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PS - AS - CB - IX - Eng - Reported Speech

This document contains a practice sheet answer scheme for a reported speech quiz. It includes 5 questions - the first asks students to rewrite sentences in reported speech, the second asks students to rewrite sentences in direct speech, the third asks students to fill in blanks with the correct reported speech options, the fourth asks students to identify errors in sentences and provide corrections, and the fifth asks students to identify missing words in sentences. The answer scheme provides the answers or corrections for each question.

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PS - AS - CB - IX - Eng - Reported Speech

This document contains a practice sheet answer scheme for a reported speech quiz. It includes 5 questions - the first asks students to rewrite sentences in reported speech, the second asks students to rewrite sentences in direct speech, the third asks students to fill in blanks with the correct reported speech options, the fourth asks students to identify errors in sentences and provide corrections, and the fifth asks students to identify missing words in sentences. The answer scheme provides the answers or corrections for each question.

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PRACTICE SHEET ANSWER SCHEME

Topic: Reported Speech


Subject: English

Grade: IX Div: _________ Roll no:________ Date:__________

Q 1 Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.


(a) “I don't speak Italian," she said.
She said that she didn't speak Italian.
(b) “Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
He wanted to know if she knew Robert.
(c) “Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.
(d) The policeman said to the boy, “Where do you live?”
The policeman asked the boy where he lived.
(e) “Please give me something to eat. I am hungry,” the old man said to them.
The old man requested them to give him something to eat and said that he was
hungry.

Q 2 Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.


(a) My friend asked me if I had ever been to London.
My friend said to me, “Have you ever been to London?”
(b) The bank officer asked him to fill in an application form then.
The bank officer said to him, “Please fill in an application form now.”
(c) He told us that they had been playing football the previous morning in spite of
rainfall.
He told us, “We were playing football yesterday morning in spite of rainfall.”
(d) Mr Patel said that he was travelling to Singapore the following day.
“I am travelling to Singapore tomorrow,” said Mr Patel.
Q 3 Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given
below. Write the answer in your answer sheet against the correct blanks. Do
not copy the whole passage.

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(1) I met Aditya yesterday and he told me that he (a) _________ a good job offer from a
US based company. I asked him when he (b) _________ He said that he (c) _________ for
the US next week. I congratulated him and told him that I (d) _________ for him.
(a) i. receives ii. received iii. had received iv. have received
(b) i. are leaving ii. was leaving iii. will have left iv. will leave
(c) i. will be leaving ii. would be leaving iii. would leave iv. will leave
(d) i. am happy ii. had been happy iii. was happy iv. will be happy

(2) Arti: Do you know swimming?


Priti: Yes, I do.
Arti: Can you teach me how to swim?
Priti: Yes, I will. Come to the club tomorrow at 6 a.m.
Arti asked Priti if she (a) ____________ swimming. Priti replied that she (b) _________.
Then, Arti asked Priti if she (c) __________teach her how to swim. Priti replied that she
would and asked Arti to come to the club____________ at 6 a.m.
(a) i. know ii. has known iii. knew iv. had known
(b) i. did ii. did not iii. does iv. does not
(c) i. could ii. would iii. will iv. can
(d) i. now ii. the previous day iii. the following day iv. then

(3) Neil: I like living here. The people are friendly.


Amit: Mussorie is a nice city.
Neil: It has beautiful houses and wonderful restaurants.
Amit: It's close to the mountains.
Neil said to Amit that he likes living (a) _________. The people (b) _________ friendly.
Amit said that Mussorie was a nice city. Neil said that it (c) _________ beautiful houses
and wonderful restaurants. Amit replied that it (d) _________ close to the mountains.
(a) i. here ii. now iii. then iv. there
(b) i. were ii. was iii. was being iv. were being
(c) i. had been ii. have iii. had iv. have been

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(d) i. were ii. was iii. have iv. had

(4) Neha: I have been cleaning the house since morning.


Seema: Was it very dirty?
Neha: Yes, it was.
Seema: What do you want me to do?
Neha: Can you help me in cleaning the kitchen next weekend?
Neha told Seema that she had been (a) _________ the house since that morning.
Seema asked if it was very dirty. Neha replied that it was. Seema asked Neha what
she wanted (b) _________ to do. Neha asked Seema if she (c) _________ help her in
cleaning the kitchen the (d) _________ weekend.
(a) i. clean ii. cleans iii. cleaned iv. cleaning
(b) i. him ii.me iii. her iv.us
(c) i. can ii. could iii. will iv. would
(d) i. that ii. previous iii. next iv. following

Q4 The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line.
Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.

Error Correction

“Have you or your friend take my note book?” e.g. take taken

asked Shreya. I replied, “Neither I nor my friend were (a) were are

the culprits. We both are not in the class since morning. (b) are were

We are out practice for the annual day function. (c) practice practicing

“Then, who have taken the book?” asked Shreya (d) have has

“I don’t knew, but we are not guilty,” said I (e) knew know

Q5 In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write the
missing word in each sentence of the given paragraph, along with the word
that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided.
Before Missing After

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word
One morning, the Nawab called minister e.g. called his minister

and told him that wanted the length (a) that he wanted

and breadth the earth measured (b) breadth of the

He also felt the need have the stars in (c) need to have

the sky counted. The minister told that (d) told him that

the task he had set impossible. (e) set was impossible

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