Question 1:

Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the verbs given in the brackets.

1. When the burglars broke into the house, everybody……… sound sleep, (have)
2. The milk…… over as she went to see the crowd passing by with loud slogans, (spill)
3. If Shubham….. any mistake, he will be rewarded, (not + make)
4. They were watching TV when they…….. a loud bang at the door, (hear)
5. The bus…… the stop before we could catch it. (leave)
6. Rounak……. the same song for last three days. It has become boring now. (play)
7. Shamal…… after we reach home, (call)
8. The show…… its one thousand episodes by next month, (complete)
9. Don’t worry, we will be……. the airport in time. (reach).
10. Arman has.. sick after eating some snacks at the street side shop, (fall)

Answer:

1. were having
2. spilt
3. does not make
4. heard
5. had left
6. has been playing
7. will call
8. will have completed
9. reaching
10. fallen

Question 2:
Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Simple Past Tense.

1. The ministry of education …………. some new policies recently, (form)

2. He never….. up till he was alive, (give)
3. The doctors ……… on her successfully on Tuesday afternoon, (operate)
4. Vaibhav ….. for the post of Assistant Manager this month, (apply)
5. He…… his appointment letter two days ago. (get)
6. The movie ……. before we ………… the cinema hall, (being/reach)
7. The cat……. licking his feet immediately after Rohan………. inside the gate, (start/get)
8. The patient……… before the doctors ……………….. (die/arrive)
9. The thief ….. away before the police ……………. catch him. (run/can)
10. My friend… me just after I………… (join/start)

Answer:

1. has formed
2. gave
3. operated
 4. has applied
5. got
6. had begun, reached
7. started, got
8. had died, arrived
9. had run, caught
10. joined, started

Question 3:
Tick the correct option to complete the sentences.

1. The climate of the city………. mild and pleasant most of the time.
(a) is remaining
(b) remains
(c) was remaining
(d) is remained
2. One day he ……… into a hotel in Shillong, a beautiful city in Meghalaya.
(a) booking
(b) was booking
(c) booked
(d) had booked
3. You will certainly…….. rewards for what you are doing.
(a) getting
(b) had got
(c) was getting
(d) be getting
4. Do you …….. the day we moved the piano upstairs?
(a) remember
(b) remembered
(c) are remembering
(d) had remembered
5. The rain completely………. our day.
(a) spoilt
(b) is spoiling
(c) is spoilt
(d) was spoilt
6. Akbar…… the king at the age of fifteen after the sudden death of his father.
(a) was becoming
(b) had become
(c) became
(d) become
7. The criminal …… the place before the police could reach.
(a) was escaping
(b) had escaped
(c) is escaping
(d) will escape
 8. They ……… all the arrangements before the guestis arrival.
(a) will have made
(b) will be made
(c) had been making
(d) were making
9. She……… her job by tomorrow evening.
(a) will be completing
(b) will complete
(c) will have completed
(d) will have been completing
10. Aryan…… his mother in making rangoli in the yard for last one hour.
(a) is helping
(b) has helped
(c) has been helping
(d) helps

Answer:

1. (b) remains
2. (c) booked
3. (d) be getting
4. (a) remember
5. (b) is spoiling
6. (c) became
7. (b) had escaped
8. (a) will have made
9. (c) will have completed
10. (c) has been helping

Question 4:
Use the appropriate form (Present Tense) of the verbs given in brackets to fill in the gaps.

1. Susan………. for three hours. Now she needs some rest, (work)
2. In India, people ……………. different festivals througout the year, (celebrate)
3. John……. some important issue with Jennie. Let us not disturb him. (discuss)-
4. All the planets in the solar system…….. around the Sun. (revolve)
5. Sam ….. to Zarun on phone for forty-five minutes, (talk)
6. You can give me some other novel. I…… read this earlier, (read)
7. Ninad….. very hard these days, (work)
8. Tisha often…………… her work and goes to play. (shirk)

Answer:

1. has worked
2. celebrate
3. is discussing
 4. revolve
5. has been talking
6. have read
7. is working
8. shirks

Question 5:
Use the appropriate form (Past Tense) of the verb given in brackets to fill in the blanks.

1. Mr Ranjit’s sudden arrival ……………………. (surprise)

2. The girls……… everybody to the dining table to enjoy the food, (invite)
3. They…….. him before he……….. that they were thieves, (rob, realise)
4. Lai Bahadur Shastri……… a simple life but still ……. the nation to unprecedented
heights of success, (live, take)
5. The little boys…….. dance merrily while the music was playing, (dance)
6. She …….. queen and ………. to be known as Lakshmibai. (become, come)
7. Maddy…………. for a job for a few months when I met him last year, (look for)
8. She was……….. to hide her tears when I………….. her crying, (try, notice)
9. Lydia……. many difficulties before she……………. with her life partner, (face, meet)
10. I didn’t ………… why she …………… so loudly. (understand/shout)

Answer:

1. surprised/has surprised
2. are inviting
3. had robbed ; realised
4. lived, took
5. were dancing
6. became, came
7. had been looking
8. trying, noticed
9. had faced, met
10. understand, was shouting

Question 6:
Identify the errors in the sentences given below and rewrite them.

1. These grapes are tasting sour.

2. I am thinking you are wrong.
3. She is seeming sad.
4. He is having a cellular phone.

Answer:

1. These grapes taste sour.

2. I think you are wrong.”
 3. She seems sad.
4. He has a cellular phone.

Question 1:
Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

1.
1. John said, ‘I love this city.’
2. “Be nice to others”, Priya said.
3. “Don’t waste your money” he said to the boys.
4. She said, “everyone loves her.”
5. She said, “He works in a bank.”
6. Seema said, ‘I don’t have a laptop.”
7. Kanika said, “I don’t go to the gym very often.”
8. “We don’t travel much”, she said.
9. He said, “we like working in London.”
10. She said, “she never gets up early on Sunday.”

Answer:

1. John said that he loved that city.

2. Priya told me to be nice to others.
3. He advised the boys not to waste their money.
4. She said that everyone loved her.
5. She said he worked in a bank.
6. Seema said that she didn’t have a laptop.
7. Kanika said that she didn’t go to the gym very often.
8. She said that they didn’t travel much.
9. He said that they liked working in London.
10. She said that she never got up early on Sundays.

Question 2:
Change the following into indirect speech.

1. I said to Prerana, “How do you travel to office everyday?” .

2. Shivam said to his mother, “Where does the rain come from?”
3. “Do you know the way to the paradise?”A crazy man asked me.
4. Maria said to her daughter, “At what time will you come back?”
5. The man said to the mechanic, “By what time will you have fixed the tyre of my bike?”
6. Varun says to Tarun, “Where did you go yesterday?”
7. “Is there anything special in it?” She asked.
8. “Hark! I can smell something here” said Mr Naik to his colleagues.
9. “Alas! we have lost the game.” said Shishir to his friend.
10. “How intelligent you are!” Manjiri said to her grandfather.

Answer:
 1. I asked Prerana how she travel to office everyday.
2. Shivam asked his mother where the rain comes from.
3. A crazy man asked me whether I knew the way to Paradise.
4. Maria asked her daughter at what time she would come back.
5. The man asked the mechanic by what time he would have fixed the type of his bike.
6. Varun asks Tarun where he went yesterday.
7. She asked whether there was anything special in it.
8. Mr Naik exclaimed with fear and said to his colleagues that he could smell something
there.
9. Shishir exclaimed with sorrow and told his friend that they have lost the game.
10. Manjiri told her grandfather that he was very intelligent.

Question 3:
Rewrite the sentences into direct speech from indirect speech.

1. Miara said that she wrote a letter.

2. Kiran said that she was going to the temple.
3. The teacher said that the Sun rises in the East.
4. He said that he had been reading a novel.
5. Nelson said that he had been playing badminton.
6. He ordered her to be careful.
7. Raman exclaimed joyfully that she was very beautiful.
8. He asked where she was going.
9. He said that he didn’t know the way and asked her if she did.
10. The Science teacher told the class that ice floats on water.

Answer:

1. Miara said, “I write a letter.”

2. Kiran said, “I am going to the temple.”
3. The teacher said, “The Sun rises in the East.”
4. He said, “I have been reading a novel.”
5. Nelson said, “I have been playing badminton.”
6. “Be careful”, he said to her.
7. “How beautiful she is!” said Raman.
8. He said, “Where is she going?”
9. “I don’t know the way. Do you?” he asked.
10. The science teacher told the class, “Ice floats on water.”

Question 4:
Choose the correct options from the given set of options according to the rules of reported
speech.

1. I asked Prerna……… she travelled to office.

(a) what
(b) how
 (c) where
(d) who
2. Shivam asked……… mothers where she was to go.
(a) hers
(b) her
(c) one’s
(d) his
3. A crazy man asked me whether I……….. the way to paradise.
(a) know
(b) knew
(c) knows
(d) knowing
4. Leela asked her friend at……….. time she would come back.
(a) what
(b) where
(c) when
(d) how
5. The man asked the mechanic by what time he would……… fixed the type of the car.
(a) has
(b) had
(c) have
(d) be
6. Varun asks Tarun where he went……………..
(a) yesterday
(b) today
(c) tomorrow
(d) the last day
7. She asked….‘…there was anything special as it.
(a) how
(b) can
(c) if
(d) where
8. Gupta exclaimed with………….. that he could sense a fire is the adjacent building.
(a) joy
(b) sorrow
(c)pain
(d) fear
9. He exclaimed with sorrow that they………… last the game.
(a) had
(b) have
(c) has
(d) had been
10. She told me…………. she had been to London.
(a) if
(b) that
 (c) whether
(d) when

Answer:

1. (b) how
2. (d) his
3. (b) knew
4. (a) what
5. (c) have
6. (d) the last day
7. (c) if
8. (d) fear
9. (a) had
10. (b) that

Question 5:
Supply the most suitable and appropriate word to fill in the blanks with the help of rules of
reported speech.

1. Miara said, “I write a letter.”

Miara told that she…….. a letter.
2. Kiran said, “I am going to the temple.”
Kiran told that……………. was going to the temple.
3. The teacher said, “The Sun rises in the East.”
The teacher told that the Sun…………… in the East.
4. He said, “Have I been reading books?
He asked if he……… been reading books.
5. Nelson said, “Did you notice it?
Nelson asked………. Did you noticed it.
6. He said to her, “Be careful.”
He told her…….. be careful.
7. Raman said, “How beautiful she is!”
Raman exclaimed with joy that she……. beautiful.
8. He said, “Where is she going?
He asked………. she was going.
9. He said, “I do not know the way.”
He told that he…….. not know the way.
10. Teacher said, “Ice floats on water.”
Teacher told that ice……… on water.

Answer:

1. wrote
2. she
3. rises
4. had
5. if .
6. to
7. was
8. where
9. did
10. floats