SSC CGL 2020111)Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The Principal has said, "Mr. Surinder will coach the football team."
The Principal has said that Mr. Surinder will coach the football team.
Here, reporting verb is in present tense, Therefore, the tense of reported speech will not be changed. Third person requires no change.
SSC CGL 2020112)Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The guard said to the visitors, "Do not take photographs inside the museum."
The guard forbade the visitors to take photographs inside the museum.
It is an imperative sentence. Said to = forbade;
SSC CGL 2020113)Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The traveller said to a passerby, "Can you help me find my way, please?''
The traveller asked the passerby if he could kindly help him find his way.
Said to ⇒ asked; Connective ⇒ if/whether; Interrogative = assertive; Present tense = Past tense; Persons are changed according to the SON formula.
SSC CGL 2020114)Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
She said, "We visited Uttarakhand in the summer vacation."
She said that they had visited Uttarakhand in the summer vacation.
The given sentence is Assertive (past simple). Connective ⇒ that; Past simple ⇒ Past perfect; First person is changed according to the subject.
115)Select the indirect narration of the given sentence.
He said to the hotel receptionist, “Can you tell me the tariff of rooms?
He asked the hotel receptionist if he could tell him the tariff of rooms
SSC CGL 2020116)Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Mahesh said to Rita, "Don't play in the sun."
Mahesh advised Rita not to play in the sun.
It is an imperative (negative) sentence. Said to = advised; Don't = not to; OR Said to = forbade; Don't = to
SSC CGL 2018117)In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
I said to my wife, "These showpieces look nice."
I told my wife that those showpieces looked nice.
SSC CGL 2018118)In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
"My train will reach by noon," he explained.
He explained that his train would reach by noon.
SSC CGL 2018119)In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
“Hurry up, get in the bus” the conductor said to us.
The conductor told us to hurry up and get in the bus.
SSC CGL 2018120)In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Manoj said to his friend, "I am very angry with you."
Manoj told his friend that he was very angry with him.