1. Direction: Change the sentence from direct speech to indirect speech. Rohan's coach asked him, "Why did you not come to the practice yesterday?"

જવાબ: Option D

The correct answer is 'Rohan's coach asked him why he had not come to the practice the previous day.'. Key Points While changing the narration of an interrogative sentence, we need to follow the given steps- A conjunction is not used in the sentence of wh-family words (what, where, who, whom, why, etc.). 'Question mark (?)' is changed to a full stop (.). ‘Said to’ will be changed into ‘asked’. The past indefinite tense (did + v1) is changed to the past perfect tense (had not + v3). 'Yesterday' is changed to 'the previous day/ the day before'. Correct Sentence: Rohan's coach asked him why he had not come to the practice the previous day

2. Direction: Change the sentence from direct speech to indirect speech. The doctor says to Meera, "It will take a few more days for you to recover completely from the illness".

જવાબ: Option B

The correct answer is 'The doctor tells Meera that it will take a few more days for her to recover completely from the illness.' Key Points While changing the narration of an assertive sentence, we need to follow the given steps- ​The conjunction ‘that’ should be used in place of a comma (,) and inverted commas (“ ”). ‘Says to’ will be changed into ‘tells'. When 'says to' is used in the reporting speech, the tense of the reported speech is not changed. The second person (you) is changed into 'her' i.e. according to the object of the reporting speech (Merra). Correct Sentence: The doctor tells Meera that it will take a few more days for her to recover completely from the illness.

3. Direction: Change the sentence from direct speech to indirect speech. Randhir said to Nishi, "Whom were you talking to on the phone yesterday"?

જવાબ: Option B

The correct answer is 'Randhir asked Nishi whom she had been talking to on the phone the previous day.' Key Points While changing the narration of an interrogative sentence, we need to follow the given steps- A conjunction is not used in the sentence of wh-family words (what, where, who, whom, why, etc.). 'Question mark (?)' is changed to full stop (.). ‘Said to’ will be changed into ‘asked’. The past continuous tense (were + v1 +ing) is changed to the past perfect continuous tense (had been + v1 + ing). The second person (you) is changed into 'she' i.e according to the object of the reporting speech (Nishi). Interrogative speech will be changed into an assertive one, so the helping verb will be placed after the subject. 'Yesterday' is changed to 'the previous day/ the day before'. Correct Sentence: Randhir asked Nishi whom she had been talking to on the phone the previous day.

4. Direction: Change the sentence from direct speech to indirect speech. The minister said to his son, "You failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people."

જવાબ: Option C

The correct answer is 'The minister told his son that he had failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people.' Key Points While changing the narration of the simple past tense, we need to follow the given steps- The conjunction ‘that’ should be used in place of a comma (,) and inverted commas (“ ”). ‘Said to’ will be changed into ‘told’. The simple past tense (v2) is changed into the past perfect tense (had + v3). The second person (you) is changed to 'he' i.e. according to the object of the reporting speech (his son). Correct Sentence: The minister told his son that he had failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people.

5. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Kavya's mother said to her, "A man is coming to mend the boiler this afternoon."

જવાબ: Option A

The correct answer is 'Kavya's mother told her that a man was coming to mend the boiler that afternoon.' Key Points While changing the narration of present continuous tense, we need to follow the given steps- The conjunction ‘that’ should be used in place of a comma (,) and inverted commas (“ ”). 'Said to' is changed to 'told'. The present continuous tense (is + v1 + ing) is changed into the past continuous tense (was + v1 + ing). 'This' is changed into 'that'. Correct Sentence: Kavya's mother told her that a man was coming to mend the boiler that afternoon

6. "If you don't keep quiet I shall shoot you", he said to her in a calm voice.

જવાબ: Option C

7. I told him that he was not working hard.

જવાબ: Option A

8. His father ordered him to go to his room and study.

જવાબ: Option A

9. He said to his father, "Please increase my pocket-money."

જવાબ: Option C

10. She said that her brother was getting married.

જવાબ: Option C