronoun 'I' becomes 'he'. 4. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Assertive sentence rules_

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