Topics covered: Reported speech, Modals, Tenses, Subject verb concord

Time : 80 minutes

1. Sentences are given in direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.

I.

1. The teacher said to the boys, ‘Have you done your homework?’

2. The little girl asked the man, ‘Will you help me?’

3. Janaki said, ‘I have been reading this book.’

4. Mother said to the daughter, ‘Go and change your dress.’

5. Susie said, ‘I had read this book before I gave it to you.’

6. Mike said, ‘I will bring my piano.’

7. The officer told the clerk, ‘Bring me that file.’

8. Jane asked, ‘Have you read that book?’

9. Malathi asked, ‘Where is your watch?’

10. Sophia said, ‘I watched this movie last week.’

11. Mother asked, ‘What is the matter?’

12. Shyam said, ‘I can solve this problem.’

II.
1. He said to me, “Whom does she want to contact?”
2. They said to her, “Whose house are you purchasing?”
3. You said to him “Why are you making mischief?”
4. They said to us, “How have you solved this sum?”
5. We said to them, “Who has misguided you?”
6. They said to him, “Where have you been wandering since yesterday?”
7. She said to me, “Why were you hiding today?”
8. Raja said to us, “When do you expect to see me again?”
9. He said to her, “What shall I be offering you with tea?”
10. We said to them, “When shall we have paid you a visit?”

III. Fill in the blanks with the correct modals

1. I __ arrange the flowers for the bouquet. (may/can)
2. __ I borrow this pen from you? (may/might)
3. The teacher __ ask you to bring the homework. (might/can)
4. According to the weather forecast, it ___ snow heavily tomorrow.
(may/shall)
5. Raj hasn’t studied well. He __ fail his exam. (might/shall)
6. You __ follow the traffic rules. (may/must)
7. It __ be difficult to live amidst war. (should/must)
8. My mother __ scold me if I don’t go back on time. (will/may)
9. We ___ take care of our parents. (ought to/ could)
10. I __ visit the local grocery store soon. (shall/can)
11. You ___ be punctual. (should/ought)
12. One __ repay all their debts. (must/ought to)
13. __ you show me the road to the market? (could/might)
14. The child __ be taken to hospital immediately. (must/might)
15. ___ you have hot chocolate? (shall/will)

IV. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in the bracket.
1. Have you ever…….. such a beautiful scene? (See)
2.The moon has not yet............. (Appear)
3.I....... ..English for ten years. (Teach)
4.What.............your father feel about Resonance? (Do)
5.All work and no play..............jack a dull boy. (Make)
6. He scratched his head and ............... for a moment. (Think)
7. When I reached the temple, a group of people.......devotional songs. (Recite)
8. What...........you..........here from the time I went to college? (Do)
9. By this time tomorrow, I .............home. (Reach)
10. The student...........answers to all my question. (Give)
11…….the student................yesterday? (Study)
12. After school, we ....and…....our parents about our English teacher. (Go, Tell)
13. The new railway bridge.........two weeks ago. (Complete)
14. They…....the work when the teacher entered the class. (Finish)
15.I was teaching English when she ......the classroom. (Enter)

V. Choose the appropriate answer:

Q1. The company ____________ of its stakeholders.
A. think
B. thought
C. thinks
D. thinking
Q2. Either of the two dresses ____________ good.
A. looking
B. look
C. looks
D. looked
Q3. Each and every member __________ to vote.
A. has
B. have
C. having
D. are
Q4. A large number of soldiers ___________ died for the country.
A. has
B. is
C. are
D. have
Q5. Half of the class ___________ empty.
A. were
B. was
C. has
D. have
Q6. Physics ____________ difficult to understand.
A. were
B. are
C. is
D. have been
Q7. The quality of food here ___________ gone down.
A. have
B. has
C. is
D. are

Q8. My mother, along with others, ___________ worried.

A. were
B. are
C. have
D. was
Q9. She ___________ not take a lot of stress.
A. need
B. needs
C. needing
D. has need
Q10. None of the candidates ___________ responded.
A. were
B. have
C. has
D. is
Q11. He ____________ cooking in his leisure time.
A. enjoy
B. enjoying
C. enjoys
D. enjoyed
Q12. The book ‘Management Principles’ _____________ quite insightful.
A. are
B. is
C. have
D. has
Q13. Two dollars __________ a small amount.
A. are
B. has
C. have
D. is

Q14. A lot of startups ____________ started in the past few years.

A. is
B. are
C. have
D. has
Q15. Politics ___________ been one of the debatable topics.
A. is
B. are
C. have
D. has
Q16. Neither Rishi nor Rhea ___________ helpful.
A. were
B. was
C. are
D. have been
Q17. A series of seminars ___________ conducted.
A. was
B. were
C. are
D. have
Q18. All means of communication ____________ shut down.
A. was
B. has
C. have
D. is
Q19. My glasses ____________ nowhere to be found.
A. is
B. are
C. have
D. has
Q20. That woman ____________vegetables.
A. sell
B. selling
C. sells
D. have sold
D. have been