Solution

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. "The officer called them cowards and said that they would soon be put to death."
In Option A, B and c are incorrect indirect speech structures. In option A pronoun he is used which is
incorrect, in B singular verb 'is' is used which is incorrect. in C as well incorrect verb structure. Hence,
option D is correct answer choice.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. "He confessed regretfully that he had been very foolish in money matters." the tense in reported
speech will be past perfect tense, option c is correct answer. Option A, B and D have incorrect tense.
Hence, option C is correct answer choice.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. "The teacher hoped that I would bring credit to his school." change 'will' into 'would'. change 'my'
into 'his'. the word 'hoped' is correctly used. Hence, option C is correct answer choice.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. "He asked his father if he should go to market then." change 'shall' into 'should'. change 'now'
into 'then'. Hence, option D is correct answer.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. "I requested my mother to warm that milk and asked her not to boil it." change 'said to' into
'requested ', we use infinitive 'to' in reported speech of such sentences. write 'not to'. only option c is
correct.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. "I asked my friend if I could borrow his dictionary for one day only." change 'said to' into 'asked'.
we write 'if' as conjunction in the case of auxiliary verbs in reported speech. hence, write 'could' in
place of 'can'. option C is correct answer choice.

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. "My father asked me if I would sit and study at least then."
change 'said to' into 'asked'. we write 'if' as conjunction in the case
of auxiliary verbs in reported speech. change 'will' into 'would'.
option D is correct answer.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. "The commander ordered for the gates to be left open." option
B, C and D are incorrect. use of 'will' in option C is incorrect,
'wanted' in option D is incorrect.

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S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. "She exclaimed with appreciation that it was an excellent piece of art." the tense will be past tense
in reported speech and write "exclaimed with appreciation". Hence, option C is correct answer choice.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. "The boy said to the Principal, "Thank you, madam for granting me a fee-concession."
The given sentence is in indirect speech, you need to change it in direct speech. option C is correct
answer choice.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. "She has already told us (that) they are late." In option A, 'has' in incorrect, In B tense is incorrect,
only option C is correct answer choice.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. "Dr. Ratan advised the patient to take light food and not go out in the Sun." change 'said to' into
'advised', use infinitive 'to' in indirect speech. option B is correct answer choice.

S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. "He said to me, "Would you like to have lunch with me today?" The given sentence is in indirect
speech, you need to change it in direct speech. change 'me' into 'him. change 'said to' into 'asked'.
write 'if' as conjunction. option B is correct answer choice.

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. "Vipul confessed with regret that he had been thoughtless." write past perfect continuous tense in
reported speech. only option C is correct answer.

S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. "The old woman asked Sam whether he would help her carry her bags." change 'will' into
'would'. 'me' into 'her'. option B is correct.

S16. Ans.(b)
Sol. "The guide asked the swimmer not to swim out too far." change 'said to' into 'asked', write 'not to'
in place of don't.

S17. Ans.(c)
Sol. "Rahul admitted that he was mistaken." the tense of the reported speech will be past simple tense.
option C is correct answer choice.

S18. Ans.(d)
Sol. "He said to me, "Good morning Sir ! I have come to join the office." The given sentence is in
indirect speech, you need to change it in direct speech.

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S19. Ans.(d)
Sol. Use conjunction ‘that’, change pronoun ‘my’ into ‘her’, the tense will be past simple tense. in
option C, pronoun 'it' is wrong. in B, 'told' is incorrect, In A, the tense is incorrect. Hence, option D is
correct answer choice.

S20. Ans.(d)
Sol. Change ‘your’ into ‘my’. tense will be used past perfect, In A, pronoun A is incorrect. in B, 'tells'
is incorrect, in C 'his' is incorrect. option D is correct answer.

S21. Ans.(a)
Sol. Use conjunction ‘that’, use past perfect tense in the reported speech. Use pronoun ‘they’ in place
of ‘we’.

S22. Ans.(c)
Sol. Change ‘said to’ into ‘told’, Use conjunction ‘that’, use past perfect tense in the reported speech.
Use pronoun ‘he’ in place of ‘I’.

S23. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use conjunction ‘that’, change ‘will’ into ‘would’, ‘now’ into ‘then’.

S24. Ans.(b)
Sol. Change ‘said to’ into ‘told’, Use pronoun ‘he’ in place of ‘I’. change ‘my’ into ‘his’, ‘this’ into
‘that’.

S25. Ans.(a)
Sol. Change ‘said to’ into ‘requested’.

S26. Ans.(d)
Sol. Write ‘reported’, use past perfect continuous tense in the
reported speech.

S27. Ans.(d)
Sol. Use past perfect tense in the reported speech.

S28. Ans.(b)
Sol. Change ‘said to’ into ‘asked’, Use pronoun ‘he’ in place of ‘you’.

S29. Ans.(c)
Sol. Change ‘said to’ into ‘requested’, Use pronoun ‘her’ in place of ‘me’ and ‘my’ in reported speech.

S30. Ans.(d)
Sol. Use whether as connecting word, Use pronoun ‘I’ in place of ‘you’.

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